[Admin Hardhat]
Going to preemptively ask that folks cool their heels on this. If you find yourself making personal remarks, or you find yourself on the receiving end of personal remarks, it's probably for the best if you step back from the thread for a while. That will help keep this discussion on track before a significant portion of it devolves into derailing personal disputes.
Thank You.
[/Admin Hardhat]
As far as collaborative writing and roleplay are concerned, I come from a play-by-post background and the use of future tense, or present tense phrased to communicate intent and request permission, is almost unheard of there. The Grindstone was the first time in XIV or anywhere else that I'd seen such a thing. Perhaps that was and is common in AOL and Yahoo RP. I wouldn't know. What I do know is that there are plenty of ways in which to phrase actions in past tense so as to leave whoever follows up with the next post enough freedom that "godmodding" was a rare accusation (and usually enough to get the violator booted from the thread).
Just my two cents.
Going to preemptively ask that folks cool their heels on this. If you find yourself making personal remarks, or you find yourself on the receiving end of personal remarks, it's probably for the best if you step back from the thread for a while. That will help keep this discussion on track before a significant portion of it devolves into derailing personal disputes.
Thank You.
[/Admin Hardhat]
As far as collaborative writing and roleplay are concerned, I come from a play-by-post background and the use of future tense, or present tense phrased to communicate intent and request permission, is almost unheard of there. The Grindstone was the first time in XIV or anywhere else that I'd seen such a thing. Perhaps that was and is common in AOL and Yahoo RP. I wouldn't know. What I do know is that there are plenty of ways in which to phrase actions in past tense so as to leave whoever follows up with the next post enough freedom that "godmodding" was a rare accusation (and usually enough to get the violator booted from the thread).
Just my two cents.
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