rant

this isn't going to be pretty as this was made in the spur of the moment. but me and a friend were talking and came to the realization that some of the rps around here have terrible rules and they're preventing people from joining. i know it's /your/ rp so you can do whatever the hell you want. but if you create an rp with the intention of having many people join, have fun and actually write. these limitations are ruining that and people wonder why non au rp's are running the site with even more diversity in faceclaims than a lot of the au rps i see around here. that's almost unreal because what do you mean my faceclaim needs almost a million followers to rp? what do you mean i can't rp as an influencer? what do you mean my face claim can't have a family ooc? why do most of these rp's have miami club requirements? 

not only that. here's these requirements and i still see characters who should be banned still being rped. crickets. i really don't want the lazy argument of "these rules are to check if they're actually influencers instead of normal people" or "these amount of followers certify the age or other information about the person" or "it's out of respect of their personal lives" because no one would be rping anyone because of that last statement. everyone knows the difference between an influencer account and the account of a regular person, and someone who shouldn't be rped (private accounts, minors, and those who verbally say this stuff is weird count me tf out). age wise, for the influencers who don't make the preferred half a million follower count, you can still find their ages and 9/10 they're grown. if you know your face claim does not meet the age requirement, don't reserve them. there are plenty of celebs who don't meet the follower count because they're just not popular but again 9/10 they're adults if you check. not everyone wants to be a k-idol for every rp they go to, that's where the other celebs, influencers, and YouTubers come from. the last two groups have become a middle ground for more diverse face claims if you don't want to rp a celebrity. this will not be the same sentiment everyone shares, and that's okay. but why even have these rules and still try to say you're promoting a welcoming and diverse usage of face claims? there are too many good and very creative rps around here not doing well because of that. i really want to say that on some of these posts but people are going to stick to their guns and i don't blame them, it's /their/ rp, not mine.