[quote=@Ammokkx]
Not sure how much I'll be adding to the conversation that hasn't been said already, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

A CS, to me, is an integral part to RPing on forums- public Rps, anyway. A private invite-only thing is a free-for-all where the rules are made up and the points don't matter. However, when you're dealing with potential strangers, you need some way to test them and see if they're not pulling a fast one on you.[/quote]


This is exactly what it comes down to. People wear you down, man. Years of shananagins wear you down. There are different types of role players, from hobbyists to passionate story tellers who would put their free time and energy into something else if they didn't care about their stories so much.

Joining one of my normal RPs (the one I'm working on now isn't as hardcore on an individual level) is a huge investment. If you have school in 2 months, or are just passing through and got excited. . . you probably shouldn't fill out a sheet on the spot. But again, people where you down. I'd rather a thread crash and burn to death than have 6-8 people show up and destroy or abandon it within a month.