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[Gouki]

While I understand your point Gouki, the great thing about sites like the Omniverse is the collaboration aspect, especially if you intend to become a better writer. It's a two way street; if you keep up to date with other members, even providing advice where you feel confident, the same courtesy will likely be applied to you. In that case, your skills sharpen, both in analysing writing (which will extend into revising your own content) and the act of writing itself (having received advice from others and picking up pointers from other writers' work that you can use yourself). Otherwise, why not just write in a Word document?

I agree that forums like these are good for feedback. However, this reminds me of a debate I came across years ago where the original poster asked "When did we stop being roleplayers and became writers?" He was basically venting against the trend to write longer and more detailed posts and the increasingly elitist attitudes that came with them, mourning the age when posts simply stated your character's speech and actions and left the rest up to the game master.

The debate quickly turned into a heavily opinionated flamefest but left a lasting impression and kept me wondering as to the nature of these roleplays we do. When one player continually posts by himself, for example Proto Man and his adventures, is he roleplaying or is writing fan-fiction? The line seems incredibly blurred. Even Omni said Proto Man's "stories are also definitely great stuff".

I'm not against fan-fiction or solo adventures but in my mind, posting a solo-adventure on a forum and typing it in a Word document is the same thing in so far as that you don't rely on anyone other than yourself to write it. No game master, no other players, no dynamic interaction... It's easier to get constructive criticism on a forum but one can just as easily email a Word document to get feedback.