Then I ask if you have asked this community why they do not role play? Maybe they have a good reason why they joined a game that is called a "Role Play Game" and do not. I do not think it is because this game is free either.

Seriously if someone were to read these forums to check this game out I hardly think anyone would play with all the conflicts you people seem to have in game that pour over to these forums.

A game is supposed to be fun!! This seems like a waste of time to me.

This is sad.

Happy New Decade too from Happy of course.

I still do not understand what all the fuss is about. Role play should be fun. It seems you people are at odds over it. Maybe instead of arguing over it some kind of agreement can be found. This covenant that was made seems unpopular to many. Is it possible to revise it to make the majority happier?

Pardon, I was speaking of role play based on creativity and imagination that should have no boundaries nor rules if it is true role play of course. Very different from a card game so it cannot be compared, I believe.

I wonder if others look at forums to see what kind of community plays a game. I can tell you I do. What I look for is a helpful community and welcoming community that will help a new person learn a game.

I play a game now where I have gotten a lot of assistance and people welcomed me very nicely. If someone does not know an answer to a question they research it and get back to me. Even the Game Masters have taken time to help me and many others to play. I see the number of new players going up all the time and I think this is why. It is a great group of people I play with. I play a game that is pay-for so to see the community grow is great.
I would like to make an observation here. First I see passion from the players for this game. This is a good thing. Second I see many conflicts between the players, old and new. This is not a good thing for people looking to play this game. Many threads go off topic here and fights or shall I call them arguments occur over the main topic. Then what happens is the thread gets locked or closed frustrating the people even more.

As a new person looking for a game would you join a game with so many troubles to read about? I wonder if that is part of why your numbers are so low for a game that has progressed for so many years now, http://laanx.fragnetics.com/index.php?page=char_stats. One more observation from an ‘on looker’ who has not played this game is it seems many players play for a few years and leave. In my game people have played for so many years it makes for a real tight knit community. We are a family. Do the conflicts really cause people to leave this game? Could this be a deterrent to new people who might want to play?

One more thing I must say I admire Luca Pancallo, better known as Talad, I guess, for coming up with what seems like a unique concept and making it real. For his sake I hope this game is going in the direction he envisioned it. I hope that the players realize how lucky they are to play such a unique game. I also hope they will take his feelings into consideration and learn to be kinder and nicer so that the game grows as I think he hoped it would.

As an outsider this is how I see things. I do not wish to offend anyone. In past real life experiences sometimes we get so involved with things we lose sight of the importance of it. I hope this thread will not be locked or go off topic. It is written to remind all who play that others look at your forum to see if it is worthwhile to play and a potential new player might get turned off and go looking for something else. I do not think that is what Luca wants, quite to the contrary as it grows I am pretty sure he would like to see more people play, and stay, in the game he created for so many people to have fun.