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[Sarah B]

This is interest debrief stuff... more games should have debriefs, I think!

I didn't play Atalanta because I missed the start completely... wished I hadn't, because the UK needs more ARGs!

Paul, if you're happy to chat about your experiences PMing to someone who didn't play your game to help me with my game design then drop me a PM. If not that's ok, lol. Just thought I'd ask.

[Telos954]

Haven't been around much, RL stuff has me busy. Just wanted to say that the game was a fun - if some times head-to-wall confusing - challenge.

One big tip, for future games, though. When you're giving your character a real phone number, make sure to check around for that number being posted on other forums and stuff. The first thing I do with numbers in games is do a google search and reverse look up - and as you know, that's how I knew you were the PM from early on.

Second - Facebook chat not only lags like a toooootal bitch at peak hours, it causes problems with firefox. Iunno about the rest of you, but if I was typing in one tab, and got a message from anyone on facebook, it wouldn't allow me to type at all until I went to the facebook tab, and clicked in the text entry box for the chat. If this hasn't happened to you - you have NOOOO clue how bad the tripple name posts from Vlad were.

I liked the game, but, personally I think there was too much that was 'important' for us to figure out, and then either later dropped or changed, leaving us to wonder what's still important and what's a waste of time. There was a lot of thinking involved in this game, but, with a lack of solid evidence to any of our speculation, it was so nerve wracking at times.

I noticed a ton of #ARG posts on the twitter, and various places. It looks like you were attempting to bring in new players. This was a good idea, but it doesn't look like it caught on. Maybe next time - push for that in the beginning a bit more?

To the joining the ministry bit. It didn't seem like we could really do that, at least in my eyes. JPW didn't seem to be the type that would reach out and allow people in to the ministry, and would rather just use them as he could. It would have been interesting to have both 'good' and 'bad' players (to use generic terms.)

On that - I know you commented about it being nice to have JPW have a direct rival, in the way I was playing. Was there anything about the rivalry between him and myself that changed any 'planned' aspect of the game?

[dawndilion]

I'm so glad James posted, because I've been watching this thread thinking I was going to be a huge Debbie Downer. I have been having some RL stuff come up recently, but I was always watching the main thread and checking FB when I could remember. To be quite honest, I got bored with the whole thing. The introduction of JPW was great and made it really interesting, but at a certain point, which I honestly can't pinpoint, I just felt incredibly overwhelmed with information and had no idea what to do with any of it. It was all very interesting, but it was also incredibly confusing and, as James said, without any solid evidence that we were on the right track with anything, became incredibly frustrating.

[dreamerblue]

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[amandel]

Oh yes, Nings are a super altenatative and can be used very creatively. Am a member at four of 'em (helped setting up one) and a character I created in my newest group (a photo journalist) won a fan art award. I was totally over the moon happy.

So, of course Paul, plse feel free to bend my ear re Nings/other chat & info sites. It's solely the PM's choice to appoint player-admins which works fine as long as the PM sets up concrete guidelines and the player-members exhibit normal courtesy and common sense in abiding by the intended purpose of the game's Ning group. Am looking forward to Vanessa Part Deus.

Finally, another great site for posting content, music etc. with free chat links and FB. twitter etc. sharing is WEBS

[imbri]

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thanks imbri for the count.
Now, aside from me as a PM being horribly crap, breaking rules and such - ot in spirit but will feebly raise the 'this was my first arg' card again [and point to the apology at beginning of this thread for doing so] is there anything else I can do to make it better - what did people think of images? Admittedly FB wasn't great for hosting but will look into 'ning and WEBS' - thanks for suggestions.

Will now basically retire from this thread as I have a lot of suggestions and ideas - feel free to pm me if you have any questions or ideas though - thanks everyone for playing!

[ndemeter]

So since we've had this thread come to its conclusion I will go ahead and lock it I will go ahead and ponder about post-game talks. IMHO N&R is not really the area for those kinds of conversations anyways (can anyone give me an AME...errr...IRC CHAT!).

Future inputs please PM Cresent as indicated. Cheers!

[Sirannon]

I definitely regretted that RL kept me from participating in this more! I thought the different characters were definitely believable, and the story was totally engaging. It's the sort of thing that would make a good novel- I'd totally read it.

I will admit that there were times where I felt like there was no point to all the information we were being given. It was really interesting stuff, but I didn't know what were were supposed to be looking for, and what it would do, and that got me kinda confused. And like others have said, Facebook is incredibly buggy for me, and that made things difficult.

Overall, I really liked it, and I would totally be interested in more with the Ministry and suchlike.

(sorry this is late- I thought I had hit send ages ago )

Edit: Way to refresh and follow instructions. *headdesk*