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Guilty Pleasures is an advanced lit RP board where adult themed RPs are the basis of the board, but not the entire focus. GP is a warm, friendly community that welcomes all style of RPers. There is typically something to suit everyone's tastes.

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Time	Username	Review	Rating
Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:58 pm	Queen's Subordinate	Ever After: I'm neither. I was actually new to the forums and have never personally spoken with staff. She doesn't even know I exist, unfortunately for me. I still choose to wish to stand before Queen Black Lace as a willing and extremely loyal subordinate though. I am hers to command, I am her subordinate. Even if my presence goes unnoticed by my glorious queen.	10
Tue Sep 25, 2018 2:11 am	Queen's Admirer	To those who are either new or have yet to experience this wonderful website: I highly suggest giving it a try or stickinf around once it returns from the short break. Queen Black Lace has worked hard and has kept this site stable and secure for so many years. Do not let the negative reviews turn you away! The owner was simply fed up with the harassment she had repeatedly received from many people, which I do not blame her one bit for wanting to take a step back from it. She's not some "tyrant" let alone "incompetent". This is just people throwing shade out because they live for it. She's a very kind and thoughtful person.	10
Tue Sep 25, 2018 1:41 am	Queen's Servant	Queen Black Lace is website owner, a great owner at that. Without her the website is condemned. Many of you have pushed her away with your hate and imaginary fears. The result of this is the loss of your stories and friends. Perhaps if our beloved queen returns to give it another chance, you will all think twice and treat her with the kindness and respect she deserves. She has worked hard and done her best to ensure we all have a safe and enjoyable experience.	10
Wed Jun 07, 2017 7:19 am	Insanityisnotalie	I cannot believe these trolls have nothing better to do.	10
Wed Jun 07, 2017 4:16 am	Hands2Myself	Siren has a heart of gold. If coming here to attack others and keep making fake accounts for bad reviews makes you feel great then that just speaks volumes.	10
Tue May 30, 2017 2:36 pm	sirencall	Since my last review there has been a lot of speculation and a lot of messages posted, as heart ambassador, and as a member of guilty pleasures, and a human being, I wanted to answer. All businesses, organisations or forums (and I'm not calling guilty pleasures a business) ask for feedback from their members, so firstly I won't apologise for asking for feedback. I ask for feedback on the site, and I ask for feedback individually, and yes, I asked friends of mine to post feedback on here as a way of boosting our page. Yes since, we have received a mixture of good reviews, mixed reviews, and poor reviews. I'm here now to offer some insight into what's happening at guilty pleasures at the moment, perhaps answer some (not all I'm a human and bound to miss something) of the queries and complaints, and also ask that anyone who has a serious complaint, message me anon on here or indeed on the site, or you are welcome to comment further, but at least give us the opportunity to answer. I have been a member of GP since Feb of 2016. In that time, I have been a member, someone on the welcoming committee who greet new members, I have launched our consultancy program, and led the team. I have been the heart ambassador, I have contributed to the newsletter, and most recently I have developed the community mods who run our social media and create fun events for the members to participate in. I have enjoyed every minute of my time on GP, I have made some of my closest friends, and I have found the staff and special teams to be among the most hard working. To answer firstly Dreadful_Knight, yes you were an admin, and I considered you a friend. Shortly before making your post on here you deleted me on social media account and I guess that was your way of severing ties. Your quote, "GP isn't about the community anymore, it's only thought of as a means to make money; every idea presented is looked over for a way to either make money or bring in members in hopes that new donors will join", this just isn't true. I will address this with two statements. 1. GP is free to our members, but the site costs money to run, so yes we have a donation page, and we also have a medal shoppe where members can purchase medals. However we also have a whole host of medals that can be earned free of charge and plans to release more. We have a host of things we are reviewing for our members and new ideas to make the site more fun. 2. GP is still a community. Very much so. Yes, some members may not be happy, but our staff are working hard to address these issues. Cuckhold "It makes me cringe when I see the GP staff and some members on here attacking those who have given negative reviews. Do you not understand that every time you do that you are proving your detractors right? Not one of you have actually said "Sorry you see the site that way, lets have a look at your complaints and see where we can improve". " Your quote here. I don't see anyone attacking negative reviews, but I have reached out to a number of people privately, and also I am more than happy to discuss complaints with anyone. Something to point out - we are introducing an appeals policy for bans and complaints to allow members the chance to have a proper voice. Something they have always had but not exercised. Sea Vixen- I am far from a silent siren, I am a siren that is giving people the chance to have a say, so I can address all issues calmly and sensibly. I urge you to pm me to discuss your claims further. Lost Boy - "What makes this site great is the members", want to know something, the staff are members too, members who are dedicated to giving back and so join staff. Yes we may have a different colour name and a title but we are still members like you. I am listening to you, and I'd love to have a confidential discussion with you, get your feedback and thoughts and try to address them for you. Let me help. Lady of Truth - I am so sorry for your experience and can assure you this incident was discussed in the staff meeting we had this weekend, and steps have been put in place to ensure this does not happen in future. Please come to me anytime with feedback. Saxon - you mention politics, another thing that was discussed in the recent staff meeting was our "Heavy debates" section which believe it or not is there for more than just politics, we have devised a new system to ensure things are fair in future and hope you see an improvement. GPSux - Can I just point out I did not ask you to lie. I don't know who you are, but please do not lie about what I said. I posted this, "Hey all, if you love GP, could you please post a review on", and then I listed the actual link to the site. No where here did I tell you to lie. I welcome further feedback, in pm. NOT TRIED GP BEFORE? NEW TO THE SITE! All I will say is, when you go on tripadvisor, type in the nicest place you have ever been, you will see at least one bad review. Fact is, humans like to moan. I'm not saying the things that have been claimed here are fabricated, and I'm not saying they are true. I'm asking you to give us a chance, make your own opinion. We are human. GP is consistently striving to be better and we have taken the reviews here on board. We have reviewed and we have come back stronger. Our team has been evaluated and those not committed have been removed, or in fact moved to better suiting teams. We do care! Siren (the heart ambassador)	10
Sat May 20, 2017 8:11 am	vyxen w	I have been a member of GP for a few months now and would like to offer my honest opinion on the site, but before I do that, I'd like to offer a bit of my own background. I had run a roleplay server on Voodoo Chat for years. I know full well how strenuous and challenging that experience was. I also had staff/administrators who worked damn hard to keep the play orderly and alive. Not everyone agreed with our rules and regulations and certainly, not everyone liked the management style of every admin, hence why I had a group of them. Just like Wicked, I was called names and bashed at times when there was a disgruntled member or guest and my admins felt the same sting of anger from said, members and guests. With all that being said, let me now get to the point. I have enjoyed my time on GP in the short time I have been there. It is nice to return to an active roleplay community without the hassle of running my own because I just don't have that kind of time anymore. Do I agree with all of their rules and regulations? No, but I still abide by them. Do I feel that all the admins treat community members and guests fairly? I believe their heart is in the right place and some perhaps are more jaded than others or jump the gun before thinking a situation through. Still I believe they act on behalf of the safety and security of the community and after all, we are all human and make mistakes. Some admins are more strict than others. That is a given where ever you go and why communities such as GP have a variety of personalities. You're bound to find one or two that you click with! To share a personal experience to further your understanding, I recently applied for community moderator. I was given the title and then due to a situation, it was taken away within 24 hours because I was not behaving as a staff member should is what I was told. I was bitter for about a week and got over it. They are looking for a specific breed of people and perhaps I just don't fit that mold. Does that mean the community and the admins are horrid monsters in the pit of hell? No, it just means I don't quite fit in there in that capacity. I tend to have a different view of certain situations than they do and that's perfectly ok. Maybe I'll apply again in the future, maybe I won't, but that does not make GP less awesome. As far as the negative reviews being placed on here, I have seen some situations that could fit some of these descriptions to a lesser degree than how they are displayed here since it seems these people are still bitter and angry which magnifies the actual issue. Again, people make mistakes and some of the admins are zero tolerance strict about certain things. If you don't like it, find somewhere else to roleplay instead of spending your time bashing a community that continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Furthermore, if you look at the writing style of some of these negative responses, it's pretty damn similar so perhaps it's just one or two pissed off folks that feel they were wronged somehow. Nonetheless, you angry folk just give attention to us even more by continuing your display of hatred so thanks! Have a good one.	10
Thu May 18, 2017 9:27 pm	Ninjanerd	"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."- Maya Angelou Hello my name is Wes, aka Ninjanerd, and I'm a member and part of the Writing Consultant/Community moderator team. I joined Guilty Pleasures Roleplaying Community in February 2016, so its been a little over a year since I became a member. I would like to take the time, if I may, to personally address some of the issues that I have read since coming to RolePlayGateway to leave my review, especially since some of these complaints center around some of the duties I was assigned as a Community Moderator. @Fear Faktor- I am sorry for the troubles that you felt inclined to voice a complaint about. Although you and I never personally met, and do not share the same view about the staff feeling they are better than members, I truly wished that your stay at GP was more positive than what you experienced. I truly wish you all the best in your future RP endeavors, wherever you go. @GpSux - If the only problem you seemed to have out of the entire site was the chat room, why could you not turn off the chat, and access other areas of the forum that are much better suited for writing development and plotting. Isn't this the reason we joined Guilty Pleasures in the first place? @Jaded Janice - As a part of my job as a Community Moderator, I, like other members of the team were responsible for encouraging others to join our group. I beg to differ about the complaint you voiced about recruiting members just to add to the donation bar, because it makes a huge and incorrect assumption that the members of GP are so thoughtlessly brainless and robotic that they are unable to make that choice for themselves. Most people that do donate, do so because they have the money in their bank account and wish to donate so the powers that be can afford the fees for keeping the site up, adding member perks to make their roleplaying experience a little better each time. On the subject of site surveys, I, yes me, was the person that took the time to create a simple, basic survey to determine why you joined Guilty Pleasures RP Community. I personally felt that it was important to know what we could do as a group to make it better, and hear what our members had to say and take some suggestions from them on how to create a positive role playing environment. I will touch on this topic again later in this post. Also, as a part of my responsibilities as Community Moderator, I helped create some of the events that you quoted, "a joke, unorganized, and hall-assed." Love Jar, among many other events were MINE, and I want you to know something. I STILL GET REQUESTS for POSITIVE words of sincere encouragement from members, even though the event ended in February. Since you believe and said that we (whether its team members or staff) do not care about engaging our community, let me ask you this: What have YOU done to engage yourself and other members like yourself? Do you just sit and complain or do you elicit some change. Obviously you didn't contact me by PM to offer a suggestion about events that might be more engaging, serious and not a joke, or half-assed. It's one thing to complain about something, but its another to project discontent without basis. Did you take part in any events? Did you join social media sites that GP is involved with? I know for a fact that I repeatedly post GP Polyvore site on my status bar and in threads, but alas I've yet to see you there. Maybe mmm. no. @not happy jan - I am very sorry that you lost your roleplay, honestly. It happened to me before, and I highly suggest in the future you use a program like Evernote and back it up with Google Docs. In case a site crashes, people leave, or in your unfortunate circumstance you NEED to have your roleplay saved. Now, I would like to address the other complaints you had. I am sure you read the response to Jaded Janice about sincerity and honestly seeking feedback from members. I still stand by that, since I was the one sending out the survey. To suggest to future/potential members to avoid sending the survey in? You make my job, which may I say, is VOLUNTARY. I do it because I want the forum to be the best, because I want the things you wanted to have from the git go. But you make the job much harder now, so I thank you for that from the bottom of my "insincere and fake" heart. Being proactive is key to changing what you don't like. If you aren't part of the solution, then you're part of the problem. @Lady Augustine - I don't know where some of your claims are generated from or the interactions you claimed to have with staff members. I know I send out a survey, and 7/10 times I don't get anything back. If you are getting intrusive, nosy PMs from staff members, it is a huge surprise to me. And another thing, when I made the survey it was to generate ideas, not drama or arguments. I don't know where you got your information from, but its baseless and incorrect. And an FYI: Susan Scuro is a MEMBER, not STAFF. @Nathanyl - GP is a writing community. By writers for writers. Although its really cool to have a heavy debates thread, the forum is not a political boxing ring to create negativity, nor is it an arena where people are allowed to intimidate other members. On the subject of the survey, once again you CHOSE not to submit answers to a simple survey which I shall post here for all to see: ------------------------------------ Hello! I am Ninjanerd aka Wes, and I am a member of the Guilty Pleasures Writing Consultant Team as well as a member of the GP Community Moderator Team. I wish to extend you a warm welcome to Guilty Pleasures Roleplaying Community! Here at GP, it is my hope that you will find the people here friendly as well as supportive and that you are free to create and collaborate with others in your writing endeavors in order to become a wonderful writer! As a Community Moderator, part of my responsibility is to determine how you discovered Guilty Pleasures, and what brought you to us in order to make your stay here the best! If you could answer the following questions and PM them back to me, it will give me and the others on the Community Moderator team some insight on how to improve our TLC to our members! Cut and paste the following into a PM and return it to @Ninjanerd AND @sirencall : ======================================= 1. How did you find Guilty Pleasures Roleplaying Community? 2. For what reason did you join Guilty Pleasures? 3. Were you referred to our forum by a friend/member of GP (if, so add their name here so they can receive a community growth award) 4. Do you know of anyone that would be interested in joining Guilty Pleasures Roleplaying Community? (For referring friends that join our forum, YOU receive a Community Growth award, and/or special medal for referring 5 or more friends that join Guilty pleasures) 5. What kind of forum do you feel Guilty Pleasures is? (answer using one/more of the letters below) A. Guilty Pleasures is a forum that will help improve my writing skills. B. Guilty Pleasures is a forum where I can find partners to fulfill my smut/cybering fantasies. C. Guilty Pleasures is a place where I can find new friends/writing partners to plot with. D. Guilty Pleasures is full of good ideas for plot and character development that I can use with my own plots. 6. Guilty Pleasures Roleplaying Community is a forum that is unique/different from other roleplay forums I've joined in the past because: ______________________________. ======================================== Thank you so very much for becoming a vital part of our Community, Wes ----------------------------------------------------- There it is in a nutshell. No secret questions, no conspiracy theory here. You could have added another line full of disgruntled argument or whatever you wanted to say, but apparently that too was a little premature for you being totally new at the site. I have been here an entire year, and also my list of writing partners changes every so often, I have 18 active threads, some of them as long in duration as the time I've been a member of GP. The site is active, the threads are active on the forum. If you're PMing, maybe its not the same for you as it is for others, so you probably cannot speak for the rest of us, can you? @ktir- "GP is a dreadful site and most of the boards are dead" - Oh really? Where? I cannot express it enough, the site is active and busy every day. I am on all the time. You have never contacted me, a writing consultant, who posts writing help articles every week in the consultant forum to help other members develop in their writing. Any member can suggest some of these "very average and creativity-limited" members take a look at that section, even throw their name into a premade template which can then be submitted to Team Leader, and that member can be working on developing better as a writer so you'll have the kind of writer you want to write with. Have you ever done that? Just think, the outcome could be so very different couldn't it? @Morlock- It takes a village to raise a child, just like it takes a village to keep a site running. I am a Team Member, not staff, but I work my butt off in an effort to make our forum shine. Oh, wait. You mentioned Left wing, didn't you? THIS IS NOT A FORUM FOR POLITICS! It is a writing community. For writers, by writers. That is the sort of place I chose to join because I love to write and express myself in that manner, and if I wanted to join a political debate forum that's what I would have done instead. If any potential member or someone considering joining Guilty Pleasures Role Playing Community is reading this, just know that there are 2 sides to every coin. There are people that don't do a thing but offer complaints and griping and there are people that genuinely give a shit about GP and want members like yourself that are willing to be that change we need. I hope that some of my answers have given you some further clarity and should you feel inclined to join us, I will be the first to say its a happy place where you can be assured that you will find creative people, not drama or bullshit like some people have stated or unfriendly staff that don't care. We are individuals that make up this forum because of our love of writing, and we volunteer to try to make that happen for our members. It is difficult to read some of these comments but, important to know for the future of what we need to bring to the table for you. If you have any questions feel free to contact me here: [email protected] With love, Ninjanerd (Wes)	10
