system that rewards poor posting

[Daven]

As the title of my thread says, this system of rankings rewards people who post quickly and/or poorly. If there are two new players, each with zero posts. Player one's posts go something like this:

[NAME] Withdrew his sword from the enemy corpse after a long and furious battle, his hand dripping with the warm, nay hot blood of his foe...

While player two's go something like this:

[NAME] got his sword which had blood on it...

In doing this, playr two will be able to attain ranks much quicker than player one, giving him superior stas and the ability to defeat player one in combat easily, despite player one's superior ropleplaying.

Discuss.

[Keeper of Secrets]

ok...ur wierd..lol

[Weaver of Fates]

I get what ur saying......
hmm, I'll make a minimum post amount like on other boards (gotta find out how)

once I do, every post must be at least 200 words

[khadgar]

ok 200 hundred isint too ba and im like a player two so yea a minimum wouldnt be too bad it would slow post counts down

[Herth]

Wow i just go on this forum and alread i have seen Daven's name 2 many times complaining...suck it up and quit being a bitch. -Seeker

[khadgar]

hahaha seeker does have a point im gonna count how many complaints there are just to see if daven is whining to much

although somtimes daven has a good point

[Evil Porcelain Doll]

Alright. I've had enough. Will all of you stop being so hypocritical? You are COMPLAINING that he is COMPLAINING, which he isn’t. Daven has good intentions, and I agree with most of what he says. And on this matter I must agree with him. I’ve seen this problem on a number of boards before this one, and I must agree it is quite agitating. I’ve wanted to punch someone’s face in when they posted a one liner when I made an effort to post a page long reply.

But anyways, you’re very right, Daven. ^_^ Thank you for speaking up about this matter, and I am sure if I nag Shaun enough, he’ll work on making every post at least 200 words.

-Kami.

[khadgar]

kamis right we are complaining about him complaining some times his complaints are anoyying but usally they have a good point like this one actually all of his complaints have had a good point exsept for the two in the char sheets which where just harrasment
and again i will say he has a good point on this one

[Phage]

I do agree with Daven and Kami on the point of post counts making some players make their posts short and stupid just to gain post counts. But on the other hand a minimum word count, while 200 is really not that bad, could force a player to be overly descriptive about a situation. I don't know about everyone else but I cannot stand it when a person makes their posts ridiculously long with ridiculous amounts of over description just to make themselves seem like an advanced roleplayer. It's substance not size that makes the post a good one.

[khadgar]

okay maybe 150 would be a better number cause phage has a point on its a bore to read overly discritive pharagraph for instance

player one: pulls there cracked and blood soaked sword from the body of his slain foe and as he does the fallen enemy grunts signalling that they still live

player two: pulls there cracked and bloody sword from the fallen enemy who had put up a great fight. and as {someone} pulled the sword that was coulored crimson from the blood his fallen foe grunted.

i used davens refrence but still you kinda see my point right?

[Weaver of Fates]

Details are needed
I will trust you all and NOT make a post minimum...
But DO NOT make one-liners
DETAILED

~Savvy?

[Callipso]

It's not a word count its letter count including spaces, and ya I agree

[Breeze]

mmmm...Who ever said reading descriptive posts is boring or lame is quite pathetic really...if its describing somehting lame like a bird i can understand but a battle no...the better the description the better the action. On 552 the 300 word post limit actually has helped ALOT of people including myself...it has also made people describe there scenes alot better...

~*Sigh*~

Thank you for listening/reading to my two cents.

[Weaver of Fates]

fujiko said:

But anyways, you’re very right, Daven. ^_^ Thank you for speaking up about this matter, and I am sure if I nag Shaun enough, he’ll work on making every post at least 200 words.

-Kami.

Kami says "jump", I say "how high?"

[Evil Porcelain Doll]

I really didn’t get that, Shaun…

One thing that has been bothering me with these comments regarding posts is that when someone makes a very good, and long post, people will read a bit, and then get bored. Or they will be too LAZY to read it. I’m not saying any names, but I am sure a certain someone knows I am talking about them. >_> But hopefully no one will make one-liners, because I mainly don’t tolerate them. =holds anti-tank weapon in her hands=
And I didn’t notice 552 had a post limit! When did that happen?

Also, going a tiny bit off topic.. I apologize for being quite inactive lately. I had things to do.. So I haven’t role-played anywhere for a while, accept the opening 3-page post I did for a future RP that I have to do in a few months. Yes, I wrote three pages on Microsoft word of a darn entrance post. ==;

-Kami