I think what has happened is something I want to make a (bad) analogy of.
When the "populars" or people who do have the RPs tell newer/other RPers that perhaps they aren't putting themselves out there as much, it's because that's what they did do. In a case of 'what did you do to get yourself there?' it's because these characters and their players were working it. Many of them did fail but they worked it. So that's all they can say, because that is what their experience -is-.
So my bad analogy is that... perhaps it's become a case of old-timers telling people "when i wanted to go to a good college I didn't go into debt! I worked my butt off during summer to get my diploma!" Unfortunately now, it's not that way anymore.
When the "populars" or people who do have the RPs tell newer/other RPers that perhaps they aren't putting themselves out there as much, it's because that's what they did do. In a case of 'what did you do to get yourself there?' it's because these characters and their players were working it. Many of them did fail but they worked it. So that's all they can say, because that is what their experience -is-.
So my bad analogy is that... perhaps it's become a case of old-timers telling people "when i wanted to go to a good college I didn't go into debt! I worked my butt off during summer to get my diploma!" Unfortunately now, it's not that way anymore.
