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Old 02-26-2013, 01:51 AM   #3
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Re: So what advantage does the three post rule actually offer?

In my experience turn-taking seems to be more popular on mushes, and freeform on RPIs. I don't know how it started but I'm guessing it's because it's easier to interleave coded commands on RPIs when the RP style is freeform. Most mushes have fewer coded commands to deal with.

I admit I get frustrated by the '10 line pose saying nothing' style of RP. Of course you don't always get that, some people are amazing writers. But, especially when there are four or more people in the mix, people seem to forget that to advance a scene you don't really need to do much more than 'the next obvious thing'. People seem to avoid that for some reason, I guess they think it's boring or unimaginative. But I'd rather move the scene than wait a half hour for a (possibly) imaginative pose.
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