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Not to alienate two people with one post, but I really think you're both right to a degree. Vicious is more worried about motivating the playerbase already here, many of which have lost inspiration yet still want to do the RP (Not to put words in his mouth or anything).

I also think we need to avoid alienating our new blood, especially if part of the point of this is... getting some new blood into the RP. Which is why I'd be fine playing out the current day and giving our newer players time to interact before the big timeskip.

Ultimately, I'm not a GM or COGM, so bugger my opinion.