When someone uses solely length as their standard for writing and you end up having to dedicate time to deciphering their grammar and prose for the RP to continue. For reasons I'm about to expand on, it makes me so mad. 

Now, obviously, not everyone's going to have amazing grammar and not everyone is going to have amazing prose. And, furthermore, prose and grammar can vary with mood.

But, what I really, really, wish was that some people would not use length as the qualifying factors for those two strengths.

I can deal with the people who try, or are actually good for that matter, as not every Casual roleplayer writes with the prose of an ant (and, conversely, not every Advanced one, with the prose of a "professional"). But I can't deal with someone boasting about how, as a roleplayer, they write [i]lengthy[/i], blow-your-socks-off kind of posts, the kind that trumps everyone else's. [i]Then[/i], you read the actual post and, sure, its like fifty paragraphs long, but, its also riddled with grammatical errors and the prose is so skewered that you don't even know where to begin. 

And you find these people [i]everywhere[/i], though I'm thankful to say, at present, both of the Advanced roleplays I'm in have good RPers. i will say, however, that I believe it happens most frequently in the Casual section, where some people have fooled themselves into believing that the ability to repeat something over and over for ten paragraphs has made them superior to their short-posted Casual peers. These same people have also turned a blind eye to the fact that quite a few Advanced roleplayers still also play in the Casual section, and just because someone's made a short post does't mean they are less than you. They could very well be Advanced, but these people are too stuck in make-believe-I'm-superior land to realize that.

What doodoo brain came to the conclusion that a lengthy post automatically makes one a writing God? I can very well understand that maybe, to a novice, lengthier posts might seem like the mark of a skilled writer. But at the end of the day, four paragraphs of badly worded sentences does   not really make for a pleasurable read and an exciting game.

People need to stop perversely equating length with quality. Grammar, prose, length...they're all varying factors that come together to make a nice post, with grammar and prose being far better qualifying factors than length. 

Length matters for essay writing, and maybe, if you were in an Advanced roleplay that required it. Sure enough, your thesis paper might require you to butter up ten pages of analytical nonsense.

But this is creative writing. Take a hint from the multitudes of good authors out there; not every good book is an 1000 page shelf breaker. You should [i]not[/i] be using length as the sole factor for what you believe is superior writing.

I just get frustrated seeing someone write something long, then brag about it because they believe that page length is what makes a decent, fun to read, post. You've got to put some care into your post. Take some time to make it a pleasure to read. Don't burn people's eyes out in the rush to write a long post with words that are so misplaced people don't know what to read.