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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Qik" data-source="post: 5961996" data-attributes="member: 6673727">What the others have said - it's specific to your personal situation.  Coincidentally, I've settled into a number comparable to GE and Systole - right now, I'm playing in 3 games, GMing in one LPF game, and currently GMing for a group on another site in which we rotate GM responsibilities.  As GMing is generally more involved than playing, I'm a bit stretched with that, but I'm basically keeping up.  Once the non-LPF game I'm running wraps up, I'll be fine.As I'm pretty new to playing PbP (started a little over a year ago), I can empathize with the desire to jump in.  At first, when I was playing in only one or two games, things seemed to move too slow for me.  But a year later, I've found that making sure I have the time to respond, and that I can integrate that time into my day-to-day life, is integral to having a worthwhile experience and keeping things going.  The way I've come to think of it is that I want to make sure I have the time to respond meaningfully when it's really needed.  The natural flow of games means that sometimes there won't be much room to "stretch your RP wings"; just a simple post will be required.  So I want to make sure I can capitalize on opportunities to make it more than that.  I can't always do that, of course, and I'll throw up a post just to keep things moving, but it's important to make sure you have the space to give the games you are in meaningful attention.  At least, that's been my experience thus far.</blockquote>

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