Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25597877-20160621033351

Just a little thing that's starting to bug me in the wiki, it seems everyone (or the vast majority) has become increasingly more dependent on GM handholding. There used to be a time where GMs could just let the players loose and just respond to character actions. As apprised to now where GMs either A railroad the players or B try to give the players freedom but no one responds because nobody knows what to do without relying on others and thus that RP instantly dies. I have even had one instance where I had 6 players actively posting on an RP then I told them to go explore/investigate and only 2 people responded, one of the 2 didn't even post his investigation, it was just a bump that came about a week later. I equally blame GMs and players because while GMs caused it it's the players who ultimately kill RPs. Another issue with this is that RPs become far less enjoyable when you are dependent on others because then you aren't invested into the plot and characters, you don't have the same attachment to an RP when everything is pretty much done for you. But hey that's just my two cents 