Having returned to the guild in recent weeks after our tumultuous shutdown, I've encountered a growing trend which had piqued my curiosity. The evolution of the new sub-category known as 'high-casual' (which may or may not have existed since before I joined the guild) seems to have spread through most casual interest checks and it appears to me now that this is simply a moniker that gets tacked on to roleplays by OP's who really want the roleplay to succeed, but aren't actually asking for high-casual material. To put things more simply, it feels like the default categorization of all roleplays in casual is now high-casual, when really they shouldn't be. 

Now, forward to a disclaimer before I continue: I don't presume to tell people which roleplays can or cannot be high-casual, I just feel that the abuse of the descriptor isn't very healthy for roleplayers who seek to discern upper-level play [i]within[/i] casual itself without rising to the advanced category. To quote directly from the casual header, [i]"Roleplay here if you enjoy writing at least a paragraph or two, character development, and some depth. Casual RP is more laid back and lighthearted than Advanced RP but more moderated than Free RP."[/i] It seems to me though, that most people who label their roleplay as high casual are only expecting 1-2 paragraphs to begin with, rather than a greater level of detail or length.

My questions then are thus. What exactly, in the minds of other guild members, are the expectations of high-casual and what constitutes a high-casual roleplay? A greater length or simply more story-telling depth within the expected 2 or so paragraphs? Is the term being over used?