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[Cuckoo]

I kind of want to rewind about 4 years or so. Back when role playing wasn't so stressful. I was in a really close group of online friends to role play with, the role plays were active, lasting months with countless posts in one day. Sure, I was very, very far from literate, but it was fun. Now my writing is better but I just don't quite get that enjoyment anymore. I stress about getting a form done, stress about what other people think about my writing, stress about what they think of my character, basically stress about getting my writing torn to pieces for grammar or my characters personality being analyzed before I even get a chance to play them. I really think sometimes role playing is taken entirely too seriously. They're or there, your or you're, yes I know the difference, but if I am typing and one comes out before the other and I don't catch it when I read through it because I am skimming because I know the basics of what I have already written, I don’t want someone jumping down my throat for it. I am doing this for fun, not to be graded. I went through high school and am going through college; I don't need more English teachers. I'm not the best at commas I know this, but when I read/write something I put commas where I hear a natural pause. I live in Mountain Maryland, its how we talk. I don't mean this to offend anyone, but this has been bugging me and holding me back for a while. I would go to less literate role plays, but I want to be able to role play with people on my level. And if I go to join a more advanced role play and they check my history and see nothing but illiterate role plays, they are going to deny me. I just wish there was some middle ground. /endrant.

[city;]

@ glittermousebb - you took the words right out of my mouth. There is no middle ground, which sucks, but I miss the days where I would stay up until two a.m. on a school night, just to wait for my friends to post. Some of my favorite role plays were [and still are] illiterates! [Tals knows this. ;}] Another one -- realistic high school -- has been going since the beginning of the summer. I still love it! But I really just stopped caring what people saw in my posts.
I've never been denied. I don't plan on being denied any time soon. But yeah; I miss those days.

I want a program or something that posts literate replies as soon as we think them. There would be a lot better boards, a lot more non-cliched ideas, and so many more literate people everywhere. Our role plays would never die. Our posts would probably get longer if anything. But alas, it doesn't exist. -_- Bleh.

[abandoned.]

I kind of want to rewind about 4 years or so. Back when role playing wasn't so stressful. I was in a really close group of online friends to role play with, the role plays were active, lasting months with countless posts in one day. Sure, I was very, very far from literate, but it was fun. Now my writing is better but I just don't quite get that enjoyment anymore. I stress about getting a form done, stress about what other people think about my writing, stress about what they think of my character, basically stress about getting my writing torn to pieces for grammar or my characters personality being analyzed before I even get a chance to play them. I really think sometimes role playing is taken entirely too seriously. They're or there, your or you're, yes I know the difference, but if I am typing and one comes out before the other and I don't catch it when I read through it because I am skimming because I know the basics of what I have already written, I don’t want someone jumping down my throat for it. I am doing this for fun, not to be graded. I went through high school and am going through college; I don't need more English teachers. I'm not the best at commas I know this, but when I read/write something I put commas where I hear a natural pause. I live in Mountain Maryland, its how we talk. I don't mean this to offend anyone, but this has been bugging me and holding me back for a while. I would go to less literate role plays, but I want to be able to role play with people on my level. And if I go to join a more advanced role play and they check my history and see nothing but illiterate role plays, they are going to deny me. I just wish there was some middle ground. /endrant.

this glitter.

[Artesian]

I only RP with you guys, actually. I rarely do groups any more, and most of the time they're just club members anyway. It's not a snob thing, or something, it's more that I know you all know me, and I know you, and you're not going to complain if I write too much or too little. There is a bit too much stress about being denied and trouble from that.

These 'literacy' levels are all artificial... really, among club members, when we know we're competent, why have post length requirements? I think creativity, coherency and maturity are more important than literacy. I mess up sometimes with my commas, dashes, and semicolons (the punctuation! It plagues me!)

You all, City, Mousie, Pie are very good RPers where it counts. Do what's fun. *shrug*

Actually, would anyone be interested in a club-only illiterate rp? With post limits, so it's easy to post short stuff quickly.

[abandoned.]

aww thanks arty you're good too
and I'm a terrible partner x.x

[benexo]

@ glitter ; man i completely understand. back when i could only write a couple lines and have the good to go were the golden days. it's still fun roleplaying with more literate people, but it takes so, so much more effort and thus roleplaying isn't so much roleplaying as it is a collective novella written by different people consecutively [wow lots of big words...]. does that make any sense? anywho, i feel you. #roleplayingproblems

[Artesian]

@ glitter ; man i completely understand. back when i could only write a couple lines and have the good to go were the golden days. it's still fun roleplaying with more literate people, but it takes so, so much more effort and thus roleplaying isn't so much roleplaying as it is a collective novella written by different people consecutively [wow lots of big words...]. does that make any sense? anywho, i feel you. #roleplayingproblems

I love collaborative writing projects like you're talking about.
I also love little low effort crazy bouncing back and forth blathering RPs where no one cares about the result, just the process.

We totally can do both!

[city;]

OMG. I'm like a role play addict. Just. Urg. hell, I'm pming pie role play stuff for fun! On top of our one on one. X}

Ooh. I do the illiterate, club only thing.

[eden .]

Want are you guys even talking about this site is like the only site I've rpd on I'm so sheltered

[benexo]

@ glitter ; man i completely understand. back when i could only write a couple lines and have the good to go were the golden days. it's still fun roleplaying with more literate people, but it takes so, so much more effort and thus roleplaying isn't so much roleplaying as it is a collective novella written by different people consecutively [wow lots of big words...]. does that make any sense? anywho, i feel you. #roleplayingproblems

I love collaborative writing projects like you're talking about.
I also love little low effort crazy bouncing back and forth blathering RPs where no one cares about the result, just the process.

We totally can do both!

i agree c: i'd be up for the club illiterate roleplay! as long as it's plot was interesting enough ^^ i think that's also a problem - the more literate roleplays have better plots, so that's what i usually end up joining even if it's a lot more work.

so this is actually a perfect idea gaiz