I was, actually, going to suggest (back when they posted in fact) that we hiatus until Gabe and Relia come back since they seemed to be picking up some of the plot-carrying weight. That's no solution either for any number of reasons but it was another notion I sort of had.
Aaaand springboarding in a slightly different direction: lately we've been trying to get away from Life In Taxon Day #3,906, we had the whole Big Damn plot post, bits of it kept getting implemented, and then very few people acted on it. I know how frustrating and disheartening that is, and how it becomes a self-perpetuating loop of non-participation. Even though I KNOW better, when I see tags not getting answered or posts getting ignored I slide into a "why bother?" mentality and any sense of urgency or desire to write dries up. Like I said on AIM the other night I never, ever expect tags anymore and I'm pretty sure no one ever expects tags from me either.
Ultimately it's up to you guys. We can hiatus and then maybe do a plot reboot to give the Real Boy thing an honest chance, we can pick another direction, I don't know. If you need someone else to step up and do plot carrying I could do some NPCing or something.
Or we can call it a good run and stop dragging this festering corpse around.
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Aaaand springboarding in a slightly different direction: lately we've been trying to get away from Life In Taxon Day #3,906, we had the whole Big Damn plot post, bits of it kept getting implemented, and then very few people acted on it. I know how frustrating and disheartening that is, and how it becomes a self-perpetuating loop of non-participation. Even though I KNOW better, when I see tags not getting answered or posts getting ignored I slide into a "why bother?" mentality and any sense of urgency or desire to write dries up. Like I said on AIM the other night I never, ever expect tags anymore and I'm pretty sure no one ever expects tags from me either.
Ultimately it's up to you guys. We can hiatus and then maybe do a plot reboot to give the Real Boy thing an honest chance, we can pick another direction, I don't know. If you need someone else to step up and do plot carrying I could do some NPCing or something.
Or we can call it a good run and stop dragging this festering corpse around.