The Syndicate

sounds cooool

Looks good to me @Moghedien. I always appreciate original themes. One thing to be conscious of is that sometimes it can be a struggle to reach 30 players. Recently we’ve managed some larger games in the vicinity of 25, but this is something that fluctuates quite a lot over time. When this one comes up in the queue, it’s hard to say how that will look. It may be prudent to conceive of an alternate form of the game that calls for 20 instead just in case.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:24 pm Looks good to me @Moghedien. I always appreciate original themes. One thing to be conscious of is that sometimes it can be a struggle to reach 30 players. Recently we’ve managed some larger games in the vicinity of 25, but this is something that fluctuates quite a lot over time. When this one comes up in the queue, it’s hard to say how that will look. It may be prudent to conceive of an alternate form of the game that calls for 20 instead just in case.

Alright, I'll think about that. I come equipped with some of my own players from other sites, too.

Judging by the queue, when should I expect my game to run?

Moghedien wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 2:10 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:24 pm Looks good to me @Moghedien. I always appreciate original themes. One thing to be conscious of is that sometimes it can be a struggle to reach 30 players. Recently we’ve managed some larger games in the vicinity of 25, but this is something that fluctuates quite a lot over time. When this one comes up in the queue, it’s hard to say how that will look. It may be prudent to conceive of an alternate form of the game that calls for 20 instead just in case.

Alright, I'll think about that. I come equipped with some of my own players from other sites, too.

Judging by the queue, when should I expect my game to run?

That's tough to say! Ideally if we can continue to run two standard game sign-ups at a time, it will accelerate matters a bit. I think it would be fair to guess though that it could be as long as a year. I understand if that sounds crazy; this is definitely our slowest-moving queue. The alternative would be a racket, which can be the same thing with a post count limitation instilled -- but 30 players would be even more difficult to attain there.

If this host is hot to trot, I will vacate my place so that the new host can get going sooner.

I'm in, I also love hosting original fiction games, so I'm eager to see more from this one and steal cool ideas.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:58 pm If this host is hot to trot, I will vacate my place so that the new host can get going sooner.

Thank you, that's very kind of you. If we did that, then when would my game run?

Long Con wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:58 pm I'm in, I also love hosting original fiction games, so I'm eager to see more from this one and steal cool ideas.

All my ideas are booby trapped. Try stealing them at your own risk.

I went ahead and moved myself down the queue as well. I'm in no hurry to host another big game. This leaves 9 or 10 games currently ahead of yours, @Moghedien. An optimistic estimate would be about one month per game (if sign-ups are reasonably smooth and the site can stay active through summer). If so that'd set the game up for January or February. It's also possible some hosts ahead of you will pass given time constraints which could make it sooner. It's all very hard to judge though.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Mon Apr 12, 2021 4:30 am I went ahead and moved myself down the queue as well. I'm in no hurry to host another big game. This leaves 9 or 10 games currently ahead of yours, @Moghedien. An optimistic estimate would be about one month per game (if sign-ups are reasonably smooth and the site can stay active through summer). If so that'd set the game up for January or February. It's also possible some hosts ahead of you will pass given time constraints which could make it sooner. It's all very hard to judge though.

That's very kind of you both. I was worried at first that Epignosis meant I would simply take his place in the queue, which seems to be coming up very soon, and I won't be ready to host this game for at least another couple of months. I don't mind the wait, really; I'm happy to sit with this game for a long time and keep revising it until I feel like it's perfect. That said, it won't actually take me an entire year to do that, so I really appreciate you all trying to knock a few months off the wait time. I'm going to host a few Rackets in the meantime.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:24 pm Looks good to me @Moghedien. I always appreciate original themes. One thing to be conscious of is that sometimes it can be a struggle to reach 30 players. Recently we’ve managed some larger games in the vicinity of 25, but this is something that fluctuates quite a lot over time. When this one comes up in the queue, it’s hard to say how that will look. It may be prudent to conceive of an alternate form of the game that calls for 20 instead just in case.

I'll figure it out