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[Cherry Lover]

It's not lack of time, though. You guys are all in the US, and most of the posting is happening at 5 AM my time. It is literally impossible for me to get involved in any of this, however much time I have.

And, the problem I have here is that it is making the RP a total chore to play. Because no-one else wants to wait for me, I never get to do anything important or have any conversations, at least when I am around more than one persons' characters (which is most of the time due to the structure of the RP). All I ever do is scratch around writing a horribly long and convoluted post in order to deal with the mess that happened whilst I was in bed. That is not fun, and if I am just going to have to do that constantly there is not much point in me even bothering to play.

I understand that it's not deliberate, but with the number of times I've pointed it out and asked for people to wait I'd have thought they'd at least think about it by now, and I've seen no indication of that at all.

As for vampires, there are multiple kinds. I think the ones in the Nexus are the classic kind of vampire (probably something like Forest, I'd imagine, since Elf designed them), but there are also non-Nexus vampires around, like the kindred, and a DA could theoretically show up at some point.

[Arch-Magos Winter]

YOLF's actually in Portugal.


And no, Frost is in charge of all vampires. Or at least he thinks he is. He isn't Kindred, and now there's an infestation of them in the city, three patient zeros.

Time to play invasive species YOLF.

[Aiden]

Deacon Frost's vampires are the ones from Blade. They're vulnerable to garlic, UV light and silver. On the other hand, they're technically alive as far as I can tell and they can protect themselves from sunlight with a sufficiently thick layering of sunblock.

And I've still got no idea when these other Kindred got into the picture. Takes some of the fun out to not be the first wave.

[Arch-Magos Winter]

From talking with Elf, all over actually. But yeah, if Deacon is a Blade vampire, whoo! Sounds awesome.

[Arch-Magos Winter]

THen i'll remove the references. We're the first Kindred in the city.

[Aiden]

THen i'll remove the references. We're the first Kindred in the city.

Niice.

[YOLF]

Oh, they're Blade vampires. Riiiiiight, Deacon Frost...

Look it's been a while since I saw the movie.

Also, I'm not a good example to use for the time zone argument Magos, given right now I have a relatively free schedule, and I have insomnia pretty frequently.

[Cherry Lover]

YOLF's actually in Portugal.

Yeah, but the people he's interacting with are waiting for him to post, so he doesn't have a problem....

Also, I'm not a good example to use for the time zone argument Magos, given right now I have a relatively free schedule, and I have insomnia pretty frequently.

Well, the guys you are interacting with are not proceeding particularly quickly anyway, and you're all waiting for each other, so it's not a problem for you. I'm in the middle of a big group where people are not really waiting, so I get left behind.

[Aiden]

I think the problem is just that people don't actually want to interact with Kiyoshi in-character OR out of character. They find him abrasive and annoying and would prefer not to engage him.

But that's just my obsevation.

[Cherry Lover]

Well, he is somewhat annoying (in-character, at least), yes, intentionally so. He's a kid with swords in a strange world with people he sort-of knows and other people who are acting like dicks to them....

But, at the same time, I'm probably playing it up more because otherwise people just ignore me, and because it's difficult not to be annoying when you're replying to stuff that happened way back and never get to have a proper conversation. If I don't force things to happen then no-one bothers to even talk to me.

If that is true, though, I'd appreciate knowing that. There's no point in me making an effort to write posts when people are trying to actively avoid them. If necessary I can just pull him out of the RP entirely (although I need to justify why Sakura would not go home with him if she sends him back).

[Aiden]

Well, he is somewhat annoying (in-character, at least), yes, intentionally so. He's a kid with swords in a strange world with people he sort-of knows and other people who are acting like dicks to them....

But, at the same time, I'm probably playing it up more because otherwise people just ignore me, and because it's difficult not to be annoying when you're replying to stuff that happened way back and never get to have a proper conversation. If I don't force things to happen then no-one bothers to even talk to me.

If that is true, though, I'd appreciate knowing that. There's no point in me making an effort to write posts when people are trying to actively avoid them. If necessary I can just pull him out of the RP entirely (although I need to justify why Sakura would not go home with him if she sends him back).

Yes, I think everyone should be honest there. You're absolutely right that it's a waste of your time if you aren't made aware of how people feel on this matter.

I'm just saying that in my position that would be the motive I'd have not to interact with him, were I in their shoes. The more you play it up, the less people want to interact. The less people want to interact, the more you play it up. Vicious cycle.

[Cherry Lover]

Well, ICly I don't mind at all if people dislike him. He's not meant to be perfect and he is meant to irritate some people. OOCly, though, even if he's disliked he's still capable of speaking and acting in a manner that will not always simply be brushed-off (there are plenty of characters around who you would ICly want to avoid but still get involved anyway), so the fact that he's annoying ICly doesn't give an OOC reason to ignore my posts or not let me have a chance to respond.

And, if people genuinely are OOCly trying to avoid dealing with him and are having conversations when I'm not around to do so then they should absolutely tell me that, because it is really not fair on me to make me waste my time working on a post that no-one wants to even see, especially when I could be spending the time bringing in other characters or doing stuff with Rider. I don't mind hearing that Kiyoshi is annoying, he's a little kid and, whilst he is fundamentally a good person, he is a bit of a spoiled brat due to the fact that Sakura dotes on him, but if he's so annoying that people are OOCly avoiding him then I'd like to know that so I can change how I'm playing him or just send him home.

[Aiden]

I really do think that he's so annoying that people are avoiding him OOC.

Am I wrong, people?

[Arch-Magos Winter]

Not really.

[Cherry Lover]

I really do think that he's so annoying that people are avoiding him OOC.

Am I wrong, people?

That seems weird to me, though. Why would being ICly annoying cause people to avoid him OOCly? Surely dealing with characters that your characters hate is part of the game. And, the times when Kiyoshi is most annoying is when he can't really be ignored....