[quote=@ArenaSnow] Allow me to quote my status bar reply, Different roleplays have different standards, yes. The most prevalent standard on RPG is to submit characters by OOC first, and then place them into the Char tab upon being accepted. This allows a GM to easily say 'yes', 'no' or 'fix it' before saying 'no' and 'fix it' when the character is already in the tab even if the GM doesn't want that character there yet or ever. Char is indeed a database. On the guild, it is very, very common for it to be a database of what [i]will[/i] be, not what everyone thinks should be in there, which may run totally contradictory to what the GM wants, forming the primary reason why GMs usually like characters to be posted OOC first. Another way is indeed uncommon, and that's probably why in your games people are prone to missing that. Your style is fine, but complaining about it here and in the status bar achieves absolutely nothing. It is a standard you must create and enforce in the first post of your roleplays, at which point, it is the fault of the player to do it wrong. However, a massive portion of the guild cannot and will not be held accountable to posts made outside of the roleplays. They don't know/care about your statuses, and a huge portion of the guild I am certain never even looks in this forum. If you already do this and are venting, then I can certainly understand frustration at the common lack of reading comprehension, but it will still achieve nothing because your standards are actually in the minority. Your thread, your rules; it is up to you to create and enforce them, and if people are jackasses, then it is your power to boot them or bring in staff if they don't bother to leave. I can't say much more about how to go about it unless there's a practical example of what's going on posted here. [/quote] I see, well actually I just posted on my status as I'm not familiar with what would be a "journal" entry on this forum. I mostly wanted to advise this as I felt it becoming an issue. Sorry, I just wanted to really address why I did things a certain way in my starters. The reason I wanted to do it out of OOC is because I feel that it's cleaner that way, and I'm sort of versatile on how you create a character. Characters to me are not set in stone and they adapt and become better overtime. At least, in my past experience abroad and off this forum. Thus I didn't really want to force people into a final draft that could potentially just be edited and corrected instead. It's sort of my lenient roleplaying nature, but I believe a character can be better if they're just adjusted to the RP instead of just outright saying 'no'. Another thing is I feel OOC was supposed to be reserved for discussions and not just about characters, but plots and information as well. Thus I wanted to keep it as the lifeline of the roleplay and have characters just edited as we went along in the character section. I mean, I guess I could switch but I feel like for me to just go flat "no" and force others to a final draft of a character that may well just need some tweaking to be a bit of a disservice to my participants. I'd rather just have characters adjusted than just have to go "no" and shut off my players.