<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=100680.msg4467813#msg4467813">Quote from: Black Howling on 06-04-2011, 00:15:32</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">My former comment about about you poking at the other players writing is the same thing. I hate elitism, but all you have technically done is a standard action. A full round is six seconds. As far as what I'm telling you to do, that is merely giving the other writers something to write to. I've mentioned the same thing to changingsaint. If you decide that a full paragraph in a critical moment is enough for several rounds of actions, then I'll simply ignore those that do not count.<br/><br/>Now onto another issue. Despite your disclaimer at the bottom, I do not appreciate being the butt end of your rant. A full sentence can not be one word, try to give that a publisher and see what happens. A sentence by definition, is simply a full thought. You could technically have at-least six of these in a six second period. Your mage armor is a standard action, while yes that could be your full round, if I let people do this on occasion then it'll simply become a trend, and we won't get anything done because I don't have time to post here all damn day.<br/><br/>I don't see why you blew up at me for what I said, especially after giving unasked critique to the other players, but I do not appreciate it. What is wrong? Are you upset about something? If you are, please private message me with what is egging at you so we do not butt heads in the OOC.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"Actually, drawing my bow and readying it would also be an action, and I took it to be as such."<br/><br/>"Also, 'Run!' is an imperative sentence with an implied 'you', it is a full and complete thought expressed in a single word. No, I could not fill a book with it, but an editor could not simply tell me that English doesn't work that way (and if they did, I'd find another editor, because I wouldn't want a shitty editor that doesn't know what an imperative sentence or an implied 'you' are)."<br/><br/>"My point was, you asked for a certain sentence count, which is arbitrary, and I did not leave you with nothing to work with, my post was short, but I left several implications of what my future actions might be, depending on the outcome of events. If I had not, I could see where you might have a point, but unfortunately, you may not have all day, but I don't have any information, and you specifically berated meta-gaming. I cast a spell 'standard', and drew and readied my bow, 'move'. You cannot have it both ways, either you want me not to metagame, or you want me to keep writing when I have no information."<br/><br/>"I don't have anything I wish to react to, I don't even know what the Fort save was against, you have given me nothing I intend to work off of, except that I needed to make a Fort save (which I do not know the results of), and shortly after, Alex was concerned. In fact, no offense to Changing, you specifically mentioned to me that I was using information that i did not have (regarding sleep), but changing's post has specifically implied that he is getting drowsy. Maybe you told him that he as feeling drowsy, but then you told me no such thing, so since you want me not to metagame, I am not going to react to something that way."<br/><br/>"As for my mention of grammar, I didn't tell her to change her post, I merely told her where something was wrong. I find it more insulting when people ignore those things, because if I was a professor, and she wrote 'must of' on a paper, I would point it out and take points off. I made the statement, because her repeated use implied she did not know that 'must of' was incorrect, so i corrected her, so that in the future, she can write it correctly, so that people do not look down on her for her writing. Would you call it insulting to hold your hand out to someone who has tripped?"<br/><br/>"I even mentioned that I<em>would</em>help people in the future with spelling and grammar,<em>if</em>they wished. If she felt insulted by my pointing out her grammar, she could simply say so, and I would stop doing so, for her, in the future, and that would be that."<br/><br/>"As for whether or not I am upset, I find it irritating to be held to capricious standards, but otherwise, no. I simply felt the need to make my thoughts clear, because if I did not communicate my desires (and openly), then we might trip over this same issue again and again. I agreed to comply with your rules, until such time as I feel they are not conducive to the nature of the game. I do not feel that way at present, so if you insist, I will edit my post, but regardless of my compliance, you will find that I have nothing of consequence to add to the game until more information is given."<br/><br/>"If you find that problematic, then you may ask me kindly to step down from my position in your game, and I shall. If not, then accept my post, or insist I change it, and we can move on."<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=100680.msg4467837#msg4467837">Quote from: Yorubi on 06-04-2011, 00:22:04</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"> I think the point, Ryuka, is that you can have more content in your posts that is useful without stretching things out. Trust me I don't like seeing people posting paragraph upon paragraph of detail in a post.  I am the median type of girl (though considering posts I've seen of people... I'm probably more towards skimping detail then anything) where I try to find a balance in detail without going overboard. <br/> <br/> For me, I prefer to adding in detail. If I turn my head I want to describe a little of what might react in response, such as my hair flowing in motion or possibly getting caught on my shoulder when I turn. There is just a lot of small variables that could be addressed that might not be. If you post very little for the person to work off of, they won't have much that they can even react to. If your just describing that you "turn in my direction" then I have no clue how to react to it. Are you looking at me angrily? Are you giving me a weird face? Are you showing dissatisfaction? Are you even looking at me or past me? It just makes it harder for the user to respond and really figure out the emotional level of interaction. Sure seeing details like how you turn leaves more for me to describe, but the biggest issue is often just how things are done and how they can be read by the individual. <br/> <br/> Should you write a book every time you post? No. <br/> <br/> Do you have to have a very detailed post all the time? No.<br/> <br/> The main area of focus I simply feel being brought up is that there should be something that others can work off of rather then having to throw wild assumptions and guesses. I don't mind if you type only 3 or 4 sentences at all if your giving me nice 'beefy' sentences with detail that let me really understand what is going on with your character and how my character mighty process it out. <br/> </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"Should I be casting my spell 'angrily'? I think that saying anything else is not conducive to the scene currently. If I had to read how about Aragorn's expressions or Harry Potter's gestures EVERY scene in which there is action, i would burn the book (in fact, in the former case, screw Tolkien for making me read 10 paragraphs of useless information every time anyone did ANYTHING!). I cast a defensive spell and readied my bow, the subtext exists, I am concerned, and preparing for the worst. A good writer knows when some things are implicit, and you are only watering down the action (and making yourself look like a pretentious dick) when you write every little detail."<br/><br/>"Like I said, could I write more? Sure, if I were writing a book, would I? Yes, but that's because when I write a book, I am in total control. I would already know what Seladin does not know, meaning I could take the correct actions. I could make Seladin double over as the poison seeped into him, or shake off the effects, or lazily drift off..."