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[Nighthawk]

[Icarus Blye]

Hm. Too slow.

[aacarter]

In case anyone had missed it, I stumbled upon something on songwraith's youtube page:

We are very sorry, but this adventure is on hold for the time being, due to situations beyond our control. Please check back periodically.

It explains why there has been a lull lately in activity.

[Will 2.0]

Short intermission, I hope.
I was following this one with glee...

or something like that.

[Ursos]

Yeah, I hope it comes back soon! I was looking forward to some kind of interaction/pick-up/etc in Columbus...

[Rammer]

Progress

[thebruce]

heh ok, to clarify, I did send another message looking for a bit more detail. I didn't get a reply. The next update was that meta message.

ultimately, there were a few factors for me not going in a timely fashion:
1. Instructions were very vague (and in the end don't seem to match actual happenings - I may have visited early (before the 'trail of images'), but then the page was to be given, with no indication of a 'trail of images'))
2. Extremely inconvenient - I already went once, after convincing a friend to take the drive (during high gas prices ). A coach to Toronto is more convenient than busing to that relatively inaccessible area.
3. Time and Cost (see 2)
4. Safety - whether due to meeting an unknown person, or simply being midnight in a very secluded area in a (afaict) relatively shadey part of town. While, based on a fairly accurate assumption it's a game, there's almost certainly no risk of danger from those in the game, it's still a shady meeting place/time.
5. given the theme/nature of the game, I just wouldn't have felt comfortable with that meetup, nor would I likely condone that kind of meetup as a regular occurance in ARGs, that could ultimately have very young players who might by default assume such an event would be 100% safe.
6. It wasn't absolutely necessary that *I* get the page, since I was also told "So don't get it". Unfortunately, I don't know of anyone else in the area who would get it, let alone anyone not already playing the game.
7. I was contemplating biting the bullet the day I sent the last message which didn't get a reply.

It's unfortunate. But I like to assume this whole thing isn't the reason the game is "on hold"... if it is, then I'd say it's definitely not good writing if a game collapses (in a very meta way) because a player doesn't accomplish a task... lack of completion should be taken into account in the gameplan, if at least to be open for a last minute re-write.

So I'm favouring the PM(s) at this point here in that there's an honest, legitimate reason for the stall. No reason to think otherwise, IMO.

[sunshineone]

OMG i am new to this... this is amazing!

[brains007]

This is indeed very interesting. Too bad it has stalled. Also, I live on Vancouver Island (which has both an O and an X on it. The O is near Victoria, where I live.

[Icarus Blye]

I have seen games have halts like this. It is indeed frustrating but I feel when it does pick back up we'll have fun and it'll be worth the wait.

[redct]

So, it's a good time for me to jump back in. Definitely not Red Monday ;P