A while back, I drafted a journal where I'd anouce that I was going on a hiatus in all but name. I'd pull back on my watchlist, what groups I'm a part of and time spent on DA. However, End Run polo came around, and I thought it counter intuative to publish it then, so I put it on hold and since then it's been staring at me, each time I look at my desktop.

However, now that my part in Polo is over, and I am in a calm before the storm of exams, I've had a few realisations and I've decided that a different course of action is needed, rather than a psuedo-Hiatus.

Allow me to elaborate:
I was in the End Run Chat, talking with and the topic had turned to balencing Uni Work and OCT activity. When I discussed my plans on entering BFOI-Y2, they suggested I just enter an NPC. At the time I was being stubbon, and I didn't want to relinquish all the plotting I had done so far.

Prior to me becoming a Deviant, I'd stumbled upon The IPL. However in my Naieveity I passed it off thinking 'What's the point?' I looked at it again after I'd joined the UBF and I had got the basics of what an OCT is, however I dismissed it again, thinking 'Where's the plot?' And then recently, I happened upon 's IPL character, and the topic of The IPL, returned to my mind.

Now, if what I'm hearing is true, then my Uni workload this semester is pathetically low by comparison to the future. It may not seem like it, but apparantly it's true. If this is the case, going by my experiences with End Run's Round 2 and Polo, I don't think I could commit to another OCT's Main Tourney. -At least until I figure out how to deal with RL commitments. I'm also relcutant to stay forever an NPC, never making it past the first few hurdles in a tourney.

And then it all came into place.

I'm keeping with my decisoin to see End Run through until it's end. It's a once off thing and by community alone I'd be insane not to. My character there is an NPC, so it doesn't really matter if I miss any goings on. Also, whilst I'd plans and storylines for a BFOI trainer and NPC, I've concluded that the trainer only would need very minor changes to be suitable for any other PokeOCT, so for now, their Ohanian Oddessey has been shelved. The NPC however, I am looking forward to writing. They're more suited to the BFOI, and so far the story has been intriging.

I'm also going to give The IPL a proper look-see, and find out a) How it actually works, b) If it let's me be as flexable as I believe it to be, and c) using the knoweldge to see if I could maintain a Trainer there, thoughout a variable Uni workload. Given it's format, I might wind up enterting #The-IPL instead. It seems to be quite flexable and would give me the art practise for the next main tourney I enter.


So, for those who'd rather a "{tl;dr}" version:

I'm not going on Hiatus.
I'm not going to join the Main Tourney of an OCT for a while.
I'm not giving up on End Run.
I don't want to stay forever limited to NPCs.
I'm shelving the Trainer I had in mind for Ohana, for later use.
Instead, I'm going to focus a bit more an on a BFOI NPC
I'll possilby be making an IPL character.

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In other news, I'm a bit psyched about BW2, especially since Cheren mentioned something about Hoenn. Did they tell us from the start that Kanto was going to be in Gold/Silver? Other than that, my main thought about BW2 is HAIR. _{JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THE 'DOS THE CHARACTERS HAVE. LOOK AT THEM. IF EVER POKEMON WAS ANIME, THIS IS PROOF. ESPECIALLY THE SCIENCY GUY WITH THE BLOND HAIR WITH THE AWESOME BLUE BIT THAT ALMOST FORMS A RING AROUND IT.}

-Icy