I feel like this change is both far too simplistic and a bit too much. Yes, we don’t need our 10k RPs that stretch as far as the horizon, and this gives a chance for the RPs that don’t get all the fame and attention to actually grow and exist for more than five minutes.
However, this promise to revamp the RP format with so little detail given seems like a bad choice to make. Most RPs that do any good do, for the most part, use that kind of illustration before they begin. But I feel like that’s not enough to bring things to a reasonable level, and while going full BZP-Era RP judging system for new RPs which we get once in a blue moon is a horrible idea, there does need to be something extra.
The only RP I’ve ever made on here - my first and hopefully not my last - was Frontier - An Okoto Space Roleplay. I made sure to specify in the RP topic itself quite a large amount of info about the game, the rules (which were as far as I can tell widely unheard of in the RPs at the time) and etc. which didn’t exactly encourage a lot of people to play. After it crashed, burned, and the funeral service closed, RPs started popping up accepting this sort of format for rules in an RP’s system, although most times not explicitly stated. The most noteworthy occurrence of this is Okotan Adventures.
Now I’m not saying that my RP brought on this drastic change, it could easily be a coincidence of events beyond my scope of vision. But regardless, the main type of RP we get, no matter the context, is ‘don’t kill other players okay go berserk’. If you really intend to change the RP format, that’s the number one thing that should occur- any and all RPs must follow a basic, simple set of rules and must state so. They can add more if they want, but these fundamental ones should always remain.
As for the amount of time an RP can take, it should be determined by the activity in an RP. If it’s almost none or an insane amount, it should be either controlled or cut off. With RP topics still capable of restarting where they leave off, that doesn’t bother me much at all what happens.
Now that I’ve stated my opinion on that, I must ask what the changes are to the Literary subcategory and what aspects are being overhauled.