[Sodium_noir] Sodium Noir

[Jennie Teakle]

Hey Liz :-)

thankyou for posting to put Sodium players in the picture about this  
situation.  Like you, I respect Spikey as ST and creator of Sodium.  
It has been my favourite rpbem for 3 years and like you, I hoped to  
contribute to keeping it going for as long as possible. In the end,  
though, the game and the universe it is set in depends upon Spikey's  
time and input and it now feels like trespass to continue. It's been  
a blast to play and to read other player's stories/posts. Thankyou  
everyone for entertaining me and making rpbem such a fun free-time  
pursuit :-)

Whatever happens with the game in the future, I do hope to run into  
you guys again, wherever that may be within the World of Darkness :-D

take care

regards

Jenniex (player of Christine)



On Apr 15, 2007, at 7:11 PM, Liz Oleksyn wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This started out as a succinct “due to unforeseen
> circumstances, etc, etc, I’ll be retiring from Sodium
> Noir” announcement, but I thought it only fair to
> share this news with the rest of Sodium's players.
>
> A few days ago, in what I expected to be another
> futile attempt at communicating with Spikey, I sent
> him a brief email - just asked how he was doing and
> mentioned that his presence in SN was sorely missed.
> It was quite a surprise to get a reply, since I
> haven't heard from him in more than four months.
>
> An excerpt from his email:
>
> "I am not sure what I am going to do about SN at the
> moment. When I came back to see 150+ e mails for a
> game sposed to be on a break that sort of finished me
> off. Even if I do somehow rediscover my interest in
> the game, its going to be quite a while before I can
> set a whole two days or more aside to catch up on the
> reading so won't be for a while."
>
> He also expressed frustration that the game is being
> run without him and that it's getting out of hand.
>
> It was my understanding that Spikey has been copied in
> on numerous emails regarding the  current state of
> play in SN and that he was, at least, somewhat aware
> of what was going on.  The storyline hasn’t been taken
> past Saturday night (nor was anyone intending to take
> it any further than that) and nothing has been
> developed in such as way as to interfere with either
> his NPCs or future plans for the game, so far as I
> know.  The majority of the 150+ posts he refers to
> were courtesy of me and Jennie, since, for quite
> awhile, Christine and Jack's thread was the only one
> still active.  I replied to his email, expressing my
> confusion regarding the current state of SN and took
> full responsibility for contributing to the 150+
> posts.  As of today, he hasn't replied.
>
> Personally speaking, this is a really awkward
> situation for me, especially in light of having gamed
> with Spikey for the last five years and, at one point,
> being given the responsibility of helping to keep
> Sodium Noir going during his last prolonged absence.
> He's always been - and rightfully so - extremely
> protective of this game.  It's reputation for being
> one of the best PbEMs ever is certainly deserved.
> However, I feel strongly that, if he's going to be
> away from it for months at a time, he either has to
> entrust its continuation to players who can maintain
> his standards or shut it down completely until he
> returns.  Had I known that I was going against
> Spikey’s wishes for the game, I certainly would have
> stopped posting immediately.
>
> And that's what I'm going to do. I'm retiring from
> Sodium Noir.  I've really loved posting in SN for the
> last few months.  We were moving toward bringing a few
> more characters together and I was especially happy
> about the prospect of a Christine/Simone/John
> Black/Sandra/Jack conversation.  Who knew a Ladies’
> Restroom would be the perfect meeting place?  ;)
>
> But that’s me being selfish. This ain’t my game. I’m
> not the ST, not do I want to be.  If I interpret
> Spikey’s email correctly, he didn’t expect us to
> continue without him.  I hope his enthusiasm and love
> for Sodium Noir is rekindled and he returns to it
> soon.  I consider Spikey to be my friend and it would
> break my heart to think I’d contributed to the demise
> of something that meant so much to him.
>
> I’ve loved gaming with all of you and have thoroughly
> enjoyed reading your posts.
>
> Best wishes to all,
> Liz O.
>
>
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