I'm making this topic here, because it does have to do with RP. Now, let me just start by saying this. There are problems with this game and we can all see them. I haven't been here long, but they're painfully obvious to me. The game itself, RP-wise, seems pretty good but unfortunately is pretty dead. But when you come to the forums, it's pretty active even though it's just a few people but it's a crazy mess with all the politics and issues. But how do we fix these issues?
For the forum, I'm a little unsure on how to fix it because people would just have to get along. But, why not extend an invitation out to the new players by putting reminders in the MotD? That's something that pops up universally for all players. I didn't even really know about the forums until I accidentally opened them while I was in the graveyard. It didn't really appeal to me before them so I never bothered clicking on it.
Another quick thing. The lack of MotDs. Last one was when the santa Neji event was turned off and because I don't know how to look back at the MotDs, I don't know when the one prior to the Santa Neji alert was. The lack of MotDs is a good indicator of freshness of this site. Even if the MotD is something simple like "If you want to get more familiar with the people playing, why not visit the forums?" or an inspiring quote/joke or something. Just something more often than once a month or more. Another issue is the staleness of the site, but that can only be fixed by introducing more players.
Another issue is the RP aspect of this game. I'll use an example from my actual life in this one. A while ago, I was stuck in the barracks because of crappy weather and a couple of nerdy guys in our company invited me to play Dungeons and Dragons with them. I figured since I already worked out and there was nothing to do with this weather, why not. I had never played it before, and never played it again, but I had fun. We had a crew of a Paladin, a giant dwarf, a middle-aged Japanese businessman who fell into a toilet wormhole, and a sentient bike. The thing was that we had fun, and a lot of it. We had a good game master and let the dice rolls control our fate. What I believe might be lacking here is the lack of creative freedom. That is unfortunately the nature of the site with it being based off Naruto, but why not extend those borders a little bit?
If someone wants to be something like a shinigami from Bleach, a mage from Fairy Tale, or a lizardman like Reptile from Mortal Kombat, why not let them? So long as they apply the Naruto rules, it should be alright. Example, the mages from FT. Each one has a gimmick, and can't really do much else besides that gimmick. If they follow those same rules and don't do a myriad of abilities, why wouldn't that be fair? If they chose to not have chakra and just use magic, then they close themselves off to the ability to use ninja skills. So long as characters aren't running around spraying Spirit Bombs everywhere, why not let people RP as what they want to RP as instead of restricting them. That might also help keep the newer players from leaving and make them feel more welcome when RPing.
That's the end of my rant. TL;DR, Game's stale. Forums are a mess. RP is too restricted. We need more people to come here and join in the game. Have more activity from the person in charge through MotDs. Let more creative freedom be allowed. We need to make the game more fun.