[@pugbutter] I would write a reply to all of that but the solution there is simple; remember what type of people dropped you and stop RPing with those people. I wasn't suggesting a fix to your problems - I was saying what I think the problem is. You tend to RP with people who are weak roleplayers or have shitty personalities. I mean, we've spoken about this before, and the fact that you just pulled random accounts out of your ass to show me evidence just further proves to me that either you have really shitty taste, or perhaps, maybe you are part of the problem, as in, you can be a bit of a twat at times. And I know we've spoken before, and I also know you're not the most social of all personalities on this website. Not that there is anything wrong with that, because neither am I, but let us be fair here and say that a majority of people on this website [i]most likely[/i] do not match you in personality too well. If a low post count is a sign of a weak roleplayer or someone that is going to ditch you, then I'd possibly avoid RPing with them and/or ask them for a sample post. People who can't supply that at the very least probably aren't gonna be suitable for you anyway. Likewise, if they have an extensive roleplaying career that you can take a look at, the duty falls on you to analyze this if you wish. Nobody is [i]forcing[/i] you to have a 100% certainty rate of success before you engage in a roleplay, so if you want to do that, that's on you. If the person ends up ditching you, perhaps you should've analyzed better. I don't know. I've never run into problems with this. Perhaps because I prefer not to get upset over when I get ditched, or perhaps because I'm good at selecting my partners. As for 'psychoanalysis,' that'd be rather hard. You're fooling yourself if you think you can't tell anything about how people act from a text post, though. If someone is a raging cunt at me right from the get go then I'm not gonna go [quote]welp psychoanalysis is impossible so i better give em the benefit of doubt[/quote] I'm gonna stop RPing with them right then because that's not worth my time. And even then, I still think there's a difference between constantly 24/7 bitching about it in a thread/status bar as opposed to just accepting it and moving on and/or being angry on your own. Why you'd get so upset over something so small is a wonder to me but I suppose it's possible. My one question is why do people feel a need to throw it out there all the time? Maybe you don't see it in the same way as I do, but if someone is constantly going [quote]whe whe my hundredth partner just dropped on me JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHERS[/quote] I'm gonna probably assume that they're not really pleasant to RP with and ignore them even harder.