Okay, before my speaking words get messed up with my typed words, or people begin to factionalize, I'll sum up here. Interesting factoids to follow:
1. I am stepping down as Main ST. Right now, with all the shit going on in my life OOC (and there's plenty, let me tell ya), I don't feel I have the time, patience, or nerves to deal with being the Main ST at this time. Read overly pissy rant below if you don't believe me. I will, however, be back - I have some stuff in the wings that would have been good plot wise, and I have some new rules to add to the game - clarifications on one thing, and something that some won't like, but I've wanted to do for a while, because, it REALLY makes sense. I'm not sure when exactly I'll be back - I guess when it's not inconvienient (no, I didn't spell that right - shut up), and when I feel I'm ready to take up the helm again. Unless the majority of the players don't want me to take over again - but for right now, I REALLY need the break. I want to play.
2. I believe that many people at this game are my friends, or at least don't mind me. Despite my ranting below, this is a true statement, except in certain circumstances, with certain people (yes, plural). What I said below was weeks (no kidding) of shit that really needed to get out.
3. I can't cook. Really. Scrambled eggs and grilled cheese are about the extent of my culinary knowledge. Therefore, the Iron Chef is, to my mind, just about the kewlest damn show on TV.
4. I'm not quitting. Despite my overly angry bitching at Gary over the phone, I am not leaving the game. To be quite honest, not only did leaving make me feel like I had a HUGE gaping hole of time to fill in my life, I missed it, literally within a day of saying "I'm quitting". Also to be quite honest, in the battlefield of my mind (and yes, it is, metaphysically speaking, a battlefield in there - at least, how I view things), my quitting meant that those who oppose me scored a point, or worse, won. I'm too Irish and too fucking stubborn to allow that to happen. 'Nuff said.
5. I don't hate Bill. While I'm hurt at the apparent betrayel, I don't hate Bill. If anything, I'm confused. But, I'll have to talk to Bill to see what the beef is. I have a Really Good Idea, but I'll wait and see.
6. I'm melodramatic, moody, and angst-ridden. Really. I am. I'm not kidding. Quit looking at me like that. Actually, I think that if I was any more moody, I'd be a woman.
(just kidding, ladies!)
7. There are parts of the game I feel are fucked up. This is true - I really do feel this. Why? Because, when we started the game, we (myself righteously included) were utterly clueless as to what the fuck we were doing. Some of the characters, in hindsight, were poorly constructed. Shut up, they were.
Anyway, a lot of the misinformation and screw ups either A) Had to be changed, or we don't do it that way anymore, pissing people off, or B) Still exist, leading to more misinformation and screw ups, thus pissing people off. I think that if we reset, or, retired some of the characters who have been around for a long time, some, if not all, of these problems may resolve themselves. White Wolf suggests forcing character retirement at around 100 XP. Okay, the Camarilla doesn't do that (I've heard rumors of 200+XP characters wandering around), but I like to think we're better than White Wolf's own "official" LARP fan club. Damn, I hate the Cam USA. Anyway, I'm pretty sure that most of the characters who have been around since the beginning are close to, if not certainly exceeded, this 100 XP limit. I would have to sit down with each player seperately, and rip apart the character on a numeric basis, to find out.
8. [censored due to inappropraite attacking comment]
9. There is no 9.
10. The bacon at Red Robin is good. So is the Royal Red Robin burger. So is the Chocolate Mint Dream - my new favorite alchoholic beverage...mmm.
Okay, I think that's it. See ya'll on sunday.
-vacationing jim