Questions & Introduction

[Etch]

Introduction

Hello, my name is Etch and I am a new member of this site. I was first introduced by another member, @Ophidian, who role played with me on another site, and I expect to enjoy this site much more than the last. (The last site was rather poor, either way.) However, I do have a few questions if anyone is free to answer them. Those can come later, though.

To tell you all a bit about myself, I am a literate role player who has been role playing for 6~ years, and I enjoy the craft greatly. However, I find it difficult to find other partners who suit my needs, as while I do believe in quality over quantity, I still have requirements for quantity. (Tells you how high my quality need is, huh? XD) If anyone reading this is able to do 4+ medium to long length paragraphs and is confident in their grammar, story telling ability, and world design, feel free to hit me up in PM's. That being said, I'm generally open to new ideas and if you don't meet those requirements but believe there is a specific reason I would still enjoy a role play with you, feel free to hit me up as well. (Like, say, if you write really short paragraphs but you write like 20 of them. :P)

A bit about my home life: All my closest friends are graduates from high school, despite me being a freshman myself. (I know, weird, right?) I am well known among my friends as the best at making weird noises, as well. (Anyone able to imitate a hybrid sound between a cough, laugh, gag, and choke? It's quite interesting. Some of my friends say it sounds like a gerbil that is dying laughing.) I'm also well known among my friends as the one who shows up to places with four pages of stuff I wrote so one of my friends can peer edit it. (Most of them hate reading, so they hate it when I do this. ._.) To my enemies, I'm the weird kid who sits as close to the teacher as possible and jabbers his/her ear off until they have to tell me as kindly as they can that I need to shut up. I'm quite proud of that, though. I couldn't have asked for it better, actually.

Anyway, I could talk about my friends and the such forever, but I'll just leave off on this last note: I have been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, a very high functioning form of autism that often leaves me unable to understand the hidden rules of conversation and civilization. (For example, I didn't learn how to say thank you until I was eight, and now I can't stop saying thank you. >.<) I'm also suspected of having Bi Polar by both my therapist, parents, and psychiatrist, but I haven't been diagnosed as of yet because I'm not 18, and doctors don't like to label people under 18 with Bi Polar because it's so hard to get off your record.

That being said, I'll leave off here. Thank you for your time in reading this. Now, on to the questions!

Questions

1.) How many literate (4+ Paragraph) role players are on this site? I'm not asking for an exact number, but just an approximation.
2.) How accepting is this community? As in, is there a lot of drama or other generalized jerks, a moderate amount, or is it relatively low?
3.) How well is the 'No Mature Content' rule enforced? Is it not even much of an issue here, or do players get away with it often? The old site I role played on was basically overrun by erotica role players, so I'd like to avoid that here.

[Tortoise]

Answer 1. There's an entire section for that: Advanced Roleplaying. Many people there pump out 3 to 6 paragraphs a post. I tend to go for either casual or advanced, and I personally usually do 2 to 5. My record is about 20 paragraphs, but I try to only do as much as is actually necessary. Word count shouldn't be a pissing contest.

Answer 2. Drama is rare overall, but historical and low fantasy RPs often have massive debates about what it historically accurate, and sci-fi RPs sometimes have scientific "discussions" to decide what is plausible to keep it realistic.

Answer 3. I've never seen smut/sex RP, but I've heard of it happening occasionally. Overall, it seems to be rarely ever posted publicly: it's only done in PMs for the sake of site rules. It is a bannable offense, after-all.

Pro-tip: don't tell people you have Asperger's on the internet. Half won't believe you and will claim you just want attention, because they don't understand how the brain works. The other half will act like you're stupid or imply you need constant help, because they don't understand how the brain works. A few will treat you like Sheldon from Big Bang Theory, because they don't understand how comedy works and watch Big Bang Theory. RPG is a really accepting community and I don't expect you'll run into any of that here- most people will probably simply ignore it- but it's just better not to go advertising a mental aberration to strangers.

