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[n00bl3t]

Yeah, there should be choice between paying for SRP AND providing more background that usual, with, perhaps at least 3 months long RP.




Maybe word limit for that exact roleplay, like 20 000 words?

People usually call that a thesis paper, and they get a fancy Dr title and pay rise out of it.

It is not hard to get that much words in two months (if you are active), both in your and someone else's RP I believe. I have... However, I agree it should be 10 000 rather than 20 000 words. Look at To: Hide. On the beginning, we had just short messages, but then, in time, we maintained to at least two paragraphs long replies. And I believe it also shows how RP is going on, as it is visible it goes better and better.

Maybe adding something around the time spent on the vessel + provided replies between certain factions would be another way than just giving out 250 million creds, because it makes the SRP way longer and you are more concerned about credits rather than on doing your RP right.

Also, 20 000 words is half of something I consider Light Novel.

I'm probably never going to apply for an SRP because of how the system works, but getting people to write stories/responses that hit an arbitrary word count to be considered good enough and involved other factions isn't a good measure of RP. It's a measure of time freedom, writing ability and ability to have friends in other factions.

Writing paragraphs is not the be all and end all of roleplay. It can be, but it doesn't have to be.

As it is, SRPs are decided in an opaque way with a subjective vote test, but I definitely wouldn't want it reduced to a mere writing contest.