Ok just making this off topic thread for the new Rift thread that has our respective groups in it, The Woodland Castle

Malchik - as - Campaign Manager



Current Players...
Abbey Group
Listed Inventories

Cyborg16 - as - Semink
Race: Khajiit (Male)
Class: Archer

Povuholo - as - Bradas
Race: Dunmer (Male(
Class: Wizard

Thread_Whisperer - as - Trebbits
Race: Breton (Male)
Class: Adventurer

Taehl - as - Fadril
Race: Dunmer (Male)
Class: Akaviri Swordsman

Alit Group
Listed Inventories

Fonzie - as - Gratch
Race: Bosmer (Male)
Class: Rogue

dragonben - as - Frog in Tree (Frog)
Race: Argonian (Male)
Class: Border Patrolman (guard)

Kyr Kanos - as - Rif Entaril
Race: Dunmer (Male)
Class: Thief

CertifiableX - as - Sonnaba Beach
Race: Orc (Male)
Class: Cleric? Warrior Monk?

OOC from this post

I am going with my brief "introduce himself" from my first post as having given my name to the others when Trebbits came over to them which is the only reason I did not post a return introduction to Sonnaba.

Ooc: Hey guys, listen up.......I possible cant get online for a long time. Say till at least sunday. Probably I can post my last within a few hours and then I'll be offline for a while. As much as I hate it, its above my helping.

So I'm trying to works something out getting my char out of business for awhile. only I don't know how much I can change the storyboard.... Can I have my char get knocked on the head by someone unknown and loose concience or have him getting blight disease? What shall I do??

Help please!

OOC from This Post

In sharing his story Trebbits reveals his original deciet of posing as Sentri Thoresson and his confession to Esquisite, found here...
http://forum.gamingsource.net/index.php?s=...ndpost&p=128799

Also he shares with the group what he is carrying (Inventories post) as well as briefly telling them of the events that transpired within the Abbey a compilation of events from original massive thread can be seen here...
http://forum.gamingsource.net/index.php?showtopic=16547

or now the others can brush over the Abbey thread and have some knowledge of what Trebbits knew...

Fonzie, get someone to play your character I'll see he makes it through to Sunday and the posts won't have your name on so they can't screw your chances for you.

YOu mean I have to get someone or did you find someone? IN the first case I'll see if I can find someone......

LIl update though is that I can probably squeeze a post out tomorrow morning too!

Just a quick post to let you know that I probably won't post more than once a day (or check the forum) from now on, due to lack of internet access at home (I have just returned from uni at the end of the term). I will probably post during the evening (UK time).

Hope we have some great RP'ing guys!

As pointless a post as this is I wanted to say that I'm having alot of fun RPing with you guys. This is the first time I've ever done something like this and I had my doubts at the start but it's turned out superbly. While I'm at it I'd like to say that if any of you need Rif to do something I have no problem with you using him so long as it's in character and doesn't conflict with any action I have him performing. Think along the lines of Garret from the Thief series and you'll have a decent idea of my Rif.

Oh, and it's Rif ENtaril. Some of you, Malchik inculded, have dropped the E-N from my characters surname. Just being nit picky. Again I'm having fun and hope you guys are too.

Hear hear! and while where at it! three cheers for the moderator! for being able to keep up with 10 story's at the same time. NO this is not sucking up, if he gets my char anymore sick I'll still dislike him just kidding

Completely agree having a lot of fun

Also for those who may wish to describe what they see in regard to Trebbits my posting HERE might be helpful - scroll down a little for character info

If there are any questions about Trebbits that your unsure of please feel free to PM or post here asking about him.

Will catch up in a bit, real life demands attention first...

Little confused

Are ONLY the enchanted items, potions and scrolls that did "detect enchantement" gone, or are ALL potions, scrolls, and enchanted items gone?

Only the detect enchantement stuff right?

That is indeed my understanding is that only the "detect Enchantment" type stuff is gone including the knowledge of the spell etc.

