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Where is everybody???

Posted by Brianna
Brianna
member, 2179 posts
Tue 16 Apr 2019
at 00:49
  • msg #1

Where is everybody???

A week since there has been a new post added?  Has the site been down except for when I look at it??
donsr
member, 1558 posts
Tue 16 Apr 2019
at 00:58
  • msg #2

Where is everybody???

::chuckles: posts where?...  all mine  are lit up!
MrKinister
member, 37 posts
Tue 16 Apr 2019
at 01:06
  • msg #3

Where is everybody???

One week? <bragging>I have a few games that haven't posted in almost a month!</bragging>

Yeah, it happens. Real life and all. =)
Starchaser
member, 593 posts
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Tue 16 Apr 2019
at 06:45
  • msg #4

Where is everybody???

Actually I agree with the OP. I remember being on here two to three years ago and this site was way more active. I used to have a hard time keeping up. Now Im in loads of games but still waiting around a lot - despite being quite busy IRL too.
DarkLightHitomi
member, 1524 posts
Tue 16 Apr 2019
at 08:06
  • msg #5

Where is everybody???

I find real life has gotten more and more intense. My expenses have gone up, my paychecks have not. I've had to work more and more to keep up with the basics. Two years ago, I got to spend about 3-4 hours a week on the xbox, now, despite reducing expenses as much as possible, I haven't had time to do anything I can't do on my phone. The stress, and lack of stress-relieving activities, lack of food, and exhaustion have put me where I literally have trouble even focusing on tasks. I work 70-90 hours a week (up from about 60 per week 2 years ago), 2 cans of beans per day (down by half and dropped my supplmental greens), and the gap by which my expenses exceed my income has only grown. What's worse is that the only step I can take to further reduce my expenses is to become homeless.

The economic model is starting to hit a breaking point for society. The economy is relying more and more on the middle and upper classes at the moment, but as the lower classes continue to get squeezed harder, pressure will build until something breaks.

I even heard (unconfirmed just yet), that no one is even building homes for the market below 100k, yet there is no shortage of people who need cheap housing, including me and my family.


I doubt very much that people like me are rare. That likely has a serious impact on a website about nothing but entertainment.
This message was last edited by the user at 08:07, Tue 16 Apr 2019.
Starchaser
member, 594 posts
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Tue 16 Apr 2019
at 08:46
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Where is everybody???

Wow. Im feeling the pinch too but my heart goes out to you. It seems things are pretty tough for you.

I live in the U.K. and struggling a bit with (self inflicted) debt. We're all a bit worried over here how Brexit will affect our economy.
donsr
member, 1559 posts
Tue 16 Apr 2019
at 12:08
  • msg #7

Where is everybody???

yeah, along those  lines?  I retired from being a Letter Carrier,  as mentioned before  I didn't feel too  bad, out  retirement is  a Joke  I had  4 kids and   my Late wife was  Ill towards then end , so  couldn't put as much  in savings  ..needed 'real money' around)

 anyway..I see my Kids now struggling where they weren't a  couple years ago..Prices I took for granted in  the supermarket   have gone up.

 This  Site...the best PBP   site I have   ever  been on, in my   RP  Career. is  an escape/hobby..so?.. when I have down  time  , I check in.. I answer posts   as a player,when  I can do it per story… I answer all my Players posts as soon as I see them. I have a lot of  great players in my games.. and OOC  thread, we share  a lot... good  stuff, bad  stuff..Vents, questions?

  I think , when you get to the point of focusing on a  few games.. you become more involved..not  just with the story, but with your fellow players..and , in this day and  age. we kind o9f need that!
Der Rot Konig
member, 203 posts
Educated Pirate
Tue 16 Apr 2019
at 13:40
  • msg #8

Where is everybody???

From my experience, I think it's just simple attrition and shame.  People get caught up in life, as we all do whether we like it or not, and can't get the time to post with any regularity.  Then they feel bad about abandoning their games and simply feel too embarrassed to come back.  I only say this cause I've had that exact scenario play out on here several times.  They even email me with apologies requesting back in, which I'm usually fine with, and they still disappear.

Who knows?  Perhaps it's the economy.  I know when I'm in a bad mood over something it's hard to sit and focus on a game.  Maybe it's just the natural ebb and flow of the site.  Like anything else, it has high points and low points, high traffic and low traffic.  Could be shifting demographics around players.  Hell, could even be social media taking the place of things like this.  I'm not speculating, but I've definitely seen a huge spike in 'fetish' based, free-form games (not on this site).
Gaffer
member, 1545 posts
Ocoee FL
40 yrs of RPGs
Tue 16 Apr 2019
at 15:36
  • msg #9

Where is everybody???

I think this sort of thing happens annually as the academic year winds down. There are festivities and exams and such to prepare for. A lot of Rpolers are students at various levels.
Starchaser
member, 596 posts
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Tue 16 Apr 2019
at 15:44
  • msg #10

Where is everybody???

Well I have been here a long time (over 10 years on and off) through peaks and troughs but it is quieter here now. I've had a few issues too that I never had before here so something does feel very changed here to me.

I've even seen usernames in the chamber of lost souls that I never thought I'd see there, people who's behaviour didn't fit with them ending up there.

But maybe this is a bad phase that will pass. I certainly hope so anyway. I used to love this site so much.
Der Rot Konig
member, 204 posts
Educated Pirate
Tue 16 Apr 2019
at 17:01
  • msg #11

Where is everybody???

You get phases with all types of things so (fingers crossed) that's all this will amount to.  I work in higher ed and a lot of people are panicked because enrollment numbers are down; not just here either but across the board at universities.  However, it's nothing new, it's called a trend (something our math department should be schooling people on).  We're simply going through a low point of enrollment, just the same as has occurred numerous times throughout history.  We're a public school, mind you.  We're not going away, it's a downward trend that will reverse in time.  Mayhaps this is simply a low trend that the site is having and it will spring back at some point down the line.

I've only been here a few years so I can't really comment on how it was, to be fair.
donsr
member, 1560 posts
Tue 16 Apr 2019
at 17:34
  • msg #12

Where is everybody???

I've been here  a long  while, there are stil a few  folks here longer then me?..they had  somhtign  set up last year that  said  how long you were  here...

 anyway.. this  time of year, does  get thin.. I have   people in my, Most active, Game.  They have   Jobs that get more demanding in the spring -summer and early fall... and?  you have the  Kids  who  play  while they are  at college  and the lihe.

 The Ebb and flow is always there?  You just have to  hope   your  regulars  stay..and you get to  keep   half  your new folks!
Brianna
member, 2180 posts
Tue 16 Apr 2019
at 22:41
  • msg #13

Where is everybody???

Sorry, I didn't make it clear I meant posts in here, not in general.  Games ebb and flow, but this is by far the longest I've seen CC just sit here.
Der Rot Konig
member, 205 posts
Educated Pirate
Wed 17 Apr 2019
at 03:08
  • msg #14

Where is everybody???

Oh, well that changes my whole response and thought process.

(clears throat)

I haven't a clue.

I don't really post much myself; nothing very interesting to say lol.
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