[@Strange Rodent] Well, if you're talking about roleplaying, there is a "system" if you can call it like that.

There's the free roleplay, which is what people use to bent their ideas without really caring if it has depth, or if it's well written, or if it is too much. It's basically a playground for the people who want to play easy and slow.

The casual roleplay is for the people that has a certain amount of experience in roleplaying and want to write something decent.

And there is the advanced roleplay, which is pretty much the real deal in this site. Think of it as the "hard mode" in a game. There's also the arena, the 1x1, persistent world, etc.

I could explain more, but everything you need to know and more is in the [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/150081-a-new-users-guide-to-the-guild/ooc]New User's Guide[/url] and [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/162563-articles-and-guides-index/ooc]The Articles & Guides Index[/url]. Hope that helps. ;D