SailorMoon said
I was there, and people quit for their own reasons. Life happens, People lose interest, or maybe they don't want to be apart of it anymore. These are living breathing people behind the computers.
It's exactly because life happens, people lose interest and that there are living, breathing people behind those computers that I'm saying what I'm saying. RPing is a very funny hobby, it being very fun and very serious at the same time. Before joining an RP, it is expected that we make sure that we anticipate life happening or us losing interest. To not do so is just selfish. But of course, as there are living, breathing people, it's too much to ask for, isn't it? The statistics speak for itself.
SailorMoon said
Also, it's kind of hard to not make my response sound like a personal attack when you just said anyone who takes up more than 1-2 roleplays kills roleplays and slow them down, which is not the case. Which is why I said, speak for yourself, because this question is in relation to you. People like myself and others who actually do a lot of roleplays are more than capable of responding for themselves. The great thing about group roleplays as the responsibility doesn't just fall on my shoulders, but a lot of others and I am apart of roleplays with people who GM their owns roleplays and on top of that are apart of a buttload more. Sure, it may take a bit to respond, but if I am only apart of 1 roleplay I get bored waiting for everyone else to post. It's better if I have more to do. Someone not posting here? Alright, I'll just go there for awhile. The groups I'm in are all pretty much dedicated. I suppose you've had bad experiences, but I only see people quit when they lose interest or real life happens.
I wasn't doing any fingerpointing. I'm just stating a general rule that I observed in the roleplayerguild universe based on the overwhelming evidence I saw. Therefore it's phrased as such. Now, you can point to me saying that I could have said it better, which there's no doubt I could, but it remains statistically sound that what I said is more or less a general rule.
Of course, being the cautious person that I am, 1-2 roleplays simultaneously is just me being cautious. I'd say 3, but I'm not willing to participate in that amount of roleplays these days because the more roleplays you join in general, the bigger the chance you're going to let go of one or more. Really, without a way to track the success rate of a roleplayer, who would you trust more? A roleplayer who's involved in like 6-7 roleplays at the same time or a more humble one who's in 1-2 roleplays?
I think you're being a little oversensitive, seeing how zealous you are even when I'm not making moves against you. But then again this is the internet, and anonymity has a way of inflating someone's aggression. The topic doesn't even have to be about someone's death or terrorist attacks or politics, but such is the internet, no?