It's just that I do find it kinda troublesome if I have to do that for a really big post. If I'm going to color-code stuff, I will do that thoroughly -- not just the main character's dialogue and thoughts, but also the NPCs (usually using silver so they don't stand out too much), and even coding/designing entire layout of the post. I'm not much of an aesthetic trash like Tundra, but if I'm doing it I am a hopeless perfectionist who doesn't like half-assed work.
_{It's merely a whining from me, that's all.}

I hate it when people stop posting in a roleplay without saying anything about it. I don't know if that's just me though, but I always make an effort to let my partners and group roleplays know when I'm dropping out of something.

Relating to the colors conversation; I don't use colored text (and I advise other people to stop using it) because I got tired of people pretty much only reading that, and skipping everything else.

Yes, I know it's a "me problem," and the result of lazy players... buuuuuut, I think it's better this way.

It's the writers responsibility to write in a way that others would find entertaining, not the readers responsibility to read out of obligation.

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You do have a point there. I use colours anyway as an aesthetic choice. Also, whether someone reads every single piece of text you write or not is up to you, not the reader. It's the writers responsibility to write in a way that others would find entertaining, not the readers responsibility to read out of obligation. I'm sure you know this already. I myself try to live up to this philosophy but alas, I fall short more often than not. We can't always live up to our ideals unfortunately. I guess that's what it means to be human.

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this is not how role-playing works

I was merely stating my writing philosophy, not my role-playing methodology. n_n

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Yes. On a discussion point about the prevalence in the role-playing community of people skim reading. We are not talking about non-collaborative prose.

If you are in a role-play where you are not reading the posts in the IC… then you are frankly, a bad role-player. That’s the end of it, there’s no middle ground. If you are not aware of the events occurring from your co-writers and peers then you shouldn’t be in that role-play or perhaps in a role-play at all. Understanding concurrent events, actions, and dialogue/thoughts are central to writing with people – otherwise as someone said before: don’t bother and go write your own prose by yourself. Nothing frustrates me more than someone who skim-reads but to learn that a lot of people here have admitted to NOT READING THEIR WRITING PARTNERS MATERIAL is downright unacceptable and blatantly disgusting.

Except the responsibility doesn’t go both ways. As a player you are obligated to read posts in that RP. If you skim read you are being flippant and being an indirect disruption to the process. You are obligated to read and if you do not read the chances you understand the story or actions within it are null. It is not a two-way street. It’s a collaborative artform where you are expected to participate in full regards to the role-play. Yes, is it nice if you find each other’s prose interesting and everyone is actively (creatively and passionately) engaged. But as a participant of a project it is never okay for you not to read especially if the player you are interacting with has a style you find boring or bad.

The insinuation that this is a two-way street, to me, is absolutely absurd.

As I have said before:

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