Thu May 18, 2017 7:06 pm	Caydran	I was politely asked to write a review on this site about Guilty Pleasures, even though I am not a long-term member. Truth be told I was asked to simply review, however the following text is purely my own work that is born from reading some of the comments and obvious lack in logic to some of the reviewers. To point this out in advance, knowing fully well that I might get banned if I give 'bad review' I still am not slight bit afraid to criticize the site even at the expense of my account being shut down. But I know it won't because I will provide objective criticism based on personal experience and won't pointlessly rant about non-existing issues. So I will first address the site itself and it is only appropriate to start with bad qualities. My only gripe about the site was and still somehow is the severe lack of group roleplays. It does exist but in terms of quantity it is far outnumbered by the 1x1 roleplays. Chat is mostly centered around a single room, general room which does seem to sometimes be a bit overwhelming but so far I found it welcoming. I will focus on the lack of group roleplays however as that is something I sometimes crave far more than simple chat... and I would have a compelling argument if it wasn't for the fact that it is not GP that decides whether or not group roleplay is active or not... it is community. Guilty Pleasure community prefers to keep stories intimate, they are shared between two people who actively work on creating their little corner of world and they decide how story progresses. Adding more people puts perhaps a bit more strain on characters, forces them to interact with more characters where they would prefer to interact with just one. Is this wrong? Absolutely not. Now let's go with goodies. In my brief period of mere couple of months during which I am active member, I found the site to be more than stimulating. Selection of partners far outnumbers possible partners on any other RP site I am currently in (which I won't list) and the same community of people welcomed me far better than on other sites. In fact some sites barely bothered to do a little more than paste the 'greeting message' which consists of rules I must obey and some of the sites I am in have ridiculous rules. Within 3 days after I created account on GP I was welcomed by at least 5 people and I had first story within 5 days. For me this is quite fast because I tend to observe site, get familiarized, inspect partners that are available, talk to people and I can be very picky about my partners. I had absolutely no issues integrating myself into GP community. Big help were some of the staff members who immediately jumped onto the opportunity to guide me and answer some of the questions I had. You have to understand that on some other sites, I have to wait days before hearing from staff when it comes to some issue. Even then I am simply asked to go to FAQ section and then I get to hope that my issue can be solved by FAQ. In some cases, it didn't. Does that mean I was always on Staff member's good list? No. I can say out loud that I was on the watch list for my behavior on chat and I was warned for PDA (Public Display of Affection) which I admit may have escalated a little bit. No less than three staff members warned me about it and explained what I did and why it is wrong. I could've whined about it like some brat and defend my case or I could've acted like an adult and admit that what I did was wrong (and for the note I was not innocent). I corrected my behavior on general chat and since then I had 0 negative interactions or warnings about my behavior. Do I need to point out why warnings stopped? Simple answer: I follow the rules. I must put particular accent on some of the active 'events' that are happening on GP which are constantly inviting writers to participate and show their creativity. I find this rather unique thing and allows those with competitive bone to show off their skills and be placed outside of their comfort zone for the challenge. This is marvelous and my only regret is the lack of time to actively participate but I did promised to myself to start with it. With that out of the way I will have to address some of the comments I've read here which are... hilarious. I believe that single most prominent pile of salt is "I thought this site promotes freedom of speech". This is laughable, not because I am inclined to agree with those comments, but because I have a feeling a lot of such people fail to realize the meaning of freedom of speech. There is not, never was and probably never will be, a country in world which will guarantee you absolute freedom of speech because that would mean you would be allowed to offend anyone, assault person's dignity and social status without consequences. Please stop this... Freedom of speech guarantees you to have an opinion not to throw shit at people and get away with it. I know this because I am a lawyer... human rights kind of fall into category of my expertise. That leads to another point which I noticed here... belittling and insulting. As I understand, staff members are obligated to resolve any kind dispute between members and act if one person actively insults another but again... insulting is a wide term people. Let me put this into perspective. If I approach you and say "You are a worthless sod" then this is me, actively offending you and assaulting your dignity. This is punishable action. But if you are, for example, offended by particular topic and let's say 'furry' topic, and you read such content on the site that allows such topics, then you are not given right to complain. You have right to offend and to be offended but if something is publicly allowed and it offends you, you have no right to protest because, and i cannot stress this enough, you accepted terms when you joined this site. You accept the fact that site has rules and regulations, enforced by staff members, which you need to follow in order to avoid offending someone or making someone's experience worse. This is not your sandbox people... If you want a site in which absolute freedom of speech is guaranteed without consequences, then you are free to make one. Until then, while you are on GP or... any other site for that matter, you are still obligated to follow the rules. I cannot stress enough the fact that there is a reason why rules exist. Staff-bullies... oh boy. I was told by another staff member with whom I have contact through RP that not every staff member is jolly and eager. That is why, by my understanding, there are roles. Some are in charge of relations between staff and members while others are there to monitor for violations. I think I don't need to point this out, if you have experienced misdemeanor by another staff member, you can report this and if you have evidence, the ruling will be in your favor. Do not consider staff members to be mindless automatons, they are people with emotions and problems just like everyone else. Now those who have been 'bullied' should ask themselves if they are really bullied for absolutely no reason or if there is some implication which they refuse to accept. If you broke the rule and you are 'reminded' of it you can either review your own behavior or be a giant brat about it. Let's focus on later for a second. If such a case arises where you are continuously 'bothered' by staff member, is it possible you are continuously breaking some rule? Or perhaps you broke another one. Of course we are going to defend our own cases and make it as if our actions did not break the rules or that 'it is not serious'. Hell, you can bring the ultimate excuse "Freedom of Speech". Since we are defending our cases, of course our perspective are biased... you can't objectively view your stance because you will filter our all the bad acts and only point out the good ones. Some go to extreme and continue to profess innocence, refusing to accept the fact they broke some rule until they get banned because Staff member does not want to continue and listen to them. I won't even pretend that I will justify the behavior of member, personally if I kept pointing out you broke the rule and you keep trying to find a hole and flaw in that same rule, I would ban you too. This comment made me laugh most: "but let's be real here this place is a straight up joke and no amount of positive reviews can erase the fact that this site allows bullying, harassment, and unfair treatment to members unless you're in the "in crowd" you don't stand a chance" What crowd? No, really, I was not aware there is a crowd? Is it the chat crowd? Specific thread crowd? Staff crowd? What crowd? The site allows you to spend entire time, having hundreds of stories without once interacting with chat or any thread, keeping your RP-s in PM. You are practically invisible and still enjoy your stories. But apparently, this is not the case because there is some 'crowd' that will prevent you from enjoying your time and intimate stories written between you and your partner. Can I please be notified of the existence of this crowd? I would really appreciate it. About the feedback issue... Has anyone really been banned for not giving the feedback? No, please, tell me because I am really interested in hearing a story in which you give a feedback and you are immediately bombarded by staff members. In particular I laughed at comment that a newly joined player, was given a feedback, he didn't reply or replied short and was banned. Is any of this really true or is it just a smear campaign? It all somehow circles back to freedom of speech and active belief that you can say whatever you want. For the love of God, this is not political site, this is not debate forum for IRL world issues, this is Role-Play site which wants to limit political discussions to absolute minimum. Did you really came to GP to have Heavy Debate? Or did you perhaps wanted to be part of roleplay? If you created a site that revolves around roleplay and them someone is debating 'islamic terrorism' of course you would intervene! Do not, for even a second, try to convince me you would allow this 'freedom of speech' to such extent where you know that good portion of your community follows Islam. You would react within minutes and you will want to limit this kind of discussion because it is sensitive topic and will inevitably spark into full, forum war between biased opinions... That is why freedom of speech is limited. You are allowed to have opinion but if your opinion actively offends someone, keep it to yourself. There are plenty of topics you can discuss. And there it is, that's my review of the Guilty Pleasure with particular accent on the local comments which I could not avoid. I had zero inconveniences with site and I implore all Staff members to continue their good work. Those who disagree... well... you have right to disagree. You also have right to leave and have your happiness elsewhere, believe me, no one will judge you. This site I would gladly recommend to other people and please please please... just follow the basic rules. If you do, quality of your stay will grow immensely, you will find partners and friends on this site and it will challenge you in most exquisite ways while rewarding you for your effort.	10
Thu May 18, 2017 3:08 pm	Isados	I have a been a member on GP for almost a year and I have to admit that the staff actually cares about its members. They are always doing really fun events to keep things fresh and exciting. GP Is the best role playing community that I have ever been apart of, and I have been a part of a lot.	10
Thu May 18, 2017 2:11 pm	Waretiger	Quite frankly i don't know where all these negative comments are coming from, i joined on wednesday last week and because i didn't act like an asshat i was accepted as a person, because i can string words together and didn't get leg humpy i was accepted as a roleplayer. not only do i have a place to write with people, in a week i have made more friends than i can remember having in ages. Guilty Pleasures is a site full of wonderful people. if you didn't fit in with people that actively welcome you and treat you like people then you either didn't want to, didn't follow the rules or simply never applied to begin with... the tiger has spoken.	10
Thu May 18, 2017 1:05 pm	NCkitten	It saddens me when i read these reviews. I find it hard to believe that a site which has over 10,000 members to be a bad site. If it's so bad why does it keep growing? The truth is, this bad reviews come from a place if dislike and disagreements. The site has been around since 2010 and it has grown to become a major contender in the mature roleplaying communities. It's so sad that all the negative reviews seem to do is bash on the staff. Ya'll do know that the staff is there to enforce site rules and keep the peace and help right? It doesn't matter what site your on, there will always be rules. The one thing that I have discovered from mt time in roleplaying communities is that the staff of Guilty Pleasures is different than most other sites I have been on. They actually don't expect a lot from you as long as you follow the rules and the rules are NOT that hard to follow. The admins on the site are actually involved and they roleplay with members of the community. They aren't some sort of elite group of people who just come in and ban. I have been a member for a while now and believe me I have made my share of mistakes and I was afraid that I would get bashed in by the staff but the mod that contacted me was nice and understanding. They believe in second chances and if the member is willing to correct themselves you get a second chance. So I don't understand why people will shit on a site where they try to look after the community as a whole. Tell me what other site has people dedicated to just finding members roleplay partners?? They have that!! They actually care if you can't find anyone to write with so much that they will find you potential partners. I love that service! What other site, has a program that teaches you how to improve on your writing or for a person like me who moved from chat based roleplaying to forum roleplaying, how to make the transition. Good, if not for this program I would be writing 2-3 sentences but now I can writhe 4-6 paragraphs. Ya'll need to stop hating on Guilty Pleasures. I feel like you all have been either banned or had one run in and ya'll just want to tear a good site apart. Don't listen to the negative reviews, check this place out and decide for yourself.	10
Thu May 18, 2017 1:02 pm	LittlePrinceCosplay	I really don't understand the negative reviews for Guilty Pleasures. Personally, I love the site. The staff are ALWAYS there if you had a problem. I have made some great friends on this site and I have improved my creative writing tenfold. With regular events, the site is always fresh and never boring! My advice: ignore the negative reviews! Go and give GP a go!	10
Thu May 18, 2017 1:02 pm	benebene	This site has the hardest working staff I've seen and I've been a member of at least 9 different sites. Lacey is a fucking rock star of a lass and I praise her for opening this site. GP is ma home and I love it. Honestly when I read some of these reviews I have to ask where the fuck where they, because it wasn't GP. Everyone I know has had a positive experience, loves the members and the staff. I'm just a lowly member but I love being around everyone here.	10
Sun May 25, 2014 9:33 pm	PinkSparkle	When former staff feel the need to trash a site that welcomed them from day one simply because they couldn't have their way or feel scorned because of some vendetta it's pretty sad. GP is the most welcoming site I've been on in 4 years, varying members of different styles and levels, and the staff are always working hard to ensure that everyone enjoys themselves. Anyone who has voted low on the site are people who spoke about how much they hated everyone on site, and how much they didn't want them on staff. Because of "reasons" that were so out of this world it didn't even make sense. Using proxies to evade legitimate bans, mass PMing members and staff because they were bitter, calling people fat cunts because they're mad that not everyone thinks like them. Those are the kind of people who vote low on a site who are the most compassionate staff and members that reside on GP. Check the site out for yourself, and you'll see how great GP is, we've been around for years, people have tried to copy us, but have never succeeded.	10
