What we need is people without commitment issues. Don't fucking post if you are going to drop without a word. If you are going to post stick with it.

This.

We've got the same number of active players as everyone else. At this moment Aniroleplay has about 300 members online, for example. And we're significantly larger than others like rPol. You just feel like the site is smaller than it is because:

• No one posts often enough.
• When they do post, it's in a larger range of short-lived roleplays, instead of fewer threads which last longer.

I do think that we need to start culturally shaming the abandonment of RPs, if not punishing these players officially in some way. As it stands they face no consequences for their actions and that's why nothing ever changes.

Is it productive to create established blacklists though? I get not favoring working with certain individuals, but there is also the need to ostracize them from the community by “warning” directors of prospective RPs. Where is the line of “Hey, this is a problematic player, here’s their reputation.” and “I hate this person, it’s me or them. You need to remove them or else.”?

The difficult part would be drawing the parameters of what constitutes guilt. Some people, for example, would think that leaving an RP for any reason, through any method, earns the player a black spot. I, for one, would argue that if you announce your leave, you're innocent, whereas going AWOL is blacklist-worthy. We as a community would need to agree on those boundaries.

When they don't even respond to being Mentioned, you know you've hit a big offender.

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Or you know, you can just contact them through PM and ask them what's up like a normal human being? This might just be my point of view, but I find lack of proper communication one of this site's biggest contributing factors to unneeded drama and activity.

Thankfully through the power of adding Friends, you can root out the hidden users and figure out when they are online.

never mind, i take it back, you're deserving of the title "wade wilson v.3".

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I know I am.

Now excuse me while I go caress my blow-up sex doll.

@Grimhildr

fucking kys fgt

wow. reported.

I do think that we need to start culturally shaming the abandonment of RPs, if not punishing these players officially in some way. As it stands they face no consequences for their actions and that's why nothing ever changes.

@NuttsnBolts If they're already quitting the RPs they join anyway then I don't see how one more form of absence will be noticed.

@NuttsnBolts If they're already quitting the RPs they join anyway then I don't see how one more form of absence will be noticed.

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So let me see if I can understand your point of view...

We only have a finite amount of members, we are already talking about the slow decline in roleplayers and quality roleplays on the site, and your solution is "they've already quit an RP, if they leave the site then who cares"?

R.I.P. Guild if you ever became it's admin.

@NuttsnBolts Well, yeah. If they're not roleplaying then what are they doing here, and why is it the Guild's problem?

What I have noticed is that there are less discussions in the "Roleplay Discussion" section, which in reality should be overflowing with people discussing various topics and not enter into an abusive war. Maybe topics on things like "What can you do if your RP dies?" or "How do I manage bad players into good ones?"