Life of Gold Discussion Thread

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

I know Lommy and I both check in frequently still, but I haven't seen any of the others for an age.

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Eomer of the Rohirrim

I know Lommy and I both check in frequently still, but I haven't seen any of the others for an age.

Yes, but that isn't going to help us much, now is it? Two players can't finish an RPG... I think the situation looks quite bad, but I wouldn't like to "lose" this RPG: this is my second RPG ever (apart from the Inns) and my first one was freezed because people didn't participate and the owner was away... Are these inactive RPGs a curse that follows me?

Crystal and Cordelia have resigned from this game because of pressing RL issues.

Glirdy, Sixth and Valesse have simply disappeared. They haven't been around in ages. I don't know anything about Glirdy and Val, but I might be able to say something about Sixth.

Some time ago (a month? or maybe even two?) he complained in LiveJournal about having mental problems with coming back to BD or LJ itself. He said he gets easily ethusiastic about things, but when the first enthusiasm fades and he takes a pause, he doesn't feel comfortable to return to the place. He said something like he'd actually like to check the 'downs, but he can't bring himself to do it.
I happened to be online in MSN the same time with him maybe a week after that LJ-rant and reminded him that there was still this RPG , if nothing else, that should drag him back to BD just to post in this RPG, if not anything else. However, I did not say this very sternly, it was more like a suggestion that he could check this thread and as that was about the final thing I said to him before he had to go, I'm not sure how seriously he took it or how well he remembers it.

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

We could have the other characters killed or vanished. Then we could carry on as a humorous odd couple.

I'd read that.

[The Sixth Wizard]

My friends, a real apology. My teenage mentality must mess around with me despite my determination to be level-headed and rational. Sure, I can 'get over' things, but it was downright selfish of me to not contact you. You have every reason to be resentful or angry towards me. I think I will write something more substantial on this matter in the afore-mentioned LiveJournal.

Real life issues aside; I think I personally have expended most of my possible creative brainpower upon this game. I'm not so sure anymore that chasing players - mainly the biggest slacker of all, ME - and demanding with differing numbers of exclamation marks for us to post is worth the effort. If some others still wish to continue, that's fine and I'll participate much more actively ... but ... is anyone else in the mind for a fresh start? I'm not sure there's much we can gain by continuing here.

That's just my opinion.

[Thinlómien]

Sixth - I'm not resentful or angry with you, but to be honest I am/was annoyed. Personally I disagree with you, but that's because I hate giving up in general and I haven't lost all my enthusiasm about this game yet. I believe this could still be great fun if everybody was active and somewhat enthusiastic. In this current state, I'm not so sure.

[Valesse]

First of all, AH! No! I live!

*hugs* Sixth, its alright to be human. Blogs are -incredibly- tempting places for that inner teenager to take control. If you've seen my lj, it'll tell you just that. Yikes. None of us have been saintly to this RP, but the fact that we keep coming back, apologizing for not posting should say something about how we feel about the game itself.

I don't want to start over again, like Thino (and, erm... my shot-in-the-dark fresh post I just made) said. Though it doesn't seem like much has happened, I don't believe the remaining players might not have as much of a connection. Eomer suggested the other players are lost in some manner or another-- (I'm not so sure about the killing bit, though it is dramatic and therefore strangely tantilizing)-- and if, by some manner of luck, they were able to return and re-join the game we could have their character found again or another new character introduced.

Now I know I did -somewhat- disappeared from BD (which didn't really help anyone's nerves here, I'm sure) but just so you know it has and will remain my homepage albeit my role changed from poster to simple lurker (and back to poster! Rawr!)

** Valesseka would never allow Jenfred to take her Gondorian, anyways. ;D

[Thinlómien]

Haha, Valesse, I love your attitude. Great to see you back.