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HISTORY

All the posts on our original ezboard (and the board itself) seem to have been removed. Apologies to those who wrote some of the lovely ic posts; we didn't do it! What follows here is the history of The Inn since it left WBS.

Note from ruthe, March, 2003 - I'm behind in our history. Last summer/fall we moved to World Broadcasting System when Pathwayz closed. One of the reasons for my tardiness in updating is that I'm doing site admin as well as working with Lord Kentinal on the room end of things. .

Note from ruthe, April, 2002 - Yet another change as we change servers and hosting services. This move is to a new community named Pathwayz. While this is a new site and coding work is still in progress, the room has retained its look and feel, and improvements are coming almost daily.

Note from ruthe, April 22, 2001 - I seem to be acting as historian of sorts, or at least tracking the history that I know as fact. Winter of 2001 was a time of change yet again. (for that which does not change stagnates and/or dies.) IRL drew Danno into its coils in the form of a leave of absence from the net, and Becky decided to move on as well. They will be greatly missed and their contributions remembered. Lord Kentinal's mun stepped to the plate in an effort to continue the spirit and history of our old WBS community, and is hosting the renamed room and our happy band of role-players. Yes, renamed yet again to simply "The Inn" - an effort to dispell controversy and potential problems over the use of the name.

Note from ruthe at the end of the first year after WBS died - (Sept. 1999 - Sept. 2000)

When Dan and Becky took over, I worked with Dan to reorganize the Guidebook and other pages to reflect the new owners and tweaked rules ... I'm not sure he realized he was inheriting this page as well, but that's the advantage of doing the final update! This is my contribution to our history; the part I know best. We've lost much of the original history of the Inn and those who founded it, but at least we now have some record of the move and those who continued the tradition.

As the old songs say: "It was a good time, it was the best time, it was a party just to be near you" ... but "They say that all good things must end one day, Autumn leaves must fall." And it's autumn. I could come up with a billion reasons for passing on the ownership, but I did that and had my sentimental moment on the message board. Instead, I'll make my final note of thanks.

The Brave - Dan and Becky, who took on ownership of our space on sfwest at the end of our first year 'on our own.' They've already put in a lot of time and effort to make sure the switch is smooth and doesn't impact anyone's play - Be good to them, ok?

The Best - Brian Mortensen, who produced our new logo literally overnight to keep us safe from copyright issues. In a round-about way, he's responsible for a good deal of this site as he created all the images used here and taught me nearly everything I know about HTML with unfailing patience and good humor. Brian's been teacher, friend, and encouragement from the first time we gamed together, and continues as such, both in game and out.

The Writers and Game Theorists - Brian Uri, who wrote the the original guidebook from the WBS IWT and gave his blessing to using whatever we could; Carlos Caro, who wrote a supplement on role-playing for it and didn't beat me too badly when I disagreed with some points and *coff* adjusted them. And the variety of people I've discussed online gaming with, including Wendy Beth, Matthew, and Keran and more other folks than I can remember.

 

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