Yea, only Detect Enchantment stuff. I asked the DM if my ring that detects Illusion was taken, and he said no.

Posted at 8:00 pm my time (PST)
Kinda Leaving Trebbits where he last was until some others have a chance to reply, Hoping to have some more available free time tonight between 10pm (PST) and when I fall face first on the keyboard and then again tomorrow around 10am - 4pm off and on and hopeful to get back to my normal scheduel by Monday or Teusday.

I know a couple folks are out until Sunday night/Monday but some others might not have had a chance to catch up that still may.

Just a side note: You guys are great man. Am enjoying our part of this little deal quite a lot, Thanx for reading what everyone is writing and for helping keep our storyline running fairly synchronized and fluent. Has been a lot of fun with the suspisions and contemplations etc Sure hope Trebbits gets sick SOON before he is hung from the nearest dead tree by his ankles!!!! We have to figure this thing out gang we just gotta I am ready to start havin fun stormin the Castle (great Movie "Princess Bride") LOLOL

Now somebody start goin Dispel magic crazy for crimmeny sakes! hehehe

Yes just slap me now Malchik just slap me now... One should get more then 5 hours of sleep in a 72 hour period... really... it's true....

havin a blast guys and enjoying the story a great deal thanx to all of you! Keep up the great READING and great WRITING were on our way!!

*Disclaimer* Sillieness of above post should not out shine the thanx for making ours a very enjoyable story thus far.

My brain is utter mush.. gunna try for sleep, if things start moving fast on the search front etc just Play Trebbits as lost in thought but cooperative with things like.. "Trebbits didn't say much and appeared to still be lost in thoughts but went along with so-n-so and did what he was asked to by so-n-so" etc something like that. Will try to be back in about 6 hours or so.

In 1 and a half hour (look at time i posted this ), i will be off for the rest of the day, and i got a long school day+activities so after the coming 1 and a half hour, i will be off for around 30 hours. In case Trebbits knows anything about the ingredients, Bradas will go look for the ingredients outside the camp for those 30 hours, unless something happens in the camp which he needs to see, then he will be "back" sooner.

Perhaps I'm confused, but I was under the impression that Lady Galadrags was knocked out by magic, not a melee weapon... if so, that would open up yet another avenue of investigation...

I had figured the same as you with her comment of a magic stronger then hers.... but apparently we both had it wrong

So hitting the "new" info given now.

I'm about ready to burn everything and attack the castle in buff... at least we'd get there!

Or DIE TRYING!!! LETS DOOOO IIIIT>>>

Kidding!! stop stripping LMAO

I say we just await Malchik, and let him do an update for all the searching going on and being asked to be done etc etc I think he is just about as flustered as we are with just our story.... add in the others and that guy has to be going INSANE LOL

So I'm just waiting for him to come tell us were idiots and someone else dies and one more member will die every 5 minutes until we get it right LOLOL

If I aint the first to go I am making a run for the Castle like you said stripping as I go and screaming DIE FETCHER!!!!

Well rat droppings.. and I liked my post too so I am posting it here anyway NYAH



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Here is why I am mindlessly going through the motions....



post number 84

I know, but Sonnaba's trying to be fair to Fadril and cover all bases.

Fair enough... but in post #74 Trebbits had laid his things out for inspection already, so it had been checked prior to Malchiks posting the above about not finding anything with items carried.



no matter, things move forward.

Just in case clarification is needed... I am still very much having a blast and am very pleased to be a part of the Woodland Castle.. I don't want my above "frustration" to appear in any way otherwise. Still very happy to be with this group and simply was having a hectic morning and today is not the best but also needs to be a day we get things moving toward the goal etc So Trebbits rather took on the frustration of his "god" LOLOL and simply became exasperated at things moving still so slowly. I have tried to make it very possible for us to move ahead quickly by allowing for anyone who may be concerned to voice to Trebbits and have him perform up to three detect enchants on others and have them simply say they have themselves checked by Trebbits and then go on with what they think about the current mission. This will allow Malchik to simply post either, the three had no enchantments ... or so-n-so had one etc etc and then move us along from there.

