The Zero Room - OOC Chat Thread

[Mr. Handy]

I'm terribly disappointed by this game...

How do you expect me to save the world if you've locked me in a cell?

(just kidding)

It wasn't me. It was a PC who locked you up. The fact that he ordered to do so by an NPC is completely irrelevant.

Hey, just wanted to post to apologize for not posting much this past week or so. I just had a close relative die, and my life will be chaotic and I'll probably be out of it for a bit. I will probably start posting again like crazy late at night at some unknown point in the future, so don't count me out, but I just want to let you know I'll be inconsistent for another week or so.

You have my condolences as well. Your character will still be waiting for you when you're ready to return. In the meantime, he'll follow Sergeant Kohl's orders.

I have a major update coming, with threads splitting off and merging, but I don't have time tonight and my brain is too fried. Tomorrow night looks good.

[Thorn]

My condolences, Umbrageofsnow.

[BenTheRat]

Just FYI, I'm out of town for the weekend. Might be back by Sunday night, but probably Monday. Have a great weekend.

[Mr. Handy]

Thanks for letting me know. Have a great weekend too!

[Mr. Handy]

Welcome to Collector, who will playing Lt. Edward Barrett!

[Thorn]

Welcome

[Collector]

Hi all, looking forward to getting into this campaign. Thanks for the welcome.

[Mr. Handy]

Episode 1 is now complete! I've started threads for everyone for Episode 2, and you can find a link to your new thread at the end of your old Episode 1 thread, which is now locked. I'll wait until everyone has had a chance to find and post in the new threads before moving the old ones to the Episode 1 subforum.

[Dr. Bloodworth]

Handy, just curious how you know when it's time to transition between episodes. Is it simply a "time played" thing, are there "trigger events" which let you know when it's time to move over? Or is it simply when you think it's a good time? I was wondering that with the last one as well.

[Mr. Handy]

Good question! There are usually certain events that trigger a shift to the next episode. I end each episode on a "cliffhanger" much like in classic Doctor Who. Naturally, a certain amount of time and progress in the plot does need to happen during each episode. In The Terror Out of Time, I had set pieces planned for the cliffhangers in advance before I started the scenarios, though they were subject to change based on what happened. The first two episodes ended exactly as I had planned. The third episode ended differently thanks to player actions, but the ending turned out much more awesome than my original plan for that cliffhanger. There's a cliffhanger at the end of Episode 1 in this scenario too, though your character didn't witness the events that set it off. This was not planned in before the scenario started, but I saw it coming a couple of weeks in advance. Since all but a few of the human characters are PCs, this scenario is more player-driven. While the NPCs are the ones in command, it is usually up to the PCs to actually do what needs doing.

In The Terror Out of Time, the first episode lasted about a month, the second and third episodes lasted about three months each, and the fourth and final episode lasted about four months. Each episode typically has from 300-600 posts. In The Ninth Planet, the first episode took about a month and a half. I'm hoping this one doesn't slow down after the first episode as the last adventure did. The number of episodes in The Ninth Planet is variable and might not be four. At this point even I don't know how many episodes it will take to complete.

[Mr. Handy]

I haven't had much time or sleep the past two nights, but I should be able to update on Wednesday night.

[Lynx]

Howdy. I'm having a wonderful time at this game. Good work Mr. Handy.

BUT, I will probably be away more or less of the grid for a week or two . I'm moving and knowing the cableguys around here, I will be without internet at least one week. If not more. They have already detected one problem with the cables, and as we are moving into an old house in the middle of nowhere there will be more problems.

I will try to log on sporadically, but if someone waits for me, please mr. Handy, let the show go on.

[Mr. Handy]

Thanks, Lynx! You're a great player too, and you've made Juliette even more awesome than I had envisioned her. Thank you for letting me know. Juliette may not have much to do in the short term anyway while she waits to find out whether or not she gets permission, but if needed I'll NPC her temporarily until you're back.

[William]

Hello!

I'm all caught up on George, so I'd like to start playing him if possible. Can't wait to join in, things certainly seem interesting.

[Mr. Handy]

Welcome, William! I've sent you a PM with George's secrets, so he's all yours now. You may post in the IC thread when ready. I had George on his way back to the geology lab, but you're free to have him go elsewhere if you wish. Enjoy!

[Mr. Handy]

I'm going away to a convention this weekend, so I probably won't be able to post before Sunday night, possibly not until Monday night. The following weekend is a three-day weekend, so I'll have more time then. The weekend after that, I have another convention. The following week is Thanksgiving, and I'll only work the first half of that week. After that I should have plenty more time.

[Mr. Handy]

I'm sorry for the delay, but I'm still catching up on everything I missed during last weekend and I had little time during the week. I'm finishing up, and now I have a three-day weekend. I plan to make a major update that will move things forward on Friday.

[Baronofbeefdip]

Hello! I've volunteered to take the role of Alison Silver. I'm all caught up and ready to post.

[Thorn]

Welcome . And please let us out.

[Dr. Bloodworth]

Heinrich's working on it, don't worry.