I've come in to this a little late, and this post is aimed squarely at the people trying to have a 'serious' role playing topic...
I'm sorry guys, but you can't come to a board such as this, with a community as small and of such a similar mindset as this, post a topic and expect to be ignored. This topic is not yours. It's not mine, it's not your friends, it doesn't even belong to the ATT community. No more than a piece of road can be yours, a section of the local library can be yours. It's public.
That means you are allowed to come here and start a topic about anything you want. However, the same rule that says you can come here and start a topic also says I can come here and talk to you about cheese, in your topic.
You can't have it both ways I'm afraid. The only way you can is to do as many people here have suggested, and start up your own board. Something that is currently very easy to do, and probably not all that much more effort than joining these boards, getting your friends to do the same, and starting a topic here.
I wish you luck, you guys do seem to be giving this some sort of thought and are enjoying it. Have a little bit more patience with other people, and you could let the thing grow and grow. Start your own forum, invite lots of people, be nice to the newbies and watch them become oldies! The only limit is your imagination
I hope it works out well for you.
-H