From everything I have gathered the enchantment trouble is past but like I said if their are doubts it should now be easy to confirm them quickly without more time being dedicated to that but instead a plan and such brought together for our mission. We're stil doing great I think and now have a chance to bring things around to where our mission may yet work out if we can get our characters to work out how best they each compliment the other and how they as either one team or two can make the mission go their way!

Proud to be a part! All the best!

TW

RE: This Post http://forum.gamingsource.net/index.php?s=...ndpost&p=130546

I was just trying to kind of account for everyone that was away from their keyboards through todays actions. I tried not to make any specific statements but rather observations but if anyone wishes me to alter what I wrote about their character during the events etc please just say so and I will be happy to do so. Just kind of wanted to account for everyone since today kinda went quick in a spurt of resolutions when several weren't able to be here for it.

This is also one of the reasons I am going to stick with Trebbits not knowing what to do in regard to planning, Trebbits had his 15 minutes of thread hogging LOLOL someone else jump in and get the planning off and runnin

All the best gang! I smell BATTLE on the morning air to come!!! or well maybe... might have just been the Khajiit after eating bad meat earlier.... fans the air in the direction of Cyborg....

I have a favor to ask. If anyone is any good at art programs or drawing pictures, would it be at all possible to make a sort of map of the castle? I'm a visual person and I'm having a hard time forming a picture of the layout in my mind with Malchik's description. It's hard to try to plan an attack without some sort of idea of what it looks like, maybe we can even coordinate the look of the catacombs beneath.

I think it would help us all to agree on what the whole place looks like, are the catacombs a series of hallways? one big hallway? or a bunch of chambers filled with rocks and ruins? As a ruin I would assume the castle is not well lit inside, especially considering it's current occupants.

Personally I picture gray stone, like the castle color in Morrowind, with some serious holes and crumbled walls. The tunnels underneath I picture as dusty and very unkempt, though I'm undecided if there are tombs along the walls as there would be in regular catacombs. The halls I see as only wide enough to accomodate two imperials shoulder to shoulder and the ceiling is low, probably just above Sonnaba's head to the point that he would likely have to duck slightly to pass through doorways or under archs.

Again that is what I see and I think it's smart for all of us to agree on what it looks like so we don't get confused or start contradicting each other. So tell me, what do you all picture?

I'll try and come up with something pictuire wise, but we have no idea about the under belly of the thing yet since the Lady only mentioned Cellars... My thought is to get the group within range so we can see it, hopefully before Malchik signs off for the night tonight that way we can make our first approach tomorrow and get inside the ruins so he can give us that description when he is on mid-day for him. I am just trying to work out where we can post without needing him and post at time when we do need him that are compatible with when he can be around.

noon here right now and I am -7 gmt right now so 7pm there he'll be on again in about 4+ hours from what I gather so thought in that time we could collect what we need such as torch materials etc since there is bound to be sticks etc around a forested area I figure it goes without saying we can find that. He already made clear there was nothing of value which I kind of took to mean ingrediants as well... so no living vegitation really and such like that.

So I figure if we are able to post then do things like gathering or enchantings etc and then post your last post as so-n-so was ready to leave and went with the others as they headed in the direction of the ruins...

with all of us posting that as our last post of the day or making sure we are ready to post that when Malchik comes on then he can post how our trip goes and tell us we get there safe or we find this or that etc etc which then allows us to work on that while he is offline. Then in the morning when he checks in he can answer anything any of us brings up etc etc

Make sense?

Something like....



Black area's are intact portions and the rest are ruined to the point of being easly climbed over and un-enterable from what I gather. Of course it will need to be seen by Malchik to see if the basics of it are correct.

The top right (North East) tower is the one with Stairs up to the room in it.

My quick guess anyway.

