[WaifuApple]

Honestly, I don't think this thread has been going downhill at all, it was always at this point. To say that would be to say that the opinion that some of us are showing in that people should be open to participating more is wrong - and to be honest, no, it isn't. The reason certain locations are dead are due to a lack of participation - and no, you cannot force people to stop RPing with their friends only, sure... but you can definitely point out that those situations are kind of contributing to this all.

The idea of not pointing out things that you can't change or force hasn't stopped people listing one of the problems as a certain kind of RPer, despite it being another thing you can't force. To be honest, the post has been staying at a level where it has always felt in some ways like people are trying to find someone to point the finger at for the situation, but I've had to point that finger back and say that... with this being a community problem? Everyone has to take responsibility and be more than just their words. 

You've all identified the issues... I believe now is the time to make good on them. You may not know a solution that is guaranteed to work, but you can now explore the options. A community problem needs community action, after all. It's time to gather groups to go RP in certain unused places, time for players to make more of their own event lines, time for people to get out there more. It's time for you to take your steps forward... because nobody's going to move those legs for you.

You don't have to just participate in the slice of life of the world, but problems aren't solved by just pointing them out. And we can't sit around waiting for the developer or people in my position to solve them for us.

I hope that's something people understand, now.

The divide will grow unless people take action rather than speak it. Between people who don't want to RP more until the quality of what they're wanting goes up, and between people who want people to RP more SO it goes up.

Anything that can be mechanically done is something to discuss, at this point, on it's own... as a suggestion for people to get on board with. But aside from that? Consider what you as an individual can do, now. Things are only bound to get better if people put their own feet forward.

I'm grateful to those of you I've seen beginning to try again. Thank you for taking the steps forward to at least try with the rest of us.

Edit: I'm aware that RPing more and enjoying it are different. Just know on the way forward RP is not going to suddenly, spontaneously become the level of enjoyable people want to start RPing again. We're in a state we need to work our way out of... and that's not always going to be fun, unfortunately. Don't let that stop you, at least.