The Dark Creator
Not fun at parties
Roleplaying is all about creating a story with one other, or a few people. Rare cases a bunch of people. With that said, you think people would be able to accept all kinds of roleplayers, right?
Professional roleplayers
I'm obviously joking, but with that aside, i'll dive right into the meat of this topic.
Roleplaying is a hobby. We all know that. Some people do it for a story, some for the writing, and even a few people only love it for creating characters and expressing their personalities and abilities. With that said, the same logic can be applied to real life people. Nobody is perfect. There will be flaws within people, and trying to get people to focus greatly on getting big sentences and paragraphs, while the rest of the focus would be put into characters and... Well everything else, which usually isnt a lot. I had a buddy go for 1-3 paragraph roleplays and all the ones he had ended in ghosting, lack of interest for either party, and unable to continue it with all the filler into each paragraph. Could just be his luck, but still.
Additionally, it intimidates new roleplayers and discourages casual roleplayers. New roleplayers want things short and simple so it gets them used to the setting/plot better. Meanwhile casual roleplayers prefer things short and sweet.
A fix to this would be to ask for more detailed posts. Casual roleplayers typically know how to cram an entire story into a sentence or two, and new players could give it a whirl and should they make a mistake, correct them and teach. Not only does this open up the roleplay search to more people, it allows room for better actions, characters and story. If you do length requirements, i beg you to try out replacing "1+ paragraphs" with "Highly detailed posts"
Professional roleplayers
I'm obviously joking, but with that aside, i'll dive right into the meat of this topic.
Roleplaying is a hobby. We all know that. Some people do it for a story, some for the writing, and even a few people only love it for creating characters and expressing their personalities and abilities. With that said, the same logic can be applied to real life people. Nobody is perfect. There will be flaws within people, and trying to get people to focus greatly on getting big sentences and paragraphs, while the rest of the focus would be put into characters and... Well everything else, which usually isnt a lot. I had a buddy go for 1-3 paragraph roleplays and all the ones he had ended in ghosting, lack of interest for either party, and unable to continue it with all the filler into each paragraph. Could just be his luck, but still.
Additionally, it intimidates new roleplayers and discourages casual roleplayers. New roleplayers want things short and simple so it gets them used to the setting/plot better. Meanwhile casual roleplayers prefer things short and sweet.
A fix to this would be to ask for more detailed posts. Casual roleplayers typically know how to cram an entire story into a sentence or two, and new players could give it a whirl and should they make a mistake, correct them and teach. Not only does this open up the roleplay search to more people, it allows room for better actions, characters and story. If you do length requirements, i beg you to try out replacing "1+ paragraphs" with "Highly detailed posts"