Oh and we do not know what is at the top, or on the North Side, of the ruin because the wall remains in tact. So would want to know whats there in case it has an entrance of some kind that the Lady did not know about. The rest of the area from what I gather is easily seen from the tower because the shrubs and vegitation has been burned away.

Just to let you guys know, I've been reading the posts for over an hour now trying to catch up. Hopefully I'll get a post out in less than an hour (ignore the sarcasm).

Sorry for having been away for so long without warning. No excuse really... just didn't have a chance/didn't remember the last two days till it was late enough that I wanted to go to bed instead (plus my Grandad might not like me using his computer to post after he's gone to bed --- need broadband in my parents' house!).

No worries man, I tried to keep your name out there at least a couple times. Hopefully not in a bad way. Been missing ol' Semink hope to see him post soon

Drawing 95% accurate. The small room is adjacent to the NE tower on the north wall. It was once supported by the underlying buildings but though they have collapsed the beams were embeded in the north wall which still stands leaving it intact but incongruously hanging over nothing. Entrance is through a small door that opens off the north wall walk.

updated... better?

Ok, I've made a post. Sorry if this adds yet more plans to be chosen from, but most of the others seemed to be designed purely to attack the castle (above ground part), which seems of little point to me.

Hopefully I'll make another post tonight, but either way, please feel free to play my character a bit if I haven't been around for a while and it seems like a good idea. Thread_Whisperer and perhaps Povuholo probably know my character best, so please keep him in sync with whatever everyone else is doing when necessary.

Now we just have to try to keep a fast pace up but allow everyone to post when needed... such is the difficulty of playing a competition RP under a short time interval!! (How many days (real days) did it take us to get from teleportation to attacking?!?)

I would definately side with caution and not just headlong into the the gatehouse hoping for a way into the lower reaches. I would also definately climb to a higher vantage point in hopes of discovering a way in that they would not think of blocking as they would not see it as a threat... like a trap door in the top of the sole remaning tower... One person levitating (if that is actually allowed since Oblivion the game does not have it... but levitate up slowly look over the top of North Wall... get a better picture from the back of things without risking setting off anything in the surrounding woods while trying to sneak to the front gate.

Get at least one vantage and see what EVERYTHING is that were looking at. To leave a "stone unturned" leaves us right where we were in the camp looking for the "turned stone" I am but one part of this thing and so my voice my not be much but thats my opinion and I think anything else would be fool hardy and run a risk. Dice are NEVER kind but once per rolling session, 20 years of P&P RPing has tought me that...

So anyway I would like to see us exploring the area from less likely to be protected and less likely to be "trapped" or otherwise watched means... A small barely there room just is one of those "out of place things" that screams to be at the very least checked... but checked SAFELY, as in the one who enters REALLY should be either levitating (if allowed) or VERY light person with a rope around them in case the room falls, but it really should be checked.

Hints have been dropped for it many times in regard to stairs and some way to get to the top room and the ost recent description of the scene again reminds us of the small room. The room itself may be nothing at all but getting to it may reveal a trapdoor in the top of the wall to an inner stairwell that goes below ground a back way where the whole party could get in with no troubles.

Or it may be this is the one way that is watched. But we have to pick one and for me that one is the upper room gotten to by first attaining the top of the North wall from the North. It could very well be that they are massing to make an attack and the leader is in the back and by climbing to the wall we could kill him before any others had a chance to know we were there... I said COULD BE lolol

Anyway babble over... opinion stated, Trebbits awaits to follow the group.

May have an update possible in the next few minutes, no time to be ready for approach that fast I think.. but another may be possible in 4 hours from this posting and then again perhaps 6 hours after that. From what I gathered Malchik can post around 5pm UK time and again around 11pm - midnight so if your here drop a post, crunch time is upon us and updates come but three times a day if were lucky.

