What did you say?

The dove dove. The singer was singed. You're reading your tales of yore! They're having their party over there. Yeah, the dude said "Yea, verily". Nay, horses say "neigh". That really complemented your compliment. I'm really loath to loathe you. I thought they threw that, but you weren't very thorough. To have two kittens is too much. The procession preceded the proceedings. I told you not to lose the loose knot! I summoned the council to counsel and console me. A part of the pie is apart from the other part. The principal stuck to his principles. I'm wont to do this and I won't.

"hey did u guys go too another part of the castle i dont no were your going were are u"

English is a confusing language, but it isn't that confusing. In fact, if you don't speak it very well, you might end up confusing people who do. Or maybe you do speak English very well, but you don't put much effort into your spelling and grammar because you're insufferably lazy. As I've shown you above in the italics, spelling and grammar are extremely important in writing. Even a single omitted letter or misplaced comma can change your meaning completely. Role playing depends on your writing, and on other people understanding your writing, and when u typ like this too the other RPers, it sends a bad message. It says that you're probably an idiot who can't speak their own language, a speaker of a foreign language (in which case it's understandable), or that you just don't have enough respect for the other role players to put any effort into your writing. I'm not saying that your writing has to be flawless - no one's is -  but you should show that you're putting some effort into it. To elaborate, I'm splitting this up into two parts again.

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For those who failed grade school English, here's a crash course.

. <- This thing here is called a "period". It goes at the end of a sentence, for example, "If you do not end your sentences with this little dot we call a period, I will find something heavy and beat you with it."

, <- This is a comma. It separates two related thoughts within the same sentence. It's the difference between "Let's eat grandma!" and "Let's eat, grandma!" It can also separate items in a list, such as "squares, circles, triangles". There are many, many other uses, but if you're so inept at grammar that you need to read this now, stick to the basics.

! <- This is an exclamation mark. It goes at the end of a sentence. Unlike a period, the exclamation mark changes the tone of voice for the entire sentence. It makes it loud and implies that you're excited or angry about something. If you use an exclamation mark for "Look! A basket of kittens! Woohoo!", it shows that you're excited. If you just say "Look, a basket of kittens. Woohoo" it seems like you're some sarcastic jerk who doesn't like kittens. Shame on you.

? <- This is a question mark. It goes at the end of a sentence. It shows that your sentence is a question. It takes "You'll really beat me if I don't add a question mark to the end of my questions" and makes it "You'll really beat me if I don't add a question mark to the end of my questions?" The answer is yes, by the way. I will.

; <- This is a semicolon. You don't want to learn about semicolons right now; they're confusing.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ <- These are capital letters. They go at the beginning of every sentence and every name. You make them by pressing the "caps lock" or "shift" keys. They Do Not Go At The Beginning Of Every Word. they may not be omitted to save time. THEY CERTAINLY SHOULD NOT BE THE ONLY LETTERS YOU USE.

-If you find that you're confusing words fairly often, keep this list handy as a reference.
-Find a writing buddy! If you know someone who's good with their grammar and spelling, ask them to correct you, and pay attention to their corrections. Don't get annoyed with them; after all, they are trying to help you.

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For the insufferably lazy arrogant people, if you're not willing to speak your own language properly out of a belief that your peers aren't worth the effort, then leave the RP. We don't want you.

I've heard the "this isn't an english class lolz" excuse more times than I care to count. It's a stupid excuse and I don't buy it. The entire point of an English class is to teach you to use proper English on a daily basis. If you haven't learned that lesson, then you should have failed the class.

The main problem, however, is this: You are choosing to spend time with a group of people who have all decided to write for fun. A majority of us really don't care if you have your obscure words, semicolons, and umlauts in a row, we just want to understand what everyone else is saying. If you purposely don't capitalize or punctuate anything, and you don't bother to make sure you're using the words you think you're using (you/your/you're, etc.), it's an insult to the rest of us. It's saying, "I don't care about you guys, your story, or your characters, and you're not worth the tiny amount of effort it would take to press the shift key every once in a while." Whether or not you mean to give off that impression, that's the way it's going to be interpreted. If you really believe that, then go away; we don't think you're worth the effort either. If you didn't mean it, then for the sake of everyone around you, USE THE BUTTONS ON YOUR KEYBOARD, DAMMIT.

Class dismissed.