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Sunday, January 18, 2004
--- RP Taboo: Multi-Posting ---
   Try not to multi-post. This is when you post more than one post in your turn. For example:

Mary: she emerges from her building wearing a nice soft pink jacket, skirt and a cute hat. She heads down the street towards the coffee shop.
Joe: He caught sight of the girl, his mouth watered.
Joe: He silently moved towards her, sneaking up behind.
Joe: He grabs her from behind and pulls her into the alley. Intent to have his dinner.
Joe: Quickly he sinks his fangs into her neck and drains her of all her blood.
Mary: She screams as the man grabs her and pulls her back, she struggles and kicks in an attempt to free herself from his grasp.

   Now you see that because of the rapid posting of Joe that Mary's post, while completely valid, is out of sequence. This makes it confusing for both Joe, Mary and anyone else that is involved or wanted to join in because now they do not know whose post they should respond to. Mary will think that Joe has ignored her post and get fustrated and Joe may feel that Mary had interrupted his actions when he wasn't finished yet.

   Because of all that it is better to put continuous actions in one post and let the other player respond before you continue on. Usually two or three actions are in one post, sometimes there are more, depending on how you like to write.
 aoisakana 19:46