So, first post. 

Well, considering that i'm on an RP forum, I should probably have some questions because I am completely new to RPing, well, other than reading a few threads to see if it was something that i'd enjoy, but that was, on a completely different forum.

First: Are there any good resources about general RP etiquitte? There seems to be a bit of that in some of the thread that i've read on other sites. 

Second: On some threads that i've seen, they might make a few posts every day or so, while others might have a bunch of posts when the key person is online, generally about every 15 minutes from each other, is there a way to tell what a thread is going to be ahead of time?

Third: Would it be better for a newbie to try to become one of the original people in a thread or jump in on an established done that's still taking new people?

Fourth: Did you make any mistakes when you were new to RPing that you could have avoided?

Fifth: Am I taking this way too seriously?