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... I'm an idiot. What's wrong with simply calling it "Music Room Three"? Anything?

In most forum-based RPs I take anywhere between twenty and thirty minutes to reply, because I'm expected to produce two - three solid paragraphs per post. I usually "dress up" my post too, using colours, icons, and a character-image, and providing details like OOC, Location, Thoughts, etc. in smaller font at the bottom.
In the main forum I feel rushed, and because of it my literacy suffers, and I don't have as much fun.

TLDR;; Yes. I would use the hell out of it.

A good posting format is simple. Streamlined. Nothing too fancy, or distracting; just enough to make each character's post unique to his/her personality. At a glance, it can tell you the character's past, the character's secrets/ hidden nature (if they have any), and in some rare cases- I've only seen it successfully executed once- it can even tell you the character's future. Never directly, of course. Always in allusion.
Besides: given the choice between two shirts, identical in every way except for a color, a pattern, or an image, would you NOT choose the one you find aesthetically pleasing? The quality of my writing doesn't change based on the color it's written in or the images around it, so in short, no, I don't think it detracts from the text. Ultimately it's a matter of preference, and I'm not going to ask anyone to follow my example, so while I appreciate your opinion it is- and shall remain- different from mine.

Edit:// I'll try not to make a posting format you'd call "cluttered" even upon seeing it multiple times, but if it bothers you, let me know. I can refrain.

Don't stress about it. ^_^ If you want to do a format, do a format. It's not necessary, but it's nice if well done, and fairly simple for others to download and to clean out when quoting. We have several active users who do most of their posting and reading from their cell phones or iPods.

I don't do a format frankly because I spend so much time on my iPad that it's a real hassle for me. My iPad does not cope with copying and pasting from multiple tabs well. And also -- I've got my avatar and my .sig file. Perhaps I'm a touch arrogant (ah, yes, Ootori -wry smile-) but I expect people know it's me.

I get overwhelmed easily in the main thread when there's more than three or four people actively posting, so having a place where I can guarantee individual focus on a guest is ideal.

I'm all for this! I agree with Shiny on the matter of it being slightly overwhelming when there's so many people in the main forum already. Kyandii might love how busy it gets, but as her writer who has a habit of writing longer posts(more often then not), I can't help but feel bad that sometimes it takes me so long to respond to others. I'm also the type that likes to wait until everyone I'm interacting with has responded and respond to all of them at once.

Would also be a nice change in pace as well. In the main thread it's nice for interacting with -everyone-, both hosts and guests. But this also makes it hard to monopolize a specific hosts attention as well. wink

I like the "Music Room Three" name idea as well.