Mmmmm, something else you may not be aware of is the growing skill ceiling of the community. People genuinely don't want to join RPs that are ill formed or from less ambitious writers. I mean, your checks where you want to [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/186703-simple-request/ooc#post-5299955]play a shy guy to someone's buff dude[/url] or [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/186987-ok-not-my-usual-thing-18/ooc#post-5312927]experament with female/female stories[/url] get the point across but aren't exactly ringing endorsements for your writing ability. Compare that to [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/185010-meta-wants-to-write-craving-kingdom-hearts/ooc]this[/url] check or even [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/186529-the-den-of-many-things-18/ooc]this[/url] check where the prospective partners have a better idea of what they want and put effort into their checks. With stuff like this, you're going to have to try a little harder to stand out and get attention. But it doesn't have to be a competition. if what you want is simple and you don't want to make a good check for it, why not join someone else?