Originally Posted by
Nambroth
Man I used to do all I could to incite RP. I think Vesper used to confuse every new body that ran though New Tris and stopped long enough to hear her doing something... Vesperish. I used to park my three other alts there too, when I wasn't on as Vesper, trying to engage someone. Anyone.
The chat channels were hard. I tried, but more often than not it petered out. :/
I used to actively recruit, and attempt to recruit, new folks to RP on Order. I posted on Deviantart, my personal blog, etc. I know in 09 I had no less than 6 new folks that I knew to be good roleplayers, at once, that had never considered Istaria before and we had a good time until most of them got frustrated with the game. I think only two of them intermittently sub, now.
In the end, yes, I did leave partially because things got so quiet. my $15/month was just too rich for me to handle for possibly RPing once or twice a month! I did leave for other reasons too, but the RP was the main holding force. The population just wasn't there. I wasn't having fun any more. I tried, heavens knows, in more ways than one, to do something, but blaming me or anyone else for leaving is not fair. Leaving didn't help matters, to be sure, but financial matters were pressing and I did try.