[quote=Derpestein]I've never tried going into those huge site wide Roleplays with the entire forum being one massive world rather than a bunch of small roleplays. I should try those huge forum Roleplay thingies where it's all connected...[/quote]

The most important element is honestly community.

You can all be total shit at Roleplaying, but if it's a Good Community you will find the motivation and investment to keep going. At the same time you can be great at roleplaying, but a poor community can end it all because they're everywhere. You can't simply avoid X player by signing up in a different Interest Check than them.

I was 'lucky' in that the area I started forum roleplaying in had a [u]huge[/u] asshole of an admin, so when I eventually got up and said "I'm making my own site, whose coming with me?" I literally had every active member there get up and walk out with me. We all had already known each other well from RP's on that old site, but we were also sort of bonded in having all walked out on that old site together, which gave us even more push and drive to keep going.

Basically, it is can an amazing experience. There's a reason that despite 4+ years of RP Guild my favourite RP is still from that site rather than anything on here. You just need to find the right people to do it with.