Play@YSDC

Posted: **Sat May 21, 2022 7:58 pm**

Welcome and welcome back all players and Keepers of the forums!
I myself have an off and on relatioship with this site and always come back and see familiar faces. When there are new names in the mix, it only warms my heart. So, who are in it through think and thin?

Just drop a line and let us know you´re with us. Newcomer or long-timer, just drop a line.

Game on!

Posted: **Sat May 21, 2022 9:52 pm**

I've been on this site for over 15 and a half years, and I've pretty much been here constantly. I'm in most of the active games here, and I'm running a couple myself.

Posted: **Sun May 22, 2022 6:19 am**

#1
That´s number one.
Achievment badge sent via post. What? We don´t have that?
Oh, well. Congrats, Mr Handy! You are one of the ten die-hard movers and shakers of Play@ysds, at this moment in time.

Posted: **Sun May 22, 2022 9:53 am**

I’m a mere slip of a lad at 3 years. Sadly, due to real-life nonsense, I recently had to drop out of the (several) games I was in. However I still lurk around and hope to rejoin (albeit in a limited capacity) when things are a little less hectic.

Posted: **Sun May 22, 2022 11:04 am**

#2

jp1885, 4K posts is not a sum to scoff at. And, it´s not about years or even posts, really. Just a check-in to see who is reading and/or playing here.
Number two for you it is.
I hope you get the time you need. I know the pull ´the other reality´has on me as well. Balance is key.
Cheers!

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2022 2:13 am**

Welcome back, and I know all too well about the addictive and time-consuming nature of real-life. I hope you have time again too, and your characters are still waiting for you.

Posted: **Fri May 27, 2022 12:05 am**

Hi Dave, I’ve been here around the same time as Mr Handy. I’m playing in three games currently active here (and a couple more over on Discord) and I’m Keeper in my long-running Servants of the Lake campaign, which is about to get interesting in WWI France…

Posted: **Fri May 27, 2022 7:39 am**

Hi Philulhu!
That brings us to: #3

With me as #4

I might just check out your lake campaign. And, great to see you!

Posted: **Fri May 27, 2022 7:42 am**

I guess the nature of the forums is that this count to ten will need a few more weeks to be fulfilled. Which is what makes this form of gaming a slow brew. On rare occasions it can be rather rapid, though. Let´s wait and see who will claim the sixth spot....

Posted: **Sun Jun 05, 2022 6:01 pm**

I've been here two and a half years. I'm playing two games, kabukiman's Two Headed Serpent and robertod's ToC Horror on the Orient Express. I'm running Ladybird, Ladybird, Fly Away Home and The Titan Incident, both of which were intended as one-shots when they started two years ago. Which shows you the timeframes involved in PbP. I'm also running a Cthulhu Dark game called The Lower Deep with Mr Handy as player. That was intended to test out the rules of Cthulhu Dark and is loosely based on a Hugh B Cave novella.

Posted: **Sun Jun 05, 2022 6:37 pm**

Welcome to the countdown, Mephistophilis! You´re #5 of active members. The long game is the way it is, here on PLAY.
Good luck on your games!

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2022 5:19 pm**

Hi, Bullfrog here. You may remember me from such classics as Servants of the Lake, Servants of the Lake, and Servants of the Lake, where I play I play everyone's favorite farmer with Gigantism, Lawrence Gilman. It's been three years and a half years since I first joined that campaign, and it's been unforgettable the whole way through.

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:36 pm**

Bullfrog wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 5:19 pm Hi, Bullfrog here. You may remember me from such classics as Servants of the Lake, Servants of the Lake, and Servants of the Lake, where I play I play everyone's favorite farmer with Gigantism, Lawrence Gilman. It's been three years and a half years since I first joined that campaign, and it's been unforgettable the whole way through.

Aww, shucks

Not bad for a scenario that you’re meant to be able to play through in an evening or so…!

Posted: **Thu Jun 16, 2022 3:51 am**

You see, it's just been one very long evening.

Posted: **Thu Jun 16, 2022 7:47 pm**

Ah, the Bullfrog in the wild. You´re #6, then. I wonder if we ever will get to number 10?
As said before - it might take a while. But, hey! Sometimes a momentum has been seen on the boards.
I promise, I´ve witnessed it.

Happy gaming, all!

Posted: **Fri Jul 08, 2022 9:41 am**

I don't have time to participate any more.
I want to pass everything on to someone.
Just had to pay $180 to keep this going.

Posted: **Fri Jul 08, 2022 1:28 pm**

I’d be happy to contribute to costs but I’m not sure I’d have the time/skills to manage the board.

What’s involved in managing it, Lee?

