Pretty much in agreement with what’s been written so far … here’s my main thought on why group RPs don’t always work. It’s expectations, I think.<br/><br/>I personally happen to really like RPs where I post 1-3 times a day, and are mostly story-driven, with a nice big helping of amount of smut and sex. But I’ve been okay with RPs where people only post once a week, or there’s lots of story with little smut … just as long as<em>that’s been made clear up front</em>. Too many times that sort of thing is never discussed, so every thinks that the RP should match up<em>their own</em>personal preferences, which don’t always match everyone else’s preferences. I think if that’s something discussed early on, people will either be better able to adjust their own wants & preferences to the RP, or be able to decide “oh, ok, then this one’s probably not for me” and pass.<br/><br/>(At this point in my limited RP experience I’d rather pass on a RP that I think isn't going to work for me, rather than fighting it and trying to make it work … that usually never works out for me, and isn’t fair for the people who it does work for.)<br/><br/>I think if we’re up front about what we all want and expect from one another, and are honest with ourselves about these expectations (Do I like them? Can I actually post that many times a day or week? Can I deal with a RP where my character might go for weeks without any sort of sex going on? Etc.) then things have a much better shot of working for everyone.<br/><br/>Hope that makes sense. Just my $.02.  ;D