Rhona W

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

Sorry that you're disappointed, and fair enough that it sounds harsh. I didn't say anything for a while, because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. The thought of actually having to put something up just seemed like a massive pain in the arse, rather than something I wanted to do anymore.

The fact you feel strongly about it does make me think it might be worth continuing, and reconsidering. But frankly, you're the only person who's even bothered to get a post up in a week or more to say anything actually related to the damn game. Which is also doubly surprising considering you're playing the non-GEAR pilot as well, in a game squarely focused on mecha, and one of the more recent people to join in. Obviously christmas and New Years have been and gone, but even so - I think, if I continue, it might be time to cut the chaff.

I think you're right: It's time the group got whittled way, way down to those who can actually be arsed to get their posts up in good time, and show some enthusiasm and enjoyment when they do, rather than bitching about it or moaning.
I'm not doing this as a job, I'm doing it for my own enjoyment, and I'm going to make it enjoyable one way or another, and I want people who are enthusiastic and enjoyable to play with. I like this setting, and I like this story. And I'd like to actually see it through for once as well. So maybe it'll carry on. But I'm likely to be a lot harsher, because I'm tired of feeling like I'm having to shove things into action each time, and watch the game become a fucking revolving door, and slow down to a crawl.

A post will be forthcoming. If people don't respond to it, or to this one, then they're getting kicked off. I've already kicked off anyone who hasn't posted for ages, or replied to messages I've sent previously as well.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

TBH, I've kind of lost interest in running the game, and in online roleplaying at the moment. GEARs has been up for a year, and in that time we've barely covered a third of one mission and I've constantly had to sit around twiddling my thumbs. Things seem to just slow down to a crawl constantly, and it just leaves me not caring about posting any more, or having any real drive to come up with a storyline.
I love the setting, and I have a good group of players, but I'm honestly just finding it such a chore to post anything or even check the site. Not to mention the constant up-and-down of the site itself just makes it incredibly irritating to try and actually get anything done. And on top of that there's the people constantly coming and going all the time - we get new players, or returning players, and they're super-excited, glad to be here, build characters and GEARs... and then they disappear. Which means I have no real reason to plot anything for them either, and just get worn out giving a shit.

There's also all the constant having to plan how everything will fit together now that there's different types of units in the squad. I should've just limited the group to GEARs as it was supposed to be in the first place, as it would've been far less of a headache for me, and been a lot simpler too. In fact, ideally, I would've made everyone pilot the same model of GEAR just with different weapon systems, and be part of the same unit. But that would probably be hugely unpopular too.

Really, I'm just kind of burned out on online RP, after the combination of everything. I get more reward from writing, as I don't have to worry about waiting for other people to pitch in, or not get 'distracted' by whatever new shiny has come up, or to have to chase people down to get them to post all the damn time. Not to mention I can make sure the story goes the way it's supposed to, and that it fits the idea of what's in my head.

Sorry if everyone's disappointed, but honestly, I think I'm just tired of flogging a dead horse at this point. GEARs was fun and all, but I've just had enough of trying to make it work. I know people really like the setting and the game, but I've tried to get it working four or five times now, and it always just ends up crashing due to inactivity and the pace turning to a sluggish crawl, or everyone disappearing. And I'm tired of hearing people say they love it, want it to go, want to see the plot develop and blahblahblah, and then just watching the same things happen over and over again. So it's dead this time, and probably staying dead.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

I'll try and get a post up soon, now I'm back home - though I expect everyone will still be on holiday-schedule until after New Years, of course!
I hope everyone had a nice Christmas though :)

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

I thing I've drunk more in the last four days than I have in the last four weeks. I love christmas, yiuse gaiz.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

Merry Christmas, everyone. I hope you enjoy the holiday season, and it's everything you want. Best wishes for the New year too.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

Hey everyone - sorry I haven't got a post up so far. Every time I've been free to do one, the Guild has been down, or I haven't had the motivation.
I'm going away to visit my folks for Christmas as of today, and I'll see if I have time to get one up while I'm away. If not, I'll try and get something up after Christmas when I'm back.

