"Real life, can't find an hour out of my EXTREMELY BUSY/DRAMATIC/DISTRACTING LIFESTYLE to post a measly 300-500 word post or so. Even though I took the time to dedicate a detailed character sheet as well as involve myself to a degree with the main group of the story."

This lame, pathetic excuse has ruined 90% of roleplays I've participated in. I understand to an extent that people have real lives, and these real lives prevent them from that creative spark or finding time to write. It's simply the amount of times this excuse has been used in addition to said people proceeding to join other roleplay not even a week later.

I expect some people to get rather pissy at my anger toward this excuse, but seriously. It's like the dog ate my homework excuse, it's probably only legitimate about 5-10% of the time it's used.