Tue May 20, 2014 8:05 pm	Kag	So Guilty pleasures has been my RP home since October of 2011, so that would 3 years in October. I can tell you that I have been treated like nothing less than a friend and even family at times. I am closer to a lot of the staff and members than I am to a lot of my friends in real life. Even when were not role play partners we talk we complain about life, laugh about funny stuff, we got along even though our interests in role plays are different. I will admit I have been on many other sites and such, and have been treated down right awful compared to how amazing GP staff has treated me. When I???ve had problems, it has been kept private, I have been treated with respect, and they made me feel confident so that I can continue to have the amazing time that I???ve had on this site. It has been sad to that there are members on the site that I believe don???t feel the same way. I think that they are a little upset that they don???t get their way, but I can assure you that it???s not the staff members fault. They work every day to make sure all members are treated fairly, and to make sure that everyone has a great, fun filled experience Roleplaying and writing. I am now on staff. I do see a lot more of what???s going on, and I think I can say confidently that no one has been treated unfairly nor has anyone been banned without a proper cause behind everything.??? There is a Role play home for everyone, this one is mine and I love it. I think people should at least check out Guilty Pleasures before knocking it. There is something for everyone one this site, and I should know I am a pretty odd Role Player.	10
Tue May 20, 2014 6:58 pm	SilverWolf88	From someone who has been on many different forums over the years, Guilty Pleasures is certainly a pleasure to be on. The site is organized in a way that if one does not want to see or possibly read any of the more mature roleplays, they do not have to and can avoid the section entirely. I have been on many sites where it is 'one strike' you're either getting a warning or being banned. Have only had that one strike ban happen to me on one previous site, but this review does not concern that. But going through that situation has shown me how much better Guilty Pleasures is. As someone wrote previously, everyone has their own personal problems. And sometimes those problems will spill over onto your internet life. The key is not letting it determine how you treat others, because you may think your problem is by far the worst, but someone out there may be faring much worse than you are. Forums are for fun, and Guilty Pleasures is enjoyable. I made many friends on there, that I also interact with outside of the forum, which those are the types of friendships that can last quite a while. As for the staff members. Unlike the group that have been rating GP recently, the staff are not as bad as they are made out to be. The staffers, especially the admin, are more than willing to talk to the members, to listen to concerns and hear them out. Not everyone is always willing to do that, and will simply pick sides based on favorites or something along those lines. From the first moment I joined the site, I was greeted by several staff members, both in my introduction post, and in the chat room, and they made it feel welcoming. I was told from the start that if I needed help or had a concern to please come to them. And they have lived up to their word. It doesn't mean that they can handle all requests, depending on what is asked, since if it is something that would have an effect site wide, it would not be the decision of one person. They work for the good of the entire site and they have made it a lovely place, and nothing like many of the roleplaying forums I have come across before. All roleplay forums have their own personalities, often dependent on the staffers, for how people will see it. And Guilty Pleasures is a place that feels comfortable, and feels like a family much of the time. But like all families, there will be a bad apple or two, trying to ruin it for everyone else. So please, rather than depend on our reviews, if you are looking for a site with a little more mature style, a little more spice for writing, check out Guilty Pleasures. You won't be sorry you did.	10
Mon Nov 18, 2013 4:09 am	Alex\|\|Dee	To any onlookers, please note, that each person who rated this website was banned. Regardless of their reason, they are rating Guilty Pleasures poorly because they have biased feelings towards it, just as those who are still active members do. This website has strict moderators in the chat in order to keep from harassment happening. They are doing their jobs as moderators by banning members. They are fair people, however, the website has rules. Some things go by with warnings, some things don't get by at all. The bottom line is, if you don't listen to the rules, you reap the consequences you risked exposure too by signing up and agreeing to the rules you probably didn't read. Every website has rules, and if you can't follow them, then tough luck. It simply comes down to your own personal internet behavior, and if you were banned by supposedly doing nothing, maybe you should check yourself twice or thrice. All these mods are doing is protecting their members and the integrity of their website. They take their positions seriously, something that the real world is really lacking in in modern day job positions. If you can't accept being banned from a website without being seriously critical of yourself so you can improve, how in the world do you function in the real world? Everybody has their own problems. The internet acts as a stress relief from this, however, the people you talk to over the internet are real people, with real feelings, and real lives, just like you. Sometimes we face things we never thought we'd have to face, and it's not your business, nor your right, to hate on someone else, because you're having problems, or because they are having problems. The site owner of Guilty Pleasures is dealing with her problems in her own way, and you have no right to attack her because of this. Now, all that being said... --- My review of this website is a 10 of 10. The moderators are friendly, accepting, and fun to be around. When needed, they take their jobs seriously, and answer to requests, problems, and questions immediately and professionally. While I have my own problems with some members, I don't blame it on poor moderation at all, but simply my own personal dislike of those members. The members act like they are supposed to (like adults, unless the situation calls for some silliness), and treat their partners and fellow roleplayers like adults, with respect and understanding. The website is stylish, artistic and easy to navigate. The environment is warm, likeable and fair. The roleplays are categorized appropriately, and you aren't forced into only being able to do a certain kind of roleplay. The opportunities are limitless as long as your roleplay is in the right section, and even then, the posts can be moved for you with one simple request to one of the moderators. Overall, this site is very overlooked for the more popular roleplaying sites. Guilty Pleasures offers a warm, welcoming atmosphere where you can be at ease and connect with other people over some of the simplest things. Whether you're into hetero, yuri, yaoi, feet or whatever else that tickles your fancy, I guarantee you'll find someone interested in them here as well. Guilty Pleasures is a small treasure of a website, and I'm glad to be apart of their warm little community. :)	10
Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:19 pm	Grahf	Only been a member for about a week or so, already involved in a huge storyline and participating in forum games, as well as having fun in chat. A close community, and one I feel quite welcome in. Not sure what all those low reviews were talking about honestly, unless this is some Stepford Wives crap and it's all an act. Guess time will tell, though I am having fun till then.	10
Thu Oct 10, 2013 5:09 pm	holothewisewolf	A couple of days is all it took for their small little community to suck me in and keep me stuck for my entire time there since the people are nice and the characters nicer they have a well organized staff and a good sense of duty.	10
Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:57 am	HarleyGage	What I love the most about GP is the extraordinary quality of writers in their member base. All members are held to the same standard of respect and are given multiple warnings and violations before banning takes place. This is very fair. Unfortunately there will always be members that do not adhere to warnings with any forum based site. You can't change people, but you can pick your home. You will definitely feel at home. Sarah was a particular moderator that I've always felt comfortable reporting my issues to. At first I was afraid because I've faced retaliation on many sites. However, she put those concerns to rest. I'm proud to be a member and feel as though the moderators are humble. The rules are steady and fair and free of power trips. Come here if you want just role playing, fun, an online family, silly banter, and drama free creativity. (:	10
Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:07 am	Lady_Sarah	Guilty Pleasures is a great site to roleplay on. You will find a nice range of beginner to advanced rpers. People tend to be quite warm and welcoming, and staff is quick to welcome new comers to the site. For me, this is a great place to go to relax. People are quite understanding if you have to leave at times due to real life, and a lot of times, they are willing to either continue the rp, or even start new ones with you when you return. All in all, I say it is a great place not only to rp, but to fine awesome friends!	10
Sun Sep 29, 2013 12:40 pm	WhisperWind	I have been a member of GP since August of 2011, and I can honestly say it has very successfully become my home away from home. All of the members have become trusted friends, and they have even helped me through several difficult times with their acceptance and understanding. I have never had any problems finding RP partners on there, because there is truly something for everyone on GP. Any drama in the past has not been due to the staff. In reality there are some rules that the staff is more strict on, but they are only there to keep drama from happening. (Rules about Trolling, bullying, being offensive, etc. Things that one would expect to be against the rules anyway.) It has been a truly rare thing in my life, due to events that have been out of my control, to find a place where I feel truly accepted and cared for by people who know me. From day one, DAY ONE, on GP I have felt welcome and one of the GP family. One reason I have worked to bring friends of mine over to GP is because I want to share this amazing community with them. Highly recommend this site.	10
Sun Sep 29, 2013 12:28 pm	powermuffin	This site is welcoming of all roleplayers of all levels. Staff is really nice and always willing to help people. It has a very calm and relaxing feel to it. The activity is consistent. I enjoy roleplaying there a lot and have made it my home. I never see any of the issues brought up in the bad reviews. I think those were just bunk reviews. Staff always plays with new members. Anyways, I HIGHLY recommend this site if you're looking for great roleplays! There is truly something for everyone here! http://guiltypleasuresroleplaying.com/	10
Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:25 pm	_Lacey_	Snide commentary is one thing, but when you are making people feel uncomfortable consistantly...you have to stop and consider whether or not this is the place for you to be. We have a policy in chat where you must stop the conversation if you are making anybody increasingly more uncomfortable. Because of this, we have been able to become the tightknit community that we are today. That aside, I read these reviews (from banned members, mind you.) and had to stop to consider...what is going on? As the site's owner, I needed to put things into perspective. Has this place really turned into something unpleasant, contrary to it's purpose? I went undercover. I created a username and popped into chat to stir up some trouble. I didn't get too much of a chance to do heavy trolling. I made negative comments about the site being dead. One of my members spoke up. "Oh no! These are the members that are usually on at this time...you'll like them, you shouldn't give up hope." I told them I was completely confused as to how the site is set up as well. I was immediately paid attention to by MewMint and Rav. Both these girls gave me tips on how to find role-plays. It's like you have an upperhand if you are a registered users. The only clique you will see here is the site as a whole. They tried to engage me as MUCH as possible to make me feel like family. It worked, definitely. My internet signal died. I came back as Lace. "Oh LACE!" Rai said. "Bunny (my undercover name. haha.) does m/m rps. You should talk to her." This community is truly an accommodating one. If you ever need any help, you will have more than a few willing hands to lend it to you. We also welcome suggestions and are ever-changing in a lot of areas. It's always been for the better. So if you are a troll, looking to purposely offend people, this is not the site for you! If you are a legitimate RolePlayer, interested in advanced literature, or even a game, GP is definitely the site for you. Come check it out for yourself!	10
Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:35 pm	Eliah	Ever since I heard about the site, I have been here since. I adore it very much. It is a great place to role-play, a friendly community, and relaxing. It has become my second home. I feel like a true member-- no, I feel like a family member in the GP family. It is nice to feel like you belong. Yes, there is sometimes drama, but the staff are friendly and try their best to make things work and make us members happy. The idea of the site is to have fun and feel comfortable. The staff works hard to make that happen. I am giving it a 10, because I love it so much. <3	10
Sun Jun 26, 2011 7:25 pm	Artemus	An RL Friend who is aware of my (somewhat limited) connection to GP asked once how the members become so close so quickly. I responded with this: "When you go to a site like Guilty Pleasures, you at first feel at shame, because everyone knows why you're there. But then, all at once, everyone's super friendly, because they're around for almost the same reason, and no one actually cares about what you prefer, what you like, we're all friends." I was referred to Guilty Pleasures by a friend, but had to stop showing up due to some real-life related issues. Unlike other RP sites which only stick to their members, I'm still contacted by GP goers, personally asking when I can come back. Not because I haven't posted in months, not because they have this good idea (even though they may), but because they miss me. The members here say such with legitimacy and confidence. I have never had a time where I wish I wasn't a part of such an awesome community, and I recommend it whole-heartedly. Sure, it can be awkward at first, but they---we all understand.	10
Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:21 pm	Duchess Carmella	Well, after being referred to by a friend to move to this site after the old one we frequented got too overrun by little kids, I found this move to be very fast & the transition was easy. It's become my new "second home" online & I couldn't have picked a better place to be.	10
Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:55 pm	Zalera	Great Community that is a lot of fun. Server upgrades soon, so things will only grow from there.	10
Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:31 pm	Faolan	Everyone here is great, especially the admin/mods. Unlike other sites, the mods here are fair and really try to help solve any issues that might come up and keep the drama away from others who aren't involved, instead of making a thread and ranting on about who did what or responding in an aggressive way to rants about them. This keeps our player issue thread completely empty, and the rest of the forum happy.	10
Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:07 pm	narinarikun	Guilty Pleasures is a wonderful site for those both new to the role-playing experience and to the more experienced people. Not only do the members welcome those who are new with welcome arms, but the staff is wonderful, kind, caring, and if there are problems surfacing in the site, they work fast to get rid of it and solve it. They do top-quality work. Guilty Pleasures is a small site, but that's not a problem. The members and the staff...it gives a fun and exciting roleplaying experience for both the noobs and the veterans.	10
Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:52 am	Riccros	Guilty pleasures is by far the best role play site i have come across. The staff and users in general are all very friendly and helpful, always more than willing to help get you around and show you how to do things. It's nice to finally find a site that is mature enough to do decent mature RPs without all the fuss of some other sites. But not only that, it is a great place to come make friends. Even if you aren't in an RP with someone, they are always someone around that is more than willing to just chat and get to know you. There is also plenty enough to keep every type of person happy. There is an art section and even contest for banners if you are the artsy type, and there are all sorts of different RP styles that you can always find a partner that suits your needs.	10
Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:34 am	ArcturusV	This place just fits like a glove. You find from the first moment that people are genuinely friendly. The community is fairly active in their chat, which helps draws you in pretty quickly. Considering it's a relatively small site there is almost always someone hanging around which is a very nice tough if you're looking for some quick and cheap entertainment. Most of the role players there are fairly dedicated and willing to give you a hand if you just ask. The only real downside to it is that it is still a relatively small place. If you're the sort of person that needs to have 20 Role Plays with 20 different partners posting all at once, you won't find it there. This is still a young site. At some point it may achieve that status however. If it does, and the staff continues the hard work they've put in now, you'll find it to be a perfect community.	10
Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:03 am	WickedBlackLace	Guilty Pleasures is not only jam packed with really good writers, but it is also equipped with contests to engage the members equally. The moderators are very open to perspective and will gain a full spectrum before making a decision. The problem solving skills as a community are impressive, and supplies somewhere you can Role-Play in peace as well as improve your writing. If you are a graphics artist, you can also participate in the frequent contests for the banner change and button/layout designs. There's a lot of friends to meet as well. It fulfills a great deal of desires. Most of all, just a ton of fun!	10
Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:55 am	StrawberryRaine	Friendly and fun community! There are a lot of helpful people on GP, the admins especially.	10
Mon Sep 24, 2018 11:00 pm	cadmium	hey, cadmium here! mostly just posting this in the hopes that the members i was rping with see, so if thats you please dont hesitate to shoot me a message! as for the site, i had (or was having) a spectacular time. maybe that???s because i wasnt aware of any of the site drama, or whatever, idk. i was, however, involved in some stellar rps and had made some wicked cool relationships with other members. i think the fact that this site was shut down without warning is absolutely heartbreaking. both myself and countless others have lost great stories and contact with other members, and there???s no telling if well be able to get anything back or reconnect with those people. its not my place to decide what an owner should do with their site, and its totally cool if shutting down is the best option for them, but i just wish there had been a little warning so that members could of made plans with their rp partners to continue their conversations somewhere else. a lot of valuable stuff was lost from this shut down, and its really bumming me out. hopefully the site goes back up for at least a little while so members can trade contact info with their partners and save their past work, and if not, rip gpr :,(	9
Sat May 20, 2017 6:03 am	Phoenix<3	Lady of Truth- I was there for the incident you are referring to, in fact it was me that was upset. I know you didn't want to name names but I want it to be known I got over it. I spoke to a staff member and asked them not to escalate a complaint. It wasn't ignored at all. Do please don't let that stop anybody from joining the site. I can't say anything that hasn't already been said and I gave it a 9 and not a 10 because I always believe there is room for improvement. If you want somewhere you can be accepted for you, roleplay and improve your writing, make new friends and feel sort of something then GP is the perfect place. I just wanted that to be known!!	9
Fri May 19, 2017 9:04 am	IruleU	I write with a saddened heart that my little ray of sunshine and our heart ambassador Sirencall has been mocked and called out because she actually asked for people she trusted to post a positive review of GP on this site. I'm going to write my own review but I figure I'll shout out about this first. Siren works hard for GP and puts the site first, before her own roleplaying which in my mind is crazy but it is her decision, shes a grown woman and should be respected. Yes she did ask people to post reviews, what business doesn't ask for consumer feedback, but she also asks for reviews on the site to, and if you are too much of a coward to message her directly where she can actually help you then in my eyes your review has no weight here. Deadhorse13 GPsux Both of you should feel ashamed at your behaviour. Now to review guilty pleasures roleplaying website. The site is run by a group of members who volunteer, personally all of them in my eyes deserves a medal which is great because on GP they have medals and it's a great reward system for members who write well, win challenges, participate in events or help the community. The members that run the site are known as staff, and there are also special teams who are I guess extra staff without the whistles. In my eyes each of them does something great. Someone below mentioned couriers, yeah GP have a newsletter for it's members, it's actually well put together and good when you have been away to catch up. If you are on the site and don't know about it, I'm sure Warlock or Siren herself will fill you in. The staffers I have most contact with are Siren, Sangra, Vices, Song and NinjaNerd. They are all hard working and good at their job. Yes GP does have chat, you don't have to use it. There seems to be a lot of opinion about politics, GP has a couple of debate threads, everyone can join in, but GP has rules and if you break them you get warned, unless it's an instaban rule. So the staff are always fair, I know it hurts them to ban people so get a grip, if you were banned, move on. You did the crime, suffer the time. If you are butthurt that much, contact an admin and ask to come back. The point of the site is roleplay, the members are great writers that I have found, and if you are worried you aren't great they even have a scheme of consultants to help you. GP has it all. If you like art, it's there too. Although for me, it's not a thing. I like polyvore though and they have a GP polyvore for competitions. Any site can always improve and the staff listen to suggestions, but this site is great and for me, it doesn't need improvement, but it does need members that don't backstab it. If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all.	9
Thu May 18, 2017 10:59 pm	klugario	So let me be perfectly clear I do not write reviews simply because someone told or asked me to, I do so of my own volition. I am not here to attack anyone or respond to anything. With that said when I came to GP I had been on other roleplaying sites with minimal to no success at finding writing partners or people willing to help me grow as a writer. At GP that changed, I got into the consultancy program where my consultant took the time to help me improve my request thread and my writing. Through some hard work and patience I improved, found partners and clicked with the community. That was all BEFORE I joined staff. Yes I am on the Welcoming committee, and I love it. Want to know more PM me there and I promise not to blow smoke up your ass. I feel like I belong to a community at GP, both before and after joining staff. When I took a hiatus due to real life biting me in the ass my writing partners, a mix of general members and staff all reached out to check on me. If you want a good writing community, can follow some simple rules(which are there for the safety of all), and a site that offers some extras on the side GP is it. If you have a blatant disregard for rules, want to just write smutty porn, and care not for a community then GP is not for you. If you made it this far kudos to you. Take care and best wishes to you.	9
Thu May 18, 2017 2:16 pm	The Great K(h)al	Guilty Pleasures Roleplaying is a site that is close to my heart. From the very first day that I've joined, I have been offered a warm welcome. You must know - I am a naturally shy person, and therefore I was very hesitant to approach members, especially staff members, at first. I always seem to need time to adjust to new places, but once I was being greeted and shown around GP, I already felt like I had signed up to a lovely community. And I was right. People on Guilty Pleasures are open-minded, friendly and always in the mood for a good laugh. You can see it is a close community too. Whenever someone feels down, there are a lot of members who are ready to support them and talk to them, like a very close family. Yes - Guilty Pleasures is a place to write and to roleplay, but they offer so much more than just the casual writing site. They do not only offer support and help regarding to improving your writing, finding new roleplay partners and offering a lot of inspirational events and ideas to keep your muse going - they offer the best friends you can ask for as well. I have been able to develop myself as a person, as well as a writer, on Guilty Pleasures. I can safely say I have grown as a roleplayer, simply because every member is more than willing to help you out! As a person, I have managed to grow because of the many chats and conversations I have within the community besides roleplaying. I can safely say that I can be the very best version of myself on the site, and I really wish for everyone, beginner or expert regarding to roleplaying, to feel so comfortable and accepted on a site like Guilty Pleasures Roleplaying.	9
Thu May 18, 2017 1:57 pm	Pikachu11	GP is both a wonderful place to write and a loving community. The boards are active and there are loads of amazing writers to RP with. The members are all nice people and I have found some amazing friends here. The staff are all lovely and they genuinely care for the members.	9
Thu May 18, 2017 1:47 pm	Smokindriver	As a writer of erotic literature, it is sometimes good to get awsy from novels and try out new ideas with other people. This has led me to start role-playing. Guilty Pleasures Roleplay is a great place to Roleplay. I enjoy writing and playing out stories. I like the people on the site. Most are very friendly and helpful. I have been on other sites where the communication between staff and users is nonexistsnt or almost like a dictatorship is in place. Here they have staff available at almost all times to answer questions or help out the writers. There are mentor programs for those just starting or needing some pointers. There is a matchmaking service for people needing help finding the roleplay and partner that is right for them. In other words the staff cares about the people and for the most part the members care about each other. There is an active chat session if you are into that. There are places to express your own work in writing, poetry and art. If you are new to role playing or an experienced one, you will find a place to fit in at Guilty Pleasures.	9
Thu May 18, 2017 1:17 pm	caligurl	Wow! >.> There are some really nasty people out her in the interwebs. I love Guilty Pleasures Roleplaying! i used to be a part of DreamRealms and the Writer Sanctum and let me tell you something, those two sites are so nasty! When I found Guilty Pleasures i found a site that actually has class! I dare all of you to go and find a better site! I can actually voice my opinions on Guilty Pleasures and be engaged in mature adult debates without idiots trying to lord their close minded opinions on me!	9
Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:34 am	Tatsukinoka	Seems like a decent site. Just so you know former members of yours Kalab and MissBaby1 have made the group Dream Realms Roleplaying where they have talked about your group on a constant basis.	9
Wed May 31, 2017 4:44 pm	MoonQuartz	If you gave a fuck then why are you being petty and writing fake bad reviews on a site only former banned members and former staff who didn't get their way to lash out? If you really cared you wouldn't allowed yourself to form cliques. If you really cared you wouldn't have quit in a huff then lie to other people who don't know that you requested your account deactivated. If you really cared, you wouldn't be doing all this. Stop being petty and grow up, Kismet and Lawliet.	8
Wed May 24, 2017 11:31 pm	atlas.	Just going to start off by saying that no one asked me for my review. I sought out this place of my own accord and decided to post something for myself. I am not a moderator of any kind and I've only been on GP for about a month and a half, so this review is commenting on what I've seen since I've joined. I did NOT sign up here with the same username I have on GP, not because I'm afraid of any retaliation (because that's stupid), but because I think reviews are best coming anonymously, generally speaking. - Staff: I have never had an issue with staff. Everyone whom I have interacted with has seemed welcoming and down-to-earth. The rules essentially boil down to "don't be a dick," and so if you can manage to not be an asshole on a day-to-day basis, seems like you shouldn't have any issues. I'm naturally a pretty grumpy person and even I have managed to never receive any kind of warning for my attitude, which as an adult I make an effort to keep in check. Honestly, it seems to me like anyone complaining about staff chastising users for no reason either 1) is a dick who likes to break rules and not get in trouble for it and then can't believe when they're in trouble, 2) didn't read the rules at all (reading the rules only takes a few minutes so honestly there really isn't any excuse for it) and instead of avoiding the behavior in the future, kept doing the same shit and was SHOCKED when staff didn't tolerate it, or 3) is butthurt because they feel discriminated against. Personally, I have never experienced any of this. I realize that my experience isn't the only "true" one and that some of the negativity spouted in these reviews may have some merit, but the rule-breaking thing doesn't seem too valid in my situation. - Cliques: The clique thing is real. I don't mean to say this 100% negatively, as people make friends and therefore want to talk to their friends and I can't begrudge them for that. However, when you're a newbie and you try to talk in chat, it completely depends on who's currently there on whether anyone will talk to you or not. I have had times where I said hello and tried to initiate conversation in chat and was completely ignored by the chatters, and there have been other times where I said hello and people welcomed me. It really just depends. This isn't an issue with staff or anyone really as you can't force people to talk to newbies, but admittedly it didn't feel great those times I was ignored. You really just have to take the good with the bad and realize some people are nice, some are clique-ish and rude. If I had to point out one thing that really annoys me, it's the dudes on the site. Straight guys on this site absolutely love to talk to girls and flirt in chat, just enough so they're technically not breaking the rules, but enough so that it's kinda gross to anyone else. Some of the girls will reciprocate and flirt with their favorite guys and... eh. It's just awkward. A lot of the guys tailor their talks and chat ONLY with users they KNOW are female. If you're male or genderqueer or ambiguous, good luck. The girls will talk with you, but getting straight guys to have a normal conversation is like pulling teeth. Don't get me wrong, I flirt a reasonable amount with both males and females as it's just my personality, but I know how to talk to people I'm not sexually interested in, too. Some of these dudes haven't learned that skill. - Events: You get an alert every time there is a new event, and yeah, it can get a little annoying sometimes. But considering that it's likely no one would know there's a new event without the alert, I don't care enough to complain about it like I've seen some people (mostly on GP) do. If you're not interested in the events, just ignore the alert and move on. Some people really do like participating, and without those alerts, they may miss their opportunity to do something new. Again, anyone who complains about this just comes off as a whiny child to me. - Forums: Non-RP forums don't get too much activity, admittedly. The Game section gets movement every day, but regular OOC threads typically die after a couple of days. Whether this is a bad thing or not totally depends on if you really like browsing through OOC threads. I kinda don't really care either way. - Roleplaying: Okay, here is the reason why I come back to GP EVERY SINGLE DAY. There are some fantastic roleplayers here and people with really great, wonderful ideas that are fun to work on. The RP forums are ALWAYS moving. Whenever I update and post on one of my RP threads, within a few minutes it's already pushed to the second page because so many people are replying to their own threads. I consider this a good thing. Sure, you have your amateurs who post rapid fire 1-2 lines and that's fine. I'm not one of those people. I'm a heavy roleplayer who typically writes 4+ huge paragraphs and does not tolerate one-liners, bad grammar, weak characters and plot development, etc. Even with my fairly strict requirements, I have never had an issue finding partners who could meet and exceed my expectations. After taking a many year long hiatus from roleplaying, GP has completely reawakened my muse and allowed me to entertain and challenge myself in the best way. Whatever issues one may have with staff (again, I have none but eh), or the OOC shit, what GP does best is the roleplaying. Considering that's WHY I joined the site, I absolutely love it. My roleplays are always a fantastic treat at the end of the day and my internal life has only improved from writing there. So, in summation, is GP perfect? No, but what site is? Every single RP site is going to have its internal politics, its cliques, its issues with whatever. But Guilty Pleasures is, first and foremost, an RP site, and I have never had any problems with finding great partners and roleplays. The vast majority of people I have met have been kind and welcoming, I haven't had any issues with anyone or with following the rules, and overall I enjoy the time I spend there. I think a lot of these negative reviews are probably blowing their situations out of proportion and to me a lot of them sound exceptionally bitter, but there will always be naysayers and complainers for anything. If you wanna write, GP is a great place to do so. If you want to get wrapped up in politics and nonsense that doesn't matter, eh, maybe go cause problems somewhere else.	8
Wed May 24, 2017 8:26 am	Meow.	I have debated for nearly a week on if I wanted to come on here and give a review because I wasn't sure anything positive I had to say about the site would even be heard, but seeing all this negativity about my home just breaks my heart so I have to say a few words. I have been a member of GP for nearly two years. In those two years I have been both a regular member, and a staff member, so I can see both sides of the coin. As a member, it's a bit overwhelming at first, especially if you e never been on a rp forum before. You have your groups of friends who have been around for a while, and yes, sometimes; when talking in general chat messages get pushed up and don't always get seen. I personally try to welcome the new people I see when I'm in there looks over at her hoard of newbies but sometimes I just don't see them. It's not me being intentionally malicious or rude, just a thing that happens. I feel that the members of GP are amazing at making new people feel welcomed. I have seen several consistently on walls, in intro threads, in chat, always ready with a warm hello and an offer to help. It is because of this community that we are as awesome as we are. As a Mod, I have also seen the other side of the coin. I have been "that person" to have to issue a warning, or report issues to the higher ups that resulted in a ban. I don't like it, but it's my job. I do it to keep GP safe from members who could harm the community and the members that I care about. We as staff members make the best decisions we can with the information we are given. With over 10,000 members it's going to be impossible to keep every single one pleased, and as badly as we want to believe it not every single member on GP is there with the intent to rp. The staff of this site work tirelessly to handle issues, and do so in a professional manner. We don't get paid, we don't get any sort of compensation for volunteering out time other than the satisfaction of knowing that we are doing the best we can to make our home a safe place for our family. Maybe I'm rambling and maybe my words don't count for much, but I am on GP with the same username as I use here. If you feel like you have ways that staff can improve things my inbox is open. I know that we have room for improvement, no place is perfect, but the hearts are in the right place, the intentions are good, and we genuinely love this site and our members.	8
