OOC

Going to post later today. Sorry for my absence.

Managed to get the post in but I must admit I haven't fixed my sheet yet. I will make sure to get it done ASAP (I need sleep first though). I am sorry I haven't gotten around to doing it yet. I've been super busy lately.

Yeah, I've gotten pretty busy now, too. I understand. Life takes precedence. Let's all just do what we can to keep the game alive, well and moving forward. But don't stress it if you're too busy to pop in for a day or three.

I've created a subforum titled "GM Screen" that none of you should be able to see. Please take a look and let me know if you can see it. I'm going to be keeping track of plot threads, NPC interactions, etc there and it could screw with your enjoyment of the game if you're able to see that stuff.

Don't see anything.

The start of this pre-written adventure is a little bland. It might be OK for tabletop, but it's too slow for pbp, I think. At least, I've been feeling a bit down at how slow it's going. So, I'm going to move it forward a bit.

Figured I could expand on it here, instead of cluttering up the IC thread.

There really isn't much/anything that we need to do mechanically - no checks - to achieve this, since it's presumably all willingly opted into.

A Character would essentially just provide anyone in the group who wanted their A/V feeds with a "user level" access code to those Icons/Nodes. Allowing them to view the data essentially of that Node, which in this case that data is Audio/Visual input from the forementioned A/V devices.

Generally this is done by everyone in the group letting the Hacker "slave" their A/V devices/Nodes to the Hackers main Device/Node - as the Hacker will generally have the best Matrix setup/defenses, and the Hacker would just in turn give everyone in the group access to that one Node. Since we don't have a Hacker, it's probably not advantageous to slave everyone's devices under one, as that makes one big soft target instead of five small soft targets, but still everyone would just have to share their access with everyone else and you would achieve the same effect.

Probably clear as mud?

In Shadowrun speak, that's subscribing to their node, right? Everyone is just subscribing to the others' nodes that feed that kind of information.

Hey guys, I realize I haven't been posting much -- sorry about that.

It feels like Mouse doesn't really have a role on the team - it seems like we have three characters fulfilling the role of muscle and I feel like I keep stepping on people's toes.

I'm also going to be gone the next 9 days without reliable wifi.

Would you guys be ok with phasing Mouse out, and I can roll a new character to fill a niche our team doesn't have (mage/decker...)? Thoughts?

We have a Mage (Jericho), but no hacker?

Yeah, we don't have a hacker. I'm OK with a character swap, if you want.

Hi guys.

First of all, I would like to apologize for my absence(s) AND for my lack of communication. Secondly, I sadly have to withdraw from the game. I think the game has been great so far, I just have too much other stuff going on in my life right now, and I feel bad for not posting for long periods and holding the game back.

I really appreciate you being patient and overbearing with me and apologize for not communicating better OoC. I should have come to this realization and decision earlier, so you could have found a replacement player instead of the game being slowed to a halt, and I hope you will do so now and continue on without me.

Lastly, you guys rock! Was a pleasure gaming with you and I hope to be able to do so again some time in the future. I am posting this same message in both of the games where I am a player as the above applies to both.

Take care and all the best.

- Chingo

Hey, Chingo, thanks for joining us while you did!

Five days with no activity at all and longer than that with very limited activity. I think it might be dead.

Hey Shark, apologies but I have to reduce my mental real estate holdings. I'm starting a new job and am just stressed right now and I know I'm not doing this game justice, and so am going to bow out.

Thanks for running! And will still see ya in the BWG game (which I'm holding onto).

Cool! No problem, thanks for letting us know.

Sorry all, but I'm stretched thin with a recent surge in work load/responsibility. I'm going to bow out, hopefully it'll help speed things along. Again, apologies.

Okidoki, thanks for letting us know!

Hey guys, sorry I haven't been posting. Things on my end have gotten a lot busier than I anticipated. I'm going to have to bow out of this game.

Thanks for everything.

All right! I also just added a new player. Yay!