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I'm going to take a stab at an RP in attempts to get this thread back on track,don't worry though,the RP is a Tombstone and his thoughts RP so it doesn't have any affect on the event.
Just see it as the musings of a semi-crazed biker as he and Halon +group rush back towards the Lumber Camp.

@ Darko...Even if you plan to throw some surprise at our Characters in the tank and accompanying NPCs,this RP shouldn't affect them,as they events in this RP happen at no particular time other then from the moment Tombstone and Company discover no one is at Jennifer's basecamp.

BIC:

Tombstone glared out of the tanks main gunport,feeling the familiar rage building inside.
He once again cursed Patrick's luck.
On route to Jennifer's base,the desire for revenge had steadily grown inside the biker,he dreamed of catching Patrick and the others unaware and unleashing a fury straight from hell on them.
His hopes had been dashed upon their arrival at an empty base,once again...the bikers revenge had been snatched from his grasp,and it was all he could do to maintain some sort of composer as Halon issued the order to return to the Lumber Camp.
The Biker held a grim hope that Patrick may have thrown in his lot with Jennifer and was currently on route with her to attack the Lumber Camp,but in his heart...he knew this wasn't the case.
Patrick may have been at Jennifer's Base,but Tombstone doubted the man would return with her to the Lumber Camp,No...he would have seen to his wounds,given Jennifer any information he had...and disappeared.
Tombstones rage grew...he had lost his prey,Patrick could have gone anywhere...there was no way of knowing which direction he'd gone...or to where he may be headed.
The biker gritted his teeth together,forcing blind fury away,he'd find him...if he had to search every inch of the country...one day..he'd find that bastard.
For now...he'd have to focus on the task at hand,they had to make it back to the Lumber Camp and help the others.

"That biker is hypnotized by me right now, I guarantee." Patrick thought out loud

"Heh, I wish I could play this song to him" Theron said, as he flipped on Hypnotize by B.I.G

"How much longer do I have to listen to this bs?" Snyder whined

"Don't you fething disrespect a legend!" Patrick shouted, a tendril of anger finding its way into his tone

"These thugs have never done anything for me" Snyder responded, un-intimidated

"Yeah, well I was the same as him when I was young. I was in the same fething situation until I was eighteen years old, just like him. If you disrespect a legend like Christopher Wallace, I will kill you" Patrick shouted, angry

"But-" Snyder stuttered

"Shut the feth up" Patrick ordered

A tear found its way to Pain's eyes. He remembers the years when the men he looked up to were murdered, very young at the time, but he was forced to grow up, and could relate to what these men were speaking of.

"From the Mississippi down to the East Coast" Patrick whispered "and its still all good"

"We are only a few hours away now, bud" Theron said, turning his head

"Good, getting there is the easy part" Patrick sighed

I was reading the first few pages of the RP again, and found this comedic gem by Fitzz.


On a side note concerning Patrick " Knicking the loot"/killing a half dozen well armed bikers...unless Patrick is related to the Terminator and Mandrake the Magician,It's a bit difficult to believe he dispatched several bikers and then managed to drive away in 3 Hummers and 3 big rigs at the same time.

I really laughed at "Mandrake the Magician"

Karon wrote:I was reading the first few pages of the RP again, and found this comedic gem by Fitz.


On a side note concerning Patrick " Nicking the loot"/killing a half dozen well armed bikers...unless Patrick is related to the Terminator and Mandrake the Magician,It's a bit difficult to believe he dispatched several bikers and then managed to drive away in 3 Hummers and 3 big rigs at the same time.

I really laughed at "Mandrake the Magician"

Ah..yes,I remember that,from the event that spurred the whole Tombstone/Patrick rivalry to begin with...and to think when I initialy RPed Tombstone stepping out of the Hummer to confront Patrick my plans were for a brief altercation,perhaps a punch in the head followed by Tombstone allowing Patrick to have some supplies and go on about his business...without the motorcycle of course.
Weird how things played out...

Heh, without that event, this whole RP would be massively different, and, frankly, much better.

In fact, I'm going to throw something out to you guys. I realize that some of you don't like my character, at all. Either him in general, because he is based off an already existing character, or he's just kind of "overpowered" or "stupid"

So, I'm open to scrapping him, and taking over this "Snow" character that I've been going on about.

He would basically be like Bill Clinton if he survived, minus the whole sex scandal.

Totally up to you guys, just trying to get us all get along.

Karon wrote:Hem, without that event, this whole RP would be massively different, and, frankly, much better.

