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Comment on Our Last Saving Grace by weevin

weevin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:30:07 +0000

P.S. sorry iffn mah prior post came of as dicky. Didn’t take time to think about what I was writing. I’m at work and crabby about it.

Comment on Our Last Saving Grace by weevin

weevin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:28:18 +0000

Yeah hmang I’m just gonna miss you doods when your in Portland forever and I’m stuck doing boring shit forever. I just seem to have a hard time keeping common ground when I’m not frequently around you guys, you all have common interest and knowlege that i’ve always just kinda tagged along with. With you all living together I worry that I’ll rapidly fall out of the loop.

AND NONE OF THE OTHER QUARTETS ARE HIRING!!!

Comment on Our Last Saving Grace by Zach

Zach — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:03:38 +0000

We haven’t forgotten about Matt just yet! One of the main reasons that I’m so concerned about keeping D&D going between the four of us after January is to make SURE that we get a chance to spend some time with you at least once a week. I really don’t want to lose touch with you, and D&D is a great way to ensure some face-to-face Steve-time in my life.

I’m also super frustrated that games keep being canceled. I mean, doubleyou tee eff, mate. I’ve been trying super hard and I don’t think I’ve ever been late/absent. It’s just really important to me that we schedule this shit and stick to it, especially since it’ll be our one solid way to keep in touch later on.

Comment on Our Last Saving Grace by Zach

Zach — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:33:43 +0000

Not to be hella argumentative, but I don’t see how it’ll be any different than what we’re doing right now: three of us in one city, one in another gaming via webcam. The only difference is that you’d be the odd man out rather than Matt—it wouldn’t be any harder at all.

In fact, it’d probably be much easier for the four of us to game after January. Right now, you, Ben and I all have wildly disparate obligations to deal with, Matt’s own busy workday notwithstanding. Once we’re in Portland, we three will be living in the same apartment, on similar schedules and out of school. All us Portlanders will be on the same page, which will make it easier to match up to whatever schedule you’ll have in the Spring.

Comment on Our Last Saving Grace by weevin

weevin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:36:17 +0000

It just seems like it’ll be to difficult to continue past that point.

Comment on Our Last Saving Grace by Zach

Zach — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:25:09 +0000

You won’t need a computer for what we’re doing – not until we leave, anyway, and we’ll have the bugs ironed out by then.

Also, stopping point? Are you not interested in continuing the campaign after January?

Comment on Our Last Saving Grace by weevin

weevin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:04:23 +0000

Just so long as theres enough time for me to learn whatever it is we will be doing. My computer is old and tired and I am the least tech savvy of the group. I fear you all would lose patience with me. I still vote we get to a stopping point before you cats leave.

Comment on Our Last Saving Grace by Zach

Zach — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:43:16 +0000

Basically, just the reasons Ben mentioned in the original posts: Trying to convey a physical gameboard with a webcam was sketch at best, and the more intricate the map, the harder it is to deal with. We’re looking at bigger, more complex dungeons in the future, and we’re trying to avoid a total pain in the ass.

Also, this wouldn’t work to the exclusion of webcams, but in addition to them. The three of us could have one laptop with which to DM and manage the gameboard, and one to play on the gameboard and watch us with a webcam, maybe with an external monitor. When I get home, I might take a second to visualize this with Sketchup or something. The fact that you don’t have a laptop shouldn’t be a problem at all.

I don’t know where you’re getting “nearly impossible;” it’ll just take an ounce of effort. Believe me, if we get this set up now, you’ll be a whole lot better off once the three of us are in Portland.

Comment on Our Last Saving Grace by weevin

weevin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:39:48 +0000

Is there a reason why we’ve moved away from something that had worked so well over webcam to something that’s near impossible over webcam?

Comment on Our Last Saving Grace by kholdstare

kholdstare — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:44:34 +0000

Yes, that will definitely happen. In the meantime, though, I worry about the ability to execute intricate game board stuff (COMBAT) with a webcam. In the past it was sort of unwieldy at best. RPTools, if we could get it working, would save our sorry asses, permanently.