I took quite a break from roleplaying this year, one that I had meant for good but eventually realized was futile at this current time. Six months later, here I am again, writing mostly for myself in the hopes that I could understand the nuts and bolts of roleplay better. Tonight I want to talk about “Long Posts” though I suspect there will be some irony in the length of my own explanation and discussion of the topic. In my mind, “Long Posts” are damaging to a roleplay and should be avoided whenever possible. And yet… they really do seem like a disease. Every time I visit a place that would call itself among the upper-tier of roleplayers, a bold claim to say the least, I always see the same thing: Long Posts.
People seem to cling to them like hope incarnate, and they begin to live
and breathe the Long Post until they know no other way but it. Abandoned to
this senselessness, they are consumed. But what is a Long Post? Why is it bad?
