E1Alpha
07-21-2013, 11:09 PM
Like everyone will have noticed. My presence on RPA and as such in RoW has been decreasing further and further. This is because things are getting busier and busier in my life. I finished school, but I am currently working a 9 to 5 job as a programmer during the holidays, and afterwards, I will have college to worry about. This all is cutting not just into my free time, but because all of this is on the computer, it is cutting into my mood to spend time on the computer. (Most of my free time I spend painting models just to get a break from the computer)
This is however very negative to two things: My RPA mod duties and Realms of War.
Lately, when I have free time, I must of the time turn away from my computer in disgust, wanting to get a break from looking at the screen all the time. But I find that all of this is causing my updates on RoW to get pushed way to the background. Currently, I've found myself putting hardly two hours of effort into RoW per week, which is not enough for me. While Tolvo and Jacogos have been doing an awesome job with their battles at this point, I fear that I am not going to be able to have the time to continue managing RoW as a large-scale roleplaying project.
I was first considering to pass on the Head GM position to another person here in RoW (being Tolvo or Jacogos), but wether it continues as an RP Project or not, Realms of War stays my precious creation. A creation I am not going to let just rot in a corner. The lore and stories of Realms of War, aswell as many of the gameplay elements are all kept safely on my computer, and they will stay there to serve as the primary inspiration for my game designing studies I will do in college.
But as you've probably noticed by now, this message is simply to announce that Chapter 5 will not occur. I am really not happy with this decission myself, but I just cannot manage getting around to have enough time to work on RoW like I did a year ago. The Realms of War Roleplaying Project will be officially shelved by the end of the summer.
HOWEVER
Let it be clear to everyone: The roleplaying project here on RPA will stop to exist, but the lore, the characters, the gameplay, all the effort that has been put in Realms of War, it will all continue to persist. The Realms of War wiki will also stay up and I will use it to perfect the Realms of War lore and gameplay. I have the intention to turn Realms of War into a truly epicly sized fantasy universe. Part of me is even considering to perhaps work out rules to create a tabletop version (but that's just wishful thinking on my part).
This is also announcing to everyone who just cannot stop roleplaying in the RoW universe: You are more than welcome to take the Realms of War universe as inspiration for YOUR roleplay. Hell, you are free to contact me if you want to know a specific lore detail aswell. You can go for a different universe of RoW, for example one where Disgeran has won the war and roleplay in that. If you have suggestions for things to be added to the Realms of War universe, you are more than free to send them to me. (No promises I'll be quick to reply or that I'll definatly add them in, though!)
And another message to add into this: Tolvo, Jacogos, Crest and anyone who has put so much work in RoW to make it what it has become today. I want to first of all thank you all. You've been supporting me so much with this project and I truly despise that I have to let down the faith you've all put in me. I'd also want to add that it is possible that Realms of War be taken to a commercial level in the far future, so if you want anything you've added in to not be included anymore, please do notify me. However, if you don't mind me using your ideas, everything you have so far thought of in Realms of War will still be used by me. The units Tolvo designed, I will be using every single one if he doesn't mind. The NPCs everyone came up with. They might change a bit here and there, but again, they will definatly be used. The intermetsos and P.I. writing you all made, I will keep this all stored away nicely on my computer and make sure that your characters, should you wish for that to happen, will have their official place in Realms of War to stay until the end.
I am going to finish up this message with the sad concludement that starting tomorrow, I will begin backing up everything in this forum to my computer. All the stories, all the characters, all the ideas, everything. When I have everything stored away, I will pass this sub-forum over, to the judgement of the admins, after which it will most likely vanish. When it does however, for all who care about Realms of War still, I will make sure to place a link to the wiki in my signature at all times.
And with that said, I want to apologise yet again. The Realms of War roleplaying project ends here.
A big thank you to everyone who participated, and an even bigger thank you to the ones that joined up at the start and stuck all the way through. You have my gratitude, and my sincerest apologies that I am no longer able to dedicate the time needed to this to keep it alive.
This is however very negative to two things: My RPA mod duties and Realms of War.
Lately, when I have free time, I must of the time turn away from my computer in disgust, wanting to get a break from looking at the screen all the time. But I find that all of this is causing my updates on RoW to get pushed way to the background. Currently, I've found myself putting hardly two hours of effort into RoW per week, which is not enough for me. While Tolvo and Jacogos have been doing an awesome job with their battles at this point, I fear that I am not going to be able to have the time to continue managing RoW as a large-scale roleplaying project.
I was first considering to pass on the Head GM position to another person here in RoW (being Tolvo or Jacogos), but wether it continues as an RP Project or not, Realms of War stays my precious creation. A creation I am not going to let just rot in a corner. The lore and stories of Realms of War, aswell as many of the gameplay elements are all kept safely on my computer, and they will stay there to serve as the primary inspiration for my game designing studies I will do in college.
But as you've probably noticed by now, this message is simply to announce that Chapter 5 will not occur. I am really not happy with this decission myself, but I just cannot manage getting around to have enough time to work on RoW like I did a year ago. The Realms of War Roleplaying Project will be officially shelved by the end of the summer.
HOWEVER
Let it be clear to everyone: The roleplaying project here on RPA will stop to exist, but the lore, the characters, the gameplay, all the effort that has been put in Realms of War, it will all continue to persist. The Realms of War wiki will also stay up and I will use it to perfect the Realms of War lore and gameplay. I have the intention to turn Realms of War into a truly epicly sized fantasy universe. Part of me is even considering to perhaps work out rules to create a tabletop version (but that's just wishful thinking on my part).
This is also announcing to everyone who just cannot stop roleplaying in the RoW universe: You are more than welcome to take the Realms of War universe as inspiration for YOUR roleplay. Hell, you are free to contact me if you want to know a specific lore detail aswell. You can go for a different universe of RoW, for example one where Disgeran has won the war and roleplay in that. If you have suggestions for things to be added to the Realms of War universe, you are more than free to send them to me. (No promises I'll be quick to reply or that I'll definatly add them in, though!)
And another message to add into this: Tolvo, Jacogos, Crest and anyone who has put so much work in RoW to make it what it has become today. I want to first of all thank you all. You've been supporting me so much with this project and I truly despise that I have to let down the faith you've all put in me. I'd also want to add that it is possible that Realms of War be taken to a commercial level in the far future, so if you want anything you've added in to not be included anymore, please do notify me. However, if you don't mind me using your ideas, everything you have so far thought of in Realms of War will still be used by me. The units Tolvo designed, I will be using every single one if he doesn't mind. The NPCs everyone came up with. They might change a bit here and there, but again, they will definatly be used. The intermetsos and P.I. writing you all made, I will keep this all stored away nicely on my computer and make sure that your characters, should you wish for that to happen, will have their official place in Realms of War to stay until the end.
I am going to finish up this message with the sad concludement that starting tomorrow, I will begin backing up everything in this forum to my computer. All the stories, all the characters, all the ideas, everything. When I have everything stored away, I will pass this sub-forum over, to the judgement of the admins, after which it will most likely vanish. When it does however, for all who care about Realms of War still, I will make sure to place a link to the wiki in my signature at all times.
And with that said, I want to apologise yet again. The Realms of War roleplaying project ends here.
A big thank you to everyone who participated, and an even bigger thank you to the ones that joined up at the start and stuck all the way through. You have my gratitude, and my sincerest apologies that I am no longer able to dedicate the time needed to this to keep it alive.