Let's talk about the elephant in the room.  I know of three other boards that sprung off of this one in the past two months, and since I'm not exactly connected to the in-crowd here I wouldn't be surprised if there's one more I don't know about.  Those who are still playing, I'd call it likely they're putting their time and energy into those communities and whether or not they're saying it publically it feels like they've moved on.

I don't want to put time and effort starting something up at this place because I don't want it to be yet another thing that the mods shut down when they feel like coming back.  When I first came to this board on another character I was asked here by a couple of players I admire, but since then we've pretty much taken our game elsewhere.  I can't speak for them but on my part I've seen too many mod hands in what the players want to play, even in small private SLs on the board, for me to really enjoy this game and want to put effort into it.  So when I bring Cooper around it's only because of a long time love of the mun of Georgia Grace and her rp.  That's probably blunt of me, but I figured I might as well be honest since you're asking where folks stand.

There are other boards that sprung off of WL? That's the first I heard of it. Anyone that knows me, knows I am not 'big' on playing on message boards and I admit, I have been playing less then usual on the board. I know that I am online in one way or another pretty much every night but I do rarely if every get IM'd. Sometimes I'll throw out an IM to say hi and there have been times recently that I just threw out invitations to a room but it seems that even when people enter the room they don't always play.

So.... I have no issues opening rooms. I would love to play. Everyone as a whole have to work to throw off the apathy of the real world though.

If you want to play.... IM me, If you want to stir up play, Open a room and invite people. If everyone tries then things will get going again.

I was wondering if anyone else felt the way I did and it seems I'm not alone. I'm still new to this world and didn't know if I was missing something, or just not knowing the secret password to the private world of WL. I would love to still play and see how this character develops. I stopped posting on here since there was little or no chance of my character showing up at the areas where things were going on, and when I would log onto AIM it would be the same people that are always on and would receive no hint that anyone even knew I was there. It was very lonely and so I decided to just check here every once and a while to see if the sleeping giant of the Mods would do anything. If it's for real that people will start getting things moving again I'll start again showing up again on AIM if people really do want to play. Send me a tell if you see me on AIM it means I'm here to play. SN is adams.Taylor

Im on quite a bit and only a very selcet few have ever reached out to play. So this all cant be laid at the feet of our beloved mods.Just throwing that out there. This time of the year is always slow especially play wise. You have holidays...Kids...Xmas second jobs...Or in my case football. Life has the tendency to kick us in the ass. Ive talked to several people. They are in the middle of trying to get back to us. Just give it time. Contuie playing making the sl go a while longer.

Were making our way back slowly but surely.

Im going on six years strong with the sl...Its been rumored to be dead so many times its not even funny. But its those who havent been with us long that are quick to yell its dead. Have a lil faith the mods are working hard to get back to us. Lets do our part as the players and keep things moving..Worry about developing our already played chars while they are away.

Thanks Coop mun. Im not jumping up and saying its dead. I am saying it seems like it is dead. I am all for getting something started. peach mun and I have discussed what kind of sl we could do to get everyone interested. Im more peeved about the lack of communication with mods and players. But you're right, onto the next little tidbit of what we can do. I can play a villian if one is needed, I can offer up any of my chars for the sl's long as none of them die. I started this to see if
A. There was anyone who was even wanting to keep the home fires burning
B. If so what can we come up with to kick start the play again
C. Get it all out there in the open what everyone is thinking and not saying.

Theres my sacrifice, bring it up and bitch about the mods. SO If they see this and I dont get kicked Im game to start churning idea's out.

I am pretty sure you guys know that I am game for a SL.  I don't like the idea of Wicked being "dead".

As for the long absences, that threw me off as well, as in why people used to say hey guys gone for the weekend then people disapear for weeks, months, when just a quick real life is crazy or whatnot post that takes three seconds, I do not think that is to much to ask for, and I find nothing wrong with developing the charries that are in the SL.  But it would be nice to know that other's are not going to be added for a time period because the MOD's lifes have gone crazy busy.  As for the new charrie applications, the Mods very easy could of told people that have applied, sorry we are behind right now, will get to you when IRL slows down or something, instead of letting people wonder what the hell.  Just saying.

Asking people to play, when you ask people, especially people that say I want to play in the c-box and they say hey I'm busy but later, well it would sure be nice if they got back to you.  I don't think I should have to feel like I am 'pestering' someone because they can't tell me when they want to play, after saying yes let's play.

 

I don't mind replying to this here, it's not like it's a secret.  I've got no specific desires with Cooper, and Cooper's desires are plain as the nose on his face. 

The one thing I'll say, just to be up front about it, is I don't do well in SLs that are planned beginning through end.  I'm not a planner, there's just no spark in it for me if I know how everything's going to end up.  I'm more the type that likes SLs where an inciding incident is set in motion and the players play and discover from there depending on what each of them does and says.

If ya'll are planners, that's alright by me.  I don't want you shifting your styles just to accomodate me.  I just wanted to say that now rather than later because I know camps are divided on this issue in roleplay. 

