[quote=@Odin]
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The only one I can relate to is life coming up, in which case I'd probably ask myself if I wanted to get involved if my life is so hectic that I don't have an hour to kill and a CS to write. Other than that -> if you can't think of ideas, then you're probably not that inspired by the RP, and that's probably a bad sign from the start, and if you started too late, then as a GM I can only assume that to be a reoccurring theme.
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To be fair, I've had players I've RP'd with for years who are fantastic get caught by the deadline. Sometimes all it takes is not seeing a game until the deadline is nearly up. That subscription button is great, but it also means you may never click the roleplay list links for weeks at a time. 

I've also had a few times where I myself loved a game's concept and had a pretty solid idea for a character but I wasn't able to just get any of those ideas on paper and fleshed out, or writers block kicked my ass. I definitely know what it's like on either side of the fence.