--- In Avada_Kedavra@yahoogroups.com, "Claire Doyle" <cofeeguru@p...>
wrote:
> One of the other problems I've noticed in general with RPGs is that
> when the summer hits, the game participation level plummets. I know
> in part it's because college kids are away from their computer and
> others go on vacation. I mean, I hate the summer and even I spend a
> lot less time on the computer. There always seems to be more to do
> during this time of year. *shrug*
>
> I'm totally willing to help out in any way I can to get this RPG up
> and running again. I agree; the quality of writing in this group is
> amazing, and I look forward to putting out more posts with you guys.
> :)
>
> And don't worry Cat, the RPG I help run has five co-mods, and we
> still have trouble stirring things up especially in the summertime.
> Maybe the sun fries our brains.

Funny. I don't know about you folks, but I suspect a low-participation
forum like this requires some other way of play, because I've only
seen high-volume high-postage games work well with the pure freeform
genre.

We're a low volume forum, as far as I can see. It's hard to actually
get anyone (well, me) to post more than three times a week, on a
regular basis.

And there's the matter of co-GMing, which, according to Claire,
doesn't work as well during the summer time. This just makes me wonder
if maybe we should change the format from freeform to something else.

But what? I don't think everyone else might want anything else other
than structured freeform. There must be some other nice compromise we
can work on.

And shouldn't this be on OOC list? :)

Tariq