> > Mahz, are you going to maintain Markdown or a BBCode-alike for those power users (like your's truly) who would rather type it all out on the keyboard than switch between keyboard and mouse for formatting. Or better yet, I often write RP posts in another application like Word or (yes, really!) Notepad, and being able to insert formatting straight into the post is a godsend. It's easier to type `[i]this is italics[/i]` or `*this is italics*` than to type "this is italics," move my hand to my mouse, highlight the text, click the Italics button, and move my hand back to the keyboard. 
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> > Also, oh my god, you have **INLINE** code blocks?! /me swoons
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> I'm scrapping Markdown. Apparently gets in the way of what people expect from formatting.
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> Most editors seem to support keyboard shortcuts like `ctrl-b` for embolden and `ctrl-i` for italicize. Beyond that I guess you'd type your posts into source-view and then toggle to WYSIWYG-view for preview.
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> I could support whatever markup Word uses as long as it only uses HTML tags for styling `<font color="red">foo</font>`, not arbitrary style tags `<span style="color: red">foo</span>`. Couldn't figure out a google query that would give me more info about what a markup copy-and-paste from Word would actually look like.

Even going back to your rudimentary QQ code would be a better means. I find Markdown is nice for conversational posts, but it falls short for RP posts. But having the ability to format posts before posting means I don't have to remember (or my own shorthand) when I'm writing posts in different applications. Not everyone has Word or likes using it, and honestly I usually don't unless I need to see my formatting on the fly.