I don't necessarily have an opinion one way or the other; I've used both styles, and can -not- use a style if it upsets someone.
The only 2 cents that I have to throw in is this: There is a -lot- of information that use non-verbal and non-facial cues, that we pick up on without realizing it. Everything from how you're standing or sitting, to the subtle changes in your voice's pitch, to the variations in skin flushing; and these are things we are usually not aware of.
We're doubly unable to communicate this information effectively in a digital format. We can't make our characters' bodies respond in those infinitely subtle ways. And if we are aware of them, it's still much faster - especially given our delightfully short character limit - to give a brief, vague inner-monologue moment than it is to go into the crazy level of detail it'd take to convey all that information.
I've RPed with someone who did all of that. For every post. Every. Single. Day. You could go out and have a cigarette between each of his posts. He'd consider himself slacking if he posted less than three paragraphs at a time.
That's fine, if that's your style. But in a game that limits your text, it may be easier and more intuitive for some players to provide shorter - albeit less 'proper' - cues to their characters dispositions.
The only 2 cents that I have to throw in is this: There is a -lot- of information that use non-verbal and non-facial cues, that we pick up on without realizing it. Everything from how you're standing or sitting, to the subtle changes in your voice's pitch, to the variations in skin flushing; and these are things we are usually not aware of.
We're doubly unable to communicate this information effectively in a digital format. We can't make our characters' bodies respond in those infinitely subtle ways. And if we are aware of them, it's still much faster - especially given our delightfully short character limit - to give a brief, vague inner-monologue moment than it is to go into the crazy level of detail it'd take to convey all that information.
I've RPed with someone who did all of that. For every post. Every. Single. Day. You could go out and have a cigarette between each of his posts. He'd consider himself slacking if he posted less than three paragraphs at a time.
That's fine, if that's your style. But in a game that limits your text, it may be easier and more intuitive for some players to provide shorter - albeit less 'proper' - cues to their characters dispositions.
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