Planning should really be settled upon as quickly as possible and I say that push come to shove Semink and Sonnaba do what they can to make a resolved plot of the groups activities for the time periods right before update times or at their earliest chance. Then the rest of us can post our individual actions of following that plan etc and updates can then move us ahead without having to just "pop us in" This is kind of a preasure situation for the DM running 6 stories that all need to have results by the deadline. Normal RP's don't usually have this and so it adds a need to it that doesn't just grant time for complete emersion to every scene. We have to take what we have and do the very best we can with it and hope for good outcomes all in a matter of hours really and not days.

Boy I babble a lot... anyway this was only going to be a "likely scheduel" posting so we all knew the time frames we faced for today. Hope more then Cyborg and I are reading this anymore...

dont worry, I read it to!

I agree, first seen was good to get a good look of what personality's and stories there are behind the chars. NOw lets get that monster in time, with 3 updates a day fighting scenes might take some time to and there's to be a lot of die rolling the coming few days so lets no longer wait around for each other but just agree and go for it. I allready posted my chars agreement, all though I don't really think he would be that fightlusty and outspoken, but I wanted to get us moving

Naturally everyone has to be able to get a post in before we move in, but lets not have anymore of those long back and forth converstations. Sorry for sounding like a schoolteacher, but my first target is not to win the competition. I want to see what our group can accomplish! I bet with a lil effort, we can do magic! uhm, right....not a good figure of speech in this case

So... what are we going to do? I've heared 100 strategies but nobody agreeing on one. So what are we going to do? Split up, stay together, go where? ??

And bradas will provide levitation potions, and night eye potions for the stealthy characters (so they won't have to sneak with torches) as well.

I agree we need to make decisions faster and to do that, we need to trust each other. If we set a time limit on replies (say 3 hours from an update from Malchik, except for overnight?), and allow whoever is logged in to act for our characters after the time is up, we can avoid having 10 minutes skirmishes take 4 days.

To accomplish this, we would need to become familiar with each other's characters. Each of us should post guideline actions for various common situations. Then we need to trust whoever posts the update to make the proper move. Something like, beginning of battle, middle of battle, after battle, entering an area, resting, etc.

These actions should be a rough guide, as they may not apply to the situation being encountered, and the judgment of whoever is posting should be followed. Also, we should agree not to get upset with the poster, or people will hesitate to post.

Finally, we may want to elect a leader, but I don't see the need unless we can't agree on a course. Of course, full democracy won't work either, given the time differences and limited time online...

On that note, there are two reasons I really think we should stick together:
1. Malchik will be busy enough with just 1 group to deal with, let alone 2.
2. We can back each other up.

Rambling done, let me know what you think...

I agree with most of what you said, except for the time limit bit. I think the main idea of the limit is ok but I think that making each others chars take action will interfere with the competition. The thought behind the competition is that you score by reacting in style of ur char to any given situation. Setting up guideline like those will take away a part of someone's skill in rpg'ing. Maybe it's ok by malchik, but it doesn't sound right to me. YOu can naturally say that the whole group moves on if some people dont post in time. But choosing an attack or plan of action for someone else will ruin the competition. At least, thats what I presume.

btw: certifiable, you posted that sonnaba is waiting for the scouts to return. But they didn't leave jet....or did they? couse, I kinda need to know since my own char is probably a scout

Agreed, now lets get going. Frog's gonna start searching the area and he's gonna ask Sonnoba to join him till they reach the gatehouse and hopefully Sonnoba will enter the gatehouse with him. At that point I believe Malchik will tell us what they find if anything (hopefully something to get into the tower?)

Doh! I misread the posts...thought they had left. I'll edit it now

The main idea of having others post for your character was for combat (to avoid fighting with just those currently online), and of course, you can always post for yourself

I was under the impression that most of the scoring was base on role playing and teamwork, and this wouldn't have to interfere with that. Anyway, just a thought.

hmmm....true, true.....

maybe malchik will have a say in this...he if he doesn't care bout one way or the other he wont reply I gues.

bout the misreading, happens to everyone

So we're all agreed that we need to take action and quickly. Now, as for the ideas of how to do that; they all have merit but I think we should blend them. If we continue leaderless then we need to coordinate our thoughts and the reasons behind our ideas.

