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There's a large number of people out there that like role playing. After all, as much fun as it is to write [[Self
However, as a general rule, the more open the recruitment and the more specific the concept, the faster it will [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|mutate into something that the original members don't like]]. Obviously, change is a natural part of anything, but in open roleplaying, it's usually treated negatively. It will usually create a [[Broken Base]], with the purists claiming that the new people are ruining the group. It usually doesn't end too well.
This decay can take at least five forms:
# Any tight restrictions will eventually be broken. If it was originally exclusive to female characters, expect it to come up with a flimsy reason to include male characters. Same goes with ethnicity, concept, etc. This can be explained by the fact that once a leader wants to [[
# [[Cerebus Syndrome]] applies here. Regardless how light-hearted the original concept was, expect it to be forgotten as people start role-playing [[Wangst]] and/or inserting [[Token Evil Teammate
# If the group was originally a parody, expect it to lose that focus as people start joining it with the misguided notion that it actually believes in what its parodying. If the group originally started out as a parody of Japanese culture and those that want to emulate it, expect people to start joining it out of the [[Misaimed Fandom|misguided notion that it actually is taking it seriously]].
# In an [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]], if the group decides to take on another focus (e.g., endgame), expect the role-playing aspect to die off as people start joining specifically for such activities.
# Formerly group-oriented roleplaying becomes focused on a [[Small Name, Big Ego|small, controlling group or even an individual]]; any RP not about that person or group becomes irrelevant, while that person becomes the center of all things.
One additional form of
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