The "Seriousness" level of RP these days

[Daron]

Now, people sit in the shadows (Read: Skype/TS) and wait for an opportunity to attack someone elses RP/character, hoping this gives credibility to their lack of RP. When a strong faction with solid RP appears, others do their best to oppose it because it justifies their existence. The problem with this attitude is that once they have been successful in destroying said faction, they too no longer have a reason for existence and die off or move elsewhere, killing all local activity.
This cycle continues with the good RPers setting up a faction which starts to thrive. The vultures arrive, kill them off and that area of Sirius stagnates.
The more often this happens, the less decent RPers stay/arrive/can be bothered. The less this happens, the less the vultures have to do. Activity dies in relation to areas or factions.

Well spoken mate.