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I mean, the first part is just us agreeing with each other.

I don't see this as a wide spread problem as you do, as must people seem to cling to the English language rather well. And, yes, people have gotten yelled at by a GM for speaking like they would OOCly, but I don't recommend making it your personal crusade to bother a GM every time someone uses "ur" instead of "your".

To be quite fair, Raynlyn, your opinion can come off as a bit strong. I believe it is you who refuses to RP with anyone who use the above example of spelling mishaps. Which, in my honest opinion, is quite small in comparison to certain characters that are quite Mary Sue-ish.


Lemme break it to down to you like this:

1. This thread is pointless.

A single example and your opinion won't better everybody in their roleplaying abilities. Not only would they have to go through many grammar rules, but they also have to find their "writer's voice". I mean, most people can tell who I play due to the way I write actions and description and not just because all my characters are lesbian loli catgirls. Of course, changing this "voice" can also be helpful when I write more serious characters.

2. It's only a relative problem.

As I've stated before, I rarely see this in IC unless it's a new person. I have to give them the benefit of the doubt, because they might be, like, 12 or something. Or not really into roleplaying as the person who spends a paragraph speaking to someone else.
(of course Nyah is an exception to this rule, but she has a lot of other, bigger problems aside from poor grammar)

3. [strike]Mercala sucks[/strike] Good Grammar =/= Good Writer

A point I like to reiterate. No matter how many synonyms or big long words you can fit into a single sentence, or how many obscure punctuation marks you like to throw around to make yourself sound smart; it falls flat on its face when introduced to a "casual" roleplaying environment such as SL2. A thesaurus and dictionary won't make you a better writer if your words are bland as fuck. I'd rather have a good writer with poor English abilities as long as we have fun roleplaying.


It's not that I disagree with you, Ranylyn, I believe that decent grasp of grammar is needed to properly communicate yourself. While, at the same time, building a wall and telling them to stay on their side because they don't meet your expectations is a lil' overboard. Experience helps, no matter how bad we are or where we start.

If you truly do not want to type properly, then please don't partake in IC interactions. You can still play the game OOCly and people are fine with that.