Quote (RoboTek)
Well, I believe in being concise.
It isn't like we are really doing much when you think about it. Hell, I am performing three actions, total. Just try to imagine how much extra text you have, just because it adds flavor. I think these things are covering 6 seconds, I really don't know how you can manage to pull outs posts that are longer than casual essays on them.
While I'm not certain I believe in being concise because of a limit in time (remember that you can extend the area to include actions occuring at the virus's arrival, the thoughts in the characters' heads, etc., all of which contribue), I do believe Robotek has a point in the necessity of being concise. I've seen many posts now which seem to draw out a single action with huge words in place of a simplifying one. It's all right if you're explaining the exact motions of the action, gestures, or what have you, but it's not really doing your post any favors to make a "ball of fire" an overhyped "blazing inferno of hellfire, emitting heat as it ashed through the air," especially when the ball of fire involved is a Heatshot that will do 40 damage.
Yeah, it is hard with only 3 actions (I'm limited to that extent myself as of the moment, remember), but you can't downplay the importance of creative padding in some areas, Robotek. Personality is a key contributing factor to post quality, and that's largely obtained through dialogue or gestures.
On another note, everybody knows wordcount doesn't mean anything. XD