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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shalimar" data-source="post: 645511" data-attributes="member: 9600">So far Dave Rothgery's WOT game is the only one I personally know of as having lasted.  Its been going for roughly a year so far, with us moving onto a private MSN community board when Enworld went through its server problems. I agree: In character games seem to be going through their expansion cycle and right on into the contraction as reality sets in and those who have over-booked feel the pressure.  Some people seem to be acting very responsible about it, limiting themselves to what they can handle, others overestimate their time and see it as a race to be in the most games.  I don't quite understand the mentality.  The idea being quantity over quality.  I would rather a person be in just one or two games and produce meaningful posts then spout off one liners in ten or twenty.  Those one liners take away from the games. From my poll on player size of games most people seem to want 6 people in their games.  I want fewer, but better posters.  If I can only have 3 who aren't over booked then it is preferable to 6 that are.  To fix this I see the Dms needing to do more work, and that isn't fair to them at all.  They need to be more selective of who they allow in.  Both in post quality of potential players, and also of how many games they are already in as an indicator of how much time they can devote to the game.  I think it is the height of rudeness to short change a game, any game at all, be it a serious game or a silly one.  This is what we all have decided to do with our free time.  Shortchanging a game is not just affecting the game for you, it can effectively ruin the game for other people as well, people who are trying their best.  Again, I am not trying to say that everyone who is in a lot of games is doing this, some are very good at knowing their limits, like Garyh and Kitana, but others are not, and that is what the problem is.I am not trying to sound angry here, this is just my opinion without any sugar-coating.  I think that we as gamers have to understand this is not just our own time we are dealing with, that others are investing their's as well.  We must be mindfull of that and be very conscientous.</blockquote>

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