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[@SilverDawn] It's essentially an entire website dedicated to Log Horizon RP, taking it to the level of a text-based MMO, and as far as I've browsed it seems very organized with character sheets and stat calculation (more for power gamers), multiple IC threads for "map" exploration, and as it's more established an increasingly developed lore. I'd just like to know what this thread can offer to the Log Horizon fandom RP that a dedicated website cannot. Not to discourage or put off your own dedication (and that OOC opener), but it seems a generic RP forum like the Guild is a bit inconsistent when it comes to users sticking with threads, and the work a GM puts in would have no return if interest is lost as soon as it's gained.
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See, the thing about it, I don't mind if this RP dies off quickly. Sure, I'll be disheartened and saddened, but I never would think that my work would have no return. I had fun making the OOC with Ostarion. It was a great time slipping as many dank maymays into the OOC to make Scrub Mage upset, but I digress. I don't think that this thread will offer anything to the Log Horizon fandom. To be honest, I don't think that a lot of things will ever offer much to the Log Horizon fandom. Instead, I think that what we offer is fun while writing to the participants. We're making a story together. That story doesn't need to be bogged down by word-based levels (no offense to the creators of the Log Horizon RP site) and other mechanics that slow down the pace of the story.

What Ashifili said is a large part of it, too.

People get discouraged when they want to play in a story, but much of that story has already happened. They don't get to experience the emotional rollercoaster that not-knowing has. Sure, they get to enjoy a story, but they won't feel involved. It feels like a slog when you're a nobody. It seems like you have to force yourself into the story to get any action done, which doesn't feel nice. At least, that's my experience with RPs.

Website RPs do have a place, but so do forum RPs. I think that for more hardcore roleplayers who like mechanics, they will aggregate to more specialized websites. Forum RPs are more for the casual crowds who just want to make a story that they enjoy the background/theme of. I can't speak for anyone else, but that's what I am. I enjoy writing, but I don't enjoy a bunch of mechanics that slow down writing. I also don't like writing alone. That sounds really depressing, but that's what I think of it.