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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nonlethal Force" data-source="post: 2800945" data-attributes="member: 35788">I like Eluvan's answer.  That is really the key.Of course, there are some things that help:1.  DMs who ask open ended questions - try to never ask a question that can only be answered with a simple yes or no.  Always ask questions that require a response.2.  Players who know how to speak even if not spoken to.  Nothing kills a game faster than players who only post when it is combat or they are directly asked a question by someone else.3.  Players who post their character's thoughts seldomly.  Thoughts really don't serve much use to anyone in a PbP game.  Every long once and a while they can be used to clarify something that is said.  But when people get into the habit of posting thoughts, they forget to post actual words that their characters speak.  Other players can't RP of of someone else's thoughts, but they can RP off of someone else's words.  To keep myself from falling into this trap - I post my character's thoughts very infrequently - and never (or almost never) as a DM.4.  Allow posters to post their actions in combat up to one round ahead of time - as long as the DM is willing to allow for a change in action if something in the Init order makes their selected action invalid or stupid.  Requiring people to post during combat only at their spot in the initiative and not before will stretch a round of combat out for a long time..... and kill enthusiasm because it takes so long to get through a round.5.  Be up front and honest about posting habits.  There is nothing wrong with only being able to post once per week or once per day.  But don't join a game unless your habits match the habits of the DM.  Nothing is more frustrating than starting a game where the rules explicitly say "posting once per day required" and everyone agrees and then one player decides to really only post once every third day.  As a general rule, I can think up something for my character to say at least once per day.  So I post once per day in those appropriate games.  The two exceptions are games in which the requirement is stated as being less and/or if my post is the most recent.  No need to post again if nobody has reacted to my original post.I think that's a pretty good adivce list.  There are more expectations out there.  But as a DM if the players agree to this I'm fine with the players.  As a player, as long as the rest of the players and the DM agree to this I'm cool too.</blockquote>

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