Bad start to a day

I get into work and one of the first e-mails I receive points at todaybeing potentially bad. :( I sent an e-mail detailing an upcoming bugfix for some of the software we are using with the affects that having this bugfix will have (since we already have workarounds in place). The reply I get from the technical lead on the project is "On live we are running the Official build, so this should no longer be an issue." Oh, that's good to know. Strange how he hasn't had any experience with this yet knows more than me and the microsoft guys releasing the bug fix. Oh wait, look the bug is still on the live system.

Grrrr.... I'm goign to try not to let this put me in a foul mood for the day. Instead I am going to go and set myself milestones. *nod* yes, mini-milestones are what I need... :)

ARST: COINCIDENCE

The first of our new roles is charged with the responsibility of examining plot (via DST reports and, where possible, attendance at games) across all venues and Domains in the Region, and noticing and exploiting similarities, as well as suggesting potential new plots that will aid in building our Regional identity. STing experience would be useful, if not essential, and a fluent writing style is certainly recommended.

The above is a brief blurb on a new ARST job in the central region. Now, I think it was only saturday that I was saying "I don't want another officer job" but this is quite tempting for me. I do quite like playing with plot and doing evil things to it and linking bits up and making everything more holistic. I think I could do the job quite well (I'd have to give myself some good organisation but that shouldn't be *too* hard ).

The trouble is I said I wouldn't take another officer role. Why did I say this? mainly because I seemed to be spending far too much time on it and not enjoying it as much. So, lets try to go for pros and cons as I try to work out (with the help of my by now bored audience) whether to apply...

Pros

• I think I'd enjoy it


• I think I'd be good at it


• I get to make Cam a better game (in the central region at least)

Cons

• It would take up lots of my time


• I would know all the plots in the central region making playing less fun in terms of getting involved in plot. There is still the fun of character interaction though.
  

So, based on this I think the key points weighing against each other are "I think I'd enjoy it" against "I think it might impact enjoyment of playing". I don't play outside my region that much so the latter may be important. On the other hand I only play in the oxford game really so I may be able to just ask Joe to look at the Oxford plots for me if I got the job. Hmmm... So... any opinions from the audience?

Having just re-read the requirements again it does suggest familiarity with plots by game attendance and I'm not sure I'd do that at all. on the other hand I don't think anybody with this role should be gettting involved in plots particularly and so I don't think would see them that much through game attendance...

I dunno. Somebody persuade me I don't want to do this job or something... :)

Feeling down

Hmm... I'm feeling a bit down at the moment. Work is going badly as predicted. Various conversations in various places are making me a bit morose and I am stuck doing documentation which is sucking. I'm going to go to lunch now, clear my head, think RP thoughts (dragon blooded one off adventure to try to plan) and come back after lunch more enthused. God I hate documentation sometimes. :)

Dragon Blooded *bounce*

Spent half an hour over lunch sketching up the plot for my dragon blooded game. I am bouncing lots at the thought of running this (though slightly worried because I have never run anything as politically as this might be). I do also have one other concern with my plot. There might be too much of it. :)

I started off with a simple premise (which I won't name because players are reading this). I then built up a few of the key players in this plot (I have rough idea of what the PCs are whcih is socialisers so I need lots of NPCs probbaly). I then came up with a bit more of the setting. This then gave rise to some other interesting plots. And now I am worried it might explode out of control. :) It is only meant to be a one off test run... :)

My main concern really now is fleshing out all the NPCs. I am planning to start it at a party which will probably have at least 50 or so people at it, possibly more. I'm thinking that they will talk to a fair few of these so I need some idea of who is there. I don't need to stat them but I probably need at least Name, House, One sentence description (or more). And I hate names. :)

Oh well, it should be glorious at least. :)

Anyway, back to work now. Troubleshooting to do which is more interesting than documentation. :)