Sun May 21, 2017 10:47 am	Styxx	To put it plain and simple. GP has it's good and bad's like everything in this world does. The role plays range anywhere from beginner to advanced, and you're capable of finding partners that suite your style. It may not always be quick, but it happens. Even if you aren't currently role playing you're capable of chatting away with the other members in the site chat, which is where I've seen most people spending their time growing closer to one another in the community. A majority of the members are nice, and others (like myself) are more asshole-ish. I log into the site just about everyday and have an inbox full of role plays needing responding to. Touching on the staff, yes they have those they like more but isn't that pretty much anyplace? You treat those you like differently, but that doesn't mean they are exempt from the rules. Some staff members are stricter than others, but they do what they can with the amount of members on site who tend to break their rules which usually ends in them being banned depending on what they did. Something that isn't the staff's fault when in the beginning they are encouraged to read the rules of the forum and post an introduction of themselves. Events and contests are held every so often as a way for the community to do something together, which sometimes they are a bit silly but it works. It's a great place if you want to write stories you're going to enjoy. Granted you will come across a bunch of people who long for smut based plots, so it may take more time to weed through those who are capable of actually giving you an enthralling story that you can't wait to reply to, over all if you're looking for a site to call your role play home, go for it. Those who bash the website are those who were too busy breaking the rules of the site and feel wronged for doing so. Either way give it a try and if you don't like it then just find somewhere else. Simple as that.	8
Fri May 19, 2017 10:42 am	Lady of Truth	When I first joined guilty pleasures roleplaying I gained so much confidence and my writing improved dramatically, then they changed the chat and the site did change. I still love it, which is why I am writing this anonymously, not to impact negatively on the site but because I hope the staff can then use it to improve the site. People are encouraged to go into the chat and I did. I felt like a goldfish in an ocean. No matter how much I tried to stand out and make friends even the amazing staff members who are pointed out to new members (in the welcome post it lists the colours the staff names are in) well even they have friendship groups and it is almost impossible to get anyone to see me. The best thing by far on this site is the wide variety of roleplaying partners and how much they do try to engage members. They even have a newsletter. Which brings me to my next point, the only person who noticed me was a courier and she was having a difficult time. The staff were asking two people to calm down their 'heated discussion' while ignoring her pleas to stop one member from joking about diabetes. She asked for it not to be joked about as she had been diabetic from a young age and she was ignored and left to handle this ignorant member by herself. I do think if you are going to use chat moderators then they should moderate properly and not just those that they feel like telling off. But that's not all the staff I did meet some really nice staff members when chat was quiet the next day. A suggestion maybe have some of the welcoming committee in chat so if someone new comes in and get swallowed by the commotion they have someone who will talk to them. I also found that when I did complain to somebody about the chat mod ignoring me being picked on by another member, (I was being started on and she just continued to play about with what I can only assume to be her boyfriend because they were too busy flirting). I had a member really going out me when they asked for an opinion and I said numerous times 'agree to disagree and let's move on' and he wouldn't and this specific chat mod just kept up her flirting and joking with her friend ignoring my obvious distressing situation. I went to somebody higher and did complain only to find out that mod had been promoted the next day. It didn't fail to miss my attention that the person she was flirting was happened to be a senior staff member too (Dark green). I don't think the staffing is done very honestly and I say that with a heavy heart because I've seen members who should definitely be staff and haven't once been approached even though they do so much for the site including writing a reviews on here and always defending the site and always helping members when it isn't their jobs to. They receive no recognition and that saddens me the most. I gave the site 6/10 because it is a good site and if you take what I have said on board it could be one of the best sites. Lady ~x~	7
Thu May 18, 2017 3:23 pm	ShadowLegion	It's been a while since I've been on GP, I'm not the most active member, but I think I've been there enough time to write a small review. Overall, I give the site a slightly positive review because it's a good place to be, and I like it. However I have serious issues by how it's run by the staff and how they seem to search for ways to bring more people into the site instead of fixing the problems with it that make people leave (Not dealing with conflictive members is the core reason.). It's amazing for roleplaying, and if you follow the rules (which are pretty acceptable), it shouldn't be a problem. Just try to avoid being conflictive with the staff, and please, don't be an asshole. And some feedback for the staff: be clear with the chat rules, set clear limits, or people will abuse chat roleplaying to infringe the rules and get away with it.	7
Tue Sep 25, 2018 2:29 pm	Deja_Vu	So to anyone that was RPing with me on GP my username was Dejavu_ I'm so disappointed to find out that the site has been shut temporarily because of some outside issues. People have lost their hard work and are unable to contact those who they had started something with. I really hope this issue is sorted as it's definitely not fair on the members.	6
Thu Aug 17, 2017 11:20 am	Dreadful_Knight	I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts, dee dilly dee dee...	6
Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:20 am	HeatherMcnamara	When I first joined GP back in July 2016 I had pretty high hopes. Everything seemed fine for the first month or so until I began to notice that the chat moderators were abusing their power in the chat room, and also not doing anything when things got really sticky. Most of the staff are completely useless, and often don't resolve anything. Many users on GP are actually underage as well, some being as young as 12 or so I've seen. However when you do find that out and tell a staff member the underage kid is generally banned if you provide proof. GP tends to be like high school as there are many cliques around the website, and should you dare speak about a single topic that some little snowflake isn't comfortable with prepare to get warned and threatened with a ban. Also I love how people on here are like, "Well we have 10,000 members we must be good!1!1!1!1" Yeah... When you don't delete accounts that have been inactive since 2011 they tend to pile up. Even when you beg to have your account deleted they won't do it. It's not about numbers, it's about quality and the staff make me want to pack up. The only reason I haven't left the site is because there are so many talented writers, but unfortunately the staff and constant "contests" and high school like vibe wreck the site for me. (Did I mention that if you block someone you can still see them around the site anyways?)	5
Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:03 pm	Respite	I have been there for few years and it all seemed quite nice, friendly people and all. But one day I got banned without notice for "supposedly" Harassment/god-modding/Complaint but I had only been talking to one person and RPing with, because others I was not interested with no RP compatibility. I swear, people have no backbone and cant be adults about situations. Maybe oh gee, TALK TO ME and confront me about the problem if there any real one, it be done and over with. I see this in most places, but GP banned me with no REAL clear reason and PROOF. You admins/staff on GP are so full of it, ofcourse you say only nice things about your conceiving site, because it is your site and cant give real FULL review. But I dont matter ofcourse, just like one person above mentioned, no one listens to the banned person's side of view. Go ahead and pick your favorites, and be sexist, and treat us guys as bad guys.	5
Sun Oct 13, 2019 9:02 pm	KiwixPop	I want to apologize to everyone who had a bad experience on GP. I allowed too much to happen that I never should have allowed. Then I just walked away. I'm sorry for all the drama and back stabbing. Some of the people who I thought were good folks were not. Nearly all of us staff members were manipulated by Lacey. Especially myself. It was once a good community. Some of the older reviews (Befoe 2017) were faked, however some of the older reviews, from Xavine, Roro, and a few others were true. I was there, and I took the wrong side. I'm sorry again. I hope you all have found better homes.	3
Sat Oct 24, 2020 4:18 pm	LaforetMu	I find it ironic that the latest and last reviews for this dead site are from members who had either high positions of power or were just desperate for the site's creator or admin to shag them and call them a good boy/girl. I'm coming to this two years late cuz I just got back into RPing and noticed that for some mistaken reason, this page seems to register the site as still being up, when Guilty Pleasures is most CERTAINLY dead now. Hilariously, the official twitter account still exists, but hasn't posted anything in two years. The last thing it posted was, ironically, a tweet saying that they're back, with new events. Oh, but we're not here to talk about the twitter, we're here to talk about the site and its wonderful, wonderful people. When I first came across the site, I thought it was fantastic. I'd been searching for an RP website like it for a long time. And I'd gotten lots of RPs done there, some of which were with players who I still remain in contact with to this day. I'm glad I found the site, because it introduced me to fun and amazing people, and I made lots of fun memories there. That's the only reason I'm rating it a 2 out of 10. Its a shame it went downhill pretty fast. Apparently this is a problem that the site was quite rife with, but nepotism was everywhere. Admins and other people in positions of power were toxic and confrontational. The owner of the site itself acted like a potential psychopath. I'd say she let power get to her head, but that's assuming there was much up there to begin with. So you might ask, why did I write this review, two years late to the party? Well to tell the truth, I just thought it'd be neat to air my grievances and finally have an outlet for them. Besides, who's gonna read this? The idiots who left 10 star reviews because they wanted their Queen to fuck them and order them around? The psychopaths who ran the site? No. None of them will read this, because in all likelihood, they're out there somewhere trying to regain some form of control, by making another site or even an RP server on Discord, trying to achieve that high of having power over other people again. Or they're all destroying each other in abusive, toxic relationships, ruining their own lives until eventually... poof. It all bubbles over, like a self fulfilling prophecy. Or maybe I just want to kick GuiltyPleasures while its down. Who knows and who cares at this point?	2
Sun Sep 30, 2018 6:40 pm	GH1	Guilty Pleasures...where to begin. Recently, I had been banned from GP's discord simply because I asked questions and posted my issues in their venting category (shortly removed before my ban). Naturally, Lacey didn't like seeing the truth shoved in her face and her team of suckup administration and moderators had to hide the evidence of their corruption. The admin make fun of banned members, often claiming those members were 'harassing' or 'cruel' etc. In fact, in response to when someone asked what had happened (with regards to my ban), one particular admin stated "Someone kept spamming accusations and questions when they didn't receive satisfactory answers. For three nights. Hundreds of times." If I gave enough of a fuck about GP, then perhaps I might have sent more messages; but I don't, and I sure as hell did not 'spam' nor send 'hundreds' of messages. The replies I did send might have seemed like spam, but in actuality were questioning the efforts and competency of the team. Administration and Moderators complain about how Lacey had been harassed, hence the shutdown of the site (which had been handled in the worst route managable). Yet, these loyal brown nosers harass banned members and threaten anyone who so much as disagrees with their views. GP used to revolve around a secure and positive atmosphere, or so I thought. But I now see how corrupt and disabled the owner and admin have become. I recommend to current members to collect the RPs when the site opens for read-only (if ever) and to get out. Never return to Lacey and her band of kiss assers, run. Because leaders do not keep their followers in the dark.	2
Mon Feb 05, 2018 10:45 am	alpha_wolfe55	There are many good role play members here, BUT, interact as little with the staff as you can. Though the site has a pretty interface, there is a seamy underside of which some staff members are a part. Chat has its share of drama, much caused by staff. If one is involved in such drama, the staff attitude is, we're sorry but it's still your fault. Bottom line, find some good partners, enjoy your time with them, but watch your back.	2
Wed May 14, 2014 12:01 am	CandyKittyCat	Was randomly banned some weird message. Staff is really rude and unapproachable. Members and staff don't seem to enjoy other people's opinions. I guess it's off to another site for me, not as if I'm losing anything there anyway.	2
Wed Oct 24, 2018 3:14 pm	Alien	@everafter and ragnarocker - Veiksed is another problem altogether. A massive power tripper who ruins sites by supporting trolls. I also had my doubts about how much money was really needed to support GP and how much of that money was being used to improve the site. Moral of the story - NEVER donate to forums.	1
Mon Oct 15, 2018 9:20 am	Ragnarocker	@EverAfter The initial cost of Xenforo was 300. It's 150 to renew Xenforo a year. Their server was free hosted by Vekseid. Most sites their size are 200 and under a year for server costs. Addons that are paid in Xenforo vary, but can range from 1.99-10.99. While I was tech for a year, they never bought a paid add on.	1
Sat Oct 13, 2018 2:58 pm	Ever After	So, I'm kind of curious, how much of those donations actually went to help building up the site I wonder. There was always a high goal to be met and other sites I've seen asked for maybe $50 dollars using the Xenoforo software. Seems suspicious to me. If the owner and staff can read and make fun of members 'private' messages makes you wonder about the money. Hm?	1
Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:42 pm	LockeCole	bahahahaha. ding dong, the site is dead. finally. make sure the owner and her drones are publicly shamed on other sites for all the bullshit they've pulled over the years.	1
Tue Oct 02, 2018 5:40 pm	Combat	@Locke - It's not just about censorship though is it? GP had a board called "Heavy Debates" this in itself is an invitation to discuss weighty issues. Obviously there will be people on both sides of the debate hence the word "debate". It seemed that there were two members Susan Scuro and The Dovah who are very Left Wing and enjoyed shutting down the threads and reporting members when the debate became unwinnable for them. The incompetent and biased staff of the site then set about harassing people with conflicting views and banning them. They didn't just achieve this via the debate forum. They also sent out questionnaires to members and would then ban them when they received unfavorable reviews and comments. The overall result of this was a site where people avoided the staff, avoided discussion boards and were just really wary of everything. Even the donations dried up and I would say that is probably the real main cause of the shutdown. It was no longer economically viable to continue with the site. TL:DR - Staff treated their members like shit. Members stopped being as active and stopped donating to site. Site closed down.	1
Sun Sep 30, 2018 2:24 am	Freedom Always	Updated for "Ever After" - I won the debate when I was banned. Susan couldn't come up with anything to prove what I was posting and saying was wrong. All she could do was squeal racism. Banning people on forums though is a waste of time. All I did was re-join and start my fight against bigoted, racist people like you again. In the end the GP closed the Political Debates site down because they, like yourself couldn't handle the truth. It was too scary for them to understand that many people have had enough of the PC Fascism. Did I insult the people who donated? Well, it seems according to Susan's posts that GP gave privilege to those who donated. Susan wasn't the only parasite getting away with this. Susan, "Islamophobia" is just a made up word, created by ISIS actually to try and guilt people into towing the line. Given the amount of crime committed in the name of Islam I would say that being fearful of Islam isn't a bad idea anyway. You couldn't handle the discussion on the site so you cried to the moderators and you got threads shutdown and people got banned. It is what you wanted. Oh Susan Scuro you knew exactly what you were doing. Claiming to be the victim even though nothing racist was ever said. It was the debate board for crying out loud. You just couldn't come back with anything to defend your beliefs with so you cried racism and people got banned. This in turn contributed to the discussion boards whether they be political or general becoming ghost towns because everyone was too scared or couldn't be bothered trying to discuss anything for fear of being banned. But you just keep on claiming victimhood. @ Ever After, I can't handle debate without insulting someone? Yet you come on and insult me? Hmmmm... sounds typical. I was unfairly banned, I had actually just written a response to a PM from one of the staff that I was discussing the situation with when I pressed send and got the banned message! The site was run by children who treated their members like children. They loved drama. I am happy it is gone.	1
