(09-21-2015, 07:58 AM)Nailah Wrote: ETA: Forces of habit can be really strong as well, sometimes they just don't make sense.I'm curious though, where does this habit come from?
I roleplay using a mix of present or past tense depending on who I'm with. If the majority uses present tense I go with that. I'm more pre-disposed to past tense because that's how I prefer stories I read to be in. I can understand present tense. I can see, though I believe it's perfectly doable to write such a way in both present and past tense, the usage of future tense for combat or where in cases of agency might come out.
But I've also seen this a -lot- more in places where there is no need for it and it confuses me.