God, don't you just hate it when GM's aren't acting mature? Nah, I'm kidding, I don't do that vague bullshit. [@Gowi] This response is just me defending my... reputation, would be the best word for it I guess? I wouldn't even say I have much of one, but hey ho, when people insult me, I like to defend myself. "Weeding out fickle roleplayers." I mean, first of all, your wording. Weeding indicates you put at least some work into it, and it was the lack of said work that I - and others - decided to leave your roleplay. Could I have been more respectful in my leaving announcement? Sure thing, I definitely could have been nicer, or more vague over my reasons: shame on me, I suppose. Your absence from the OOC was something I could understand, and it didn't bother me that much; but delays on accepting sheets, delays on telling people that they needed to give you a writing sample before even being considered accepted, and then posting a WIP opening post and getting annoyed at us when we don't post after it? The GM traditionally kicks off a roleplay with an opener, an introduction. To put up a WIP and then complain at us when we didn't assume the IC is live - without any kind of announcement - is just... well, poor planning, I guess. I've pretty much just repeated what others have said here, so I'll leave it there. I'm not a fickle writer (Can't say much for the other guys as I don't know them that well, honestly); rude, I'll accept, because my leaving announcement, as I've said, could have been more respectful. But not fickle. I went from being interested in a roleplay, to seeing not great GMing from the GM, to losing faith in it. It happens, and your actions (or lack of) are part of the reason why, whether you like it or not. And as I said in my post, I wish the best of luck to you and the players! The roleplay was an interesting idea, and it would be nice to see it not die. I just wasn't interested in hanging around as a player and getting involved in said potential stagnation.