My character sheets usually look something like this:
Name: Mr. Example Description: Looks like an example. Bio: Was magically spawned because I needed an example. Inventory: Enchanted Ruger Black-Hawk 6/6 State: Healthy
By my definition RPG's have character sheets and stuff like that, and what the poster can do is closely regulated by the creator of the thread. RPs just seem like stories written by multiple people. Like I said; strange and foreign.