It's a bit the same reason why i tend to avoid most of the "classic" literature: it loses itself so much on describing that most of the times loses the focus of the story and it's actual subject.

I hate reading RP logs (even ones that have all the content I tend to enjoy) because it's too long-winded.

For me it about the writing. Setting characters up and establishing their motives. Also when you start role-playing in that level of detail it allows you and the others involved can more easily work off one another. It takes a look imagination and creativity to right out all your actions.

For me writing out only dialogue or just a handful of actions is boring. Not to mention how a pokeball or standing in just an area is unimaginative. For example


*stands in corner and pulls lever.* what is the motive? What is the experience like? There is no real substance to it compared to trying to write out all the things that can really tie an emotional context or story driven narrative together.

Imagine if you will a whole book writtenout in just normal Rp text. Pretty short and damn boring. No substance. What was Witness process to survive on Mars? What was the mind set of the artilarry man trying to restart civilization in war of the world's?

You can't get a good gauge on such things just a few sentences at a time.

That is how I think of it. Not long and boring. Rather actual character and world building.

Ah, but are you roleplaying or writing a book together? There's a difference.

Your RP partner isn't a mind-reader. She doesn't know what you're thinking, and can only infer your motivations and emotions from what you look like and what you do. If you and she were in the same room, would she know why you pulled the lever? Unless you tell her, or unless the result is immediately obvious, no. Would she know your mental state, aside from what the droop of your tail and the set of your ears and the look on your muzzle told her?

To me, that's what RPing is about: putting yourself in the scene and interacting with another as though you were there for real, with only the knowledge you would have if you were there.

To each there own

That was unfair of me. I asked what the attraction was, and you answered honestly. Thanks.

I agree with Tonya here. Many posts go into stream-of-consciousness detail about what the character is thinking and feeling. I'm not reading a novel written by an omniscient third person narrator, I'm one of the characters in the scene. I can only tell what someone's feeling by how they behave.
Yes, build character: Read my stories here! But I don't give a full character introduction with every post.

shit you not when i was on the bleach reborn sim i was stuck till 5 am cause two people in a group of 6 were para rpers, they yelled at me when i asked if i coul just make a quick one action exit (exits are meant to be two action there for specific reasons) i told them fuck that when they said no and left anyway, told them i intended to leave anyway but i was being ncie. i counted the time for them, a full 30 minutes for each reply from them both. the only time i find para rp aceptable is in an entrance or setting the scene. after that it becomes a waste of everybodys time and takes you out of the fun of rp.

Them's good guidelines.

yup. unless youre forced away fromcomputer for something then it shouldnt take more than 10 minutes max.

I've been known for a few buffer busters in text MUCK, scene setting and all. Time and place for it, and sometimes when I'm basically in full control of a situation and am on a roll. For the sake of pacing, a pithy reply is certainly more appropriate than struggling and forcing it.

I usually self regulate to five minutes tops, then ship what I have, or when I know I'm stuck.

Yay for you that you can write like that in an RP. Five minutes for me is like a non-con bondage scene. And unfortunately for me, much of the stuff I read in people's RP is really shitty writing: half a dozen small actions separated by "as he".

Sniggering that he had gotten away with it, the furry creature stuffs the snickers bar into his plaid-lined pockets; the raccoon winked at his buddies as he sneakily absconded with the goods; the masked one's heart thumped in nervousness as he hoped he could get away with it; the ringtailed one laughed at his friends as he scampered out the store.

All at once? Really? That was all one person!

I really am that awesome. Superb, even. Sometimes even spectacular.

See what comes of trusting raccoons?

Always trust raccoons.

A Fluid exchange of responces VS pages of text on and and on and on Some times a sentance back and forth some times a paragraph or two...

its really painful where checking ABC's takes 5 minutes cause of para RP.

I am guilty of some of the long-post form, but more with people I know on Skype or text MUCKs, MUDs etc. A paragraph at a time tossed into the aether, it is then more a correspondence or, I suppose, "writing a book together," as the other will reply when they get back to the keyboard, or the window, or whatever. A hold over or bad habit, I suppose, from when I discovered RP and the furry fandom in general, when things stretched out for days as each participant had to get back to the computer lab or get dialed up to check the BBS in question.

It seems mannerly to avoid such things when someone is waiting on the other end and ESPECIALLY when in on a threesome or more, but if I have learned anything getting out into the world or the World Wide Web, and especially in some of the odd corners of Second Life, it is a path to madness to assume that everyone else will have the same definitions of good manners as I have. When in Rome ;)

I think it's really just a personal preference more than anything. Some people like the embellishment of a scene in long prose, like reading an story, whereas a shorter style can make a roleplay more dynamic and active.
I remember I used to participate in forum roleplays, which, if you got a talented set of storytellers together, was a magnificent experience. It become more akin to weaving a living breathing story together, and it was all the better for having a little embellishment and rounding out of the character's actions with context of the story.
But those were meant to be verbose, and generally it would be one post per person per day (unless you got some people who got into a bad romance scene *groan*).
For one on one moment to moment RPs, I've enjoyed roleplays of both shorter styles and more detailed ones. I find shorter-length rps tend to be a little more active and responsive, but longer-style rps have a more involved and let a little more detail and description filter into what you say, so being more akin to the story-weaving as I mentioned before. I do have an upper limit of how much can be done before I just get bloated on text, though.
When it comes to content, there's only a few things that put me off a roleplay:
-Consciously failing to use good grammar. Typos happen, but I have a vested interest in never roleplaying with someone who types 'ur' instead of 'your' and other lazy misspellings or unneccessary contractions. It's just juvenile.
-Godmodding. You don't know how I'll react, you don't know what I'll think, you might be able to guess- but if someone starts dictating my actions for me, I may as well not participate.
-Repetition and padding. Every time an action is done in a roleplay bit, it loses its impact. You don't need 4 posts about one swordfight, or whatever happens to be going on. So in some ways, a long post can be good here. Get the big meat of a situation gussied up and detailed, but restrict it to the one line rather than padding it to additional ones with the clever application of the thesaurus.