High Casual Rant

[AlteredTundra]

@Mara All the memeing makes the latter seem impossible, donnit?

[Dion]

Maybe instead of memeing and causing this thread to go downhill, perhaps use that energy to get the thread back on track?

@Altered Tundra

thread was off track since the start

@Poohead189 bring in the big boy lock

[skidcrow]

@Mara All the memeing makes the latter seem impossible, donnit?

@Altered Tundra

Memes die.

[AlteredTundra]

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Memes die.

@Mara

Much like Allen's parents.

[Dion]

Maybe instead of memeing and causing this thread to go downhill, perhaps use that energy to get the thread back on track?

@Altered Tundra

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Much like Allen's parents.

@Altered Tundra

:thonked thinking:

[AlteredTundra]

@Odin Thanks for quoting me twice. I am often forgetful about what I say. You da best.

[skidcrow]

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:thonked thinking:

@Odin

:thancc:

[Dion]

maybe no memes, maybe discuss what @deadbeatwalking said

highcas makes u a coward, y/n/maybe and if y/n/maybe, why?

[Todd Howard]

I'm 100% convinced this was a shitpost from the start

[Dion]

I'm 100% convinced this was a shitpost from the start

@Raddum

no

deadbeat informed me that his friend from nyc robbed someone (and that this wasn't a shitpost). he was probably just off some good shit when he wrote this, because that's how he usually writes literally anything

[skidcrow]

I'm 100% convinced this was a shitpost from the start

@Raddum

you are already shitposted

maybe no memes, maybe discuss what @deadbeatwalking said

highcas makes u a coward, y/n/maybe and if y/n/maybe, why?

@Odin

*pukes up everything previously said*

Yes because pick a subforum and stick with that subforum. Roleplays don't need a fancy tag just because they go above the regular standards, it's up to the players to read the rules/guidelines/whatever and decide if they can meet the requirements. Subforum descriptions barely mean anything now anyway.

[Dion]

@Mara yes but he's not asking about the subforums

he's asking about the self-invented ''high casual'' tag and whether using it makes you a coward. there's no high casual subforum (description) so nothing you said applies to it

[Todd Howard]

no

@Odin

fantastic

[skidcrow]

@Mara yes but he's not asking about the subforums

he's asking about the self-invented ''high casual'' tag and whether using it makes you a coward. there's no high casual subforum (description) so nothing you said applies to it

@Odin

okok I'll try and clarify

People have said that they use High Casual as a way to merge 'Advanced expectations' with the 'Casual audience/atmosphere', typically implying (or outright stating) that Advanced is full of elitist snobs, which isn't true at all. In my eyes, this just means they use the High Casual tag because they're scared of or intimidated by Advanced's userbase. My point about the descriptions is that people also try to say Advanced expects posts to be pages long across the board (and Advanced posts can get quite lengthy), when in reality the bare minimum for an Advanced roleplay is "generally two paragraphs, but usually longer". Of course, the vagueness of that description can easily mean that both sides of the coin are right

While I don't necessarily agree with a term such as coward, I do think it's because of unnecessary intimidation.

[Dion]

@Mara yeah I see what you mean now my bad. I mean it's kinda dumb because advanced RP's playerbase is like pretty dead compared to when it was full of elitist snob (if they ever existed, because I certainly don't think so lmao). So that argument doesn't really make sense to me. But there are like numerous factors that can go into this, like intimidation or laziness (huh i can write 20 paragraphs i just dont WANNA spend more than 20 minutes on my post...............), lack of time or whatever.

None of that goes for high cas because you're essentially writing at advanced levels while making it artificially casual, but that doesn't even work because most likely you're still spending the same amount of time on the rp lol

[skidcrow]

@Mara yeah I see what you mean now my bad. I mean it's kinda dumb because advanced RP's playerbase is like pretty dead compared to when it was full of elitist snob (if they ever existed, because I certainly don't think so lmao). So that argument doesn't really make sense to me. But there are like numerous factors that can go into this, like intimidation or laziness (huh i can write 20 paragraphs i just dont WANNA spend more than 20 minutes on my post...............), lack of time or whatever.

None of that goes for high cas because you're essentially writing at advanced levels while making it artificially casual, but that doesn't even work because most likely you're still spending the same amount of time on the rp lol

@Odin

Pretty much this. Whatever reasons they have, High Casual GMs don't wanna put their roleplays in Advanced even when they're basically just Advanced roleplays in a different subforum. I get RPG has always been lax about which subforums roleplays are put in but it's dumb. If more High Casual people just made the move to Advanced then it'd be more active and they'd have the "Casual audience" they wanted.

[Todd Howard]

elitist snobs

@Mara

elitist snob (if they ever existed, because I certainly don't think so lmao).

@Odin

I do have to question when these fuckers existed, because I don't remember them either. If anything, people tend to be assholes the more you go in the opposite direction; Advanced has never been anything but polite and welcoming for me. (A shit writer who tries to avoid the Casual turmoil)

[POOHEAD189]

@POOHEAD189 this is really awkward but i was also not talking to you past "10/10 casework"

@DeadbeatWalking

Wait, this was a serious topic?

The tone of the first post was kind of asking for an army of memes and armchair philosophers.

@BrokenPromise

I think it was serious, but I also think people can't comprehend that it won't really solve anything to type that way.

[Dion]

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I do have to question when these fuckers existed, because I don't remember them either. If anything, people tend to be assholes the more you go in the opposite direction; Advanced has never been anything but polite and welcoming for me. (A shit writer who tries to avoid the Casual turmoil)

@Raddum

I think the people who couldn't/didn't want to write at advanced level were just looking for excuses and figured 'the people there aren't nice ANYWAY' would suffice?????

[Todd Howard]

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I think the people who couldn't/didn't want to write at advanced level were just looking for excuses and figured 'the people there aren't nice ANYWAY' would suffice?????

@Odin

"wow those fucking meanies i only wanted to post two sentences in my post anyway"

Sounds about right, tbh