In all candor?<em>GMis Vanishingus</em>is a very bad sign, for whatever reason.  Given your RL workload, it may well have been a foolhardy task to begin a game...but not, I must emphasize, a stupid one.  The basic idea is pretty good and has a lot of potential.<br/><br/>Assuming we are going to continue (because absent the brouhaha in the OOC this has been mostly enjoyable):<br/><br/>IF you have a plot in mind, then I've already given my two farthings on a good way to keep everyone active at their own pace.<br/><br/>If you DON'T have a plot in mind, then I'd heartily suggest getting a co-GM to help manage the sandbox.   :-)<br/><br/>For future reference, co-GMs are a good idea, especially if you have ambitions for a large and wide-ranging plot amongst the sandboxing.  But one<span class="bbc_u">must</span>let them know of any overall plots you have in mind,lest you be unavailable for comment.<br/><br/>PM follows.