This was a great read, thank you!

And I'll also take this opportunity to respond to the question: As many of us, I was drawn into the world of Play-by-Post by, what else, fan fiction of computer games. In particular, Baldur's Gate. For the young'ns, this game was released around '98 with its sequel shortly after. It was loosely based on 2nd edition DnD (what you would call aDnD), which was a pretty broken system but the first of the "True DnD" experiences. Around the middle of the 2nd game, almost 16 years ago (!) I went into the official forums, planetbaldursgate(dot)com, to ask one simple question: "Is my way of killing dragons considered cheating?"

And as a heated discussion arose about the broken combination between the range of AoE spells and the range of a Dragon's aggro, I noticed the forum had another section - Roleplaying (or something of this nature). In retrospect, I have to say I am the kind of person who would love tabletop roleplaying at first sight, but sadly never had the chance. I think my first chance at real tabletop was around 2nd year in Uni, which was more than 5 years after I started Play by Post. I absolutely love writing and this format makes it easier to scratch that creative itch as a team, without having to actually publish books. I have spent a long time on PBG, and then on some other forums, but a few years ago I somehow lost all contact with my old PbP buddies, and found this place with a Google search. This place, and play-by-post in particular, is an outlet of a constant need that I have to experience other worlds through the eyes of a hero of my creation.

So, I like it, basically. My only regret is that I wasn't forced earlier into DMing, it might've made me actually good at it.