Thinking of playing, need help

[Rekrul]

Well as the title says, i'm thinking of starting a character here, a cleric. My main question is are the forums an accurate reflection of the game play? It seems pointlessly obnoxious to play this old as dirt game if the community is so bad mannered. I can guarantee pretty much anyone reading these forums that hasn't starting playing here yet wouldn't want to play here.

So that was my first question, hopefully that will be answered and I'll want to play. Now i was wondering how hard it is to get groups? As a cleric I don't want to solo, so if anyone can shed some light on that it would be nice.