Sat Sep 29, 2018 1:30 am	Susan Scuro	I was a part of Guilty Pleasures Roleplaying Community for about four years. There is a time when I would have rated the site a ten, but that was before I got to know just how messed up this community was, and how there is more drama then a High School play at G.P. Yes the site was last time I checked down again, and this has been like the fourth or fifth time or something they experienced 'technical difficulties.' I was a donating member who paid for a theme I never got if that lets you know how on top of the business aspect of the site the moderators were. It had been several months and I finally just gave up. It was obviously never going to happen. I was not staff, nor was I a special team on G.P. I wouldn't have associated myself with that site as a staff member if my life depended on it. I believe highly in being an ethical individual, and the ethics of the staff was more than a little bit questionable to say the least. I did cause some waves because I did not approve of certain members posting racist and Islamaphobic garbage in the heavy debates section. They eventually took it down last I knew about a year ago when I finally left this place after one of the fits of the site owners that led to the site being taken down. I am not responsible for any bans. If someone was banned for their poor behavior and had it coming I'm not losing sleep. I have made waves on other communities for not tolerating harassment of Muslims and other religious minorities. If the truth suddenly became that every Muslim is a terrorist, then that is some freaking news to me, and if you seriously think that, you are the one with the problem, not me. And there is a saying about assumptions, I'm not left-leaning in my politics. I just do not like racism and Islamaphobia which seems so prevalent in society along with stupidity. If you are wondering if this was the main reason I left G.P, although the staff was obviously supportive of Islamaphobia because they tolerated it in one of their staff members, I ultimately left because I wasn't going to trust my writing with people that shut down the site on a whim every couple of weeks and didn't have their stuff together as a role-playing community. This is far from the first time I left a role-playing community for Islamphobic garbage. Yahoo Groups heavily leans in that direction, and I had a big rather public spat with RPG Directory and Abaddon City over this same issue. I will not remain in a roleplaying community that is not safe, respectful and a joy to be in, and G.P has not been any of that for a very, very long time. If you return, you are a fool, because its only a matter of time before Lace shuts the place down again. I moved on a long time ago. I'm still kind of searching for a halfway decent role playing community. I will likely never donate to ANY community again after the horror show that was G.P. @ Freedom Always: You would be a better debater if you learned the definition of racist, and the definition of Islamaphobia. I am pretty certain that you were that one person in the debates section that actually debated, for several pages and not the one that posted the racist picture. I never once called you a racist. I called you an Islamaphobe, and there is a bit of a difference between the two. You never said anything racist that I recall, but your comments about Islam being a religion of terrorism, now if thats not Islamaphobia, than I do not know what is. And once again, I did not get you banned, your attitude, and persistently ignoring the moderators and rudeness, that is what got you banned. I never had the authority. I would have kept the forum up and let you continue your less than intelligent discourse for shits and giggles, but that is just me. There was other blatantly racist stuff posted in that section, but I didn't even have to report that, someone else beat me to it and it was promptly removed. It was not removed because I donated, it was removed because that majority of the people are intelligent enough to spot racism and to be offended by it, thus it was not permitted to remain on the board. For your information, I am a white woman, I am not middle eastern, so I'm hardly calling victim and foul here. That was another assumption on your part, and you know what they say about assumptions, assume anything and you make an ass out of you and me.	1
Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:41 am	Anon1	Out of curiosity, did I get banned or did GPR's Discord server (the only method we're allowed to find our partners) go down without warning too? For the record, I have never gotten involved in any drama. I only searched for my partner on the discord channel and voiced my opinion of how discord might not be the BEST way to go about finding partners. Still, it was the only thing we got, and I accepted/appreciated that. But now what? This is terrible, and literally THE WORST handling of anything I've ever seen ever. To the owner and admins of GPR, what the hell? No amount of words can express what I feel. It's just....... Wow. -.- I'm crying inside.	1
Wed Sep 26, 2018 12:55 am	xWickedBrackRace	I accept Queen's subordinate as my humble xWickedBrackPrince. Please be mine forever and ever.	1
Tue Sep 25, 2018 5:26 pm	DragonsAsses	Cracks knuckles Get your cups ready ladies and gents cause I???m about to spill all the fucking tea. First things first. I???m sorry to everyone who lost stories, artwork, partners, anything during this entire mess. However, you weren???t the first. How many times has this site gone down now without warning? Without so much as a peep from Lace as to what was actually going on. How many people get banned after it pops back up because they, rightly so, wanted to go to other sites and find their friends. Dozens? Hundreds? More? Now, let me explain something to you. These ???technical difficulties.??? Are bullshit. Plain and simple. What really happens, is someone on staff, has an opinion that differs from Lace, or they try to voice concerns to Lace about people who are abusing their power, or not doing their job, or who are legitimately breaking the rules, and because these people are ???friends??? with Lace, or because these people donate money to the site, or because she???s on their dick, these people can get away with it. While the person who actually wants to make a difference is often accused of starting drama, ???being toxic???, ???not here for the right reasons.??? Or a million other things. The staffer who opposes Lace will do one of two things. They will resign, or they will stand up for the site and the members only to be banned without reason, labeled as toxic (and any friend associated with that person is liable to be banned as well, you know, guilty by association) and then the bad behavior continues. And then Lace throws a tantrum and turns the site off. Read the reviews! As far back as 2011! There were reports of drama, favoritism, staff being tyrants! The ONLY thing that hasn???t changed is LACE! Do you honestly believe that SO many people are just this spiteful and hateful!? Really? What???s more likely? That more than 30 people left staff because they are jealous of lace and want her site? Or that she???s a controlling, manipulative, bitch who will hold the site over peoples heads to get her way? I???ve seen it! I???ve been in the chats where I???ve had to ???pledge my loyalty??? to her and the site in hopes that she would bring the site back up for its members. I???ve literally cried myself to sleep o we this god forsaken site and her constant harassment, bullying, and gaslighting. Lace is toxic person. She will make you feel like her best friend but as soon as you do something she doesn???t agree with you will become expendable and she will throw you under the bus the first chance she gets to save her own ass. NOTHING is ever her fault! Ever! She refuses to take accountability for her actions. I personally hope this site stays down for good and you all can find your partners and start over on a new rp site. DOWN WITH THE BLOODY BLACK ???QUEEN???! Your reign of terror is hopefully over!	1
Tue Sep 25, 2018 2:03 pm	Matsu	Queen Black Lace, sounds pretty tyrannical to me. In no way, shape, or form is anyone her subject. To say, "Many of you have pushed her away with your hate and imaginary fears. The result of this is the loss of your stories and friends," is manipulative. You've executed punishment on an entire website for the actions of a group of people. Again, there are people who had absolutely no involvement in this pettiness that is being punished. Lmao it's funny because when you scroll down and read previous statements you'll find people who were asked by staff to come here and write a positive review. And that's because this page teems with negativity. This place is run by delusional adults who don't want to face the reality of their problems, who find it much easier to ban you rather than sort through the issue head-on. The drama is ridiculous. This site has not, and I highly doubt ever will be, stable. Regularly occurring shutdowns are not stable. Sorry to all the people who had to deal with this, because the kids couldn't play nice.	1
Tue Sep 25, 2018 9:45 am	Maeviya	Let's say this first I have no ties to the admin staff as I not once have interacted with them, I do however have a bit of experience with running large community sites, harassment, doxxing and stalking. I also have an idea on how to shut down a site the right way in the age of GDPR compliance laws. First of all, most members have no idea what is going on and what drama might be in the background, punishing them seems a little heavy handed. Now with the new laws in the EU any website that catered to EU users, even a hobby site had to make sure they are complying with GDPR rules and regulations to be viewed and cater to EU users. When you shutter a site you are supposed to give advanced notice so your EU customers can retrieve ALL of their data from your site AND then manually delete all traces of their accounts, personal data, posts etc from your website. Just you telling them oh the site will be deleted, the database is going to be wiped etc etc is not going to cut it. The moment you made your site available to EU users after GDPR came into effect you agreed to this. I work with a variety of website clients from the US and some elected to bar EU clients from viewing their sites and services as they did not wish to comply with those regulations. So please think about how you can do this right by your EU customers or they may very well come after you in a legal arena. Now on to the anecdote. Many years ago I ran a forum with thousands and thousands of users, a gaming forum, so as a female owner I was open to some pretty nasty treatment. Eventually after about 2 years of abuse it got too much for me, I got doxxed and I decided to take a step back, all sorts of nasty stuff was spread online so I gathered my team and handed it over to someone that was going to be able to put up with those that want to harass and argue. At that point my emotional fortitude wasn't the greatest. I picked up a stalker on my way out that I had to deal with online and off for the next 5 years, not an ideal situation but in the end I did not punish my entire user base for the actions of a few. Now as a member on GP I made some great connections there, I have luckily found all but one of them on other sites since yesterday, but losing my work and the contact to someone I rather cherished as writing partner and discussion partner, yeah it sucks, I hope I will stumble over him elsewhere. Our story was called Equilibrium and his username was Saren. (or something very close to that I am terrible with names)	1
Tue Sep 25, 2018 12:58 am	FallIntoDepravity	Having recently just returned from a hiatus, I was excited to get back into the swing of things. I don't think I can express my disappointment to find out that after typing out my entire search thread and posting it up, and after getting a few lovely partners who I have started wonderful stories with, the entire website just shuts down without any notice, because of some drama I didn't even know about? I'll be honest and say I don't know much about the staff, but I loved the community, the regular members, and even the admins didn't seem bad to me. But to have the website just close down like this is unfair to so many innocent people who now have their hard and beautiful work lost forever. What's worse is we can't even get in contact with the very partners we had come to know and love. It's depressing that this happened and it's also a very selfish/inconsiderate thing of the owner to do. I hope that the site can at least go back up to allow members the chance to get all of their writing back again, and a chance to get in touch with their partners from that site for some closure. I apologize if I sound rude, but I'm a little upset, and I believe rightfully so. Also, my username is the same here as it is on GPR so I'm hoping some may be able to find me. If not, then well... it's been fun and I hope to find my partners somewhere else.	1
Tue Sep 25, 2018 12:01 am	Jekyllhyde	Guilty Pleasures, otherwise known as a toxic cesspool. The biggest problem is the person who is supposed to be in charge. An owner who could have five or six paragraph's of her own, explaining why she is completely and utterly unfit to have internet access, let alone run a site. But I'll try to keep it short and sweet. The owner is not unlike the big bully on the playground, and that's what it felt like when I was on this site: I was in grade school. No one cares about your outside drama, it has nothing to do with the members using the site. The moment you let personal interference come between someone who had nothing to do with it and their work, you've failed at maintaining professionalism. Work to keep your private matters, private. Instead of putting everyone's content at risk. People don't want to stand on a rickety bridge. They want their writing to be safe. Huge heads up, don't try to speak out against any of the admins or--God forbid--the owner herself. You'll find yourself banned quicker than you can blink. This doesn't mean you have to be malicious, simply question what they're doing and that'll be enough! Trust me, there are much better roleplaying sites out there. Ones without this kind of childish drama, where you don't have to worry about backing up your stuff. Ditch the tyranny, babes (hope everyone will eventually be allowed to move their stuff).	1
Mon Sep 24, 2018 10:20 pm	SerenityAlec1	SerenityAlec: This was my username on GP, so if you were roleplaying with me, please message this account here. For the review: I really liked GP. I was ignorant of all the admin issues, probably because I was gone for two years and just came back a few weeks ago. I would have given it a 9 if it were still up. Yay.	1
Mon Sep 24, 2018 2:28 pm	Mistaken	Once upon a time GP was great and somewhere I genuinely enjoyed spending my free time. Now? Quite honestly I'd give it a 0 if I could. The only thing that makes this place somewhat tolerable and enjoyable are the other members. If you actually enjoy writing without any hiccups or drama, I strongly encourage you to find a place to write elsewhere. A majority of the staff members here ruin the true pleasures of Guilty Pleasures. It's best to stay off their radar or you risk being punished without any room to defend or explain yourself. These people preach fairness and that their focus is for the member, but I will assure you it definitely is NOT. It's all a show they put on when they absolutely need to or if something goes wrong. The staff here has to be some of the most ridiculous and childish group of people I've came across. They will not communicate with you truthfully and they give out false statements like they're candy. They always find some way to blame someone else for their mistakes and can never own up to anything. The owner of this page is manipulative, ungrateful, condescending, contradictive, unappreciative, and starts treating you like a pile of manure the second you stop worshiping the ground she walks on. The vibe in this place is not what it once was even a year or two ago. The people given power currently are going to kill this site, even if it's the last thing they do. For anyone that was involved in the most recent "technological issue" scandal with GP... You deserve the real details and truth of the situation. You should be aware that it all started because the owner disregarded all of her current staff/admins on the team and allowed two inexperienced individuals to attempt at moving the site to a new server. People whom she claimed she trusted and said they knew what they were doing. (One of these individuals was also being pinned for inappropriate behavior) At this time one of the current staff members extended an offer to move and host the site for her because they had experience and knowledge on how to do so. How were they treated? Like a threat. Lies were spread and it was said they were trying to break in, claim power over the site, and remove it. During this process none of her staff were kept in the light and most of which were relieved of their spot or banned for trying to stand up for the truth, each other, and the members (Whom were also kept in the dark most of this 2 weeks) It also needs to be made public that at one point the owner stated she didn't care about the site anymore. I repeat... DID NOT care about it OR working to allow anyone to log in to retrieve their content. Some of the people banned during and shortly after this happened still have NO explanation or legitimate reasoning for their banning. Speaking of banning.. These people will ban whomever they want, for whatever they feel like. If you did nothing wrong, they will find a way to piece together a "reason" without any evidence. Getting in contact with any current admin is a process in itself.. or if you do, they undoubtfully will NOT engage with you. Once you are banned, they don't care and you don't have a valid argument. These people have absolutely NO valid reasoning skills and won't reason with anyone. Your PM's are not private and even having a presence on another site makes you a victim to these vultures. They will snoop and pry until they can come up with some lame excuse to shoot you down. Sometimes the ones in power even browse PM's for their own entertainment. They will try their utmost hardest to make you sympathize with them and play the "woe is me" card on any issue that arises. These people are rotten to the core and need to be called out for what they truly are. The list could go on, but I think most of these reviews speak volumes. It is a waste of time and you risk losing any hard work you spend searching for partners and making content here.	1
