I agree with Danny as far as the Hero ID goes. My screen name is enough of a "mask" for me that I don't need to further conceal my identity. I want people to know when I've made a good post as much as when I fuck up. I want people to talk to me about what I've done to help me improve my writing, and an alt ID would just prevent that growth that I want (hehe..... I said "growth".)

If T5 wants to leave, that's his decision; but it's not what I wanted. I just wanted him to talk to us. A lot of the disagreements that fellow posters may have had about Euro's writing was revealed to be because of cultural and language differences. Maybe the same could be the same for T5. None of us knows because he didn't talk to us to let us know. I just want us to communicate and work this out.

Gooz, your idea of us writing other poster's characters is good. It's along the same lines as Euro's concept of people making stand alone posts with other poster's characters to allow them a chance to show how they see them. It's good practice in writing other poster's character's and thinking a little deeper than what we've previously thought.

But, I'm still taking Dirk out of the main story simply for the fact that I want to tell stories with him in which he would dominate the plots. As I have stated I'm totally against doing that in main stories as they should be about the team and not one specific person. If no one reads theses solo's, I don't care. It's just something extra for those who do. As I have said earlier, I still intend to post in the main story whenever the mood strikes me. I've made it a habit of writing more and more of other people's characters and really enjoy writing Tayden and Mxy. But there are still Dirk stories to be told that do not fit in the main stories, including one or two about his lineage, that I'd like to tell.

But I still believe the best way for our group to stay together and progress is for us to talk. We don't communicate as much as we used to, and there is no excuse for that. We can IM, PM, or email each other (and some of us do) to help make sure that we understand what everyone else is doing.