Hey, I admit that the rules originally came about at least partly as a result of crap I pulled. I have never been a shining example of good teamwork, and I refuse to make excuses for that. But I have been doing my best to change my writing to follow the rules better, and I think at least the majority of other posters here have too. To say we've all summarily dismissed the guidelines isn't fair.
I really don't want you guys to leave. You two, Doc and Grimm, are vital to the chemistry of this group (heartless bastards or not), and vital to the functioning of this universe. I feel that regardless of the talent level of the remaining posters, there will be at the very least a significant decline in the quality of the work produced in team stories. So I'm not above pleading with the two of you to reconsider.
But if you're gonna leave the team setting, for whatever reason, don't say that it's because the democratic process or your guidelines or the team's sense of fairness or whatever has failed, because I don't see how it has. This is, as I've said, a notoriously
bad time of the year for posting, especially in a team setting. And we all know how stubborn Gooz is.
It's not fair to threaten to do something that will drag the group down as a whole when we're not all to blame. I wish you'd both be more patient; half of us are too busy to post in the main story or else have lost interest in it. I would hate to see you guys go, but I'm not gonna waste your time or mine arguing if your minds are made up.
