Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-9062114-20141214061227/@comment-3293219-20141228005524

Forgive me but I'm not sure what needs to be discussed here, I don't see anything particular wrong with this situation or any possible solution to your problem. No offense intended, I'm just being straight here, I don't see this so much as a problem as I do an eventuality in all things.

For a lot of RPers reputation matters and a poor or non existant reputation doesn't exactly fill a potential user with confidence, especially if they've been kicking about the community for a while and even moreso if they joined your RPs in the past and were subsiquently abandoned.

I understand that having RPers that are difficult to work with can be frustrating but perhaps you need to be a little more flexible, when it comes to your stories. Believe me, when LON first started the pacing went completely mad and I considered leaving but obviously I stuck around for a few days and it turned out to be good and eventually great. Maybe some people don't like to write the same way as you or maybe they just don't like the tone that you like to keep, an RP is bound to be more successful if it serves everyone, just like any good TV show or movie, which has the perfect balance of comedy/drama.

As the GM you have to make that balance, nobody else can do it for you, even if they want to. If the action is moving away from the story, you've got to find a way to bring it back, even if that involves changing the story somewhat. To be honest, a group that does all sorts of crazy shit is the best kind of group to work with as you have plenty of styles to contrast with. Trying to douse out every creative spark you see, that doesn't comply with your ideal story isn't going to help people get inspired.

Believe me, I've had my share of idiots, people who pitch tents inside caves, people who summon huge contraptions out of nowhere, people who die, like a million times and come back every god damn time, without fail and you're welcome to speak out against that or anything else that you consider to be 'too far.' But just remember, not everyone is you, I like Walking Dead and Being Human, Eilonwyn liked Anime, SithfanJedi liked Starwars, Rowan liked spy stories and steampunk themes, hell we even had a member of our group who was into disney princesses and we managed to fit it all in and only intervened when things got too intrusive.

To have a good RP the community has to feel like they're part of it, not left out and told that they can't do what they want or else they're obviously going to get bored.

Just think on this, because this is the only advice I can give, a more reliable, inspired, GM who isn't a dictator or laissez faire is ideal in an RPing group.