What the Hell? How do I not merit a response?
Nevermind. Found it.
#elitist
Better writing is still subjective and opinionated. Of the great literary masters of the most influential and abundant genres, there are still preferences and tastes. You can generalize a few tiers of writing, sure, but you won't be able to define an overall mechanic or pattern for quality after some point. Basically, you can teach a sculptor how to make a perfect base, but what they make from there, whether you like it or not, is going to be preference to every viewer from then on, whether they're ignorant or veteran critics. If you want to judge those that don't take writing seriously and just want to enjoy NOT BEING themselves for a short period of time, you need to understand that they aren't performing the same action with the same motives as you. Often, they don't care about the health of a roleplay. They don't care about logic, continuity, plots or other characters they interact with in the long run. They write for the moment, even if they reuse the same character. It is an act that they enjoy, and judging them because you prescribe it more value is pointless.
This is why I, through an "elitist" perspective, support high levels of roleplaying segregation. Make entire areas meant for those different kinds of people. Don't judge the quality of a roleplay, but the reason for it - that's often far, far more important. At times, I want to roleplay for entirely different reasons. At times, I want to create these magnificent, extended worlds for people to explore and to connect with them on a literary level while at other times I just want to temporarily express my feelings or state of mind at the time. Many, many people around here will call me many things: an elitist jerk; a toxic, cancerous member of the community; a wonder in the sense I haven't been banned - all in common that I often get a negative reputation. What none of them, aside from the saltier ones, will say is that I'm a poor roleplayer. I roleplay and I know why I roleplay and I always make sure that when I roleplay, I roleplay with the correct intentions in comparison to those around me. Roleplaying isn't just about you; it's about those you interact with. It's about being part of something. If you want to just write, do it solo; start a blog or a book. But, if you're here, then you obviously seek something different or something "more" than just writing solo, even if it is just to test and develop your skills alongside others. It is, in my opinion, a great act of hypocrisy to willingly show up knowing that you are here because you want to do something that is "different" or "more" then judge or look down on others that, at the very core, want the same thing, but merely have different intentions and standards as to how they attain it.
Nevermind. Found it.
#elitist
Better writing is still subjective and opinionated. Of the great literary masters of the most influential and abundant genres, there are still preferences and tastes. You can generalize a few tiers of writing, sure, but you won't be able to define an overall mechanic or pattern for quality after some point. Basically, you can teach a sculptor how to make a perfect base, but what they make from there, whether you like it or not, is going to be preference to every viewer from then on, whether they're ignorant or veteran critics. If you want to judge those that don't take writing seriously and just want to enjoy NOT BEING themselves for a short period of time, you need to understand that they aren't performing the same action with the same motives as you. Often, they don't care about the health of a roleplay. They don't care about logic, continuity, plots or other characters they interact with in the long run. They write for the moment, even if they reuse the same character. It is an act that they enjoy, and judging them because you prescribe it more value is pointless.
This is why I, through an "elitist" perspective, support high levels of roleplaying segregation. Make entire areas meant for those different kinds of people. Don't judge the quality of a roleplay, but the reason for it - that's often far, far more important. At times, I want to roleplay for entirely different reasons. At times, I want to create these magnificent, extended worlds for people to explore and to connect with them on a literary level while at other times I just want to temporarily express my feelings or state of mind at the time. Many, many people around here will call me many things: an elitist jerk; a toxic, cancerous member of the community; a wonder in the sense I haven't been banned - all in common that I often get a negative reputation. What none of them, aside from the saltier ones, will say is that I'm a poor roleplayer. I roleplay and I know why I roleplay and I always make sure that when I roleplay, I roleplay with the correct intentions in comparison to those around me. Roleplaying isn't just about you; it's about those you interact with. It's about being part of something. If you want to just write, do it solo; start a blog or a book. But, if you're here, then you obviously seek something different or something "more" than just writing solo, even if it is just to test and develop your skills alongside others. It is, in my opinion, a great act of hypocrisy to willingly show up knowing that you are here because you want to do something that is "different" or "more" then judge or look down on others that, at the very core, want the same thing, but merely have different intentions and standards as to how they attain it.
