This guide IS a vert good guide for role play, with exceptions.
First, the proper language angle. It would certainly depend on a person\'s education and social atmosphere--contractions would be quite normal for most classes of characters I\'ve seen in PS. Contractions are in fact from the fact that most people actually spoke improperly. So, unless your character is haughty-taughty (high taught or arrogant) proper English would be ooc.
2nd, is neutral. In real life most people are actually neutral to the most degree, however, this isn\'t real life, so there are those who are Legal (supporting the system of government or the status quo) and those who are chaotic (for whatever reason, they may switch alignment in any given situation--according to how their current gestalt persuades them). Neutral, is for those who cannot support hurting people for no reason, but also do things that are not good (they may be happy drunks, or occasionally compromise their intentions during desperate times).
To me, a character being of the extremes of the alignment spectrum is a cop out, because it is easy to be this character simply by blocking out all other opportunities to be otherwise.
3rd, is that the real person playing the character, may not have a college education to know how to write proper English, or they may be disabled in some way so the shortest possible response is desired by them. Perhaps, they haven\'t even learned their keyboard.
Still, I agree with your rpg values and ideals, and I thank you for the guide--being that I have never actually done true rpg (but I like adventuring, even tho they get called rpg).
Thank-you xpytz (pronounced spits in English)