[Etch]

Answer 1. There's an entire section for that: Advanced Roleplaying. Many people there pump out 3 to 6 paragraphs a post. I tend to go for either casual or advanced, and I personally usually do 2 to 5. My record is about 20 paragraphs, but I try to only do as much as is actually necessary. Word count shouldn't be a pissing contest.

Answer 2. Drama is rare overall, but historical and low fantasy RPs often have massive debates about what it historically accurate, and sci-fi RPs sometimes have scientific "discussions" to decide what is plausible to keep it realistic.

Answer 3. I've never seen smut/sex RP, but I've heard of it happening occasionally. Overall, it seems to be rarely ever posted publicly: it's only done in PMs for the sake of site rules. It is a bannable offense, after-all.

Pro-tip: don't tell people you have Asperger's on the internet. Half won't believe you and will claim you just want attention, because they don't understand how the brain works. The other half will act like you're stupid or imply you need constant help, because they don't understand how the brain works. A few will treat you like Sheldon from Big Bang Theory, because they don't understand how comedy works and watch Big Bang Theory. RPG is a really accepting community and I don't expect you'll run into any of that here- most people will probably simply ignore it- but it's just better not to go advertising a mental aberration to strangers.

@Jeyma

1.) I see, although I looked at the sections and noticed that the 1x1 section is seperate from the advanced section. Is there a section for advanced 1x1s that I'm not seeing, or do you just have to look around for a bit?

2/3.) That's good to hear. I don't mind debates, as long as they don't get out of hand and are generally moderated. As far as smut goes, I'm also glad to hear it is a bannable offense. I don't believe it ever said that in the rules, but I could be wrong.

Tip.) I've been told that before, and personally I can definitely see your point, but I don't see why I need to cater towards the people who are idiotic enough to do so. I feel confident I can handle it if someone decides to be a jerk (That's what ignore buttons are for.) and even without an ignore button it's easy to simply ignore them in general. If you don't reply, they generally don't keep pestering you. The ones who do can be reported to a moderator. I much prefer to ensure people are aware, because I have a bad habit of getting into misunderstandings and sometimes it's difficult to explain what actually happened if people aren't aware. Sure, I could explain it on the spot, but in my opinion there are a million ways that can go wrong, especially if emotions are already heated. Personally, I handle hate extremely well compared to most my age, or I dare say even most in general. However, I am cautious to avoid saying such things on sites that I expect to have a negative or wide variety of a community, mainly larger sites like social media or the more popular role play sites. I try to be wise about it while still catering to my own personal needs. So, yes, that is something I have taken into consideration before, but it is not something that is likely to change anytime soon. I do appreciate your concern though. ^.^

[ArenaSnow]

1. There are quite a few advanced roleplayers, though there is a larger amount of casual folks. Still, you shouldn't have too much trouble connecting with the right folks. 1x1 tends to lean towards advanced roleplaying, and there are a good number of advanced roleplayers that frequent that section, so you should still be fine.

2. Generally speaking, the site is very open and very accepting. There's a select few that would be better off... gone, to moderate myself, but in general you should be fine. The most likely issue would be dedication - there's a high apathy rate on this site. 1x1 tends to be better, group roleplays that are smart tend to have the coffin already purchased ;p Massive, flamewar debates are pretty rare in my experience, though I've seen them happen in my time here.

3. Site rules say to keep it out of main topics and I haven't seen an issue with that policy arise. It's definitely on the site and allowed in PM and allowed to be advertised for, but the site is miles away from being from overrun by it. It's more likely to suffer a surprise spambot invasion ;p I haven't seen anyone get banned for it, but then, I haven't seen people make a problem with it either.

As long as you don't use your conditions as a sort of crutch or reason to not improve yourself, I don't care much what you have and I'll work around you with it loosely in my mind. Those who go crazy over it can go sod off, but in some cases they aren't completely in the wrong. You seem fine so I don't think there will be much of a problem with it unless you throw a paragraph into your sig, into your CS/IC posts every time or otherwise make a big deal of it. Overall, shouldn't be an issue.

Any more Q's or clarification needed, I'm open.