Adding indicator to show how long our post is?

I'll keep this short (promise!).

A post cannot be longer than 10000 characters or so. And I'm the nutcase who sporadically manages to go over that limit. The problem is: once you got the notification it becomes extremely hard to figure out how long your post actually is.

So I was wondering if it would be possible to have some kind of indicator to show if we're going over the limit.

And trust me: I realize like no other that this is most likely a moot point because.. fortunately for EMC there aren't that much nut cased writers around

I went over that limit writing the Empire Prices thread...you can imagine how far my heart dropped when I saw the error after a few hours of work.

+1

Fixed that and I agree 10000% <-- see what I did there?

Me trying to edit.

I would either cry or be like, "I will do it tomorrow: DELETE."

Spent 3 hours writing the thread, I was finishing it tonight or passing out trying lol.

I'd like to add a small point to my previous comment: an indicator could actually also help us to shorten our posts. I can write within limits, as long as I know what my limits are.

And thanks for the comments guys!

Dude... this thread is about you not being able to write within limits... dude...

I would have loved an indicator, I had to find out after I tried to post my thread that I was over the limit, had to go back and delete some things to make the thread fit.

More like, "I have no idea what my limits are! Someone post them conveniently under my walls of text? "

I've hit those points a few times as well, though mostly through ridiculous multi-quoting or in trying to post stories I've written. Since our Status boxes already have them, I don't think it would be that much of a stretch for Xenforo to accommodate this suggestion - but on the other paw, I do keep hearing how our version is some Frankenstein beast jury-rigged into functionality by its original owner...