I see no reason for any of that. If people roleplay at a higher quality, then that's fine. That doesn't make them better. I could write novels all fucking day; in fact, I did, when it came to burning that kid Ekirei. But, I get so bored doing that. I don't want to write fifteen fucking paragraphs for an action oriented roleplay. The entire idea of roleplay, to me, is for interaction. Collabing like on titanpad is my favorite method because it's just as high quality as long posts with all the interaction. I prefer, in terms of length, high casual. 3-5 paragraphs, maybe 8 [b]IF[/b] you're trying to verbally paint a picture. Quality of wording over quantity any day.

Secondly, you hit a great point. Moderation and combat methods are huge factors. In some cases, it's literally like Capitalism vs. Communism in terms of design. I don't see either as a bad thing. Variety is the spice of life. I see no reason that each similarly-themed roleplay couldn't be part of a larger community, which is something that irked me to no end on the Oldguild. I knew of RP's that wouldn't let you RP if you were caught being part of another Naruto-RP. What the fuck use is that? If someone wants to test out another roleplay or try something new, let them. If someone wants to be part of two different ones because they like the variety, let them. A single large pool of Naruto RP'ers is so much better for a roleplaying community than a bunch of punks trying to stroke their egos with the larger RP'er count or post count.