[@MiddleEarthRoze][@Buddha] 

Nah, I agree with you guys. In general, the quality of writing is far better in Advanced than in Free for various reasons. As I said, writing in Advanced requires a significantly bigger time commitment than writing in Free and since writing is a skill, the more you practice the better you get. Maybe the Free section wasn't the best example, but what about Casual vs Advanced? If you take some random threads from Casual and Advanced and plop them into an unnamed section with no tags how easy will it be to determine which is supposed to go where? I'm willing to bet that the distinction between the two won't be easy to make. The line between Casual/Advanced is often blurry and arbitrarily determined by the GM and whatever group of RP'ers they've gathered. 

Ultimately, it's down to the people who are participating in the RP. You can have as many advanced tags as you want, but if the RP consists of posts that are 2-3 paragraphs in length then that's not an Advanced RP. (by my standards, of course, which is again something entirely subjective) Likewise, I've seen many RP's in Casual that are superior in scope and quality than ones in Advanced and which shouldn't be dismissed as being "just Casual RP's". People flock to a given tag, be it Free, Casual or Advanced, because they hope to find like-minded players, not because they're experienced or skillful enough to apply. Anyway, what I'm trying to say here is that the section one RP's in shouldn't be the only metric by which you measure someone's skill. 

This brings me to the point that being a good writer doesn't automatically make you good RP'er, which I believe someone already mentioned in this thread. Technical skill and a big vocabulary aren't enough, RP'ing is a lot more social than pure writing. You need to communicate with others, be constructive, accept criticism, make concessions and so on. I've had the opportunity to meet and chat with some (locally) famous writers and I was surprised how many of them were complete assholes. I'd never RP with such people despite their literary skills. That's the main reason I think having different categories is important to a healthy RP community, which unfortunately has the side of effect of some people clinging to their label in a vain attempt to prove they are better than others. But you know what, life is full of such people, so fuck 'em. 

I've veered way off-topic, so I'm stopping here. At the end of the day, writing is a hobby for most of us, so it's supposed to be fun. As long as you're enjoying yourself, what do you care what people are labeling you as?