[quote=@Baklava]While on the topic of not reading character sheets, there's a special place in hell for people that don't EVER read the CSs of their fellow ACTIVE roleplayers. I spend more time on my sheets then I do on 4 or 5 big posts combined. And I ALWAYS read and make an effort to get to know the other characters. I thought this was like common courtesy or something? Are there a lot of people out there doing this? Why??[/quote]

I do make it an effort to read other people's CS. This is especially so in large group RPs, and I'd often go back and do reference check to make sure I got the things right as I interact with the various player characters, or even doing collabs. I don't like inconsistency, which is stemmed from my experience with reading murder-mystery novels in the past and develop the "bad" habit of keeping an eye out for details and foreshadowing. Also, reading their sheets is helpful to give me a general idea of how their characters feels like, which can aid me in visualizing how my character might react/interact with them in certain situations.

The rest is just like you've said: if one doesn't bother to read the sheets of other player characters, why do they bother to RP with other players, especially in large groups where there are many characters involved that it can get difficult to keep track at times? I'll be amazed at those who can do this and are active in multiple RPs - how the hell can your brain keep up with every little detail across so many different RPs without reading anything beyond your own CS?