I have been a part of the local Camarilla since September 2006. In that time, I have observed the steady, inexorable decline of membership. Simply uttering the word "Camarilla" is enough to convince the vast majority of local gamers to stay home or find something else to do.
When you really look at it, it's easy to see why.
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However, it is clearly not right for this area and it has driven away 95% of our player base just in the last few years.
Hopefully we will kick the club and you can come back and play again. :)
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You are precisely right and this is exactly my point. As a rule, Sonoma gamers don't travel and are utterly uninterested in any game outside Sonoma. This, in turn, causes others not to visit us.
...so why be a part of the Cam?
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This is primarily a discussion for the Santa Rosa, RP, Cotati crowd.
And frankly doesn't affect you beyond what games you can visit.
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Thank you for your input.
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Moreover, has this question been addressed to anyone who is not on your friendslist, and therefore inclined to agree with you? Have you discussed it with the people who do play in Unconquered Sun because it is the Camarilla? I can think of several people - several people with a vested interest in the domain - who are not on livejournal but would probably like to have a say in what happens perhaps before the saber rattling gets a friendslist quorum into a tizzy ( ... )
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It is a daunting reality that the Camarilla simply does not have the confidence of the local playerbase. And I frankly can't blame them for taking a dim view of the cam given its most recent directions as a club and within the story chronicle.
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Prove it. You started a troupe game to get away from Camarilla bureaucracy. You have actively suggested tearing the local Requiem game from that same organization. These are directly antithetical to your statement here.
"With the very dimly viewed power scale, even after this current reset, this has crippled the reputation of the Camarilla in Sonoma County."
No. What you think has crippled the reputation of the Camarilla (the higher level STs in the orginization) is not only different but unrelated to the reset, which has little to do with respect or reputation.
"It is a daunting reality that the Camarilla simply does not have the confidence of the local playerbase. And I frankly can't blame them for taking a dim view of the cam given its most recent directions as a club and within the story chronicle."
Why not blame them? If you want something to succeed, make it succeed instead of complaining about it on LJ.
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I ran the requiem game for a year.
Frankly, the idea of a global chronicle is aweseome. I've played in it and I would not trade the RP I've had in that organization for anything.
I've done my part to try and make the game a success. I've spent time, money, effort and made sacrifices to try to ensure that success.
I can't blame people who I agree with. I believe that the cam as a greater organism is failing and falling apart. And I'll be sad to see it go. And I'd rather see a local game of 20+ players be awesome than the chapter of a global game sputter and struggle with 6 players on a good night.
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