(09-21-2015, 02:45 PM)FreelanceWizard Wrote:(09-21-2015, 02:39 PM)Calliope Cloverbloom Wrote: -snip- I'm pretty sure I'm writing as if it's a novel -snip-
No, you're not writing a novel. You're doing collaborative storytelling in an electronic environment. Please do not assume that because I happen to know about computers that I can't RP, that I RP thinking that things are programming, and so forth. Seriously, where the hell did that come from? Where have I ever said anything like that?
Like I said, it's a stylistic difference. If you want to dismiss a wide spectrum of RPers on a microscopic difference that is, I might note, fairly new (quotation marks in /say are in vogue nowadays, but they haven't been historically in MMOs and the MU* world), be my guest. However, to equate it with leet speak is disingenuous and patently unfair.
I left part of my quote in the above larger quote for the sake of using red to point out that I did not in fact say I "am" writing a novel.Â
Also, I seem to have misunderstood your comment of "You're actually doing text generation that's rather more like a script, and they don't use quotation marks in scripts." as meaning computer scripts, when upon reflection given your confusion you must have meant screenplay scripts. I apologize for that misunderstanding.
In this case, though, in as much as roleplaying can be equated to a written form of improv acting, I think it's fair to point out that what you're suggesting is to compare the presentation of the production (e.g. the play or show that the script is meant for) to the preparation for the production. Spinning that back to the fact that this is text and not voice/video, I'm sure we can agree that J.K. Rowling probably has computer files in which she wrote up dialogue for the characters in her books - preparation - but when the time came for actual presentation, the book you buy in the store has quotations around all of the dialogue.
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This player has a sense of humor. If the content of the post suggests otherwise, please err on the side of amusement and friendship, because that's almost certainly the intent. We're all on the same team: Team Roleplayer! Have a smile, have a chuckle, and have a slice of pie. Isn't pie great?
