04-21-2016, 12:29 PM
In NPC camp last summer, you might have walked in on me mainlining coffee, pumping breast milk and signing tags. If you did, I’m so sorry. I wish I could pay for your therapy. If your therapy is going well, you probably appreciate how hard it is to juggle new motherhood and small business.
When we created Ralinwood, the dream wasn’t to be business owners; it was to have larp friends close to home and to get the best of LARPing while also building our family. The community is built and ever-building. Baby number two is arriving this summer and there’s no way Anthony and I can give our game the care it deserves while keeping up with two kids under two. Instead, we’re going to hang up our owner hats and finally run, fight and hide with all the friends we’ve made.
Looking for a new owner with enough business savvy to run the show and who also truly loves Ralinwood felt daunting when we first decided to sell, but Dan Finn and Ivanna Iwasykiw stepped up and they’re everything we could have hoped for. I’m going to spend the rest of the season (and as long as it takes, really) working with them to make this a graceful transition for owners and players alike. You’ll have all the same shapers, the same log team, the same marshals. The show will go on.
Thank you to all of you, for all of this. When our players visit other guilds, I take so much pride in the costumes, the combat, the role play and the sportsmanship they’re bringing with them. I’m truly looking forward to PCing with you all. Dan and Ivanna, thank you. I know how tied to this guild you are and I know you’ll be incredible owners. And please don’t kill me too quickly.
When we created Ralinwood, the dream wasn’t to be business owners; it was to have larp friends close to home and to get the best of LARPing while also building our family. The community is built and ever-building. Baby number two is arriving this summer and there’s no way Anthony and I can give our game the care it deserves while keeping up with two kids under two. Instead, we’re going to hang up our owner hats and finally run, fight and hide with all the friends we’ve made.
Looking for a new owner with enough business savvy to run the show and who also truly loves Ralinwood felt daunting when we first decided to sell, but Dan Finn and Ivanna Iwasykiw stepped up and they’re everything we could have hoped for. I’m going to spend the rest of the season (and as long as it takes, really) working with them to make this a graceful transition for owners and players alike. You’ll have all the same shapers, the same log team, the same marshals. The show will go on.
Thank you to all of you, for all of this. When our players visit other guilds, I take so much pride in the costumes, the combat, the role play and the sportsmanship they’re bringing with them. I’m truly looking forward to PCing with you all. Dan and Ivanna, thank you. I know how tied to this guild you are and I know you’ll be incredible owners. And please don’t kill me too quickly.