Posted: **Fri Jul 08, 2022 3:24 pm**

Philulhu wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 1:28 pm I’d be happy to contribute to costs but I’m not sure I’d have the time/skills to manage the board.

What’s involved in managing it, Lee?

To be honest, I don't do anything (any more) - Mr Handy has done ALL the administrator/moderator work for YEARS and I take my hat off to him.

This site does deserve someone that can devote more than the few hours a year I get around to doing. I'm happy to discuss how things are to progress in the future.

In the meantime if anyone would like to help with running costs then they could buy me a gin or two https://ko-fi.com/lpcarnell

Posted: **Fri Jul 08, 2022 4:22 pm**

Contribution sent!

Is it worth moving this discussion over to the announcement thread?

Posted: **Sat Jul 09, 2022 2:26 am**

carnage_lee wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 3:24 pm
Philulhu wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 1:28 pm I’d be happy to contribute to costs but I’m not sure I’d have the time/skills to manage the board.

What’s involved in managing it, Lee?
To be honest, I don't do anything (any more) - Mr Handy has done ALL the administrator/moderator work for YEARS and I take my hat off to him.

This site does deserve someone that can devote more than the few hours a year I get around to doing. I'm happy to discuss how things are to progress in the future.

In the meantime if anyone would like to help with running costs then they could buy me a gin or two https://ko-fi.com/lpcarnell

Thank you, Lee! I'd be the logical choice to take over, but I don't have a whole lot of extra time beyond what I already spend to keep the site running (as anyone waiting for Zombie Apocalypse Reanimated Chapter 2 to get moving knows). I don't know how long it would take to maintain the database and backups and to handle installing PHP mods and stuff, but if it's not a whole lot of time, I might be able to handle it. If you need someone to pay $180 per year to keep the site up and running, I could swing that.

Posted: **Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:45 am**

If it helps, I could take over some of the moderation, new members, etc. (not that we seem to get that many of those). Unfortunately, I don’t think I’d be much use on the technical side - I don’t know a whole lot about databases and the like.

Posted: **Mon Jul 11, 2022 1:46 pm**

Hey there, my profile thing says 2 years 10 months.

Cheers,

Snapper

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2022 8:31 am**

Mr. Handy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 2:26 am
carnage_lee wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 3:24 pm
Philulhu wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 1:28 pm I’d be happy to contribute to costs but I’m not sure I’d have the time/skills to manage the board.

What’s involved in managing it, Lee?
To be honest, I don't do anything (any more) - Mr Handy has done ALL the administrator/moderator work for YEARS and I take my hat off to him.

This site does deserve someone that can devote more than the few hours a year I get around to doing. I'm happy to discuss how things are to progress in the future.

In the meantime if anyone would like to help with running costs then they could buy me a gin or two https://ko-fi.com/lpcarnell
Thank you, Lee! I'd be the logical choice to take over, but I don't have a whole lot of extra time beyond what I already spend to keep the site running (as anyone waiting for Zombie Apocalypse Reanimated Chapter 2 to get moving knows). I don't know how long it would take to maintain the database and backups and to handle installing PHP mods and stuff, but if it's not a whole lot of time, I might be able to handle it. If you need someone to pay $180 per year to keep the site up and running, I could swing that.

Thank Mr H. your commitment to this site is probably the reason it's lasted this long. Here's my thoughts:
1) If there's an appetite to keep this site going and we (I) can cover (or mostly cover) the costs then I'm happy to keep things in place broadly as they are.
2) Ideally we'd change domain names - the current one could become an issue for me, as I do work for Chaosium now.
3) I'd deal with all the back-end, tech stuff.
4) Day to day running, Mr H carries on (and hopefully recruits help from the membership).

How'd we accommodate all this:
1) see if we can add a ko-fi/pay-pal button - would be absolutely voluntary to contribute though.
2) hold a poll to choose a new domain name (point the old one to the site once a new name is chosen).
3) I'd commit to 6 hours a month to install updates etc. and troubleshoot any issues.
4) ???? up to Mr H?

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2022 6:08 pm**

How much does it cost?

Posted: **Tue Jul 12, 2022 11:25 pm**

I think Lee said it cost $180.

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:21 am**

carnage_lee wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 8:31 am
Mr. Handy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 2:26 am
carnage_lee wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 3:24 pm

To be honest, I don't do anything (any more) - Mr Handy has done ALL the administrator/moderator work for YEARS and I take my hat off to him.

This site does deserve someone that can devote more than the few hours a year I get around to doing. I'm happy to discuss how things are to progress in the future.

