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@sonata wow, this sounds like a very cool premise!
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@somasatori Thanks! Hoping to get some players to run it for!
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@sonata A Mage-only game? Excellent. Now to figure out if I have the mental bandwidth to join.
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@somasatori Thank you! We’re well on our way to squishing the bugs! Chargen is functioning and accepting apps.
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@sonata I’m on there as Jordan!
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@somasatori Oh! Hi!!
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T Tez moved this topic from Game Ads on
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Forked off a few initial comments from the ad thread here: https://brandmuday.mythicus.net/topic/408/ascension-sojourns
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@Tez Oops sorry!
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@Polk You’re good! I’m really bad about remembering to do that, so I can’t exactly say there are good examples.
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I’m really liking this concept. I’ve just about finished setting up my character there, Brian. Just need to desc up my house and my workshop.
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In honor of Sphinx’s birthday, PCs that complete CG by the end of 10/14 get 10 bonus dots to spend on anything but Arete.
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Message: 1/5 Author: Sphinx Fri Nov 17 2023
Brian’s Player removed 19:26:18Brian’s player (Polk) has been removed from the game. When I confronted him about information I received, he showed his true colors and resorted to name-calling, gaslighting, and berating staff. This is not tolerated and is strictly against game code of conduct.
ETA: This was a message from the game’s board from the head wiz. I didn’t format it properly, but wanted to be clear on that part.
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This shouldn’t surprise anyone, but it looks like anyone that wanted to play Mage without Polk’s presence or influence now has an opportunity to do so. App up.
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I had a little peek in and the game doesn’t seem particularly active, and the wiki is almost entirely bereft of character pages. Is this a true reflection of the game at present?
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@Pavel This is a new game. I’m not running shifter, vampire or channeling. Only mage, sorcerer, mortal and bygone, currently. Eventually I’ll allow demon. I realize my setting and theme are very unique as well. There are approved characters without wiki pages. There are pre-made that are approved but not all have wiki pages yet, and that system isn’t complete yet. But I am taking character applications and running plots. Official grand opening is Dec8th. I greet everyone who logs in when I’m watching the screen.
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@Pavel said in Ascension Sojourns:
I had a little peek in and the game doesn’t seem particularly active, and the wiki is almost entirely bereft of character pages.
Every game has to start somewhere…
I don’t know what makes some games open with 80 bajillion people immediately or why some start off very slowly. I would have thought a lot of people would have jumped on a new game with a completely different theme, but I guess I was wrong. Some people like the same old familiar settings.
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Also, it’s the week of American Thanksgiving. I’m sure that has a noticeable effect on activity.
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@Warma-Sheen usually they don’t open with that many but word gets out especially on a forum and then there’s a spigot of crazy activity that then falls off a cliff about 6ish weeks in when you get the real sense of the actual playerbase.
It’s probably helpful when things don’t happen like that.
Also helpful when the initial introduction isn’t by or involving someone who shuts down someone else’s game while in a rage/tantrum.
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@mietze said in Ascension Sojourns:
Also helpful when the initial introduction isn’t by or involving someone who shuts down someone else’s game while in a rage/tantrum.
I thought that might have something to do with it in this particular case, but I didn’t want to be the one to say it publicly here. I’m a bit biased on the subject.
And that sucks for the game. Even though he’s been banned, the damage may already have been done. But knowing they gave him the boot gives me that much more respect for the place and @sonata.
Moves like that deserve the support of the community.
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@Warma-Sheen To be clear. Most people shouldn’t and don’t care about that person. It would be foolish to solely blame him for less traffic so I wouldn’t wallow in that tbh. It’s just that tere’s nothing going on on the game and I think especially during a busy time people won’t rush to jump in without trying to find out more about the runner, what kind of scenes, ect. But as far as getting the bum rush that this forum can be famous for on a game it does help when one of the champions of it hasn’t in recent memory shown their whole ass. I’m sure that is why the game runner drew attention to the inevitable that this guy got banned for his typical behavior with less time to reach that decision than previous folks? But that’s just an indicator of a decent level of common sense not necessarily something that will make people rush to play.
A known problem person on staff will drive people away but their absence won’t cause an interest that wasn’t already there.
Also this is a one sphere niche game with an original setting. That also can take a bit to chew on. There’s nothing wrong with that, I personally adore those games and play on them often. I did check this place out but I don’t get excited about mage as a system/sphere and have had mostly meh experiences when giving it a chance elsewhere. But I do like the setting. Its probably not enough for me to give it a whirl, too much of a reach. But I am not the target or ideal participant for this place so no one should care/worry about that.
ETA: wasn’t the game runner that drew attention here but posting of the ban post by someone else. But still. People play on the same games as people they don’t like all the time and at least this staff didn’t hand him the keys when they heard something disconcerting and they also took action when the meltdown occurred that didn’t involve coddling. Its a point in their favor not because of the specific person involved but that they did it.
