Generally, what this means is that your time and my effort will go up.  Why?  Because judges are going to bend over backward to be fair to the “poor” pro-se. Therefore, whatever the pro se does, there is a 99.99% likelihood that the judge will read their statements/actions generously to see if it generally fits what they were supposed to do/say.  If it does not, then in 99.99% of the time the judge will tell them to do it again and do it right.  But I’ve never, ever, seen a judge penalize a person who is representing herself for not following the rules or even adhering to simple courtesy.