Reimian Empire

As the game master, I have no complaints about Plesen regarding writing quests and actively participating in the gameplay, so your argument doesn't have a solid basis for me. As for not writing any backstory at all and the corresponding roleplaying (or lack thereof, as Nebo mentioned a page ago), this is a mismatch between my efforts and the time I invest and the player's actions. I don't get any joy from messing around with numbers, rewriting stats, managing inventory, and especially responding to other non-player characters based on the actions of an anonymous character. For me personally, and again, as the game master, a large part of the gameplay is overcoming the imperfections and lack of automation of all game mechanics. You can complain as much as you want about the vagaries of fate, like "I wrote a quest, and then my character died – it's unfair, why did I even write it?", but I can just as easily (though not very fairly, but correctly for the current comparison) say that you can write a quest in an evening and then relax, while with the game, you strain yourself day after day over a long period of time and do things that aren't the most interesting for you, again, dealing with numbers and micromanagement.
To reiterate what I wrote above: if you don't want to roleplay, you can play Diablo instead of here.