[quote=Prince]The downfall of it is solely that people and their schedules don't often align correctly[/quote]

I already addressed that. I didn't overlook the conflict of time.

[quote=Prince]Every situation in a constantly changing dynamic such as a text-based adventure and/or story calls for a different medium to address it by.[/quote]

I never said it was the best. I said it was the most effective if it was applicable. I called it healthy and productive when and if it can be used.

I wasn't speaking as if situations changed the state of the medium. The medium will stay the same. Its traits are existential. You can use a pencil to draw, but using it to paint won't be as effective as using a real paint brush. However, you don't always have paint for your canvas. Once the resources are available, it never hurts to have the proper tool to best utilize them.

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[quote]even then the amount that could be done and written within a timeframe like that as opposed to individual posting across the week would be minimal [/quote]

I'd contest that greatly. Just a few hours of proper collabing can easily result in more development, interaction and activity than IC posting. Not to mention, you created a weekend scenario. If you had just say three hours to collab with.. four people, and somehow all four of you managed to show up for the entire time, nothing is stopping you from continuing your IC posts for the rest of that weekend. The point would be the observation at the end of the weekend to see how much (or much more) was accomplished via either method, and I will boldly tell you that the use of a few hours of collaboration would provide better results. 

As for your personal preference, to each their own. Just because you dislike it doesn't mean its existential traits are ineffective. It's not applicable to your situation, and that's entirely different.