The roleplay section is a big part of the Episode forums, yet they're deciding to close it.

https://forums.episodeinteractive.com/t/closing-the-role-playing-and-story-games-sub-forum/343426

We obviously don't want this to happen. Some quotes from the community;

"So many people love rping! It’s what makes us mostly be on episode forums (but other reasons too of course) but rping is part of us. You can’t just take that away! Everyone here loves rping. It’s part of us. It’s what makes this forums great. Even for me. You know I would have been dead right now if it wasn’t for rping."

"If you take a closer look, there is a whole RP community here. people make friends during these roleplays and create bonds. these aren’t just games, it’s a form of creating a story together and connecting to people in a way some of us wouldn’t otherwise. Some people who wouldn’t just normally start a conversation get to meet new people in this way.

It may not have been an original plan, but sometimes the things that aren’t planned can turn into something popular.

In a way, since so many people are involved it will make a major impact on the users. you’ll get a different target group and lose quite a big part of your community."

"I personally don’t understand. Many members have been on for years because of role playing And it is the only reason some of them are active or engage in other areas on the forums. The forums will suffer greatly from this as many users won’t just stop role playing but not being in the forums for other reasons in general."

We need to stand up for our community and prove to Episode that this is not okay, or at least make them provide solid reasoning for this decision.