Hmm. it's a love-hate relationship for me. Which is funny because I'm technically running a few? On second thought, I enjoy them! Hazaar! I have to say that I have learnt to completely blank the old fashoined cookie-cutter "magic/mutant/superhero/plain ol' school/ect" where the government has made a secret school to train magicians/mutants/superheroes and the plot is indecernable other then "here's a place to train! here's where you sleep!" and i can't be bothered with timetables. If I see a timetable I switch off because I find it limiting (I want to interact with character X but.. oh wait I'm in maths and they're in english and my character wouldn't break dem rules, yo :() A few i've been in died due to weird time management (everyone wanted to interact with certain people so there was loads of "this evening i talk to x" while someone else was like "i hang out with y over first period" until the GM just did a huge timeskip that stumped everyone and it died, so. bad taste in my mouth there, i guess?) But other then that I actually enjoy taking part in them though as a chill thing! Every so often I get an itching to join one and I do so. The ones I've been in have never lasted longer then a few months, but I kind of like just throwing a character together and sticking them in an environment where everything is contained. That being said I don't feel as so-so about the more unusual plots or things with a cool gimmik or kick. I don't put them under the same umbrella in my brainnoggenmachine. I won't click passed them if they seem really well thought out or unusual and just treat them like any other rp.