It seams to me a lot of women like to play games with guys here they tell you they are interested in you talk to you a little and then you never hear from them again no reason or explination and that is not a very nice thing to do to someone

I've talked to guys here that do the same thing..

I see you won't mind Monopoly :-)

I would not take it too personally,
online is somewhat less structured
than offline.

no it isn't I agree

it's partly the nature of the beast (ITT). IRL if someone tells us they are interested in us, they have met us and know they are

In the internet dating site medium interpret "interested" to mean: interested in meeting to determine if interested. the actual meeting is everything

that's why I don't take anything on here too seriously - until/unless that happens

welcome

No, but I see no obligation to keep up an exchange of views when either party feels it unproductive. For whatever reason you turned her off, too bad. It might not have anything to do with you. She could have met the love of her life offline. You may have accidentally offended her. Some damned thing you'll never hear of may have happened. It takes real effort to get a channel of communication open here and you can all too easily see it closed off without doing anything wrong.
You're likely blameless but even if you're not she owes you no explanation, partly because any attempt to list your failings at living up to her expectations cannot come across other than hostile. Few women (Hell, men) want to express themselves negatively. This should not be a surprise.
Nobody owes you their attention, you have to earn it. Same goes for respect.
And quite a few women complain when some bastard leads them on to unexpected scorn. But that's in real life. Online the worst you can expect is to be ignored. Nobody is likely to present you with a bill of particulars recounting your failings in detail. That we save for divorce court and nobody wants to go there.

yes usually it means they have met someone else on or off line

as for manners - there are no "rules" but I try to treat people as I would IRL - grant respect automatically unless they do something to lose it

often conversations lull - I have people I've been talking to on here for a few years - some very regularly - others the lulls between talks can be months - a few weeks...I was talking to a guy yesterday who I hadn't seen on here in a year or more

like I said B4 just don't take it too serious & don't expect it to replace real life

new people often come on here expecting to meet the love of their lives within a few days or weeks - that's usually not the case