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Once upon a time, we had more fluent rules for what "too short IC posts" was. The moderator pretty much decided what was ok and what was not. Back in 2011 I waged a battle against one liners... The memories make me shudder.
We implemented the less fluent 100 word rule for the same reason: in the RoleplayCorner Theater, we build stories together as if we were multiple authors writing a novel. Pretty much. The roleplays should be legible and enjoyable. Some roleplays take this to heart to the point where every post feels like a chapter in a novel :p Often they are also JPs.
But other RPs just fit better with shorter posts. Perhaps you need to interact with a lot of player at once and don't want to decide with whom to JP because it'd be unnatural, or perhaps you just don't have a lot to write about before you want something else (or someone) to happen. So I want to ask you guys here, do you think it's justified to keep a word limit and demand a certain length (for quality's sake) of IC posts, or is the rule more hindering than helpful?
Personally, I think I'm still supporting the 100 word rule. My own RP, Crossroads, mostly consists of missions done by players in pairs, meaning a lot of long JPs. But at the beginning of the last chapter, we suddenly met up for the first time, all of us, and I allowed for shorter posts. I didn't at all find it difficult to cram in 100 words in each post. Maybe it's because I'm used to longer stuff though.
I think it's comfortable to make shorter posts and often prefer it to longer JP or solo stuff. But less than 100 words? That's just... Not much to read at all. A very short JP between two players to express an exchange of one line of dialogue at a time would be better than loads of IC posts imo. But what do you think?
We implemented the less fluent 100 word rule for the same reason: in the Roleplay
But other RPs just fit better with shorter posts. Perhaps you need to interact with a lot of player at once and don't want to decide with whom to JP because it'd be unnatural, or perhaps you just don't have a lot to write about before you want something else (or someone) to happen. So I want to ask you guys here, do you think it's justified to keep a word limit and demand a certain length (for quality's sake) of IC posts, or is the rule more hindering than helpful?
Personally, I think I'm still supporting the 100 word rule. My own RP, Crossroads, mostly consists of missions done by players in pairs, meaning a lot of long JPs. But at the beginning of the last chapter, we suddenly met up for the first time, all of us, and I allowed for shorter posts. I didn't at all find it difficult to cram in 100 words in each post. Maybe it's because I'm used to longer stuff though.
I think it's comfortable to make shorter posts and often prefer it to longer JP or solo stuff. But less than 100 words? That's just... Not much to read at all. A very short JP between two players to express an exchange of one line of dialogue at a time would be better than loads of IC posts imo. But what do you think?