Ed,
I have way to much respect for you to pick apart your post in the manner you did mine. I have watched you "battle" many a people on forums and I read quoted after quoted posts with you and others where you have told them in is not fair to cut and paste the parts you want from a post. By knit picking apart individual sentences, you loose the entire meaning of the post.
I am not bitter. If you were sitting beside me listening to me tell you these events, you would not think me bitter. You would think me disappointed and know me to be sad if anything. Never bitter.
I apologize in the post my true feelings are lost in translation.
I am not blaming anyone for how long it took to run my quest, those are just the facts. Minerva had to cancel, the players involved had to cancel, during the 6 weeks i was gone, I went to divorce court in another state where I used to live and my ex-wife actually tried to frame me for a crime. When I showed up in the state, they arrested me without a warrant. I got falsely accused and locked up in jail. My ex-wife actually had the state saying, that due to my military training as a spy (LOL i was a dang code copier) that I was a flight risk and the attorney actually said "he will go what is called dark and vanish". I spent over 200k in legal fees to end up with her crying, admitting she lied because she wanted to ruin my life. I was stuck for six weeks throughout all of this. My grandmother had a stroke a few days before one of the quest. Again, not the teams fault, nor am I blaming them. It is NO one individuals fault the quest took as long as it did to get going once Minerva took over. It is just the road I had to walk to get there, that we all walked.
I apologize if it sounds like I am pointing fingers for blame. You are missing my intentions. I was just trying to explain the over all frustrations involved with the WLCDQ. Which again was the original meaning of the post, "Answering the Questions".
There were many canceled quests. Even Minerva had a virus and had to cancel the night of a quest. There were times in game where Minerva had to take long breaks. All of this I was told I would be given extra time and it would not be held against me. When we failed, I still had 3 hours or so, plus the undetermined time I was going to be given credit for. When I was pmed by you Ed, I respected you too much to even argue. I asked about the extended time that was given to other WL quests and quickly given an excuse why their time is justified and mine would not have been. I was beyond disappointed that I, as a player am held strictly to a time frame of 1500mins, where the DMs are not. A player must be quick with responses, they must keep the quest going and watch the clock. A DM can take all the time they need to get things together and are not held accountable. In most cases, it seemed like the long delays would be taken into account. It wasn't for me.
Minerva did and AMAZING job with the plot, the npcs and the story. She simply just took way to long on the actual quests to type and respond. I literally would sit there pulling my hair out going, "i'm on a time schedule here"! hehe. The ONLY fault I could ever say about Minerva's quests are that she takes her time and her quests can run long and a bit slow. On a normal quest, that is fine and dandy. On a quest with a scheduled time, that is not good. BTW, I am NOT saying I could do a better job!
With the time she takes, her quests are amazing and full of plot, story, and great RP. You can tell she puts great thought and effort into her quests. Minerva's quests are filled all of the key ingredients for making a quest unforgettable. Unfortunately for me, my quest had a time limit. I honestly felt with the long delays and the time it took to run a single event, I would be given extended time if needed. I was wrong.
Correct me if I am wrong, but time-limits were intended to make sure quests didn't run on forever. Exceptions were made for other WLs to run past their time. I know people told me that those WLs were so close. That those WLs put so much time into it. Those WLs had reasons. I don't understand how my reasons were any different?
My WL quest was shelved and in holding by Rowana because Jenara's took so long to get running. At least that is what I was told. I wanted to pick other DMs, bu I was familiar with Rowana's style of DMing and she was my first pick, not to meantion there are not many DMs to choose who can run a WL. Dorg helped point me towards Minerva and she seemed to share my frustration with how long it was taking to get my quest written and started. She seemed motivated to help me. She even spoke to me about how she might take a break from her day to day duties on layo and that there were going to be changes in the time she had. Before any of that, she was going to make sure that my quest finally got going. Those might not have been her exact words, but it was my understanding of our conversations. This is without going into any details of the conversations between Minerva and I that might have been personal.
The only thing I will quote from you Ed is this,
Nonsense, you weren't failed at the start. If we wanted to fail you at the start we would never have approved you for an attempt and spared us the time of planning and setting it up. Misunderstandings don't fail people, especially if they are resolved like you say.
I showed up for an event and was told by Minerva that I was failed due to not being active enough in game while the WL was going on. This is a fact. Sure one can argue the meaning of the word failed and then argue that because Dorg helped get the quest "unfailed" that I didn't ever actually fail. Is that what you are saying ED, or are you not aware that this actually happened? After that, I never felt I was given a chance. Could that have just been me? Sure. In the end communication is only as good as it is received.
You are correct ED, we have always been cordial and I don't understand why you feel you have to "challenge the accusations". I have always respected you. You are one of the main backbones of Layonara.
I can not stress how much I DO appreciate the work and effort from Minerva, especially on my WLCDQ. I loved the quest. It is the single most amazing quest I have been part of. It was frustrating, challenging and a blast! People should not get caught up on the only real gripes i have. One,ho slow each event was ran. Two, a quest of such magnitude just faded way.
I again extend an apology, that if by explaining my frustrations about the quest and that by trying to explain why I have been absence, in some way offends the staff, I am sorry.
Minerva,
You are an amazing storyteller and person. I am thankful for the time i spent on this WL and the time I got to know you during the quest. On a personal note, I respect the time you put into layonara for the players. Thank you for the time and energy you put into my WL. Thank you for stepping up and giving it a go. Please don't be offended in anyway. My intentions are not to offend. If I have and the staff is in such an uproar, and you feel I am out of place with this post, I will take my leave once again. Once and for all.
Ed,
Please don't take this personal, because it is not. I know there was a lot of work in the back ground that I am unaware of and probably always will be. Thank you and all who were involved for your time.
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