[quote=@Gowi]
It sure is nice to weed out fickle players. :lol

I say this knowing this will get a degree of salt, since this is an open forum, but it is really interesting seeing how the cards fall. 
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[quote=@Jacobite]
Is it really weeding out fickle players when they announce their leave because the GM has been neglecting a roleplay?

Follow-up question: is this the right thing to do when someone voices their reasons for bowing out to you for future reference?
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Everyone has seen it, players in an RP that don't contribute to the improvement, the quality, or the enjoyment. These are people that are probably best to have move on and leave, but as a GM you don't always have the backing reason to say "leave us" without coming across as a tyrant or an asshole.

Keeping that in mind and let's say that there's a slight change and that person is the first to complain and then announces that they are leaving. Did it really need to be announced in such a way or would a PM be in order? Is that person creating a drama based scene because they want attention?

When it comes down to this site the people here are hobby writers. Every... last... one... So the idea of treating this like a hobby is that people will participate in their free time and be helpful. We don't need spiteful or negative people and if they are weeded out, then that's fine by me. :gray