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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5522410" data-attributes="member: 90804">On the drop-out rate of online games, I must say that my experience has been different, much to my surprise. I recruited for my online game via posts here on EN World, and I fully expected that some people would express interest but never show up. I wanted five players, so I recruited seven.When the night for the first game arrived, I had eight players show up (one of the seven brought a significant other). None of them seemed like they wanted to drop out. We ended up splitting the game - a few players started a new game that would start with 6th-level characters, while the rest of us continued from level 1.That was last July. The same five players and I kept meeting most weeks through this past January, when one player moved from England to Japan and his schedule would no longer let him join us. I recruited a replacement player on EN World.A few weeks later, I asked one player if he would prefer to be a part-time player since his schedule ended up conflicting with the game more often than not, and I recruited a sixth player.We've continued with that same lineup since that point, with no end in sight. I haven't had anyone "flake" at all. Granted, it's been less than a year, but it's also been over 25 sessions, so I'd say I've probably gotten very lucky! It's a great group of people.</blockquote>