[quote=Silverwind Blade]
The main RP I run, GEARs, is an original setting, but I deliberately mention what influenced me, and other things that are similar to give people an idea of what to expect. There's still a pretty big chunk of info in the OOC, but it doesn't seem to scare people off too much, and I'm certainly not lacking in player participation. I had to close the RP to new members, since I kept getting requests to join.
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^ This right here is the golden ticket. Listing influences can do a lot to draw interest in a game, or at least give people an idea of what kind of themes they should be encountering.