[color=bdbdbd]My take on the main three:

[color=white]Free[/color]
Funnily enough, one of the RPs that I hold dearest to me and one of the longest running games I've been a part of took place here. It was also my first on the site and inevitably where I learned a lot about what RP [i]should[/i] and [i]shouldn't[/i] be like. Of course, it was years ago on the 'old guild' so the community was slightly different and there was a [i]lot[/i] more activity than there is now.

Call it a stroke of luck but the game I joined just happened to have a handful of dedicated players who were interested in weaving a subplot into the main story... and it worked, until the GM abandoned the site.

Before I start going off on a tangent of the 'good ol' days'... my opinion? Free can and has been the home to some great games and great people. It comes down to what [i]you're[/i] looking for and how well you can sort out interest for good ideas from good GMs and those from bad ones. Also, as someone as mentioned earlier, it can be a place for good writers who want to RP without putting the effort into their work... which is actually a perfectly okay thing to do. Take what you've learned in casual or advanced and inspire some minds at the 'playground' like someone did for me. Or, host a game and do the same. You'd be surprised how many people start to put in a real effort to improve when they see what that looks like and what it does for [i]them[/i].

Sometimes, we get so caught up playing a game on hard and beating ourselves up over it, we forget how much dumb fun we can have slaying at a game on easy.

[color=white]Casual[/color]
I'm here. So are you. I might be back next week.

[color=white]Advanced[/color]
I admire some of the GMs here for the games they host, the way they host it, and for being as dedicated as they are. If I had the time, I'd remain here but I don't and can't. What I do have time for is reading and learning and appreciative stalking... and following writers home and watching them sleep through their windo-

My advice to anyone in Casual who is hesitant about joining: sign yourself up and give it a shot. You'll only learn a lot. My hope is to one day host a game here that is actually successful.

[sub][sub]Actually I'd like to host a successful game anywhere really...[/sub][/sub][/color]