Hey guys,

I'd like to extend my sincerest apology at my absence. I won't say I had a mental breakdown, but more of a mental break, lol. Anyhow, I saw this thread and was glad to see that others are willing to fight.

I was thinking of having a room theme list that I can spin off of to open rooms, instead of it just being a bar/restaurant theme. If you guys could pm me with room ideas, I can compile a list and roll a d20 or something when I start up rooms, starting this week. Thanks.

Jules

PS - I may have a very good plot device to get this party started, not a plan, but the beginning of a module you could say...

Honestly I wanted something back from the mods about the application before i even bothered with this Sl anyfurther. I waited two months total now and it's utterly unheard of. I don't know where the mods went but they obviously see themselves as better then the rest of us if they can't give one tiny little response one way or another in the course of a month.

As for not contributing anything to a story well i was told not to plan so i didn't.

frankly at the moment Sam i Am is notta happy camper..

-- Edited by ARIC on Tuesday 1st of November 2011 02:41:08 PM

-Scoots over, eating popcorn, reading everything since mun's been MiA for much longer- I see that you all really have been discussing the ideal about getting all of us in a group gathering where we can all play. I been working on grabbing you folks. Ren and I suggested a long way back about getting people involved in some stories. I've played with most of you. As for you Aric's mun(an old companion of mine), we've chatted. I remember about the character and the application you spoke to me about. I just got back from a ...-clears throat- bad, bad ..no internet for too long week(or month). I been gone cause I had no connection to respond, speak, im etc. So I have reasons to be away. I already explained it to Georgia mun(Tami) and she just spotted me earlier today. Glad someone missed me -weeps- Yay! ^_^

Others I've played with is Nate and plenty of others. Hopefully, all my characters from the sweet, loving doc(leopard doc/Mr. Connors himself), a Frenchie vamp(Joseph), and most others should definitely give you something to be driven into many SLs. All of our characters has something to bring to the table. I am sure we as a swell team should stick as glue. Open up rooms, invite whoever is on in the room, then we can all roll dice or try to vote on a location etc.

I was thinking of a SL since I been offline! -still is happy to be back into action- It's underway. Please let me know if any of you like to participate.

Alrighty. Well I'm going to take this time (that I have) and extend MY sincerest apologies for my 2-month absence. As most of you know, my mother had major neck surgery at the beginning of this year, so I've been taking care of her. I'm also a full-time student, and as some people might think that taking online courses are not as busy as being in class, I can guarantee you that is a lie. Personally, online courses are much harder than attending campus because you have to read on your own, learn the material on your own, and have 8-10 assignments plus course projects that you have to do. And that takes up a lot of your time. Also, I have a part-time job working at Sephora (yay go me for selling makeup!!) that I actually just started last week. I was working at Barnes and Noble for the past few months, and they were working me like a dog. 8 hour shifts, 4 days out of the week, and every off day that I had, I was "on-call." Like seriously?? I can understand being on-call as a surgeon or a nurse, but for a book store??? And I'm just starting a new relationship with someone (most of you know about my bad ones and all that drama lol) so I'm doing that as well.

As for the game and the mods. As you can see, and just like Aly said, the people who run this game who has also ran LoST, LoST Hawaii, and whatever the one in Rome was, are quite busy with their lives. Being a member with them from the beginning, I can tell you that around this time it ALWAYS becomes slow because of work, because of the holidays, because of family, because of school, and whatever else that comes into their lives. I can also tell you that they NEVER abandon the game. No matter how long they have been gone or how long they never respond to simple or difficult matters, when they do come back, and they do, their reasons are legit. They don't just drop a game completely and disappear. They may not have the time or decency to respond to posts or approving characters or say they're disappearing, but if it has something to do with shutting down the game, they will send out a mass email to EVERYONE their reasons why. And I haven't got an email like that, have you?

So, while we're talking about ideas, I have an idea for yall. For months now, I've been wanting to start up this storyline and it does involve EVERYONE. If you have read Dee Dee's history, she was in a military unit that killed off super naturals and lycanthropes alike. When I left London Fog, I had that her unit invaded the city and killed off everyone (because that's a legit excuse for me LOL). So I'm thinking the same thing, minus killing off everyone. Perhaps yall would be interested in having Dee's unit come into the city and start invading? We don't have to have characters die (unless you really want to kill them off), but some could get seriously injured.

Anyways, that's my 2 cents.

Alrighty then...*cracks knuckles*....I posted my bit before I came here. *sniggers* sorry. I originally posted for Georgia to meet Ren at one eyed jacks at 8 pm (um...tonight? est?) If you guys are reall serious about giving the sl a good kick in the butt quit your bitching and show up. =D

I know everyone can't be there at that time, but since we can use it to boot around ideas and such, I'm sure it won't be a short lived conversation.

Sincerely,
Ren

I will say I was surprised to see an email from the mods in my box. I am personally glad to see that you lot are back and have things planned to hopefully build life back within the forum. I know myself that I have kept on keeping on in playing in the absence. I was writing this string to try and bring others in as well. Some did some didn't. But good to have you back.