TRE: Cancelled

by **Xusha** on Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:14 am

Is TRE finished? But it never started! I will try here to justify a decision that, in recent weeks, and with months of work, tortures me.

Why would I make TRE:

TRE would be my third RP'ing forum of sorts.
The first forum was a land in distress seeking heroes, where, as an administrator and co-founder, I was as faithful as possible. It was just basic unpretentious RP'ing forum. Noting the growing number of such forums on the web, I noticed mine was not quite original, perhaps. So I opted for a more complex experience, and I looked to the principle of Role-Playing on-table with Warhammer. I got the idea to recreate the game in an evolutionary sense of the character, filling in a lot of worry in a normal RPG, where levels are often left to the player's choice and often to the detriment of the entire forum. My second forum was born. There was a lot of time, effort, and work put into the forum, and I don't regret any of it. A lot of people seemed interested in my ideas and style. Many of these people didn't comply with them, or became inactive. The biggest problem, though, was the inactivity. I had decided to remove many players that had no real intentions of playing, or playing with respect for one another. I had terminated over 920 accounts from the forum of eight months that TRE would be based off of. TRE was going to be the "improved" version of this forum, since it had many flaws.

The Team:

I created the original world with the help of Blake and Plume. Both helped me build the basic texts of history, and much more than I could put here. Blake subsequently disappeared and I was left with a small team as a result. The forum had been placed under construction for at least three months before finally being open to players. There then followed a host of members engaged in moderation to help me to validate forms and supporting players in the game. All six of these times, however, the teams dismantled and those faces vanished. With such a new idea, I was left alone to do everything. I had to explain how the characters would work, experience points, and most repetitive, the rules. It was rather annoying, having to elaborate on the simplest of rules. For a young forum this process is normal, however. However, there was the inevitability that evolution wasn't possible without a proper team. People were coming, but many didn't understand the thorough rules.

My free time:

I am not available non-stop. Though I can manage my work and art without disadvantaging both forums. Today, however, the forum was still growing with new players and an administrative team too small and inexperienced for me to deal with. There was such a commitment with this forum, that I had to stop for three months as an illustrator of passion. I couldn't allow such a thing to go on anymore. The pain of the forum was clearer each day. The passion that made me build the forum had gradually turned into a thick chain made of remorse and empty promises to terminated members. It is very painful, leaving over a hundred active members to nothing. However, my free time was less and less, and the passion for the forum was gone.

A Brief History of the Game Masters:

- The Pen left the forum because of personal matters. This Game Master was one of my most helpful, while he was active.
- The Ink was an amazing Game Master that left the game for school.
- The Parchment was a failed trust, a huge disappointment.
- The Hourglass was new and of great assistance, even though due to college he could only dedicate 10-30 minutes a day.
- The Map was a Game Master that left abruptly. I have no contact with him and he does not seek it with me.
- The Grimoire was my first Game Master, and only lasted for a week.
- The Town Crier is credited for recruiting a lot of players new players that I could not handle.
- The Narrator is me, ever-present so far. I have done so much for the forum, that it pains me to realize something. It was my choice, but I had underestimated it. It is certainly much more complicated than you might imagine: -The time to explain the rules, to see that all goes well, to make interesting plots, to design classes, to promote confidence, to keep people happy, having no help, for most of the time, it was only me! The Town Crier recruited over three hundred people, which made me stop the recruitment. The good news, was that most became inactive. It was a very difficult choice to make, closing the forum. I'm biting my lip, and regretting that I've disappointed some of you here, because the closure extends here as well. I don't have the passion anymore. The pains and frustrations of managing such a new concept seemed to be worth it, but I couldn't do it alone. With people here even less informed than those of the other forum, I've no time to explain ever single detail again. I hope you all understand.

The Good News:
Without such a massive commitment, I'll be able to draw a lot more, and the stress will won't be there. So, I hope you all can forgive me, and I can focus some efforts into other matters, such as helping with TR's writing projects, Role-playing in general, and more artistic pursuits. Thank you for reading, and I hope you understand.