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DrowArchmage · 06-16-2006, 05:34 PM

Hey dplax, no rush or anything but, i'm really bored at my house, you know how it gets. Whats happenning with me?

dplax · 06-29-2006, 05:36 AM

Sorry for the recent pause in the game I've been busier with the internship than I thought I'd be. I'll try getting up a post tonight.

dplax · 07-02-2006, 01:41 PM

I'm sorry again, but a friend unexpectedly came to stay at my place for a few days, I'll have a post up when she's gone around Tuesday/Wednesday.

Morgeruat · 07-02-2006, 08:39 PM

We'll still be here dplax.

dplax · 07-20-2006, 04:30 PM

*wonders whether he should add this game to his long list of failed games*

Larry_OHF · 07-20-2006, 11:01 PM

The game has not failed...for to fail it would have had to not live up to its expectancy to offer the players an interesting scenario in which to interact.

This game has all the makings of success, but obviously there is something wrong...and my opinion is divided thus:

Either,

1. The players themselves have failed you in providing the means for which to move the story along.

2. Your strategy for recruiting and retaining players needs improvement.

Or maybe,

3. It just so happens that the players involved all have something exterior from Ironworks keeping them inactive...which is out of your control.

Just to let you know, you're doing a damn good job and should be proud of your work. From my perspective, you're doing better in game creation/retention than most people who attempt something like this and get absolutely nowhere.

Don't let such bumps in the road wear you down.

Persist.

Morgeruat · 07-22-2006, 10:23 AM

agreed, even the longest running game, LoF has had extended periods of 0 activity and suffered large problems with player retention.

dplax · 07-22-2006, 03:06 PM

Thanks for the support Larry and Morg. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Kazilan · 07-22-2006, 08:53 PM

Sorry I don't post too often, I'll try to get more responses up over the coming weeks.

So far things are going well - I'm looking forward to finding out more of the story!

Calaethis Dragonsbane · 07-23-2006, 07:25 AM

I don't want this game to close. I've not really been around recently, due to me running off to visit and be visited by friends (in other countries), but - I do enjoy the game and it would be a shame to close it. Maybe summer is simply a slower time of year?

I'm still up for it though [img]smile.gif[/img]

06-16-2006, 05:34 PM	#121
DrowArchmage Mephistopheles Join Date: July 29, 2004 Location: Mt. Pleasant, MI Age: 34 Posts: 1,400	Hey dplax, no rush or anything but, i'm really bored at my house, you know how it gets. Whats happenning with me? __________________ "Love is an odd thing, as odd a thing there is" -al'Lan Mandragoran, Last Lord of the Seven Towers

06-29-2006, 05:36 AM	#122
dplax Jack Burton Join Date: July 19, 2003 Location: an expat living in France Age: 40 Posts: 5,577	Sorry for the recent pause in the game I've been busier with the internship than I thought I'd be. I'll try getting up a post tonight. __________________

07-02-2006, 01:41 PM	#123
dplax Jack Burton Join Date: July 19, 2003 Location: an expat living in France Age: 40 Posts: 5,577	I'm sorry again, but a friend unexpectedly came to stay at my place for a few days, I'll have a post up when she's gone around Tuesday/Wednesday. __________________

07-20-2006, 04:30 PM	#125
dplax Jack Burton Join Date: July 19, 2003 Location: an expat living in France Age: 40 Posts: 5,577	wonders whether he should add this game to his long list of failed games __________________

07-20-2006, 11:01 PM	#126
Larry_OHF Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Midlands, South Carolina Age: 49 Posts: 14,759	The game has not failed...for to fail it would have had to not live up to its expectancy to offer the players an interesting scenario in which to interact. This game has all the makings of success, but obviously there is something wrong...and my opinion is divided thus: Either, 1. The players themselves have failed you in providing the means for which to move the story along. 2. Your strategy for recruiting and retaining players needs improvement. Or maybe, 3. It just so happens that the players involved all have something exterior from Ironworks keeping them inactive...which is out of your control. Just to let you know, you're doing a damn good job and should be proud of your work. From my perspective, you're doing better in game creation/retention than most people who attempt something like this and get absolutely nowhere. Don't let such bumps in the road wear you down. Persist. __________________

07-02-2006, 08:39 PM	#124
Morgeruat Jack Burton Join Date: October 16, 2001 Location: PA Age: 45 Posts: 5,421	We'll still be here dplax.

07-22-2006, 10:23 AM	#127
Morgeruat Jack Burton Join Date: October 16, 2001 Location: PA Age: 45 Posts: 5,421	agreed, even the longest running game, LoF has had extended periods of 0 activity and suffered large problems with player retention. __________________ "Any attempt to cheat, especially with my wife, who is a dirty, dirty, tramp, and I am just gonna snap." Knibb High Principal - Billy Madison

07-22-2006, 03:06 PM	#128
dplax Jack Burton Join Date: July 19, 2003 Location: an expat living in France Age: 40 Posts: 5,577	Thanks for the support Larry and Morg. [img]smile.gif[/img]

07-22-2006, 08:53 PM	#129
Kazilan Elminster Join Date: October 31, 2003 Location: USA Age: 43 Posts: 485	Sorry I don't post too often, I'll try to get more responses up over the coming weeks. So far things are going well - I'm looking forward to finding out more of the story! __________________ Welcome to the Federation Starship SS Buttcrack! - John Crichton

07-23-2006, 07:25 AM	#130
Calaethis Dragonsbane Legion Symbol Join Date: May 29, 2002 Location: Somewhere in between Age: 40 Posts: 7,029	I don't want this game to close. I've not really been around recently, due to me running off to visit and be visited by friends (in other countries), but - I do enjoy the game and it would be a shame to close it. Maybe summer is simply a slower time of year? I'm still up for it though [img]smile.gif[/img]

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