[quote=@SmokeDragon]Also, don't fall into the trap of writing the interest check as it if were "in-universe". Keep an outside perspective talk about your RP, don't show me a slice of the world you want people to play in and have them dig through that to find whatever it is you want them to find.

"This Rp will be in a fantasy world where people have fish for hands. Figure that's a fun setting. Will have some more info in the OOC." Not "GHeihewhfh, has a deep history, and within it, countless wars have been fought between the countless races, in the end, the FHOOHFEH won, killing all other..." Or, at very least, if you have the "in-universe" stuff, do not put it in focus, and do not expect people to read it, so if it is essential for your rp, re-post it in the OOC.
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This is an interesting one! I never even thought about this. I suppose that the key is that the 'in universe' intro is best saved for, well, the IC?

[@Sierra] all good points to consider that I don't really have an answer for at the moment (you went pretty in depth). Thus fair, going 'straight to the meat' is something I'm hearing a lot which is something I'll have to consider for myself, since I generally do not do that (mostly out of a belief that going straight to the meat also invites strangers into my PM's who are, perhaps, not up to the standard I set for myself). Time to reconsider that I suppose.