Recently I have been looking at the LFG forums and the group listings and have found out that there is an increasing amount of threads/games where no one replies or offers them a spot. It would be great to post some warning and some guidelines to people who make threads for the potential outcome of what they are about to do. Let me break down what I am talking about. For players: When a single players is making a thread in hopes for a group to pick them up, have them on a special posting interface where they give them the following warning; You are about to post in the LFG forum/group lising, please take into consideration that if you are posting to find a GM this may take considerable amounts of time. Instead please go to our Forums/Listing and search for posts/listings already created by GMs who are accepting players and consider messaging them to speed up your process! If you want to continue please add the following to your post to help the readers understand what you are looking for; -System -Time zone -Combat/RP ratio (if applicable to the system) -Amount of homebrew -What type of player you are -Mic and video availability For GMs: As for GMs, there really is no huge difference the way they are now however the amount of GMs that look for players and never give out enough information is still prominent as such I would suggest something like this: Before you continue with your thread/listing please make sure you have given all the necessary information to your players, these are important as they help players decide whether or not they want to be in your game or if they are a good match. Please consider adding the following; -a list like the above one with slightly more detail I do understand it is in the hands of the poster to make their post appealing however not everyone reads threads like "What makes a great LFG thread" and there needs to be a bare minimum standard for everyone. Someone could be a great GM, he just does not know how to post properly. Someone could be an amazing player but does not know how to look for GMs properly and so on. Player/GM experience should be standardized by creating "official" posting guidelines that pop up everytime you have something to do with LFG or Listing.
