[quote=@Isotope] On another note yeah, we need to enforce the fucking labels. There's no point in having multiple sections if everyone huddles up in casual like a gaggle of craven penguins. [/quote] There's one major reason why people huddle, and it ends up being Casual. It's because you want to RP with your friends, and everyone has a different skill level so they gravitate towards the closest medium range... Casual. I guarantee that even if you change the name to "novice, adept, writer", "good, better, best", "short, medium, long" or any other three stage combination then people will still gravitate towards the middle ground because that's how they feel they sit. They may be better than a one liner poster, but they may not feel up to the 10 paragraph scale of Advance... And so they set the bar in the middle. What's worse, we even do specify the difference between them: [quote=Casual]Roleplay here if you enjoy writing at least a paragraph or two, character development, and some depth. Grammar and spelling are encouraged. Generally one paragraph (a few sentences) per post. See individual GM for RP specific standards[/quote] [quote=Advance]Advanced RP focuses on longer posts, often with in-depth plots, character development and extensive settings/lore. Must make a dedicated effort to minimize typographical errors and to use good grammar. Generally two paragraphs, but usually longer. See individual GM for RP specific standards[/quote] In a nutshell, casual is described as more than two paragraphs, while advance is described as many. It's a bit of an arbitrary way to control writing as it's a creative medium and shouldn't always be so rigid. Everyone has them, but you can have two posts back to back that range from the couple paragraphs to the mega lengths, just because you had those creative juices going. As for the Ban of High Causal? That is a form of over moderation. The solution presented through that statement is that you are too good to roleplay in the casual section and you might have to lower your standards. The counter could also be said, but what that GM is specifying is that they do not want any mini posts in their section, but at the same time they've ensured that the category they chose is not going to yield a poster who writes a thesis on a character. It is simply a bad label used to manage the quality that they are aiming for. However the hard reality is that the sections aren't going any time too soon, and if you're in a roleplay with a group of friends and that happens to sit in casual, isn't the more important factor that you are actually spending the time to write and express your creativity?