My reasons fro splitting the group:
1. An advance team can check for any traps and would consist of the more nimble types so they would be less likely to set any off.
2. With proper warning the main group can prepare for combat and know what they're up against.
3. Even the greatest of all armies have scouts.

What I propose, given our disagreement:
1. We keep a small party of nimble types ahead of the main group, but, they remain in sight of the others. This will allow for any traps to be handled and some warning to be given before a fight while keeping it easier on Malchik.
2. The lead group can make simple posts like; "They checked for all manner of traps along the way, careful not to make any sound that would give them away." Thus a character who doesn't post can still be occupied.

Also, while I understand the desire to move, I have to say that I was a bit annoyed by Frog's actions. It put us (myself anyway) in an awkward postition. It seems that he went straight through the middle of the ruin from the north side to the south without even knowing his surroundings. I can't RP that as it's far more reckless than my character would ever be. If my post has made it hard for anyone else let me know and I will edit it (I'm directing that towards Semink and Trebbits) but Rif is a Thief, they take things slowly and carefully. Also, I have to point out that Malchik had made a post stating that anyone who acted without the group or went off alone would almost certainly be killed and I don't want to see that happen to any of us, I like this group of ours.

I propose we make a rule, no action is taken until at least two others can agree on it. This may seem counter productive to our "move faster" ideas but it will keep us alive and together.

Geez Thread_Whisperer, you and I are gonna have to have a rambling competition if we keep posting like this

I'm OK with the 3 person rule. I'm also not against elections if that's what we think we need.

Also, to clarify: by staying together I meant staying within sight (mostly) of each other. I just don't think we should have 1/2 the group go one way, while the other 1/2 goes the other way. Yes, we do need scouts.

Ok lets see if I've got it right. Our team approuched from the north (Malchik stated that there are no traps or sentries to the north or on the wall). To get the action going I had Frog start a area search moving from left to right working his way to the gatehouse.( Ok i should have said he peeks around the wall using the tumbled down part of the wall as cover as he moves around the castle wall and then wait for Malchik to inform me of what Frog saw - sorry my bad) and then after the reply either continiued the search or prepare for the what ever(attack, ambush, sneaking back)

If you guys think I should edit my post I'll do it and I'll try to be more patient - Its driving me nuts to wait till Malchik moves us forward because we can't decide on a course of action.

I propose we create a voting system. If someone want to do something and we can't agree on the tactic we post the question here and vote (as soon as you have 5 votes the group continious with your suggestion)

This should speed things up and ensure the majority agrees with the action

OK, we've got a lot of ideas floating around. Let me try to sum them up. If each of us can reply by voting on each of these, we might actually decide something

1. Limit time for us to reply before someone takes responsibility for characters not online (during battle and maneuvers). See arguments here and here.


2. Elect a leader - please indicate Yes/No and who (even if you vote no)


3. Have all non full party actions approved by 2 others (Malchik actually said the same thing).


4. Vote on each party action, simple majority (5 yes) wins (as an alternative to a leader).


Also, I'd like to assume we all agree on the following:
- Party stays together (with the sneaky types scouting the trail)
- Always use the words "Carefully", "Cautiously", "Thoroughly" etc.
- Most importantly: patience, grasshoppers... at least for me.

I don't know the other party as good as mine yet and cant decide wich one of them should be leader. So for now I'll vote for our leader Sonnaba.... MIght not be obvious to have the only healer be leader when he's not even a first hand combatteer ( I know he can still hold his own) But well, .............. ah hack, I just vote Sonnaba.

sounds like something my char would do anyway....

Ok... really my thoughts are this and have been. We as individual groups already chose leaders, Sonnaba leads the Alit, and Semink leads the Abbey But choosing one person to post for all is simply not a functional endeavor and will indeed get us no where.

