Womble brought the discussion to a point: It's a game.
But this was not the way it started, it started as a story, a group story - and I found it challenging to join in something, novellists have done already: Having their own story plots, finding a main stream and then joining together for one goal.
Well, the story writers have become a minority during Infinity and the gamers took over as majority. That's what happened here <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" /> .
I didn't start in the game genre - so, as my bad job news came I stood before a very hard decision: Carry on and become unhappier and unhappier (got enough of that at my job) or pull myself/my char out of a game that once started as a story. Well, Story-Kiya was not designed as Game-Kiya - she didn't fit in anymore - sad, but true. My further posts would have become more and out of place...
Writing should be fun, and those joining in there should have the same intention, not different ones (story/game) - so, I left the game.
Sounds easy? Nope, wasn't. It will take time until I've digested this XP - but the next time I'm going to write, I'm determined to make sure that all participating in there really want a story - and not something else. Kiya
My definitions:
game - fighting, killing, looting, items, leveling up - rinse and repeat
story - several threads joining together eventually, development of plot and char, new XP, relationships, interaction, communication, including the other char's abilities into my posts, red thread, goal
Addendum: I took chars with me, correct - I asked Polgara and Lynn for permission: got them - and Wolfy was developed by me, so I had the right to do this. I would've liked to ask Hypatia, too - but sadly she's not here anymore on the forum. So Viper, for this decision, you can blame me, not for the other ones.
