[quote=@Cynder] I'm not sure if this would help, but maybe someone (or a group of individuals) could write up a guide for new and/or inexperienced GMs on how to NOT kill their Roleplays? You make some valid arguments that I think any GM could benefit from hearing. [/quote] While admittedly there's a bunch of people on here that could do that, (I guess I could try to do it, but let me continue-) I have tried hand-holding GM's before and guiding them, and the shit doesn't stick for people. Now, I'm not saying that's everyone: There's people that might read and understand it, begin to grasp it; But some GM's have a terrible tendency to do all of the big no-no's even after you try to inform them that they are the big freakin' no-no's. Lying, putting their RP on the backburner for other roleplays they are in or to search for more 1x1's, neglecting to quality check, not knowing what they want to do with the roleplay(A HUGE OFFENDER), and last but not least, completely fail at communicating. There's more, but I won't bother listing it all, as most people in this thread already know what I'm talking about. Anyhow, now I'm off to work. So continue -perhaps- making some progress here. But I don't see the community fixing this shite. I'm negative, yeah, but that's also being a bit of a realist. Admittedly I'm a results>idealism gal.