I can see them dying quickly. I imagine its because you have no clue when people will just drop off the face of the planet and many don't have the courtesy to tell you when they will. I participated in group rps exclusively on this one site before finding out fenoxo had a rp section. Was a real pain in my ass having to accept there weren't many group rps here.
Because we were sick of him adding things that specifically served to bolster his own ego. The guy (we suspect) had a massive self-esteem issue, and so was overcompensating. I personally think it happened due to him losing a friendly fight between his and my character.