View From the Bushes

Well, I had hoped to have another adventure out today, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen. As part of the restructuring, I'm training someone to help me out with "wiring" the adventures so that I spend more time with some of the "high level" stuff (like playing computer games). As it turns out, there are plenty of people out there who have the requisite programming knowledge to work with the Xenogenic system. There are actually fewer people who have the D&D knowledge to "wire" an adventure (plus there's the je ne sais quoi I obviously possess which is unduplicatable by any means short of genetic manipulation or divine intervention). Trying to find both in the same person is where it gets really difficult.

One would think that finding a computer geek who's really into Dungeons and Dragons would be easier than finding a virgin at a Star Trek Convention (and perhaps involve similar methodology), but it's all about age. People who are old enough to still be able to give you page numbers from the 1st edition DMG (the one with the City of Brass on the cover) are all either fairly set in their careers (i.e. they wouldn't come cheap) or they have shown such a complete lack of ambition as to be completely useless. On the other hand there are kids just out of high school who are willing to work for pretty cheap, but very few of these kids have ever played D&D, let alone have a feel for issues like balance and mechanics.

Anyway, back to the original point. I want to spend the time it takes to train this new guy. I've tried to train someone as a helper twice before and because I was in a rush they were never as much help as they could be because I didn't have time to train them properly. As such, I'm not sure when the adventure will be out, but probably it will be the only adventure this month. To make up for this I'm adding a month to everyone's subscriptions and giving everyone who's on the month to month plan this month free. This way I won't have the pressure of a deadline hanging over my head while I try and bring Mikey up to speed. As usual, just click on the name at the bottom of the post for an address to send all pejorative-laden e-mails to.

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Ross