First: Some good news!<br/><br/>Posts up for each squad ;D  Also there should be about 3 new posts in the database thread within the next few minutes. While I have no problem with everyone reading them (That's what they're there for) I do ask that if your character wouldn't know the info on the thread yet please don't have them act as if they do ;D<br/><br/>And Second: Some GM duties that need seeing to...<br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>As far as our marine player is concerned the game is essentially freeform with them simply posting using statements such as "My character shoots at the alien aiming for its head" rather than "My character shoots the alien in the head." This allows me to control the action from behind the scenes by being the one to use statements such as "the bullets hit the alien" or "The bullets miss the alien" without bogging down the players with dice rolls, stat comparisons, ect. </strong></span><br/><br/>Now I know (because I checked) that I posted this explanation of what sort of posts would be needed in the original interest check. But I can understand how it might have been missed, or forgotten, ect.  So I'm posting it up again.(This time bolded and underlined). The reason I bring this up is that a few posts have broken this rule. I'm not going to name anyone  specifically, nor address this to 'everyone' because (A) I don't like pointing fingers and (B) This hasn't become an issue with everyone. And while so far it hasn't been a big issue due to the point at which the game is in and the fact that they managed to, by coincidence, achieve the same or extremely similar results as the system did. It can and most likely will create issues later unless it's addressed now....<br/><br/>So I'm going to have to ask everyone to please make sure that from now on they follow the above stated rule. Because put quite simply if you don't then this game will either wind up becoming a completely freeform game, or a game in which I will have to require players to do system work in order to post with outcomes of their actions. And both of these things are not what i"m looking for this game to be.<br/><br/>So in closing, I'm not looking for any apologies, nor am I asking anyone to change their posts thus far. But I am asking that from now on everyone not cross the line from controlling their characters to controlling the world around them.<br/><br/>-Thanks ;D<br/>Urban<br/><br/><br/>P.S. I should emphasize that VERY few of our players actually have crossed said line, but seeing as it started with one post and then seemed to jump up into about 3 or more within the next set of posts it shows that if I don't address it publicly it may (like a zombie plague :P) spread to everyone. If you think your post(s) may have crossed the line, or just want to be 100% sure they haven't simply pm me and I'll let you know If/when/where they have or haven't.