Mon Sep 24, 2018 12:50 am	Auditore	I'm using the name I go by cause I'm not scared and frankly don't care anymore. Now where to begin... hmm wow... well let's see when I first became active in gp I actually considered it a place that was friendly and the staff was decent but now I can see what it really is about. Granted most of the reviews are truth and some are lies. So let me clarify which is which, coming from someone who has been on both sides. First off the staff, yes while most of it is true let me say that it's not completely true as some of the staff were actually decent people and did care for the community and I said were is because as the last "technical error" gp encounter, ended up losing most of those staff that cared for the members leaving behind the ones as most reviews have stated hungry power clich?? children who care of nothing more than those who stroke their egos. So yes what most have said of avoiding staff, if you're there I'd take word and avoid them all completely and if you have a problem it's best you avoid trying to get the issue solved because let's face it half the staff team isn't active and those who are probably don't have the power to help you anyways. Secondly... the community itself, or gathered what's left after Lacey and her childish crew have gone on mass banning sprees because people want to stay in contact with each other. But aside from that before it was actually great and many I considered MY members because they were and I cared for them greatly. The truth of the most recent "fall out" in short, Lace disregarded advise from admins she hand picked and trusted and allowed the more current admin (before that a tech) who had no clue as to what he was doing and eventually brought the site down for two weeks and when she was called out on discord she pulled that too leaving members scrambling around looking for one another. In a last attempt as admin and knowing full well what I would do would bring a ban to my name I sent people to different sites in hopes that they could find one another. Yes eventually gp returned and bans for thrown around like candy being passed out on Halloween, and instead of taking blame she decided to spread lies about an admin saying he disclosed emails and the like to another site which if anyone knows anything not only about him but the software that Gp is ran on they'd know that it was impossible as only super admins could access acp, to which he didn't have and none of the others had either Cept Lace and her new flavor of the month. So if you like having your private messages gone through without PROBABLE CAUSE, or like knowing that you could lose all your work because someone had a temper tantrum then guilty pleasures is the place to sign up to... if not then you're more than welcomed to message me and I'll direct you to a better site Enjoy yourself Lace, I once considered you a friend but now you're nothing to me.	1
Sun Apr 01, 2018 3:33 am	Spirital	First off, allow me to echo the previous reviews. GREAT people [except for anyone in any sort of power there]. 10/10 people that I would hug and enjoy any day of the week. Everyone that isn't in power on that site is lovely and are really worth a roleplay or two! Now. The reason I wish I could just get the site downed forever: The staff. The staff are worse than a concentration camp. Say one wrong thing and then your head is on the chopping block. If you like to do historical WW2 RPs then this is the place for you. The people in power really do not care for their members and will show no level of professionalism. The minute that the head of GP steps down and gives it to a whole new tree of administration then it will be safe to return. Yet for now, find water elsewhere brother.	1
Mon Aug 07, 2017 12:50 am	Tex Cymbal	What can be said about this site that hasn't already been said? Out. Of. Touch. The staff are very out of touch with their members. As you can see by the posts here a staff member even attempted to solicit positive reviews and it backfired many times over. Last month GP managed a total of $50 of a $300 target for the month of July. So far this month, and I am posting this on the 7th August, they have achieved zero. Watch them inflate those numbers once they see this though. I guess when you have an obsession with banning conservative members in particular and cater to broke Leftie college students you will struggle for donations huh? They are very "Ban happy" and manipulative. Often they will encourage people to tell them more only so they can ban them when they don't like what they are hearing. They are also very juvenile. The competitions and many of the rules are grade school. Not to mention they don't adhere to their own rules anyway. Some great RP's on here but the site is run by idiots. Just don't bother with this mess of a site.	1
Sat Aug 05, 2017 3:32 pm	Faeble	Recently I was banned from this site for voicing my concerns in chat about rules and having questions. I was told repeatedly by the staff to "fuck off" or to "shut the fuck up" I was told I was being a troll when really all I wanted was clairification on a rule. I do not recommend this site to anyone as the staff are very unprofessional and rude. They don't answer your questions and when you ask them about a rule you get banned. There are other websites out there that are better and who's moderators aren't ban happy assholes.	1
Sat Jul 01, 2017 5:30 am	Vyvyan	I was chatting with Siren Call who practically begged me to tell her why I didn't feel at ease on their site. So I told her I was harassed by some members and then I get cautioned by one of their feral moderators! I was also met with hostility by other staff when I simply asked a question and was trying to have a chat with them. I was civil and friendly at all times. So I respond to Siren Call and the next time I log in I see that I am banned! The reason? It stated "Spam". Given I barely posted and only had 1 partner which I kept in PM. I can't see how I spammed anything or anyone! Very insecure, angry people on this site. Working a treat too, for the month of June they only reached 44% for their little funding drive. I wonder why!	1
Thu Jun 15, 2017 7:58 pm	Meister	Had some problems on this site recently. I was advised to contact a Moderator. The problem is I saw that the Mods and Admins etc write some really nasty, narrow minded and rude things on here so I didn't feel comfortable contacting them at all. I was also advised they have an "Ethics" moderator or whatever title they call themselves. Ethics? As I read the comments here I see that the GP staff have solicited reviews, have bashed people who disagree with them and even banned anyone that criticize or disagree with them. If the Ethics officer knows about these things than they are doing a very poor job. But then knowing what these sites are like they probably make up their own version of what Ethics is anyway. Getting back on track, as I said I had some problems on the site and as I did not feel comfortable talking to anyone, I did the only thing I could do. I left.	1
Wed Jun 07, 2017 5:15 am	Siren Call's Shame	This is the only account I have Hands2Myself, perhaps if you don't like hearing all the poor reviews you and your cohorts should step down and let adults run the site? I have to admit that given your team have asked people to provide reviews it is a bit rich that you attack others about false accounts! Siren Call herself a couple of posts down mentioned that no one was being attacked for bad reviews here. Not only does she lie but you also help prove her wrong as well!! Siren Call also asked me to write a positive review for the site. I find it interesting that Hands2Myself who keeps changing his review to defend against the latest negative review has also posted yet another poor excuse. So this site doesn't ask to verify email addresses? You still need an email address to join though, right? So he implies that the negative reviews are fake but the positive ones by staff and the positive ones solicited by staff are ok? What about all the people who were asked to post a review by Siren Call? Are they fake too? He even goes on to attack RP Gateway itself because he doesn't like what he is hearing! Awww poor baby, it's everyone else's fault! If this were GP they would ban him just for saying that. I guess RP Gateway aren't as delicate as GP. I don't think the Crew at GP are very smart at all. They prove the case against them time after time. I also like the comment below about GP airing their dirty linen in public. It is so true. This discussion is happening here because they ban members who disagree with them. They even ban members who just voice an opinion they don't like. As evidenced in this thread, the Crew get very defensive and react rather than take a step back and see that they are the cause of all the problems on the site. I'd say this on the site itself, but you would of course, ban me. I don't trust Siren Call at all either, or any of the Crew members.	1
Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:12 am	guiltypain	Another person here who was asked to write a positive review because the admins are frightened of the reviews that are coming on here. Problem is they are all true. There are cliques. There is constant bickering. No-one really trusts anyone anymore. And as a member it's exhausting. I don't like being here anymore. We're all just spectating the bickering and pain going on in staff. Between Lacey's bi-polar attitude to the site and randomly shutting it down when she gets upset and Kiwi doing the same, we're all just spectating and waiting for the day she shuts it down again because she's upset. This site used to be welcoming. But now it's just over administered, with about 20 staff doing a 'wall push' to try and make your profile look good. It's not genuine. And the personality that made me come here in the first place is just gone. And I can't see any way of it getting better.	1
Mon Jun 05, 2017 8:47 pm	lost boy	Updating my earlier review in response to Siren Call, No SC, the mods and admins aren't members. They are parasites who drag the forum down. Many people have stated that you asked them to write reviews, some of those people gave a 1. I think it speaks volumes that GP are airing their dirty linen on this site. Why wouldn't they just speak and listen to their members on their own site? I will tell you why, No one trusts them!! In the Heavy Debates section, I have seen the same boring Leftie go on and on about their own politics and when anyone dares challenges them they are warned, privileges to the board taken from them and eventually banned. Does that person donate a large sum of money every month? Why can't we discuss Islamic terrorism? Because the truth may offend some? Asides from that as stated by many people below, the staff aren't consistent and they lie constantly. There is an appeals process? Why would anyone bother using the appeals process when they are lied to, ignored and then banned mid conversation? The site treats it's members like little children. In fact even the contests are very child like and patronizing. I have to wonder if the people who run this site are even adults. "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."- Maya Angelou Perhaps GP staff should take their own quote and apply that to themselves rather than flood the review thread with solicited reviews? If you don't like what you are hearing from us than actually start listening to what you don't want to hear. When you look at the negative reviews for this site they are all pretty much saying the same thing. * Staff bully and harass. * Staff are non neutral. * Staff like drama and will create most of it. * Staff lie. Proven in this review thread. The discussion boards are empty. * Staff will protect members they like even if members are trouble makers. * Staff will pick on outsiders of their cliques. * Staff will ban people rather than talk things through. * Staff ignore and can't handle feedback and criticism. * Members don't feel safe to voice their opinion on the site. * Members don't trust the staff. In fact, the staff who have posted here (They are the ones giving 10's) prove that as they will attack people who have given negative ratings. How about you actually start listening? I would really love to say this on the site but I don't trust them either. What makes this site great is the members, it has a great range of RP types and it strays away from the usual porno crap that many other sites have become. There is smut but it comes with a story line more often than not. Why does it suck? The staff are idiots. Really they are and there are too many of them. I don't even know who the big boss is on there for the types of staff they have running about and the staff get confused by each others roles as well. An overly complex site, run by children who love drama. Could be great but won't even be average until they cull their current leadership team.	1
Wed May 31, 2017 7:51 am	LayerCake	Cliques, distrust, fake reviews, and staff that have no idea what they're doing. That's what this site is. Do you believe any of the positive reviews on here have been written honestly when all the staff have been asked to go and write positive ones to try and boost the ratings? Have you had the misfortune of talking to the double sided personality that is Lacey, the site owner? A person whos so riddled with paranoia that she changes her answer every 30 seconds and tries to please everyone? Make no mistake, she is the worst part of this site. She is the single reason staff are leaving, because nobody can trust her. and not a single member of staff knows what they are doing. On the subject of staff, there are too many. Everyone has a job, no-one can agree, and most are a bunch of pathetic, pretentious children, lead by the biggest child of them all. That's what this site is. It's so bad that people are asked to write fake reviews to get it higher than a 6.5. Over-moderated, under-run, and lead by the biggest child I've ever spoken to who can barely put her pants on in the morning. Go find a better community. One that isn't run by fear	1
Wed May 24, 2017 3:33 am	Cuckold	As someone who works in customer service for a major bank. I can tell you that we spend a lot of time looking at customer complaints to try and analyze and improve our service and reputation. We may not like everything we hear and read but we do take the complaints seriously. We also look at them objectively to see where we can improve. It makes me cringe when I see the GP staff and some members on here attacking those who have given negative reviews. Do you not understand that every time you do that you are proving your detractors right? Not one of you have actually said "Sorry you see the site that way, lets have a look at your complaints and see where we can improve". @Atlas - They sound "exceptionally bitter"? Well so would I if I were banned whilst still typing a response thinking that there was a discussion in place. That is so unprofessional as it were and rude. This is another example of how the staff lie too. They tell you one thing then do another. @vyxen w - You were knocked back as a mod? You probably had too much sense. Blaming the people who give bad reviews though actually makes you look bad. To those who complained it is not a political site, sure. But they do have a board called "Heavy Political Debates" what does that mean exactly? If they don't want politics then get rid of the board. @Klugaro - You are a mod on the site. And if no one asked you to write a review why did you say that no one had to ask you? As others have mentioned. This site could be so great. It really could but you just don't feel "safe" on there. And you just don't want to talk to the mods at all.	1
Sun May 21, 2017 4:54 pm	sea vixen	As you can see Silent Siren has made a desperate attempt to try and solicit some positive reviews for her site. And as you can see in many cases it has failed. I guess it is just too easy to listen to people and accept that the way they do things on here isn't so great? And when you read their own reviews and responses you can see that they think they just can't ever be wrong. They push the blame onto others and even choose quotes from terrible writers without realizing that those quotes apply to them. So yes as Lost Boy said, you get the same complaints over and over which I will paste at the end of my review. You also get the same tired and blame shifting responses. If you are going to join this site than just post your request thread and keep your stories private. Don't get involved in anything (pretty easy as no one chats on the boards anyway). And stay the hell away from the staff. Even the intro boards are sad. The staff post idiotic questions that make you wonder if they are serious or taking the piss out of new members. So Lost Boy's observations below... When you look at the negative reviews for this site they are all pretty much saying the same thing. * Staff bully and harass. * Staff are non neutral. * Staff like drama and will create most of it. * Staff lie. Proven in this review thread. The discussion boards are empty. * Staff will protect members they like even if members are trouble makers. * Staff will pick on outsiders of their cliques. * Staff will ban people rather than talk things through. * Staff ignore and can't handle feedback and criticism. * Members don't feel safe to voice their opinion on the site. * Members don't trust the staff.	1
Thu May 18, 2017 9:34 pm	Saxon	Ninjanerd quoted one of the worst "poets" of our time below. Again you see that they try and put the blame on their members instead of using some introspection. I was asked to provide a review for this site presumably because they were getting lots of negative reviews on here which I totally agree with. Reading the negative reviews makes the site so much clearer now. I can see why the discussion boards are empty. Why everyone keeps to themselves. You just can't trust the staff at all. I mean look at what they have done! They have requested people flood this thread in the hope that they can get some positive reviews happening. And it has failed in some cases. Ninjanerd didn't even post the actual customer service survey below. You can't even trust them for that much! I didn't fill it and I don't use this name on the GP site. So I will fill it out now under the safety of anonymity. 1. How did you find Guilty Pleasures Roleplaying Community? Google. 2. What made you join GP? Hoping to find a decent RP community. Oh well, will keep trying. 3. Were you referred to our forum by a friend/member of GP (if, so add their name here so they can receive a community growth award) No. 4. Do you know of anyone that would be interested in joining Guilty Pleasures Roleplaying Community? (For referring friends that join our forum, YOU receive a Community Growth award, and/or special medal for referring 5 or more friends that join Guilty pleasures) No and I don't care about your medals. 5. Name your favourite part of the site? Role playing. 6. Do you take part in any events on the site? No and the aler If so, which are your favourite? ts for your contests are annoying. 7. What would you like to see more of on the site? Just role playing. Discussions would be good but impossible under current regime. 8. If you had an issue or problem, if there a staff member you are comfortable speaking to? If no, why not? No way!!! I honestly believe that the staff would attack me just as they are attacking people on this thread. I also believe they would bully and harass as well as escalate the situation in the hopes of being able to ban me. You have made your beds, you can choose to listen to feedback even if you don't like it or you can ignore people and fight them as you are doing here. 9. What one thing would you like to see on GP? Open discussions and freedom. 10. What future events would you like to see on GP? Reduce the staff day. You have couriers now? What the? 11. Do you enjoy the competitions on GP? If not, why? No I don't. I don't care about them at all. 12. Anything else you would like to say or suggest? Yes, the staff are very angry and insecure. They can't handle feedback as proven on this thread and they can't handle the idea that when people care they want to be heard. The staff just want people to suck up to them and be submissive basically. Don't trust them. P.S Someone below attacked Morlock's post about Left Wing politics. No, it's not a political site but you do have a member who loves going on about Left Wing politics and they even have threads shut down and members banned. But that is ok isn't it? The staff are meant to be impartial and they are not. That member and the staff are a main reason why the discussion boards are empty. I wouldn't be surprised if you start PM'ing members to start posting discussions in there now just to make it look busy the same as they have done with the reviews below. Notice how they attack rather than listen to the negative feedback? This is what will make the site less and less busy as time goes on. Me thinks they protest too much me thinks!	1
