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Omg! Mint! I know you! :}
[do I get ice cream now?]

ROOOSE. CIIIIIIDER. WE FEELS YOUR PAINSIES. /gollum
I totally sucked at writing before here. Now, I could be better, but holy crap. No. I was just ... Ew. I can't even ...

Glu. - that was a great rant. Hats off to you. :} I think you pretty much summed up the issues with literacy, fluff, role playing owners with friends who aren't up to the level, and sob stories. -cool mustaches person takes hat off for your post-

[eden .]

Ahaha thanks for petting my ego guys.
Oh with images: maybe we can post links instead? Idk, I was probably being too uptight? I'm a bad mod -_-
@historyotaku: I searched your user and didn't find you in an acceptance post, so I'm telling you now that you're now allowed to post (unless it's your form) when you're not accepted.

Edit: rping didn't particularly improve my writing more so gave me practice when I wasn't writing a novel. I got 86K words in less than a month this year, so obviously rping a lot allowed my writing to come more easily. Admittedly, it didn't help me much with grammar or spelling or anything. I was already very conscientious of this when I first joined. I just didn't know how to rp.
Did I tell you guys that the semi-colon is the bane of my existence and I literally pull out all my hair (hyperbole) when people use it like a comma or something. 9/10 people are using it wrong on this site. Semi-colons almost never appear through paragraphs and paragraphs of novels, right? So why do you think using it every other sentence is grammatically correct?

[saorsa-]

@ asian - I'm partially guilty of requiring the 5 paragraphs things (although I haven't made a roleplay in a while). I think I began to do that because I am friends with people who are capable of writing that much (and generally keeping it devoid of major fluff), and so I didn't want people to join who were only going to write two paragraphs. (Which makes me seem really snotty, I know). But I think it's hard to say in the rules "this is a literate roleplay" because everyone has a different idea of what literate is, which is why, in part, I began to require a paragraph minimum. But what you said makes a lot of sense. It's hard to write a lot when two different characters are just conversing.

Forms - at the moment - are the bane of my existence, along with chemistry, word problems and this stupid project. I'm in so many roleplays (partially my fault, but all the plots are just soooo good ;u; ) and I just don't have the time/muse. My characters end up becoming, really, the same two characters with different names, faces, species, etc. And honestly, unless the character is a love interest of one of my characters, or my character is interacting with said character or the person is just a really good writer, chances are, I won't read through all of the information in a form. I think it would be much better if people just required the basics: name, nickname, age, gender, and ONE word that BEST describes that character, things would be a lot simpler, and the roleplay would get started a lot faster. (One or two writing samples should probably be required as well.)

So many roleplays die because the owners insist that everyone finish their forms before they start - oftentimes, that never happens. They just take too long. And if you leave them in WIP, and the roleplay starts, chances are you are never going to finish them. They have, in my mind, become way too extravagant, and unnecessary.

[eden .]

Forms. god. I require them in my rps, but it's only ever name, age, gender, orientation, physical desc., personality, and sometimes history. I don't think people understand that those are ALL I'M ASKING FOR. If I wanted paragraphs on the meaning of the name, I'd have asked. If I wanted paragraphs on how tall they are, I would have asked. Honestly, when people ask me for extensions on reservations because they went overboard on what they included on their form, I have zero sympathy (unless they have IRL stress). I did not tell you to describe the luster of her skin. You brought that on yourself. It would've taken you a much shorter time if you just did what I asked, like that person over there. ._.

There is no hidden meaning in my rules, there is no hidden code. Just do what I ask. I mean what I mean. Just because you have 5 more headings in your form than you need to doesn't mean you'll be accepted; you're just wasting everyone's time.

[rose;]

I always ask the owner if I can just supply a sample and skimp on my form. If they say no, I don't join. Simple as that. I don't really join many group role-plays though. when I make a rp I don't even read all the way through forms half the time, if they're that long

[eden .]

I never ask for writing samples or anything because people I know will inevitably choose their longest example that isn't necessarily their best. And I'm not wasting my time going through all their posts. I can usually get what I need from forms.

I'm also really specific in my rules so no one can argue with me later. I am hyper specific. I try and think of anything and everything.

[princess pudding]

@asian;; I'm currently stuck in a roleplay where my partner uses commas for freaking periodes. I seriously just want to drop out all together, but she's really sweet, and I'd hate myself forever if I did that. ;__; ...I just can't take it.

[- serendipity]

hiya y'all. come join this awesome new roleplay. we have cookies. and fit boys. and sexy girls. and benedict cumberbatch. and loki. and the tenth doctor. and me. and trifle. the trifle comes in every flavour as well. and we have lestrade. and just come and join us!

i have more comments to add to the discussion but i attempted to write them down and they didn't make any sense, so i'm only quickly just going to answer to tals; i've realised now - after reading your post - that in my own post i didn't say i had fun. i mean, i do. i love writing (any type, even essay writing i love because i'm that messed up) and writing illiterate or literate i enjoy it. and looking back through my posts - to the beginning - i can see that then i wrote at least two sentences and hardly ever one liners. and it was never anything like *smiles* "you're awesome" *hugs him and laughs* (like i see sometimes now) but it was actual sentences. written in first person but still. i do enjoy writing the long replies and i do find it fun but the stress lessens the fun sometimes and you find yourself worrying and blanking out all the fun stuff. this is what i do anyway xD

[eden .]

Aha ha in trying to think of a charrie for it; the ASIAN has already been taken.
Omg ppl who read my story should I make and Alexander character (this includes Alex at the end of the novel)

[Pandle]

I always ask the owner if I can just supply a sample and skimp on my form. If they say no, I don't join. Simple as that. I don't really join many group role-plays though. when I make a rp I don't even read all the way through forms half the time, if they're that long

this. aggggghhhh. i used to be a lover of group roleplays but then i learnt that, actually, i really hate them and i'm a fussy poop about them. not because of the people or the style or the plots but just because i never know what to expect. i'm taking a risk, i make myself exposed when i write because i put everything out there, i don't want to be with people who will manipulate that.
now a days i just take one look at the forms before mine and go yay or neigh on that. mostly i stick to one on ones because i know what is being asked of me, i know the people i'm with and that they'll be forgiving if real life gets in the way.
in groups people rarely understand that, as much as i would love not to have a life, i do. and it has a nasty habit of getting in the way.