I must object to having my characters actions written by another in detail but am very much ok with lines like Trebbits having agreed to follow Semink and Sonnaba regardless of their choices did just that. Then Malchik may deal with my character as he sees fit. So if I am not able to post by the update then MALCHIK may state , Trebbits following them as they climbed the rope slipped halfway up and injured his ankle ETC ETC... I would very much like Trebbits to not have detailed action unless written by myself or interjected by Malchik during an update.

As for agreement on proceeding with best haste... We need to pay attention to when Malchik will be able to be online. This is a preasure cooker of an event we need to make our posts longer and more covering of general action with an open ended final statement that allows both Malchik and the rest of us to move the group forward.

Having each person stop with... so-n-so waits for whos-its to reply before going.... is VERY hard to keep things moving because it demands not only that the second person post but also demands that Malchik WAITS until they do. We MUST try hard to leave it with something more open to all...

so-n-so listens for a reply but makes his way around the corner knowing whos-its will follow or stop him if they see anything strange...

This allows for the character to post AND allows Malchik to have a say in the update later without demanding a response from whos-its

We may need to move things along but we REALLY must work together and our postings HAVE to allow for that unity. When we force or demand an answer from each other it staggers the RP because of the time differences. That is why I have tried to make sure my posts end with the general "Trebbits will follow regardless" type of postings It allows him to be used through his ideas offered but regardless he will respond to what Semink or Sonnaba do because he views them as the leaders, aside from that he has made his connection known about Fadril and would do what he could to help there also.

It really can be handled through wordings of posts and I know this is a slam dance way to learn for those who have never done this kind of thing before and believe me even though I have done several for years I am STILL learning as well how to handle a preasure cooker timed event like this also. But I really think that simply leaving OPEN statements rather then closed off demands for replies that it will move smoother and allow for other players to catch up a bit.

IF you know your scheduel does NOT allow you to post between the three update times then PLEASE select someone you trust with your character to post for you in that time frame IF you wish. We all have to have a little give and take in this monster and we all have to do our best if we are to move our entire group along for the objective of the story rather then just for the objective of the competition. I would be just as proud to be a sucessful story as I would to have the winner of the competition come from our group. So for me the story and story objective are as, if not a little more, important to me then personally winning the competition etc.

LOL yeah ramble contest might be something to have after this rp one... LOL a topic title and then who can rambleon about that title longest... LOL anyway... valuable story time being used to post thoughts here on how best to move forward... so summing it up....

1) Do not post closed actions that demand another players response before an update OR that isolate your character until the update. (UNLESS Malchik is online right now and able to post and move you forward.

2) Do post open actions that allow your charactyer to be brought ahead by players OR updates.

3) Do not post "skip-its" instead post open "all the whiles" as you move your character forward.

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My scheduel is very chaotic right now but I will be able to be around for the next 14 hours so will be checking in as often as I can.

Please consider how frustrating this may be for you then remeber that each of us is likely feeling that same way and then remember that Malchik is feeling 6 stories and about 50 players WORSE then we are. It is hectic, chaotic, frustratingly preasured and extremely difficult, but we CAN make it if we simply READ what is being written by each other and do our very best to make it blend and come together at times that work best for Malchik. He is the one that moves us forward but he can't so that unless we get to the next step needed...

ok yep ramble babble over. Lead on Semink and Sonnaba but should you not be ready at the right times then please leave your posts open to be used by others or Malchik to move us forward until battle begins.

Perhaps in the future when they do a contest such as this they will have seperate time zone threads for the entrances to them, at least making it so the persons in each story are of the same posting time abilities

ok gotta go post in the story

Yea, I agree with you, Whisperer. I'll try to use more open statements... I hope that my latest post (where Fadril is climbing up the stairs) is acceptable...

Yea... I have much to learn after only being in irc/chat RPGs before. But I'm trying my best to learn how this must be done.

PS) For anyone that doesn't know yet, I can only possibly be on 12am-6pm GMT (I'm in Florida, USA) (I'm pretty sure those GMT times are correct...), mostly because of school. I have Firefox's Gmail notifier keeping me alerted to when there's a new post, /but/ it seems like it can't connect today...