Why don't you pick Monday as the Fourth Wall Night (that's Militia Night too) and see how that goes. If it's not very lively, move it over to Tuesday and continue through the nights to see if any one night is better than the others.
People do have unconcious patterns of behaviour that will mean one night will be more popular than the others (I'd hazard to guess that Wednesday has become popular because it's the middle day and furthest from the weekends) so it's about figuring out which is best for the Fourth Wall.
If you're recruiting volunteers to help rebirth the Wall, I shall raise my hand. The ideas really grown on me now.
It takes Chaos to move the world to Action.
Volunteers most welcome - hit me up when you get ingame and let me know what you can sort.. As it stands, we are going to try for Wed evenings, but it will be after the chalet closes down.
(OOC - right, going to be opening this place up now that the holiday dust is settling. The opening date for the club will be 9 January, 2008 from 8pm till late. We are trying this date experimentally to see whether it's a suitable time. The club is also open for private parties or gigs or what have you subject to scheduling.
See you next week!
Jean-Luc sat down in the manager's chair in the office of the Fourth Wall and placed his hands gingerly on the mahogany wood, easing himself back in the chair. For the uncountable time since he walked in, he shook his head and laughed in disbelief.
His...the club was his.
In true rocker style, Stratocaster had cornered him one night when he'd gone in for a drink. Gemini had been right behind him, and in a conversation Jean-Luc hadn't quite followed - probably due to the amount of alcohol they'd all consumed - the conversation turned to the pair wanting to go tour Europe and play their music, but not having anyone to run the club. Somehow - and he was still hazy on details - Jean-Luc had been volunteered. Somehow, the keys had switched hands and a bunch of paperwork had been signed by three very drunk people. Somehow, he'd stumbled home, and when the morning - and the morning hangover - arrived, Jean-Luc had fumbled about in the pocket of his motorcycle jacket and found the wadded up papers signing him over as owner and manager of Fourth Wall, and the keys to the entire place.
Somehow, it was now his.
"Man, oh man," he murmured to himself in what was now his office. "What 'm I gonna do now? I dunno de firs' t'ing about business...."
Jean-Luc laughed again, and closed his eyes. His own club. It was like a dream. Lately, with his edge lost due to his battle with Hatesman, he'd been looking for something to do. The "lil black book" from his mentor Ragefang had cautioned against having idle hands. Sure the chalet was fun, but the season was coming to a close. Soon, it would be business as usual, and there were many members and patrons to the Fourth Wall who would be wondered what in the world had happened...
And here was Jean-Luc with the keys and no idea what to tell them. In front of him were the rather messy logs and files of drink tabs, inventory orders, ingoings and outgoings and none of it made a lick of sense as the former managers hadn't been the most organised of people. He didn't know where to start, where to finish, or what to do in between.
Think, man, think...there's a way to handle this. I got connections, an' I got de Book. So...what den?
Jean-Luc leaned forward in the chair, eyed the piles of paperwork without a clue what any of it meant, and finally just shoved it aside, reaching for the phone and digging in his inner pocket of his leather jacket. Ah, there it was, his book, and quite a few cards. That would do to start.
"Firs'...I call everyone. EVERYONE, an' tell 'em what's what...and den, I call in a few favours. I gonna be busy."
But it's mine. All mine. If I pinch myself I might wake up, so I ain't gonna.
Jean-Luc spent nearly an hour on the phone, leaving messages for each and every Supergroup which was a special VIP member of the club, asking them to send a representative to the club for a meeting. He also called Rei Mizuni and left a message there to get some help with business, aware he was going to owe a favour.
Letting out a breath, he rubbed his ear and stared, bemused, round the office, and then out at the club through the door beyond. He'd be tempted to have a celebratory drink...but he knew where that'd lead, and he was going to do his best, his UTMOST best, to be responsible.
"Man, oh man," he murmured yet again, and laughed.
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The OOC bit:
Right, I'm back. Hope everyone had a decent holiday! Just wanted to get this started with a bit of pre-story, and also to let people know what's going on.
The club will be "closed for refurbishment"; one to make a few changes to the club, secondly to try and get everyone up to speed, as one of the changes to the club will be hosting it on regular nights. The logic behind this is if the club is made one night for rp, people will actually show up rather than asking if anyone is about or going in and finding the club empty and thus losing interest. The big issue is just trying to agree a night. We won't be using weekends as that's when people tend to do their TFs, and we won't be doing Wed as that's habitually the GG evening (though I'm aware most people show up on evenings anyway). So Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Friday are relatively open, and unless here's huge objections one way or the other, I'll just pick one. Yes, I'm aware we won't be able to please everyone or pick a day when everyone can consistently come, but we'll do what we can ASAP so people can get back into roleplaying there.
Also on the cards - Fourth Wall staff, functions, what have you. If people want to rp their characters being chefs, bar staff, what have you, please come see me and we'll see what we can do. If your SG wants to hold a special function and would also like to use the space on a certain day, please let me know and I'll see about getting a calendar or something placed on the CoH wiki entry for Fourth Wall.
Lastly, decor: I am going to be making some changes to the interior of the Fourth Wall, and so expect the club to have changed its look slightly. I'd like to thank everyone in advance who has been working on getting prestige for the club. If there is demand for a "VIP Room" (which I have considered adding in) or for other rooms people might want to see; a dining area perhaps, or a kitchen for staff, then feel free to bring that to the Fourth Wall channel.
That's what's going on at the moment. I'm going to try and run this the best I can, and input is welcome as this is about the enjoyment of rpers in Paragon, so if there's something you'd like to see, we'll bring that on board.
Cheers.