I know you all deserve an explanation on why posts from me have been so scarce lately. Since the beginning of this blog, I've endeavored to have a post a day (with the occasional fallouts). That's quite a grueling pace for a casual blog, but I felt it was worthwhile. I had a lot of things that I wanted to say, had an itch to write, and really enjoyed it.
But the truth is, I can't keep up with the grueling pace anymore. It's bad enough to post every day when you have a lot to say. But it seems I have already said most of what I wanted to say. Between this blog and my writing on Alltern8.com, I've done more than 400 posts on the subject of LARP. That's quite a brain dump.
In addition to that, a lot of my tastes in LARP has changed since I started this blog. In the GNS Spectrum, I've gone from what I would consider to be extreme Gamist to primarily Simulationist. However, I think that most of my readership is Gamist/Narrativist, which makes writing for my audience a bit difficult.
Finally, I do think I'm hitting a bit of a null in my LARPing career, and may just need to let the LARP part of my life take a bit of a backseat. I spent a lot of energy on it these past few years (particularly on NERO in the past 9 months), and I'm a little burned out on it.
So what does that mean to me?
Well, it means that LARP Ohio won't be posting daily anymore. Of course, with my absence the past few weeks, I'm sure this isn't much of a surprise to anyone.
However, we are not shutting down.
I still plan on doing "The Week In LARP" posts, because I think they're just too helpful, and will occasionally make posts when I feel something is particularly post worthy (or if I have something on my mind). In addition, Karin will keep giving us wonderful, thoughtful, and relevant posts. So make sure you come by and read them on Thursdays!
But the truth is, I can't keep up with the grueling pace anymore. It's bad enough to post every day when you have a lot to say. But it seems I have already said most of what I wanted to say. Between this blog and my writing on Alltern8.com, I've done more than 400 posts on the subject of LARP. That's quite a brain dump.
In addition to that, a lot of my tastes in LARP has changed since I started this blog. In the GNS Spectrum, I've gone from what I would consider to be extreme Gamist to primarily Simulationist. However, I think that most of my readership is Gamist/Narrativist, which makes writing for my audience a bit difficult.
Finally, I do think I'm hitting a bit of a null in my LARPing career, and may just need to let the LARP part of my life take a bit of a backseat. I spent a lot of energy on it these past few years (particularly on NERO in the past 9 months), and I'm a little burned out on it.
So what does that mean to me?
Well, it means that LARP Ohio won't be posting daily anymore. Of course, with my absence the past few weeks, I'm sure this isn't much of a surprise to anyone.
However, we are not shutting down.
I still plan on doing "The Week In LARP" posts, because I think they're just too helpful, and will occasionally make posts when I feel something is particularly post worthy (or if I have something on my mind). In addition, Karin will keep giving us wonderful, thoughtful, and relevant posts. So make sure you come by and read them on Thursdays!
Sorry to hear that, I've enjoyed reading this blog.
ReplyDeleteI hope you're still going to do Larpcast with Mickey!
To help fill the vacuum left by this, all you guys and gals are invited to join in on the larp conversations at my blog at larptheory.com
Don't fret! I fully intend to continue doing Larpcast.
ReplyDeleteThanks for what you have shared here, Bill.
ReplyDeleteI bet you will still post more than you think. Just keep it casual and post when inspired.
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