After spending the day considering the various conversations that I've had recently with a few of the players here, I've decided that I'm not going to continue investing in it.<br/><br/>The point of Shadowlight was to create a quick paced environment. The lack of that has, ultimately, done too much damage to my interest to be willing to continue running it; that is the sole reason I ran<em>this</em>concept instead of a different one was to enjoy this sort of quicker story telling. Part of this game was an experiment in testing letting people post at their own rates with the general "smaller, faster, more momentum" mantra in mind, rather than forcing a strict posting deadline. This has, clearly, failed. In combination with this, I have been approached a handful of times about dissatisfaction with the state that the game is moving in - be that the direction of the story, the speed at which it proceeds, or the way that certain characters have been handled.<br/><br/>As a GM it's always known that you can't please everyone, and that's just a fact that you have to deal with as you proceed in running games. Unfortunately, as I stated early when this game was interesting checked, I am entirely unwilling to run just part of it. There is enough problem here, that has been voiced either publicly or privately, that I'm not confident in the prolonged stability of the game. We've already lost one player and that has had an adverse effect on the game - even a single other could easily topple what work I've put into this, and there are already individuals on the fence. To that end, I won't waste my time, or anyone else, with something that has not sailed as well as it should have.<br/><br/>For those that are interested in 5E games in general, keep an eye out, as I'll likely be filling Shadowlights space with some others that have more defined posting guidelines and focus on the overall smaller groups that can move forward individually and don't rely on the commitment of quite as many people. If you have individual questions, feel free to shoot them to me privately.<br/><br/>Thanks for your time and effort, and happy writing. I'm certain I'll see you around.