How's My Driving: Player (And Game) Edition!

[taxonmods]

Happy St. Patrick's Day to those who celebrate! Remember: don't drink and how's my drive.

This is a combined player and game HMD, which means your mods are going to be begging for feedback. We're feeling a little disconnect and want to make sure everyone is enjoying themselves as much as possible. Specifically we're looking for feedback on the Haunted Holo plot, and what we can do in the future to make such large-scale plots more accessible.

It's also an HMD for our characters! Please comment here with the names of the characters you play and others will reply with their feedback- and it's obviously a given that this feedback will be helpful, constructive and respectful. Also, as amazing as getting ILU comments is, it's nice to hear why and what we're doing right just as much as criticism needs to be constructive. Participation is also entirely optional, and if you have any issues just let a mod know and we'll help out as much as we can.

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Comments

[allthatlife]

I love this game. I've been here from the very beginning and through many changes and I still love it. I think you have done and are continuing to do a great job.

I really enjoyed / am really enjoying the Haunted Holo plot. Things have progressed slowly, yes, but that's just the way that Taxon is. We're a laidback game and we thrive on backtags and backdating. I'm worried that you might be mistaking a slow response for a lack of interest?

[daughteroflight]

And Keri uses the totally wrong account but whatevs *goes with it*

I think what sort of got to us was how nothing really got rolling until right around/after we'd originally said the plot was going to be ending. Like there's slow and laid back and then there's this feeling of "oh right maybe something should be done with this". I was musing on plurk about how I fundamentally don't understand how bigger games (or really any game) can get through massive upheaval plots in a few days while we set out week-long timeframes for folks to jump in and every single time end up extending it anyway.

Then I figured out that it's because we're so small, and if two, three, four people are dealing with RL stuff/burnout/things at other games the impact here can get disproportionately massive. And now I'm trying to balance my knee-jerk "love us, damnit" reaction with the rational fact that everyone CAN'T be everywhere and yeah. Okay maybe once in a while I'd like Taxon to take the priority but that's me being ridiculously over-invested and entrenched 24/7 (note to everone: do not turn into me XD ).

IDK, I just want the spark to be brighter and maybe the game to grow so that disproportionate impact thing is less.

[tothelightshown]

... if we ever have another fourth wall event (or Ataraxion does), we need to have hiijinks. And give Glitch and / or Cain a nervous breakdown.

Well, sometimes people do need a bit of a reminder and, even with the best of intentions, real life gets to all of us. You've got a good point about our size. And we do love you. Don't ever doubt that.

Taxon is growing bit by bit, though we're probably attracting people who like the slowness and small size, so that may not exactly help with what's worrying you.

[daughteroflight]

sassy horrors forever.

Yeah, that's the balance. I'm just trying to figure out where the line between "small" and "glorified musebox" is because like...sustainability.

On the other hand you're exactly right, there is growth and I've LOVED the new people we've picked up recently (seriously you guys are lovely and I'm thrilled to see you bringing in MORE folks ♥ ). Maybe we just need another IC meet-and-mingle type thing for bridging socializing gaps?

...that'll be Glitch's potluck dinner, then. Also I am all over the place as usual.

[buffy_slayer]

I'm planning on having a "buffy starts work at the bar" post put up once I get off my ass and do more with Haunted Holo stuffs.

So that could also be a meetup opportunity :)

[loves_bitch]

That'd be fantastic.

Oooh! Oooh! I can walk into the bar as an intro.

[imperial_long]

Must throw peeps at this

+1

[killtheparty]

[loves_bitch]

This game is slower than the ones I've played on before but that isn't a bad thing. I have to curb my own internal worries about lack of response to my posts too, since, well, everyone has things they're doing and it can take some time to get to every place you should comment.