&. My Stance on Literacy.

While I do not expect everyone to be utter elite literates who feel they need to post a short novel for every post, I really would appreciate it if everyone made an effort to use proper, correct English. I definitely will not tolerate chatspeak. It is ugly and lazy, and frustrating for someone to try to read. Similar web languages, such as Leet-speak (1337) will also not be tolerated. While I understand that occasionally everyone makes mistakes and submits typos, it is nicer and easier to understand if you either read over your post, or use the spell-check button provided. I myself often type my longer posts in Microsoft Word beforehand, as the in-built spell-checker comes in handy. Post length does not equate to literacy. While I want neither novels nor one-liner replies, I would expect a good paragraph or so. If you don't respond to another players post with enough detail and depth for them to work wth and reply back, it becomes impossible to roleplay.

In a roleplay I was in a long time ago, I spent a considerable amount of time typing up a long post that described my character's surroundings, what they were doing, their thoughts, as well as what they said, and then the person I was playing with merely replied; ' "okay" rose roared '.
I felt like crying. Not literally, but it was inconsiderate of that person. How was I meant to work with that minimal reply?