I'm more to blame than anyone else, I suppose. Happy New Year.
I've seen some nice episodes in the Addventure since I got back from vacation, and it's always good to see an update of the story archive. (Should we be pestering Plato Voltaire instead of MarkT? There always seems to be an update whenever a new Blue Undercover comes out.) If so many of the active threads weren't TV-themed, I'd probably add something. Nothing against the medium; I just don't own one, so I'd be out of my element.
OK. I've been involved in play-by-e-mail D&D games before. One of them has a lot in common with a bird, a bicycle, or a shark: it either keeps moving or it crashes. They can work well if the players and the DM communicate smoothly and stay on the same page. Unfortunately, that wasn't what happened. Because the problems wouldn't have been solved by a public argument, and the other person apparently didn't want me to have any way to contact her privately, my hands were tied.
Back to the present, though. I have less free time than I did back then, and I've found that preparation, especially NPC creation, takes much longer in 3E. I might play in someone's campaign, but I couldn't be the DM until later. If anyone else is interested, I'd suggest buying the Player's Handbook now if you're going to, since the price is supposed to go up in a matter of days. Otherwise, the SRD has been updated since my last post. It's still not (intended to be) a perfect replacement, but it makes a good rules reference.