[quote=@rebornfan320] Well 'dishonorable' isn't weird to me when I look at it. I look at it and your word as someone has said it, you should be more than capable to back it up also. [/quote] It might not be weird to you, but other people think it's a strange way to put it. At the very least the more common terminology would be "being a dick" or just, y'know, "ghosting" as it is. Ghosting isn't a good thing, it's inherently negative. Stacking "dishonorable" on top of it sounds like you're talking about how someone violated the samurai code. Corrosive said it best: Honor is a personal thing. It's a value each of us has to weigh for ourselves individually, and you can't force your sense of "honor" onto somebody else. To another person it is meaningless, and they are under no obligation to feel the same way as you. [quote=@rebornfan320] My viewpoint would disagree with 'everybody' having a lack of interest on their part or even to the levels of my bad RP luck. [/quote] Everyone has slumps. I've posted in threads before that didn't get interest or died because of too little. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/182856-terrible-terrible-fate-a-dark-magical-girl-roleplay/ooc]Here's[/url] one that got very few hits and thus the GM didn't feel it worth to start it up. It happens. [quote=@rebornfan320] Well I have to be guarded because whenever I have done put myself out there before there was little or even no interest for it and I have kept trying before but it felt like a waste of energy and effort [/quote] Being guarded gets you nowhere. This is a social hobby and if you can't be open to the other person you're never going to get anywhere. That being said, I'm reading you being defensive rather than guarded, which is equally bad for a different reason. If you can't take pushback from what someone else tells you, you are [i]never[/i] going to find a partner, as people [i]will[/i] disagree with you. If you bite back in an overly defensive manner, instead of being humble about the critique you're given, people will be put off by your attitude and won't want to RP with you. This has bitten [i]me[/i] in the ass quite a few times (idk if ambra even remembers it but I sure do remember a scuffle with her at some point). [quote=@rebornfan320] as at my max in terms of effort I wasn't seeing the payout I expected for myself. [/quote] Don't expect anything for yourself. You are not owed a single thing by anyone else; the only thing you can do is up your game and try again. If that fails, try something different. If you're not going to try something different, then expect the same results unless you get lucky at some point. [quote=@rebornfan320] I feel it is a war against those who are dedicated and in their way are dishonorable ghosters. I don't see their actions as 'moving on' at all. I can't justify someone doing that to another person. [/quote] Lastly, this "me vs. them" mentality isn't going to get you anywhere. People ghost for three primary reasons: 1: Something in real life came up that makes them not want to deal with the stress of RPing so they vanish without a trace. 2: The plot you've laid out with them isn't interesting them no more and thus they leave 3: You've gotten bad blood with the other person and so they leave because they don't want to be around you as an individual. The ghoster is not without fault, as they will fail to express any single one of these, naturally. The second one can even be entirely their whims, however, 1,5 of these reasons have you as a personal involvement. If RPs keep failing with you, specifically, and others are finding success, then I'm sorry to say this but you're going to need to change [i]something[/i] about your approach or the way you talk to people. I have learned to keep my mouth firmly shut in 90% of cases where I have an issue with someone else's character or post, unless the group has made explicitly clear they're okay with me doing so or the problem is too big to ignore. In case of the latter, I have parted ways with multiple groups because the issues compounded too harshly for me to stay. Take a look at the advice given in this thread. Compare to what you are doing. Don't go "Everyone else is the problem" since a repeated pattern of failure means a flaw in the process. Something is going to need to change on your end, whether you accept that or not. Failing to change also means failing to see any results beyond what you've been seeing. Whether it's your personality, reputation, interest checks, quality of writing or any combination of such... something's gotta give.