Quote:Regarding Madison's idea, I'd never put an RP limit on a regular show that has its own roster. That suggests there is strength in numbers which is false. A great RPer can win their match with 2 or 3 RPs against a guy who does 6, 8, 12, etc... I'd even venture to say ONE RP could beat somebody who RPs all through the week if that one RP is incredible, so really there's no reason for a limit. Anybody who "feels" like they want an RP limit is doing that to themselves and building pressure in their own mind because the numbers don't matter. The only time numbers matter is if the quality is considered equal by multiple judges, so then smaller aspects get looked at to break the tie and quantity may be one of those aspects in some cases. In a case where 2 people put out equal quality, then yes the person who physically delivered more sheer effort is deserving of that win, which can't happen if we had RP limits.

I think the main reason behind the RP limit was to take some of the pressure off of the GM running the show since some GMs don't have time to read 30,000 words every week. I have to say from experience that it does become tiresome after a while.

I think quantity puts more pressure on RPers than you'd think. If you're in a match and you put out 3 five star quality RPs, how confident are you going to be if your opponent put out 6 RPs of the same quality? Now of course if someone drops 10 pieces of shit against someone who does 2 really good ones then it's obvious, but I rarely see that happening.