Future Imperfect: New Era

Where we are and where we’re going

Vlad — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:58:17 +0000

Hey all. There’s obviously been a bit of a fracas and it seemed like it might be a good time to have a Vladstatement on the situation. Though I dunno if anyone still really values those or not, but assuming otherwise would just be a vessel to channel my already impressive laziness.

FI:NE has been in kind of a bad way for a few months now – the mass ragequitting of players that happened a ways back laid the groundwork for what I thought might be the ultimate end of the game. This was by design, believe it or not – as a “post-9/11 RPG” (I should be shot for coining this term…) there was no defined end or central plot going on, so when one of the game’s primary camps began throwing in the towel that more or less set the dialogue for how the rest of the game would go.

The only part that I consider at all regrettable about this is the “defection” of staff members along with it. That’s not cool. If players are fed up with things and don’t want to partake in the skulduggery anymore then they are obviously entitled to do so, but if you help run the game by updating, writing battles, or running things on RP boards, you should hold yourself to a higher standard of accountability.

As to the game itself, right now we’re on hiatus until we can re-assemble a functional staff or Berrik and I decide to close the game on a semi-decent note. Should the latter happen, I’ll write that last outstanding battle – closing games because the staff burned out due to an event is terribly cliche, and the participants in that battle are among the good guys who’ve generally not acted in ways that make me want to punch infants, so they deserve a good conclusion.

Anyway, that’s where we are right now. If this turns out to be the end, I’d say we’ve had a great run of almost ten months. I’ll also be quite eager to get back to doing things besides “working on FI”, like playing TF2 and tabletop gaming.

- Vlad

welp

Troika — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:25:20 +0000

After spending the time to write a trollbattle as a banme, Draco has been removed from the roster and made shithouse only.

We’re still paused, incidentially.

edit: Fired Strikey for ‘suggesting’ this trollbattle to Draco. He has also been made shithouse only.

- Troika

Right then!

Troika — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:13:26 +0000

Well, since Draco threw a snit over the EU now having Regnants and backed out of writing the Rishonim thing, I guess we’re paused until someone steps up to write the thing, however long that takes.

- Troika

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Troika — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:37:26 +0000

Thursday done, go forth and maim.

- Troika

Short Update

Strikey — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:59:37 +0000

Todays update is done on the day it was started……… REJOICE!

~Strikey

Done….. Finally

Strikey — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:22:14 +0000

We be done now that the battle is written.

~Strikey

Pause!

Strikey — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:10:45 +0000

We are paused until further notice.

Edit: Most of the actions are done, i’m just waiting for someone to take the battle and I need sleep because I have not slept yet.

~Strikey

“My name is Mega Man, You can call me “Rock” ‘coz i’ll b rockin ur shit up and down da block”

Strikey — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:21:30 +0000

Ok so i’m not Mega Man but i’m just as good, if not better.

anyways…. update is mostly done, waiting on battles.

~Strikey

WELCOME TO YOUR DOOM

Vlad — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:33:31 +0000

That’s a reference to a classic game, not any portents to upcoming RPG matters. I swear.

There were two battles today and some other business but otherwise things appear to be going quietly after the last major ruckus. Could peace and understanding be spreading across the Earth?

…probably not.

- El Vladbo

hi

Troika — Mon, 30 May 2011 14:06:41 +0000

Paid you all, re-added Sorin (who has recieved a door prize due to a fuckup on my part), and removed two inactives, Heremus and Jack Frost. Since Heremus has been inactive for six months I skipped the formality of the four day wait period and just shitcanned him. Also marked Boris and Gavin as inactive, so you AEUG guys may wanna get in touch with him.

Draco is apparently back and not ragequitting after all, though he seems to be intent on being an annoyance on the forums and in the chat. We’ll see how that goes; I have a low tolerance for shennanigans as of late.

- TATARI