Fate of Neutral Omens...

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

All right, guys. Well, it hasn't been a week yet, but only four people voted in the poll - all on the first day - and the vote is unanimously to, "Try to find new mods and give it three months to see if it improves." Apparently no one else gives a damn. But those who do, want the game to continue.

However, there was one write-in suggestion from Gabs that your mods thought held some promise. We've been discussing it amongst ourselves and are now turning to the players for a final decision. The idea was basically to reset the game. Start over, if you will. Players would be given one last thread to wrap up anything they wanted to wrap up and at the end, Adam does his thing. Then the game goes on hiatus for a month or so while everyone submits formal applications for their characters and we try to recruit new players. After that, we'd start the game again (though the stuff we liked from NO can be copy/pasted into the new game - with mod permission - so we don't have to replay what already worked) and see if we can't move faster and feel enthusiastic again in getting to play without having to slog through all the back story that was established before characters disappeared.

Wouldn't it be cool?! Imagine it being fun to play again...

Oh, and our Brian/Azi-mun has volunteered to be the mod for the new game, with John and I sticking around as advisors, so the game really would be starting anew with fresh ideas and ways of doing things.

I, for one, am pretty excited by the prospect, but we'd like to hear from you. Thoughts? Questions? Concerns?

Comments

[draggystack.livejournal.com]

I would absolutely love to see this game continue to succeed, and if a fresh start is what it needs to do so, then I'm all for it.

[mangy-mongrel.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it would also help if we had deadlines for when certain major events such as the final battle should happen e.g. by the end of the year...? Plus a timeframe within which these major events should take place, such as a month? Two months? It might even help to have several threads about major events occurring concurrently which will all join up to a organising thread?

Also, if Luna is not needed, I can volunteer to be the "Evil" side. Or play both. I've always wanted to be Hel, but wasn't too sure if I should/could play her. XD

[mi-guida.livejournal.com]

IT sounds great, and I'm definitely up for this! One thing I'd request, though - if we're going to incorporate the bits of back story from before that worked, then could there be a post somewhere on MP telling us exactly what is and isn't incorporated? I think I might get confused otherwise, even if no one else did...

Oh, and no the note of formal applications - does that mean we might not be allowed back in...?

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

Does resetting mean that all the current threads will be deleted or will they be archived somewhere? It might be confusing to just start over on top of them.

What I'd want to keep and where I'd like Loki to start off again will largely depend on what characters we'll have (Shadow? Odin? ... And Luna was suggesting Hel! That'd probably have a huge impact on Loki.), what the rest of you want to drop or keep (the breakup? relationships with John, War and Crowley?) and any deadlines we might agree on (I'd like my character to be fit enough to participate in the final battle.).

And most important of all ;): Where and in what form do I send that application?

Me, babbling

[malicehaughton.livejournal.com]

Ooh starting fresh sounds like a good idea! Since I would really like to stick with Ana here, as it is fun, it just got a bit slow at the end there, and I tend to forget things, and Loki hasn't been on AIM whenever I manage to get on (My AIM doesn't always work, its temperamental...) She used to constantly remind me to get posting.

But the reason why I hadn't posted in a while beforehand right now is mainly because I was on holiday with no computer access. And I was writing my Good Omens giftfic...which still isn't finished *hides* It'll get done one day soon...I'm right at the end of it...just a few parts left...

[aeshma-daeva.livejournal.com]

Hmm...this'll be interesting. Do I get to still be the bad guy? *gives huge volcanic orange puppy-dog eyes*

Well, I'm in agreement. We probably do need to start out fresh. Sluff off the old skin and all that. This'll be fun. :D

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

I, having finished my HSC, am quite interested in rejoining, and a reboot seems like the perfect opportunity. I notice you still don't have a Newt - did anyone do anything with him in my absence? Tsk. He was so much fun.

Also, thoughts on a Demonology 101 (http://faith.rydia.net/) character?