Stuff for people to read. And stuff.

I want to go over a few things that we touched on last Friday, as well as touch on some things we haven't yet stated.

First, it's important for our game and plots that if you're not planning on making it to game, you try to drop us a line and let us know you won't be available. We understand that other things come up and that often times you'll have plans dropped on your lap with very little notice. All that we ask is that you try to be courteous and pass the info on to us if you can't make it. This is double important for people who play characters with an important position in the city. If you can't make it to the game on a regular basis, you shouldn't play a character with an important role in the game. That's just simple logic. I'm definitely not getting specific with names, as most players have been plenty thoughtful and mature about attendance. This leads me to the crux of my point here: We've implemented a three week rule concerning attendance to the game. Meaning, if you don't show up for three weeks, and you haven't given us a suitable reason for your absence, you'll no longer have access to your character. We're not going to waste time putting your character in an inactive roster or holding to a sheet for someone who doesn't intend to show up more than once a month. If you've made special arrangements ahead of time, that's fine. Otherwise, so sorry, but we're just not going to cater to people who don't give any concern.

Second, as we stated at post on Friday, our game is not a costless venture. We are more than willing to run a free game, but we are willing to accept your charity and investment into our chronicle. We put in a great deal of time and energy, as well as our own personal funds into this game so that we can hopefully provide a few hours of entertainment to you every week. We will accept any worthwhile form of charitable donations for your gaming pleasure. We would like to have special events where we can run a session at an alternate location, dress up and enjoy the full potential of a masquerade LARP. We will never ask you to pay to play at CoD, but we may ask you to pay if we have a special session at a different location. If we can scrounge up enough cash from donations... ramble ramble ramble, you get the picture.

Third, there are two sides to live-action gaming. There is the actual "during game" process, and there are the side-scene, off site activities. While we feel that a great number of events have happened in the last three weeks, we've yet to have any side-scene requests from players. Don't be bashful about post-game side scenes. We meet on Wednesday nights to discuss game plots and etc., so if you're interested in interacting with the world outside of game night, feel free to contact us. We want to generate your interests and share our vision with you. Please, take advantage of the offer.

That's it for now. More updates as they occur to me.