<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=141836.msg6963516#msg6963516">Quote from: Haibane on 23-09-2012, 09:18:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Letting us know you'll be too busy to join in with the game would be appreciated. I don't think anyone here is going to interact with your character if you vanish for weeks without warning and never contribute to the OOC.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I agree with this.<br/><br/>At the beginning of July, I wanted to get helvorn's Paulette character to interact with other male characters (and show my character Okello's willingness to share her), and Photo and summoner both had tangential characters at that point, so it would have been nice to get them off the sidelines and into the game.<br/><br/>http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=142203.msg6520314#msg6520314 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=142203.msg6520314#msg6520314)<br/><br/>Around that time, Photo left the game and summoner disappeared, which I found supremely annoying.<br/><br/>I could have just had Paulette and Okello go off on their own.  Instead I made a detour to include Photo and summoner.<br/><br/>I could have had NPCs interact with Paulette.  But instead I had to waste about five days for responses that would never come from Photo and summoner.<br/><br/>Granted, I take responsibility.  I don't think I actually asked Photo or summoner if they wanted to be part of it.  But I saw summoner imply that he wanted some RP for Dr. Sutherling beyond that with Photo's Adrian on June 30.  I posted and PMed them the morning of July 1.  And summoner posted something somewhere else the night of July 1.<br/><br/>I feel I have given summoner enough and I have gotten nothing for it, not even acknowledgement for my effort.<br/><br/>At least Photo responded to my PMs, initially said he would take part, expressed gratitude for attempting to include him and gave apologies for ultimately passing on the opportunity.<br/><br/>summoner did none of those things.<br/><br/>So, I will not be making any serious effort to include summoner in future RP.<br/><br/>I think summoner's going to have to insert himself into the RP and step up his RP.  He has to prove he can post stuff that is long and detailed, and do so at a regular pace, just like everyone else does (or at least has done).<br/><br/>The perfect opportunity is at the yacht party, since that scene is just beginning.  It's already been established that Dr. Sutherling and Dr. Okello Okanjo know each other in-game through some kind of professional connection.  Perhaps Dr. Okanjo invited him.  Or perhaps Darya invited him as thanks for curing some illness or healing some injury she or Valentina had.<br/><br/>That's Sutherling's connection to the party.  Dr. Sutherling can show up (like, just appear at the party).  Maybe he can interrupt Dr. Okanjo's conversation with Kaelyn.  Dr. Okanjo will tell him to go away and point him toward the NPC whores, of which there are four.  He can do some solo RP with the NPCs in the thread.  Maybe I'll arrange for another chance for Dr. Sutherling to feel up Okello's slave, Paulette, or get a lapdance from Kumiko, who is also played by helvorn and owned by another of my owner characters, Darius.<br/><br/>summoner is beyond the "give him a chance because he's new" phase.  To me, he's damaged his own reputation in this group game.  He has to make up for it with some awesome RP or just find a new game.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">@ Vin - my sincerest apologies. All my time I have at E right now is taken up with one game, pretty much. Constant will have to leave his daughter at home when he goes to the party.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Understood, and thanks.<br/><br/>