Complicated Emotions - Out of Character Discussions
Tonight is a special night.
Way back in June of 2003 we decided to move our game to being online. We had just celebrated our 10th anniversary game, Lorie was moving back to Pennsylvania and we wanted to have a way for everyone to still play. We tried out AIM chat rooms with a web cam, we tried Microsoft Messenger, etc.
In August of that 2003 I went to GenCon and looked at different programs that were available to help run a game over the internet. I met this guy Keith who was selling cloaks and other ren faire gear, who also happened to be creating a software package. I picked up his disc and when I returned home, we looked at what it was like. Then we continued to mess around with webcams etc.
In November of 2003 Fritz said let’s try out that software you picked up, what was it?
KloOge
And so, on November 21st, 2003, we ran our first game session in KloOge.
We have now run 890 sessions in KloOge over the years.
Tonight is the 18th anniversary of using this program so I thought I should take a moment to look at a couple of milestones.
Lemon has played 8 sessions officially as a Dragonslayer and Lisa has 571 sessions all inside of KloOge.
Lemon is our 15th player to come to our game that has never known our game other than through KloOge.
Over the years 34 players used KloOge to continue to be part of our game.
The only programs I can think of that I have used more or longer than KloOge is Word and Excel. Robert one of our retired players brought up SolidWorks when I talked with him about being here for this milestone. How many other programs have we used for 18 years straight?
Back on February 8th of 2013 we passed over 50% of all our game sessions being online. We have played over 1,368 game sessions so far which makes me feel very happy. 65% of all the game sessions we have enjoyed (and sometimes not, wry grin) have been in KloOge.
So, I wanted to make a note of this tonight.
Thank you all for being here through all of the ups and downs of being pioneers in using VTTs.
I know some are waiting for the other shoe to drop, some are thinking, “Come on BOB, we were on a roll, let’s get moving”
Laughs
Both are right.
I really do wish everyone had been here to see this but I am very happy to have this group of players here now.
And in the future.
I am already contemplating what we will do for our 30th anniversary.
So, here we go… “When last we left our intrepid band of adventurers”
CLICK to Pandemonium, the plane where chaotic things happen, and we ALL have to deal with lots of new things.
Welcome to Fantasy Grounds, come meet me over there……
NOW