In the meantime if anyone would like to help with running costs then they could buy me a gin or two https://ko-fi.com/lpcarnell
Thank you, Lee! I'd be the logical choice to take over, but I don't have a whole lot of extra time beyond what I already spend to keep the site running (as anyone waiting for Zombie Apocalypse Reanimated Chapter 2 to get moving knows). I don't know how long it would take to maintain the database and backups and to handle installing PHP mods and stuff, but if it's not a whole lot of time, I might be able to handle it. If you need someone to pay $180 per year to keep the site up and running, I could swing that.
Thank Mr H. your commitment to this site is probably the reason it's lasted this long. Here's my thoughts:
1) If there's an appetite to keep this site going and we (I) can cover (or mostly cover) the costs then I'm happy to keep things in place broadly as they are.
2) Ideally we'd change domain names - the current one could become an issue for me, as I do work for Chaosium now.
3) I'd deal with all the back-end, tech stuff.
4) Day to day running, Mr H carries on (and hopefully recruits help from the membership).

How'd we accommodate all this:
1) see if we can add a ko-fi/pay-pal button - would be absolutely voluntary to contribute though.
2) hold a poll to choose a new domain name (point the old one to the site once a new name is chosen).
3) I'd commit to 6 hours a month to install updates etc. and troubleshoot any issues.
4) ???? up to Mr H?

You're welcome, and I'm good with maintaining the status quo, with a new domain name. Congratulations on getting hired by Chaosium!

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2022 8:35 am**

Mephistophilis wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 6:08 pm How much does it cost?

Hi,

So, hosting the site and database, etc. is $180 per 12 months (actually it's $165 but I didn't see any renewal notices so there was a $15 late fee) - this is a 'grandfathered in' fee for shared hosting on Host Dime. I don't believe this rate/service level is available any more.
SSL certificate is around $10 per year (the current cert expires October 18th. The domain name is around $10 a year as well.

A note on the hosting - The HW1 plan isn't available any more and 'reading between the lines' it's not really something that Host Dime are interested in supporting for much longer; it used to cost $72 per year, then $120 since 2019 and increased again this year.

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:24 pm**

I could contribute to that. But nothing technical I'm afraid.

Posted: **Thu Jul 14, 2022 8:15 am**

Mephistophilis wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:24 pm I could contribute to that. But nothing technical I'm afraid.

That would be awesome, thanks.

Posted: **Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:50 am**

For a name, how about playcthulhu.org.uk?

Posted: **Fri Jul 15, 2022 2:12 am**

Or perhaps www.playatyogsothoth.org.uk. I don't think we can use the yog-sothoth.com domain, as that's used by YSDC (with which this site is no longer affiliated).

Posted: **Fri Jul 15, 2022 7:46 am**

We don't have to keep the .org.uk tld

playcthulhu is a pretty good name and playatyogsothoth (keeps in with the current branding). We could go with something more generic.
How about horrorbypost ?

Posted: **Fri Jul 15, 2022 11:53 pm**

PlayCthulhu.org.uk was available but there are plenty of other options - https://www.namecheap.com/domains/regis ... thulhu.com

If we’re not affiliated with yog-soth I wouldn’t be inclined to use that and I’m not sure horrorbypost really works? Perhaps people will think we just send unpleasant things through the mail…

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:36 am**

Yeah, we should probably make sure the name tells people what the site is.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 7:37 pm**

Is it just me who can't access the site from a PC at the moment?

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 10:15 pm**

I'm currently accessing it from a PC.

Posted: **Sat Jul 16, 2022 10:17 pm**

I've managed with a different one. Weird.

Posted: **Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:31 pm**

Carnage_Lee is at #7 as would be a given as creator of this well of fiction!
Snapper, truly is #8

To adress the state of affairs, I have to congratulate on working for Chaosium! (I hope...)
Feels good if the site can remain up under another name.

What about Lovecraftian-horror-pbp.something ??

Should everything be saved, it would be great. Imagine the hours put in by the community. But I know, when hobby-stuff is hanging on one person it´s bound to fall when that person, for any reason, can´t continue. Many a site has fallen to that fate. This is hoping for a continuation under whichever name we decide. I for one has been here for a while, albeit with random disappearances. Best luck to all and - carry on!

Posted: **Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:05 am**

Dave! Good to hear from you.
The site isn't going anywhere - it's all paid up for another year.

Suggestions for the new domain name can be made here:

New Domain/Site Name

Posted: **Sat Aug 06, 2022 4:39 am**

Happy to contribute a few dollars to whoever's costs if that helps. Various of you have provided me a great deal of so far free entertainment, especially Mr H and Kabukiman.

The only real upside to getting old is finally having some spare cash.

Play@YSDC

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