I'll be very bold and raw with this because it's something that severely aggravates me in this community...
First off not directed at any of you but I don't understand why people have coined these terms illiterate and literate to describe someone's reading or writing levels. If a person is truely "literate" in their terms they should realize that they're using these terms all wrong. Look it up in a dictionary people because you guys are just bending the true definition of words and making your selves sound ridiculous. Using these terms illiterate and literate in these ways is no different than "Wolf Speaking" to be honest.
Secondly these so called "literates" are mostly just being snobs. I have hosted plenty great rps in the past with users of all reading levels and we've had a lot of fun. These so called "literate" people are just discriminating people because they have a few spelling errors or different writing styles from theirs claiming that they can't understand what these people are saying... Give me a break! Unless a user is talking another language I don't see how you can't understand them. If the person was able to get on this site and far enough to download and play the game themself I'm pretty damn sure they can write at a level that is readable to most here. Also many of these "literate" folks claiming that they can't understand these so called "illiterates" are understanding them enough to correct them so let's all cut the nonsense. If you can understand a person enough to correct them you can understand then enough to rp with them.
This game is about having fun and many users have warped this game into a judgmental and borderline bullying community with stupidity like the labeling of "illiterates" & "literates". Since when did this game become a game about grammar? When I turn on Feral Heart I'm not coming into school and neither are the many other users here. They're coming on for a fun experience not to be tutored or worse bashed because they aren't some perfect writer etc. Tell me who appointed these so called "literates" Grammar Gods? If I or some other user felt like spelling casually or talking casually in this game without using punctuation for every phrase or maybe using a short cut for a phrase we should be able to and not get judged as any less of a person for doing it.
The title noob is no better either. How about we step out of grade school and leave the dumb and degrading titles out of this game? There is no reason to label someone that insulting. How about saying new comer rather than noob and welcoming them to the community if they say they are new rather than blocking, insulting, or ignoring them? For all the rude "literates" how about you step back and shush for a moment and go back in time to when you were a kid and weren't some "ultra awesome epic writer" as you claim to be now. We all started somewhere and I guarantee you it wasn't perfect and never will be.
People also need to learn to have a heart on this game. Consider just how something you say might affect a person. What if you're bullying someone about their writing style and they're already someone who has a complex or gets bullied? What if that person is depressed at home, getting abused, seeing their parents divorce, or mourning a death and Feral Heart is one of their get aways from reality? Through rp many users can escape their own reality and enter a more fun or beautiful world and here you "literates" just become one more downer in their life by making the Feral Heart community a hostile and bullying place. Let's also not forget that people miss spell or have different writing styles for numerous valid reasons like English isn't their first language, their young, they are dyslexic or have some other kind of disorder, it's easier and they want to write that way etc.
It's very sad when people deny someone fun of rping just because their style is different or they miss spell a bit. I've seen users get excited to join a rp because the story sounds interesting and then these called "literate" down right denies them just because their reading level isn't up to par with their own. That's discrimination and that's cold. I've seen some users struggle to write the best they can just to join a rp to have some fun and still get denied even though their rp sample was detailed and interesting just because of some minor writing "flaw". I think a lot of "literates" should be honored that anyone even if their writing level is a little "lower" is interested enough to want to join their rp.
People need to drop the labeling and remember what this community is really about. Having people of different varieties, skills, and natures is what makes this community so interesting and fun so please be kind to one another and just learn to have innocent fun. If you really want to help someone and give them some rp pointers there is nothing wrong with that so long as you aren't pushy or rude about it. Try having people of different rping skills join your rp and you might be surprised just how fun it can be. I've done it and it's great but most importantly everyone has fun. Work around each other and when you learn to be a good patient rper with users of all levels of writing in your rps then you can truely brag...
Well said Sura, couldn't have put it better myself.