In fact, I'm going to throw something out to you guys. I realize that some of you don't like my character, at all. Either him in general, because he is based off an already existing character, or he's just kind of "overpowered" or "stupid"

So, I'm open to scrapping him, and taking over this "Snow" character that I've been going on about.

He would basically be like Bill Clinton if he survived, minus the whole sex scandal.

Totally up to you guys, just trying to get us all get along.

That's entirely up to you Karon,but personally I like the idea,it would give you much more room to spread your RP wings,but again the decision is yours.
Now,that doesn't mean I want you to just toss Patrick (even though I admittedly dislike the template he's based around),Patrick and Tombstone still have some unfinished business that I'd sort of like to see play out.

Uhm, if Dark O.K's it, I will, as I think my character is rather limited from what I've based him off of in terms of, well, roleplaying any character besides an emotionless terminator.

I definitely wouldn't just toss Patrick.

Karon wrote:Uhm, if Dark O.K's it, I will, as I think my character is rather limited from what I've based him off of in terms of, well, roleplaying any character besides an emotionless terminator.

I definitely wouldn't just toss Patrick.

I can't see why Darko would have a problem with you moving on to using Snow as your primary character and relegating Patrick to a secondary status (at least until Tombstone kills him).
Looking forward to seeing what you do with Snow.

No problems from me. Everyone knows it's acceptable to have multiple "main" characters, although usually primary and secondary characters don't switch places.

Again, apologies for not doing any event as I've been saying. This illness has just dragged on and on, but things seem to be improving for me.

Alright.

I'll get to RPing some time in the next few days. This whole Snow meetup is going to be long, so I have to make sure I know where I want it to end to before I start.

Event? *prods thread with a pointy stick*

DAMN IT! Scrazza, you got my hope up for a minute

FM Ninja 048 wrote:DAMN IT! Scrazza, you got my hope up for a minute

Same over here

Godammit! Me want event!

WAAAGH! Wait... uhhhh

*Straightens tie"

**One Week Later**

Walks in, looks around. Shakes head and leaves.

"Just as I thought" he says.

Lol

Right, guys, I'm far to busy to do the event now.

There, I said it. Therefore, I am having the thread "paused" if you will.


We leave it. We come back in a few weeks when we're all not busy. We roleplay.

If you have problems with this, then PM me them. Don't post in this thread anymore please, or I may have to go through the hassle of getting it locked [temporarily].

I love being right.



No point in sticking around here with the hopes that in X amount of weeks you might get around to finishing the event. I vote we officially close this Thread and start a new one with a new GM.

Also, I would really like to know what is eating up multiple weeks of your time. I am currently working two jobs and going to community college at night for Surgical Technology and still manage to find time to post on here.

So... How so busy?

what sort of school do you go to, mine gives me loads of work and I can still get on here, even with scouts and exam prep

I still posted, even with the pressures of college, and the amount of work you get from it, exams, a band, a far to needy for her own good girlfriend, trouble at home, AND having to walk a dog three times a day.

and you're not even playing (properly)

Very well, ignore what I say. I will have the thread locked because apparently none of you could just PM me instead as I asked.

First off, my life and any complications and obligations I have are not relevant, necessary or any of your business. I've been busy, that's all you need to know.

jp, I resent your idea as I still have things I wish to add to this story.


FYI, half-term is coming up at the end of next week, so I will do the event then. So stop complaining, go outside and find something else to do with your time.

@ Dark...

I for one did PM you...and the current show of animosity and disappointment is basically what I predicted.
Basically...all I can really say to my fellow Player Characters is though your disappointment is understandable...each of us are individuals who handle the task that rise in "Life" differently...each man plows his fields according to his own method and I would urge you all not to be hyper critical of Dark..
That being said...Darko,you have to understand the frustration we as a player base feel,we invested a great deal of time into the RP (as you have as well) so adopting a "Go find something else to do until I get around to doing the event" posistion is dismissive of the group as a whole ,it's not that we don't have other things to do...most of us have LOTS more to do..it's that we hope to see our efforts pay off.
Anyway...I feel the best course of action would be to lock the thread,give everyone a break...the "event mechanics" are in place so the thread can be restarted once all ducks are in a row.
Each of us has put a great deal of our time into this RP...I would be a shame not to see it to it's conclusion at some point and time.

It will be concluded, FITZZ. Just not right now. I have recently (comparatively in terms of roleplay life) put in quite a few events. So it is getting really annoying with people bugging me. The last 25 odd pages shouldn't even exist, for the most part.

