This site sprang up from the need of the NYC D&D Meetup website to handle RSVPs to individual games. There is a forum on that website for people to talk about online games.
I created this site so that the NYC D&D Meetup group DMs could have a place to post individual games and players could then RSVP to them. It also happens to work very well to set up online games. I hope to offer a tutorial game night maybe once a week or so to start. This way people can learn how easy it is to play online.
I used to play World of Warcraft and got very tired of inconsiderate players leaving in the middle of what was supposed to be a 4 hour dungeon crawl. Nothing sucks more than spending 4 hours playing a role-playing game with someone who is rude, or leaves halfway through.
The idea for the rating system is copied from ebay and is what I hope will enable people to easily hook up with other people to have a good time playing role-playing games.
After every game the participants rate each other on their courteousness with a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down".
It is a rating of how considerate the other players are. It is not a rating of how good a player is or how knowledgeable of the rules they are.
If the person doesn't bother you, is polite, stays involved for the entire 4 or 5 hours of game time, is a team player, and isn't disruptive, give them a "thumbs up" rating.
We are trying to avoid problems that arise in online group activities where people are late, don't show, leave in the middle, or are disruptive to the game.
People can use the rating however they wish... examples:
--- Players can choose to only join a game where they see people with high ratings.
--- A DM can only accept players with high ratings.
--- People can ignore the games from a low-rated DM who just wastes everyone's time.