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It's April, so its time for All Fools Day and the switch by some to Summer Time. Summer Time is so silly because here in Arizona we just post different hours for winter and summer, thus avoiding the confusion of setting clocks back and forth through time.
Anyway, I have some unfinished journal business with which I guess I should start off. I finally replied to Ken and Ben from a couple of entries ago. I just didn't feel up to it until now. Also, last entry I started to discuss something but didn't finish because it was late. I started,
"I don't know if Kitty plans on running Michael's D&D campaign starting this weekend or next. But I suspect that if it does happen, not everyone will be happy to play. Some people have already expressed to me that we'd be better off starting a new game rather than trying to revive an old one. I'd type more on that, but I'm tired and up past my bedtime."
Since then I've had two more conversations with people as well, so I'll combine what I wanted to say before with what I now should say as well.
To start with, when Kitty first approached me with the idea of her continuing Michael's campaign I told her that I'd feel uncomfortable playing if other people also felt uncomfortable with the idea. That's still true. She agreed with me on that day, and so she said that she'd ask the others. In the meantime she asked everyone else, forgot that she asked me (not surprising considering the circumstances), and I reminded her of my viewpoint. Somewhere along the way either I told other people my viewpoint or she did, because one of my friends interpreted that as, Paul doesn't want the game to continue but doesn't want to be the one who prevents everyone else from gaming.
So recently, as in since I last posted, I had to try to convey my full feelings on the subject to this friend in the hopes that they understood my point of view. I do not wish to hurt any of my friends. Some of my friends will want the game to continue because they feel they owe it to Michael to continue the game. As such, their feelings are genuine and should be treated with respect. Others will want the game to continue because they don't want their characters' stories to end. Those friends I am less concerned about. If any of my friends indicated that continuing the game would hurt them, I am not willing to injure a friend just to appease others. That's why my stance is that I will only oppose the game if someone doesn't want it to continue.
And that may be why Kitty asked me when she heard through someone (her source she didn't name perhaps to protect them) that people didn't want the game to continue. If that's the case, and if people knew of my stated game preference, its logical that they would have contacted me to have me stand up against Kitty for them anonymously. However, such has yet to be the case. She speculated that it might be Lori and Steve, as neither of them were in the house at the time of the conversation on Friday. If any of my friends does ask me to prevent the game for them, I will do so, anonymously, too, if asked. Even if its Kitty. If she decided that she has reservations she didn't expect, I'd be willing to let her save face and let her be an anonymous holdout.
However, as also stated in my last entry, and not finished because of the late hour, there have been two people who have told me that they will likely not play if the game continues. One player I'm not too concerned about because they quit playing after fourth or fifth level due to interplayer conflict. The other player has since developed a work schedule conflict.
It has also been suggested to some of us that we make equivalent level characters for a new campaign, that way whoever runs may start afresh. Specifically, so that they aren't consistantly reminded of Michael's loss from the group. Yet, we wouldn't lose any of the time we spent leveling our characters. This was an intriguing possibility I hadn't thought of before, but one to which I'm not sure how everyone would respond.
Me, I'd go either way. I'm a fairly easy going guy. I have preferences, to be sure, but when it comes to games I figure it's all supposed to be about having fun. So I rarely feel as if I couldn't have fun doing something. It's all in how you approach it. No one as yet has made me aware that us continuing in Michael's game would deteriorate our comraderie, so I'll have fun reguardless of the final decision.
Anyway, I need to catch the bus to church. I'll catch you folks later.
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