I understand why you might not like my attitude, FITZZ, but it's the only attitude left to take. I've tried telling people to wait, I've tried explaining, and now I'm just outright annoyed; perhaps more so than many of the players.

As you've said on many an occasion, FITZZ, we've all put a lot of time and effort into this roleplay. That includes me, so hopefully you'll all realize that means I wouldn't postpone the event unless I had good reasons.

C'mon, dudes, as I've said, no more posting here. If you got problems, take it up with me in PM. I have contacted Frazzled to lock the thread.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:It will be concluded, FITZZ. Just not right now. I have recently (comparatively in terms of roleplay life) put in quite a few events. So it is getting really annoying with people bugging me. The last 25 odd pages shouldn't even exist, for the most part.

We agree that those pages should not exist, however they do because you "pause" the thread and then take weeks to post anything. To say it politely, that method is pretty annoying.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:I understand why you might not like my attitude, FITZZ, but it's the only attitude left to take. I've tried telling people to wait, I've tried explaining, and now I'm just outright annoyed; perhaps more so than many of the players.

You tell people to wait, then don't post an event.. then say you will, then don't post... then wait some more, then say you don't have time while posting across the forum.(http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/270/338145.page#2413639) Did you really not expect people to notice and get annoyed by this?

If you don't have "time", thats fine. In the future don't beat around the bush and just come out and say it. Nobody is saying RP > Life, but if you yourself set a deadline, then be prepared to stick to it or don't do it at all.

I'm not bothered if you noticed that post. There is a big difference between talking about a PC game and typing-up a high-standard piece of literature.

Yes, I have been playing games, going out with mates and whatnot. But that's called "the rest of my life" and if people don't get some chill time, then it ain't gonna do them any good.

As for telling you guys I'm gonna post and then not - new things come up very often, and the only reason I had to keep on posting those things was because you all kept on bugging me so much.

I'm being serious now. Stop ignoring my requests, and stop posting in this thread. You clearly have issues with the way I'm conducting myself in this roleplay - fine, whatever, but take it up with me in PM and leave it out of this thread. It's just more off-topic clutter.

The thread will be locked soon anyway.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:I'm not bothered if you noticed that post. There is a big difference between talking about a PC game and typing-up a high-standard piece of literature.

Eh, Sure the "events" were long and work did go into them, but Shakespeare they were not.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Yes, I have been playing games, going out with mates and whatnot. But that's called "the rest of my life" and if people don't get some chill time, then it ain't gonna do them any good.

Now imagine if you went to go hang out with your friends and none of them showed up at the pre-arranged time, or kept calling your outings off cause "new things came up". That would annoy you, no?

You have to understand, that for most people in this thread, this RP is one of our escapes when we log onto dakkadakka. To Rp the Zombie Apocalypse and escape life for a little while and take part in something outside the norm and work our creative brains.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:As for telling you guys I'm gonna post and then not - new things come up very often, and the only reason I had to keep on posting those things was because you all kept on bugging me so much.

And we only kept bugging you cause you constantly missed deadlines that you set.... do you see the endless loop yet?

If you take anything away from this, let it be this: Don't accept positions that you are either unable or unwilling to see through to the end. Ever consider instead of holding up or stalling the entire RP to the point of death, that you could have just stepped down and let another person who has the time take over?

Whatever though, it is clear this is going to go nowhere so I am walking away.

I still vote that when this one is locked, we insert a new GM and continue on. When your life Dark slows down enough for you to give a damn (sorry, but this is how you are coming across as) then you will be more then welcome to insert into the RP.

Sounds like a plan!

I give a damn. Big one, too .

I have plans for this roleplay, but I am just so annoyed that you can't all just accept that I'm busy and leave it at that. I'm also pretty annoyed that you keep missing the 'STOP POSTING HERE AND PM ME INSTEAD' requests.

I am more than willing and able to see this to the end; perhaps not when everyone else would prefer, but that's just tough. It happens (and it will happen) when it happens.

I don't like arguing with you guys, and I really am quite sick of it. It's reached the point where it is just tedious.

So for my sake, just leave the roleplay alone until I update it.


Edit:
@ghosty - you want to discuss making a new thread, which would, as I'm sure you've realized, annoy me in the extreme, then take it with PM. What is it with you lot and ignoring the "DO NOT POST" requests? Hell, they may as well be commandments from God himself for all the difference it's making.

Nvm