Maybe, maybe not. At least in my case they were all too willing to rp with eachother on their own. I had no say in any of this because no one asked for my input. They simply collaborated and or worked together on their own and exceeded my expectations.
A.... living chest? I'm probably misunderstanding what that is O.O
I poop you not. It's a chest that was animated by a sorcerer and then ended up embarking on a 5,000 year journey looking for his master. Which lead him to the location of my rp plot. And the subtle ways he writes the damn thing is hilarious. " Have you seen a human? He's tall with a big hat. He's been gone for a while". lol
And what happened to the master? I imagine their breast being gone must've been...painful...deadly...
Dunno, it's up in the air. I am tempted to use that master as leverage in the story at some point, but I don't want to push him or anyone to do anything if it's not necessary for the main plot. (: But I'm excited to see what may happen as the rp is still young. (we just broke into page 2 tonight)
Well, sounds like one whacky RP. I hope ya'll have a blast in it (or continue to I suppose XD)
Now it's time I give my own response to this. Honestly, my general policy is to always be serious about roleplays I join. Despite me being generally more oriented towards more light-hearted/comedic RPs, my response to the tendency RPs have to die is to make my time in each one worthwhile regardless of it dying or not, and to that I attempt to make all my characters, posts etc... something of value that I won't regret making even if they go nowhere. So this reason I always try to give my best.
Now, of course like anyone I do have my needs, which mostly fall into either "not noping out" territory of turns-off such as RPs that don't match my interests and basic respect failures, or into making me feel like I and my efforts are actually valued by others. The first is crucial, but it often depends on your players and whether your ideas match what I want to do, so apart from being able to do a bare minimum as a GM to ensure rules are kept, not much you can do on that area.
Now, making me feel valued? A lot simpler than it sounds
-Don't reject my ideas without at least considering them, and if you still reject them explain why (and if it's on principle, then that better be in the rules)
-Do look over my character and try to involve them more with the story. Make bridges between the backstory and the plot, bring in appropriate NPCs, consider the personality, likes and dislikes of the character, try to get characters to talk by giving them personal incentives to be interested in one another
-Be curious. Even if you're only half-listening, the opportunity to discuss my ideas and characters and my plans for the future is a great way to get me motivated and to like you more. Just a few questions every once in a while can go a long way with me!
-Don't be afraid to rely on my support or ask my opinion on stuff.
-Don't make everything center around someone else (ESPECIALLY YOU AND YOUR OCs) or the plot be basically parallel with my characters adding nothing unique, being more window dressing that anyone could replace than important members of the group
Stuff like that is often enough to get a guy like me going. Of course, I'll remind again, the RP does first need to qualify for me. If your RP ain't enforcing writing requirements for instance, or it doesn't allow anime pics or first person writing, then my style just doesn't work in your RP, so I won't be participatin'.
Now with all that said, I do urge that you to understand something.
Those two are completely separate matters. For a few rare exceptions what hooks them is what keeps them going, but that is I repeat the exception. If you treat those as interchangeable then you will find yourself jamming down pitches when you need management and trying to coordenate interest checks. Now as I've been telling people, I'm working on a tutorial about interest checks so I won't go too much further into detail about this, but I can say is that you need to keep in mind who your audience is in either situation and what they are after.
People in interest checks are looking for hype among a sea of roleplays competing for thei attention. They want to be sold an idea that fits them and seems fun, they are dreaming about the coming possibilities.
People already in your RP are more grounded in what you've shown for far. They don't want to just imagine, they want concrete images, results and the motivation to keep going. More importantly, they want non-oppressive guidance.
Of course, though, individuals are individuals. so this advise can only go so far. I do hope you find it useful though. Good luck and happy RPing!
I have checked out the link though briefly. At the moment though, I am too tired to properly inspect it and there is way too much content to go over, so I can't promise I can do so before Friday.
...what's the difference? Unless people are telling you why they are leaving, that's ghosting. And if they are telling you why they are leaving then you should be listening to them.