Thu May 18, 2017 1:51 pm	Deadhorse13	so the heart ambASSador asked me to write something positive but let's be real here this place is a straight up joke and no amount of positive reviews can erase the fact that this site allows bullying, harassment, and unfair treatment to members unless you're in the "in crowd" you don't stand a chance	1
Thu May 18, 2017 1:24 pm	Fearfaktor	If I could give this site a negative 10 I would. It's a fucking joke. Save yourself the headache and go somewhere that isn't full of drama or a staff that thinks they are better than members	1
Thu May 18, 2017 1:18 pm	Gpsux	So Sirencall asked me to write a review for GP. I know I was supposed to say something nice but I want to be honest. If staff is willing to ask member states to lie and cover up negative reviews then what else are they hiding. This site blows and staff is the biggest reason why you can't even go into chat without being yelled at by a chat Mod who does the same thing, and you have to live in fear of having your account banned bc staff don't like you. Sorry to siren for not posting the review she wanted but there it is.	1
Thu May 18, 2017 1:04 pm	JadedJanice	I have been a member of this site for nearly a year now, and I will admit that when I first joined I was excited to find a rp website I felt I could call home. Now here I am almost a year later and I can honestly say that the site I used to love has seriously gone downhill and fast. The quality of members joining now makes it seem like they are desperate to shove people onto the forums instead of caring about the KIND of people they let in. (Anything to make that donation bar fill up faster.) They keep troublesome members around because they donate large sums of money, and the staff.....well that's a whole mother story. They aren't all bad. A select few I feel genuinely care and are nice to talk to, but then you have the majority who throw their weight around, bully the members and god forbid you try to defend yourself to one of the chat Mods (your account will be banned so fast.) They constantly ask for site feedback with surveys, but never listen to the actual feedback, and if it's negative.....account banned. The "events" are a joke, unorganized and half assed, it's not like they really care about engaging the community.Honestly the best thing to do on this site it to make a request thread and then take your rp to PMs and just avoid everyone else. I have to say I agree with what a lot of the other reviews have said. This site has the potential to be amazing but a majority of the staff are idiots. They can't get on the same page and honestly that seems to be a lack of management from the admins. Out of the 6 on the site only 2 are ever consistently around. The GMs are all over the place and none of them will ever give you a consistent answer, and the chat Mods.....well, best to just avoid them all together. All in all I say just avoid this site all together. There are far better sites with far less bullshit and drama.	1
Thu May 18, 2017 1:07 am	nothappyjan!	Never been banned from this site, never broken any of their stupid rules. It didn't matter though, my favourite writing partner was trying to give them some feedback and he was banned. Now, even though I didn't do anything wrong at all (and by wrong I mean, making the mistake of talking to the GP crew) I still suffered as they deleted all the threads he created. SO I lose my work too and if I wanted to keep that writing well, bad luck! If you join here, please don't give them the feedback they ask for so often. They don't like criticism or suggestions. They think they are great and the warmer they try to be the more fake they make themselves look. They also love their drama!	1
Sat May 13, 2017 11:57 pm	Lady Augustine	As others have mentioned. The Admins and Mods and all the other type of staff they have, and they do have so many types! Are deceitful and egotistical. They will send you a PM asking if you are ok etc and love sticking their noses into the members lives. They also fail to communicate clearly, you will get a PM saying that it is isn't a warning and that you haven't done anything wrong. Then you get another one saying you have been warned before! So which one is it? Not to mention they just make up the rules as they go along anyway. Also as others have stated, the discussion boards whether it be political or just general chit chat are dead. No one uses them anymore, even the games board is pretty sparse. The reason for that is there is a member called Dovah who complains and has threads shut down, members get banned. Same with the staff member Susan Scuro. They all abuse their positions. If you are going to role play here don't engage with the staff, don't post an intro. Do Nothing, Be Nothing, Say Nothing! That is the best way to deal with this place. It really is run by short sighted bullies. They are currently asking for feedback on the site, you give them some feedback and they argue with you!!!! Of course, you just cut it short, or not answer it at all because they have a tendency to ban you on a whim. Lousy site, run by lousy people.	1
Sun Mar 26, 2017 3:15 pm	Nathanyl	Siren Call a couple of posts below talks about how she was bullied on a couple of other sites and banned without discussion or reason. That is ironic as I was actually just pressing the send button when the "You have been banned" message appeared on my screen! We were still in the midst of a discussion!! How insecure are these people and how much hate and poor reviews do they want to generate? And why were they upset at me? Because I was trying to discuss Islamic terrorism and how it seems to be accepted in their "Heavy Debates" board. The board is called "Heavy Debates" for crying out loud! Also odd that they proved the point of my whole post too. These people have absolutely zero respect for their members and if you join up you will notice that people keep out of a majority of the boards because Freedom of speech does not exist here unless you belong to a few PC select groups. Not much role playing going on either which is another trend I have noticed. And I attribute the decline of Role Playing sites to these Admins and Mods who harass their members and generally treat them like garbage and yet as the below member said then hope they will donate money to their sites. They even sent me a survey on my very first day asking me about how I feel about the site. I hadn't filled it in yet as it was too early but I realize now that if I did say anything critical or negative they just would have banned me anyway. Not that the survey really allows you to say anything critical as the questions are all written in a way that prompts a positive answer. Another shockingly bad Role Play site.	1
Sat Mar 25, 2017 11:05 pm	kfir	Dreadful site!!! Most of the boards are dead and it's very easy to see why as staff will shut down serious discussions all because it doesn't suit their agendas. Staff will harass and bully as well then take away access to boards without even telling you. They don't respond either when you try and communicate with them. The role players themselves are very average and creativity is limited. I have been told playing for 10 years and I have noticed sites are becoming quieter and it's mostly due to poor management by the admins and their bullying mods. The funniest thing is Guilty Pleasures hopes people will donate to their site!! Give them a miss.	1
Mon Jan 09, 2017 12:24 am	morlock	Terrible site. They have an abundance of staff many of whose duties overlap one and another and even the staff themselves get confused by it all! Their moderators are Left wing and very biased often siding with trolls against people they themselves disagree with. Another useless RP forum.	1
Thu Sep 18, 2014 2:55 pm	LoriPantera	well once again it appears to be yet another defunct dead site	1
Wed May 14, 2014 1:22 pm	Thehiddenremains	Very unimpressed. Don't care to go back. Community is skeevy and staff is worse.	1
Wed May 14, 2014 12:52 pm	Sugarpuffcereal	Staff is shit, XWickedblacklace especially. Elitist wanna bes who get upset when other people move on, claim people are thieves, and then steal the ideas from the thieves.	1
Wed May 14, 2014 12:46 pm	The Thunderer	Shitty place, honestly. And Lace is a flaming cunt. Definitely a place to steer clear of. And if you have your own place, don't let them know about it. They will thieve all of your ideas and claim them as their own.	1
Tue May 13, 2014 11:30 pm	Roro.Rogue	Poor, poor, poor. Staff is uninvolved and lazy. They want the members to come up with everything and disguise it as 'members choice.' The Admins, Lace and Kiwi, do NOT hold themselves to the same standard that they hold you to. Below are some examples. I was banned for trolling (Which I was not guilty of). What it was, was I was mimicking their passive aggressiveness, and they got salty. But they couldn't ban me just because they didn't like what I had to say, they had to make up a reason. They were upset that I'd created my own site with a few friends who were also driven away by Lace's soul sucking tendencies and Kiwi's UTTER LACK of a backbone. Of course, this was not before Kiwi took the 150 she needed to get the layout they're working on right now. You're all welcome by the way. Wouldn't funnel any money into the place, it's a waste. This sparked back up because LACE attacked one of my Staff members FOR THE MERE REASON that she was staff on my site. She is petty, childish, and immature. Steer clear of her. Her chinless, characterless deceptiveness will drag you down HARD. Here are SEVERAL examples of the TRUE characters of these women. http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac158/theworldwasgone/Proofofyourdoublestandards_zpsb6d07fa0.png http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac158/theworldwasgone/Liars_zps67b9d4c7.png http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac158/theworldwasgone/example_zps8ba62d8d.png This was the nastiness she had to display to my staff because she chose my site, where she felt WELCOME over hers. [11:44:08 PM] MoribundOrchid: Why is it you seem offended? [11:44:46 PM] My Staff: I'm not offended. I'm perfectly fine, thank you. :3 [11:44:58 PM] MoribundOrchid: Okay. [11:45:01 PM] My Staff: I just figured I would remove you since we barely talk anyways [11:45:08 PM] My Staff: And Kiwi already removed me [11:45:28 PM] MoribundOrchid: Good. Saved me the trouble.	1
Mon Nov 14, 2011 2:44 am	Raivh	Bollucks. An edit, against my better judgement, but something in me won out. Just join ( www.guiltypleasuresroleplaying.com ).	1
Fri Aug 05, 2011 11:57 am	Xavirne	Originally, I loved this site. Everything about it was mature and welcoming. Then my eyes were opened and I was exposed to a whole new side of things I hadn't seen before. Yes, some of the members on there are amazing (and it naturally includes the ones I recruited over) but there are some members who are downright vicious. I was banned without a warning, nor was I given a chance to defend myself. I've been insulted, attacked, and used as a public display to show members what happens when you piss the staff members off. So, I was on staff. I was the Lead Recruiter. So, I, naturally, recruited my friends. The reason I got banned? It's simple. My friends, the ones I recruited, decided to leave as well. So I was called out on "member poaching." Needless to say, I don't want to get into that issue. WORDS OF ADVICE WHEN ON THIS SITE: 1) Don't say anything that could piss someone off. 2) Avoid contact with the staff. 3) Better yet, befriend the staff and get on their good side. You'll be golden. 4) Never argue with the staff. 5) Keep up to date on the rules, they change... a lot. 6) If you do get in trouble, expect parts of your conversation to be left out. 7) If you get banned, don't expect them to care about hearing your side. In other words, don't join. Save yourself the headache, the heartache, and the trouble. I've shed enough tears on this site trying to make it be something amazing. I finally got fed up with being degraded and told to keep my mouth shut. ++++ The original review ++++ Damn. I can't give it an 11 out of 10.... Anyways, I have surfed the web for a great many years in search of a roleplay forum that is both mature and civil. Guilty Pleasures has mastered this to the T. Not only are the people on here wonderful, but they are also 100% real. They actually treat you like part of a greater cause, where you name and personality are a key factor to keeping the site healthy. Most sites just think of you as 'another member,' but this isn't the case here. When you join GP, you become a part of the dysfunctional family. Trust me, you wouldn't want it any other way. These people have your back, make you laugh, and will be there to support all those crazy kinks of yours. I've never felt so welcome and loved. Oh, and for those of you worried about the "mature" aspect, don't be. It's not as bad as you will first think. Give GP a chance. Pop into the chat box and get to know the staff. They really make the join worthwhile. ++++ After thought ++++ As you can see, my views have changed. I joined back in the winter/spring and I was banned in the summer. If you're going to join this site, I can only wish you the best of luck. I pray you don't follow in my footsteps and make the same mistakes as I. I only wanted to see GP be a wonderful place that was inviting and friendly. I'm afraid my views on how the site should be handled were far too obscure. I wish I could return to apologize to old friends and to try to patch up the issues I created, but, with this ban in place, I'm afraid I shall not make a return. I can only hope this post has allowed you to see the pros and cons of the site. Weigh them against your own judgement and may you find happiness with your choice.	1
Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:01 pm	TiberiumDreams	This site is a joke. Favoritism is pretty rampant and there /was/ only one decent mod, then she quit because of the other mods and the admin herself basically brushing off new players for Regulars. One off color joke, one snide remark and you could find yourself basically being screamed at by the mods. It doesn't matter that the Admin is supposed to be unbiased, is supposed to get everyones side of the story. She flagrantly flaunts her power and will /ban/ anyone who disagrees with her. She doesn't follow her own rules and often brings problems with specific members to the chat box, Often displaying problems with members to every non-member on the site. Long story short? If you want to be humiliated and Told you're a terrible person because you might have even a slightly prickly personality, This is the place to go. 1/10	1
Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:56 pm	Vanity Evolved	Certainly a site to beware, as of late. I was one of the members since the beginning of the sites conception, and it's growth has certainly shown the direction it's going in. A regular crowd on the chat consists of about five to seven regulars, of which most are people in a position of power. The owner has had a horrible track record in judging character, including former mods who not only didn't follow their own rules (searching for lolita/underage roleplay, a banned topic) and another of whom personally attacked multiple members over a period of months. It took far more than twenty, or thirty offenses before finally, even the idea of reducing her power was brought up, let alone banning. Other examples include more drama revolving a sister site, and another favoured member rising to power, with no idea of how to wield it. Favouritism is an easy way to gain a ridiculous amount of power, in a very short amount of time. Public chat is highly moderated, with heavy bias towards regulars; a recently instituted gamer chat was added to accomodate the influx of gamer related players flooding standard chat. This now serves as a simple place to shunt any conversation not of the mods liking. Anything from comments on characters from fiction (the reason for this members banning? Implying that Harry Potter was a Mary Sue character), through to discussions on opinions on Elves will be shunted to this chat where nothing happens. Regulars are exempt from this, and mods are regularly uninformed of each other, or the rules they're supposed to follow. One mod was quoted as telling people to bring up problems, which were, and this led to a banning and a warning of disrespect to staff. Other examples include mods suggesting courses of action (such as asking people chatting to move their chat elsewhere), only to follow this up by another mod encouraging a temporary ban for any non-regular doing such. Said owner is now also equally distant, admittedly due to RL happenings, but even refuses simple requests such as taking down said members personal fiction and facial photos. To call the authority of the site a joke would be a grave overstatement; for those interested, one or two prime roleplayers could be found it you work your way into the clique, but for the rest, there's nothing more than subpar semi-literates and cliches abound. Join at your own risk. Also to beware: 70% of the 10's are from people with high positions within the site, and a lot spouting it's 'friendly community' are people who will ban you for having problems, rather than address said problems. It should be noted that even the owner of the site is now resorting to 10/10ing her own site, to maintain numbers (Lacey)	1
Tue May 24, 2011 2:53 pm	Ishu	Too much drama.	1