I hope everyone enjoys their holiday season if I don't get a post up beforehand.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

Cart, I wasn't necessarily referring to you. It's other people I'm poking :P

Es, go right ahead if you want to, although I'm waiting on a post from Incubus in reply to the last one I made, since his character is with your group, and he might want to chime in too. Though he did say he'd had problems posting due to power outages.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

7 days since I last updated the IC, and there's been only 2 IC posts. That Banhammer's gonna be a-swingin'.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

I posted too, took everything from everyone elses' posts, and hopefully made replies to all of you. I also used Winters' post to elaborate on the layout of the mines. I made sure everything should allow us all to work together in this brief little battle, rather than all being separated out and fighting individually. After all, the idea is we're supposed to have trained extensively together by this point.

Cart, there isn't much for Ken to do at this point, and I'm sorry for that, but I'll make up for it another time!

I'm going away for a few days from Thursday, but I should be able to keep up and reply to any comments as needed. I'll make another post if there's enough replies when I'm back on Monday next week.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

"Ken," Blade replied, although the connection was abysmal due to the interference from the metres of rock between them, and the increased magnetic interference in the area. "Open fire at your discretion. Try and get 'em to stop if possible - but don't hesitate to fire if you're in danger, or they ain't co-operatin'".
The channel dissolved into squealing static before shutting off, and he grimaced; the Badlands characteristic interference had been bad in the area to begin with. Under this much rock, it wasn't surprising how much worse it was.
"Press on," he advised the others, squaring up on Christa's side. He'd swapped over to laser-comm and touch-comm as the interference was ruining regular comms. "Chris, keep moving to the right. Reeza, follow up with me. I'll back up your CQC. Adrian, keep our rears covered!"
The mapping data from Christa's GEAR - corrupted and incomplete over the satellite link, due to the interference - came through. It was enough to go on, and gave them a better idea of the mines' layout. Most of the tunnels were collapsed; one of the large aquifers beneath the Badlands had been struck, and flooded half the mine, and collapsed other tunnels. Only a few survived. The large cavern they had initially entered was the main chamber, with a second somewhat smaller one beyond. Tunnels radiated out from both, though only two survived intact. One was the one Esailia and Mike had taken, and were pressing down. It looped around in a U-shape, leading back into the second cavern, with the second tunnel on the opposite side, and forming a mirror shape - loosely, at least. All the tunnels were, naturally, big enough for GEARs, as they'd been used to excavate the tunnels in the first place.

In the tunnels, the infantry squad and Nawlins' accompanying GEAR were drawn up to an abrupt stop as a barricade across the tunnel opened fire, the men and women beyond the rag-tag collection of mining equipment, crates and whatever else employing medium machine-guns and an automatic grenade launcher to pin the group into place. Shouted voices rose in pitch, yelling for non-existent reinforcements, and arguing on whether to evacuate or not. One firm voice mentioned to fall back to the second line. Rifle fire crackled in response, adding to the torrent of firepower directed their way.

In the main cavern, Blade pressed onward, shooting up one of the modified GEARs, which toppled sideways into a heap under the volley of 20mm shells. The remaining five hostile GEARs, minus those taken down by Blade and Christa, spread out as much as they could. It was possible to make out a further, slightly lower-ceilinged cavern beyond an arched tunnel to the rear, where the GEARs had emerged from.
A catwalk around the mid-level of the cavern was littered with equipment and boxes, and from there, a handful of Arvarans dressed in rag-tag combat gear fired gamely down at the Roughriders GEARs. Employing assault rifles, they could do little damage to the machines - but no doubt some of them had heavier weapons, or had them on the way. The fear was confirmed as Silverwinds' GEAR resounded to a CLANG of a hit, and status boards flashed red, sensor feeds flickering and greying out from one sector of the external view - Grenade launcher, he thought with a grimace, before angling the Harlock's head upward, and strafing a section of the catwalk with minigun fire from the machines' head-mounted guns.
Unfortunately, the momentary distraction cost further, as a burst of heavy machine-gun fire from the cavern floor slammed into the machines' leg, breaching the armour and cutting a control line, freezing the limb into place.
"Dammit," he muttered. "An' that's only the infantry".
The GEARs around them grew more daring, despite their hodge-podge armour, and opened fire on the group with their patchwork weapons. Autocannon fire lashed out at the group of LDF machines, reaching out to hit them as hard as possible.