OK, I need to confess something.
The reason I'm so adamant on not having arcs last too long... One of the reasons I rush things despite it being the one major complaint about my writing...
I'm almost certain my parents are going to force me into a full time job, or into college by next fall. Both of which will seriously cripple or even kill my participation. And at the rate we're currently going, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish all my plans by then.
I cannot afford to stay in an RP that drags its arcs out nearly half a year, because RL is rushing me. I might just quit even if Option 2 is a thing. But I don't want to have to resort to that, because you guys are genuinely my friends.
I know some of you will interpret this as guilt-tripping, and it likely is. But I am doing this out of desperation. I want my stories to be told, and if this RP hinders rather than helps... I'm not sure what to do.
Contact Me!Guys, I really need some help too if I'm going to get my stories told. I'm not getting anywhere at this rate. While I don't like going too fast, I feel I'm going too slow at this rate. Especially now that my laptop is broken and is being sent in to repairs and I probably won't get it back until after Christmas, which likely means I can just say good-bye to some of the stuff I had wanted to do this December and... ugh, none of this is working out...
My gym battles, and Character Development from character interactions, for one thing. It's kind of difficult to do when I don't have anyone to interact with... And I have been trying to get to interact with other characters, but no one will take the hint, or I miss out on character interaction entirely because characters I want to interact with leave the area my character is in before I get the chance to interact with them or because it's too late at night for me. Especially the latter might be a problem since I really need to be more serious about going to bed earlier, and... ugh, too many problems...
And for my vote, I'm going with Option 2 or 4.
@Umbra I'm somewhat aware of your situation, and it's one of the reasons I suggested Option 4.
@DS I don't know how much it would help with Character Development, but I could try and have Maggie and her mons interact with you if you want.
edited 28th Nov '12 10:16:48 AM by crowlover
"Don't worry, murder is a sign of affection." - An amalgamation of DunsparceDS: I could have Lenore do something. Lenore needs to do something.
And yeah, I'm feeling the bite too. Especially since I've planned ALL of my good stuff to happen in the Conquest Arc.
I should also point out that I may been even less active in the following weeks than I am now. This is due to a combination of having to write a monolouge and essay for drama that has to be performed and handed in the the next two weeks, major exams are happening in the following week, and after that I'm going up to the Central Coast for a holiday for a week.
And TF 2 is a vice I haven't been able to shake.
So yeah. That's me in a nutshell guys
I'm having to learn to pay the priceYes please, Newfie. :P
On a more serious note...
I almost had a Last Year!Crewe-esqe breakdown where I was pretty much "AAAAAAH I HAVE TOO MANY MONS I NEED TO RELEASE ALL OF THEM". Thankfully, I snapped out of it, and now am handling my cast size problem in a less drastic manner - using mons for interaction instead of defaulting straight to my P Cs, planning sidebits for boxed mons, and reinstating a cap for Umbra and Lina (No mons after Seish, Fuu, Bow, and Rosa; as for Ammy, she has fairly limited options as-is, and Arika has a pseudo-cap already).
However...
I still want to give away one or two mons of Umbra's, to balance out his team size compared to Lina's. (The reason I say two is because there MIGHT be one extra, secret mon I want for Umbra aside from Seish and Bow.)
The ones I'm willing to give away are...
- DOOM
- Bucky
- Tromba
- Gellick
- Possibly Xu (I feel like someone else, eg. Pippi, could keep Xunore going better than I could. >_>)
So, one or two (Preferably two, due to earlier mentioned plans) of these mons will likely be given by Umbra as Christmas presents. Again, don't feel like you have to. It would just help me out a lot.
edited 29th Nov '12 8:18:41 AM by Umbramatic
Contact Me!Well, since it seems I keep hurting everyone I love, I'm starting to think me staying in the RP isn't going to work out. Sure, I was looking forward to doing a lot of fun things with you guys for as long as I did stay, but... if I just keep directing my frustrations (even frustration that may not even be RP related) on you guys, then it's not really worth it, is it?
I don't know about that... Some of my behaviour at my worst has been outright hostile. I've been complaining about future story arcs, and about people not helping me, when people have been offering to help me, but I haven't been in any state to accept it either because I'm in too bad of a mood at the time, or because I feel it's not enough and that I need more than that to progress my plots.
Still, that doesn't excuse my behaviour. It says something about how bad I've been when I'm not even surprised to find other people talking about me behind my back. And then they feel bad, and I feel bad, and we apologize, and then it happens again a few days later... I don't want to keep creating problems and hurting people like that.
I'm still using my mother's computer, since my laptop is still broken. My mother will retrieve the documents and stuff that was saved on it tomorrow, and then the laptop will be sent in to be repaired, and I don't know when I'll get it back. This has also contributed to complicating my plans somewhat...

I would say don't change them, but then people will yell at me.
So, jumping on the Option 2 bandwagon, but only as a necessary evil.
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