OOC Thread

General thread for more meaty OOC stuff.

Ok, think I missed this from the starting post (will add it there as well):

The Topaz Championship
It is the twentieth year of the reign of the divine Emperor, Hantei the 38th. The Emerald Empire has stood for a thousand years, thanks to the guidance of the kami and the wise benevolence of the Hantei emperors. Each of the seven Great Clans vies eternally to be first in the Emperor's favor while safeguarding Rokugan from its many enemies within and without.
The Topaz Championship is a chance for each clan to test their best and brightest against one another. Though all contestants can pass the tests and become samurai, the winner claims glory for themselves and their clan, and may even earn a high-ranking position in the Empire.
As contestants, you are all traveling to the village of Tsuma, where the Championship will be held at the Kakita Dueling Academy. Who knows, maybe you will win it all and become the Topaz Champion...

Just gives a bit more context for why you are travelling to Tsuma. As none of you have undertaken your Gempuku (coming of age ceremony) yet you are not Samurai (although you are of the Samurai social class). You are all attending the Topaz championship and will be undertaking your Gempuku as part of the competition.

Hey all, guess I need to turn on notifications here! Sorry! I’ll catch up and jump in today. It’s been a busy week or two...

Hey! Welcome aboard. 😄

ah yes! another samurai to join us in tormenting peasants with our presence and tea. looking forward to ;)

Hey all, had some issues with my home internet over the weekend, namely that im pretty sure my ISP is literally an 80 year old man who can barely operate google let alone connect fiberoptic cable. it should be rectified by the time im home tonight, but im not sure, until then ill be posting from work whenever i can!

Hey @Tookie_Clothespin, how's it going? Are you managing to follow the game? We're now at the inn so, if you're still in, this may be a great place to join in. Have Iuchi Odayaka hanging out at the bar, drinking tea as one does... and check out that lady unicorn, she has a great horse ;)

Any luck with the "80 year old man" Robb?

Tookie's character Odayaka will have been with you all on the journey into town and is staying at the same inn so you would already be acquainted somewhat

Bump!

Yeah, sorry peeps thought I’d already mentioned this but I’m on holiday this week so won’t be able to post as much as normal. Will try to get the game updated in the next day or so but internets a tad spotty here

Thoughts on the scroll...
So, it is addressed to Kakita Toshimoko, so as far as I google, it's written by Kakita Yoshi. So Toshimoko thinks he's a better dad than Kakita...
I got the idea that Satsume was the writter from before... don't know why :(
What does Doji Satsume have to do with this?

The above should clarify matters

Ah! That’s why I thought they were related. Alright then! Time to squeeze that ghost 👻

Haha, bowlofspinach.

i’ll take culture roll then... I want to know if there has been anything lately that justifies the mantis being targeted... so that would be more like rumours and news and less about politics... (even though it is probably politically motivated)

Ok, I've put a post up with some useful details for going into the tournament. Can everyone have a read and let me know if you have any queries. Also just wanted to check in with everyone and see how you all feel the game is going?

All clear as far as I can tell 👍
Also... that day 2? Yoshi is never going to make his gempuku 😅

The tournament looks very interesting. Can't wait to try it.

I don't have any questions right now. If I think of any, I'll ask

Excellent, will just give it probably until tomorrow to give everyone else chance to look it over and weigh in if they have any comments about things before I start things moving again.

The tournament looks straightforward to me. I'm curious as to how you'll actually have us participate.

Ok, I've sent a PM to Lux001, RobbOgden93, and Tookie_Clothespin yesterday as they haven't posted in this game in quite a while and I want to make sure they're still wanting to play in this before we carry on. I'm going to give them probably until the end of the weekend and then we'll just start the tournament without them if they haven't responded.