This page will probably be updated every once in a while. The last update was 9:06 AM 10/10/06.
Apologies


General Apologies:
~To all of the players who started a Player Character in the last two years of Crucible:
The last few years of Crucible were nothing like the first few. I had so much more energy and kept up on the bookkeeping and updating so much better back then. There was far more care given to each character's individual story and, I believe, far more attention given to each of the players. I was exceptionally proud of the Crucible Chronicle during the first four-five years and was amazed at how much it grew and how much it took on a life of it's own. I truly wish all of the players who joined in 2004-2005 had been able to join earlier, while Crucible (and it's Storyteller) was in it's prime. I think you would have really enjoyed yourself and had a great experience.

~To everyone who had a Tremere Character:
I am so sorry that I never got full write-ups on your Advanced Rituals (and some of the missing Intermediate Rituals!). I also am very sorry for not making sure that you fully experienced the "joy" of being a member of this Clan; i.e. the weekly meetings, the major amounts of supervision, the constant overseeing, the heirarchy, etc. There really should have been far more color and depth to your experience within this incredibly deep and powerful Clan (especially in Crucible!).

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Specific:
~To Marlo:
That last battle, mostly. The horrible Baba Yaga/zombie business. I was so flustered and disorganized that I totally spaced all of Afet's ghouls until you mentioned them and by that time there was no way for me to go back and redo stuff and I just didn't take the time to explain what happened to them. Instead, I just said that they weren't there and that I was sorry, but I didn't have time.
That sucked.
I had planned out why they weren't there and all that, and then I forgot to do it in game and forgot to tell you and then got flustered... and failed. I know I totally ruined your experience and ability to enjoy any of the game after that (well, that and your character got torpored and zombied just after that... talk about adding insult to injury!). So many things went wrong... I'm sorry. I truly am. You did such an amazing job with Afet; the look, the mannerisms, everything. Thank you.
Hopefully you won't hate me forever, although I fear that may be too much to ask for.

~To Dan:
Again, that last battle. I totally spaced. I randomly pointed at you character... major brain fart... thinking of him as an NPC that was totally disposable ("Just an NPC!"), totally forgetting that this was your actual PC and that he was not supposed to be so casually tossed away like that. No tests. No chance. Just... poof. Dead.
That sucked and I am very sorry.
That was the big reason that I wanted you to play in the very final battle; to hopefully make it up to you a bit.

~To Antonia:
I am very sorry that we never fully got to explore your character's story; her search for that foul woman who framed Alex's brother and all that. Just so you know, yes, that woman got embraced, but her sire was not satisfied and she wound up being Caitiff... and never fully understanding her gifts, thus standing out and making her easy to find... and easy to destroy!

~To Crystal:
Your character's death, mostly. I was in the middle of so many other things and I totally spaced that there would have been, should have been tests for all of those things that happened to her before the end. We just hadn't had Jingleheimer written up, yet, and were winging it. The situation/encounter was right, but not how the outcome came to be. There should have been more of a fight; Claudia should have had more of a chance to try to survive.
And just after you finally got your background finished.
Sorry...

~To Juliet:
I wanted to do so much more with Sahkti. There were so many more things for her to get into, get involved with, but after Stevie was gone, I stopped putting as much effort into your character's story. I realize that was what it was. I kept trying to rationalize it in some other way, but then I realized that was, indeed, what I had done. "Stevie's gone, so I can relax and give some of that attention to other players/characters."
That wasn't right.
Then again, who knows? Maybe you picked that character so you could stay out of the limelight. See? There I go, rationalizing.
Sorry.

~I know there are so many more apologies needed, so keep an eye here and maybe one will show up for you. I do have many people in mind for whom I want to write apologies and I like using thsi public area to clean my dirty laundry. It keeps me humble.x
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Regrets


~Oh, so many. Mostly, though, I regret not keeping on top of things and keeping things updated in a timely manner, so that players would have everything (especially info) that they needed to fully play their characters with all of their characters' knowledge.
~I regret not getting things going quicker at the Crucible Wrap-Up party. I wanted more time for people to tell stories, maybe do some soliloquies, etc. I also regret that I forgot some important nostalgia props, like the dolls that everyone decorated for Franklin.
~I really wish I'd kept the Clan Pages updated and at least got everyone their own public page, with stuff about their character and a picture.
~I truly regret every time I told someone "I'm sorry, I just don't have time right now. You'll just have to do without (insert object, Discipline, etc.)"
~More... many more will show up here eventually.
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