My roleplaying requirements:
- I can read your post.
- OOC friendliness
I don't care whether you're literate, illiterate, a wolfspeaker or not, providing I can understand what you've written, I'll reply! Everyone starts off somewhere and ignoring inexperienced roleplayers isn't good for the community. Whilst I prefer a bit of multi-paragraph banter, I can easily get that with friends! When I'm out and about, if I can read the basics of your post, I'll interact with you. The only people who fall outside this category are
extremely heavy wolfspeakers and leet-speakers. Granted, some days it's a little disheartening to receive a one-word reply to a paragraph, and it leaves me especially vulnerable to powerplayers, but-... Well. Seeing other's improvement far outweighs any negative experiences, in all honesty!
The player's friendliness, too, is pivotal. I don't care if you're an upcoming author who's writing is literary genius; if you're unnecessarily demeaning and cruel, I won't roleplay with you. I find it far more rewarding to interact with a friendly newbie than a pompous, experienced roleplayer! Whilst the line between OOC/IC should never really be crossed, I personally find it difficult to enjoy roleplay with someone I
know is cruel to other players.
I care more about the player behind the character than the quality of the roleplay. If they're enjoying themselves, I'm happy to interact with them regardless of their roleplaying ability!