[quote=Marik]
So you're saying that all the characters who are grouped together now should break off into smaller groups? And then everyone who isn't in a group could find their way to each of these smaller groups...[/quote]

Not saying that it should happen absolutely but if we're afraid that someone we need to post doesn't post or disappears it'll lessen the impact on us all. Even me all the way on the East Coast. Alternatively, there could always be contingency plans in the even they don't show. Like in the group there could always be more than one person aware of another's plan to speak for him in the even he can't speak.

[quote]Yeah, crafting a whole story that others participate in can be very difficult. The idea of GM'ing can be the greatest thing ever, but if you don't have the skill or drive... things fall flat. I'm not even sure if the "One to rule them all" rule really works. The first RP I've ever been in sort of had everyone move the story forward with their own ideas, but the meat and potatoes still went to the GM. Sure, we had people who did things out of line, but all you really had to do was tell them what they did wrong and ask them to edit their post. We made mistakes but we got through them together, it was truly a learning experience; a project that we crafted and changed rather than a game we played.
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Certainly. Though as a GM I certainly take a laissez-faire approach to the story. In my own big one I sort of trust everyone knows what's going on. I'll jump when there's unrest in the RP about someone doing something. But then again, that group is really small, something like four or five people posting every so often. So it's not a big issue.