don't write novel-sized posts and maybe people are bothered to read them and stay around
Oh, I'm sorry, I merely assumed most everyone in this section had reading and writing skills that were at an applicable level, so that decent-sized posts wouldn't be a problem. I am deeply sorry that I had to make you
read.
But how you could think any of my posts are anywhere near "novel-sized" is laughable. I can't even begin to wonder how you can manage a book over a hundred pages...
Wanting feedback, well I can understand that.
Just as a suggestion, try rp'ing alongside these people that you say isolate themselves to their groups. Infiltration is usually the best approach to understanding your section, which is where I have to hand it to Rpangel/Evangeline and Rose for participating in numerous roleplays in the olden days.
I have. Perhaps not so much at the moment, as I typically don't like jumping in well-underway stories (I feel like a hindrance of sort in doing so), but I did in the recent battle tournament that, unfortunately, died. Battles aren't largely my preference and I haven't really had a battle outside of a roleplay, but I joined it all the same, in hopes it would succeed. But it didn't.
That, however, is one of the things I've noticed: people not following through with things. You were there, so you noticed as well as I what happened with that tournament. It had 16 people signed up to be in it. And what happened? It died, because at least half of the people who originally signed up for it disappeared. Same thing happened with the Roleplaying Academy and numerous roleplays. People saying "I'm interested" or "Count me in" and never doing anything.
Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not implying the case is always the same with everyone. That would be highly presumptuous. I know stuff happens in people lives that need their attention or affects their online time, as it has with me several times before. However, what is annoying is when people do it, but are still active enough to be involved with whatever it is. That's just laziness, if you ask me.