Not only do they make local chat useless for others around them, and not only do they take forever to write their magnum opuses...

They also tend to use weird tenses (/me did something) or weird cases (/me would do something), instead of simply doing...

Don't tell me what you would do or what you did. Tell me what you're doing. And don't write a novel. Keep the action moving.

I get annoyed with locations that require that sort of things. I swore of forums for years because of a certain RP

forum that had ridiculously long word limits. I shouldn't have to write 1000 words per post for you to respect my abilities. js.

(general you)

getting old and cranky...

lol I doubt that