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Sunk Cost Dilemma- Losing motivation, the show must go on?
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OhWhatProvidence
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 		 Sunk Cost Dilemma- Losing motivation, the show must go on?
I went from 10 players to 1...but I have so much planned
So, I know this is going to sound really, I dunno, elitist or something, but...

Well, I've been working on this game since late Oct, early Nov. I had about four or five players, that grew into ten or fifteen, and that made me SO happy. But, then they all had all these issues that kept them from playing, it was like my game was fucking Amityville or something, ALL my players had people die in their family or something and all but three of them left. I was SO happy to have just three, really! Best three players a PM could wish for! But, recently, the two others ALSO left for personal reasons (giving a big OOG apology that was really cool but also made me sad) so, well... I've only got one actual player left. Sad And my trailhead hasn't been updated since like January, so... I can't see myself getting any players anytime soon. Add in a lot of other stuff that this game has somehow made it though by the fingernails (losing ALL the files on my computer, including a 10 page document I was meant to give to a player that very next day!; a few depression boughts/bipolar episodes/suicide attempts (not triggered by the game, but certainly didn't help the game at all)) I just feel like Fate or whoever the Powers That Be are telling me just not to evne bother running this game....

But, on the other hand, I REALLY want to see this game though to the end. I've got this one thing I've foreshadowed for a few months now that is right around the corner, but it takes at least three players to pull off... A whole three months worth of planned things until the big finale, i'm just SO EXCITED.

I don't know what to do. I really love this game, it's my baby and I've had a lot of fun with it. But at the same time... I've got ONE person playing it with no real chance of getting anyone else. Sad

Any ideas/tips/anything? ;-; I can't really figure out what to do. I WANT this game to continue, I REALLY REALLY do. But, is it really worth it if only ONE person is playing? After all this crap i've gone through to make it work so far? :s What do you guys think?

/ranting and whining session
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I'll play :c

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 		A few of the other players I was able to get in touch with all agreed that the best thing to do would be to just put the game on hiatus for a few months, maybe even a year so that it'll restart on the same date, and to email everyone with IG stuff once it's back on. This gives everyone, including me, time to get things sorted out and save up some money to maybe hire actors or get stage makeup, ect, for when it does restart next summer, might even get some new players once it does restart, who knows? Wink
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