*enters thread, shuffles awkwardly* :unsure:
Wow…I had no idea anyone still had any interest in this RP.
Honestly, I’d thought that the “In The Land Before Time” RP was done for, seeing as it’s basically been at a standstill since last summer. Not only were there not many people posting, but several of the key players were only present on the GOF for short, random intervals that seldom coincided with one another. In other words, we never had all of our actors onstage at the same time, so the show couldn’t go on. Namely, we needed Redtooth101 around to have his
Spinosaurus character attack the Big Water Group, and much of the Great Valley subplot revolved around LBTFan13’s characters. Even
FlipperBoidSkua (one of the major participants in the Big Water subplot) fell off the map for several months. I’ve recently been able to communicate with her again, but I don’t know yet if she’s coming back.
Of course, I’m sure I’m at fault for not being active enough myself (and am appropriately ashamed of it
). Honestly a big part of my recent absence from the GOF has been due to my guilt for all of the members I feel I’ve let down. Since the RP was virtually inactive and it appeared I was unneeded on the GOF, I had no reason to come back.
As always, for what it’s worth, I’m very, very, very sorry.
I just couldn’t bring myself to actually close the RP (and a good thing too, if people are still interested in it); I don’t like burning my bridges when I leave them behind. I guess I’m still willing to continue this RP, though I cannot promise that I will post with any degree of frequency. However, I am tracking this topic (along with the thread for the RP itself), so I’ll get an e-mail every time someone posts. I’ll be watching this RP, even if you can’t see me.
I just want to say that I *finally* made a post. And just so I am clear with what's going on right now:
*Red Claw's sanity is deteriorating, so Screech and Claw go and leave him.
Screech and Thud haven't abandoned Red Claw just yet, but his latest orders have got them thinking about it. At the moment they are at the edge of the Great Valley, waiting until nightfall to sneak in and locate the sleeping places of the dinosaurs who survived the previous night's battle with Red Claw. Their presence will eventually be suspected by the valley residents, and the plan was that LBTFan13’s character (Rob the fast biter) would volunteer to find and “join” them, pretending he was a regular fast biter so that he could find out what Screech, Thud, and Red Claw are up to.
*The Big Water Group is taking Ozzy and Strut out of the valley elsewhere and also want to explore the Ocean. Hyp tags along unnoticed, but is noticed later on.
*Some characters have changed species, such as my character.
Right, and right.
(Though feel free to change your character back to their original species, if you prefer.)
*Are we still playing this game like we are still in 2009?
I think that should be up to each player's personal preference. The LBT world in this RP is completely independent of our world; we have members who "left" the real world in 2009 and in 2012, and "arrived" in the LBT world within two or three days of each other. I don't think we should be too concerned about keeping the real-world timeline consistent. Personally, I play as if the life my RP character left in the human world is the same life I’m living right now. In other words, in the summer of 2010 I played as if it were the summer of 2010, in the fall of 2011 I played as if it were the fall of 2011, and so on.
If there's anything else I am missing, please tell me, because I really am lost on what is going on in this rp at the moment.
Duhhhhhhhh… *spends several seconds staring blankly into space* My memory has rusted up somewhat in all the time I’ve been gone, but I can’t think of anything else at the moment.
