Well one thing I thought about last night before I went to sleep was that a Collab could have been done and was likely a better choice rather than bombarding the IC with several posts. However with that said that is where I feel people would need to be apart of the Skype group or something since throwing messages around there wont be as bad as here. So basically there we can chat and so on and leave the OOC for a little chatter here and there but mostly for more important things. The other benefit is that if lets say Me, Mr Snuggles and Miss Punches want to do a collab and someone else who isn't in the Skype group would want in (had they known) then of course they can't because we would have never known and that's not exactly fair as they're missing out on their chance to Roleplay. However with that said I know not everyone has Skype nor would want to join, I'm just saying it would be beneficial to, however I don't see anything wrong with us posting here in the OOC we are planning a Collab and wanted to know if anyone wanted in. That sort of thing

Also I honestly believe it was just the hype of posting that lead to so many posts right off the bat, I think people were itching to get stuck into this...but that will calm down. 

As for the time thing I am open to suggestions...the only other thing I can think about is placing a date/day and when it is AM or PM. So no specific times of course. Cause as it is if I change the time to 06:00 AM and some people will end up waiting till the ideal time before posting and if I skip to 09:00 AM then they may have just missed work xD I don't know...I'd rather bounce around the half days where people are generally on the same side of the clock than restricting people so that they have to wait till a very specific time to post as their character and even then when it does change to that time who is to say they are going to be able to post? Don't know just throwing that out there...I'd like that sorted before anymore posts go up

As for the whole Free to Advanced topic. Honestly...I like to blow off sometimes and just write a load and post that up but to do that constantly? it'd be boring...I enjoy interaction but I like it to move at a fair pace and I don't always feel like writing a ton. If this were in free it'd move fast and with one liners and people who likely wont even follow the rules properly. Casual is that comfy medium where people respect the rules and post at a fair pace. However I don't want my preferences to push another Roleplayer out so I feel for the future if people are going to interact with one another that a collab is in everyone best interest...just make sure to Hider that xD One thing I have to note though is that many people seem to have different ideas of how casual should be which is fair...however I'm trying to look at this in a way where we can all get mostly what we want while compromising. Those who like to post faster should certainly assume the whole Collab thing. However those that can post once a day can likely just post in the IC as normal... 

Honestly I'd like to talk this out nice and calmly and see if we can all reach some common ground so that the RP can cater to everyone's wants and needs...or at least most of them. The only time the collab idea may be broken is when...something like a large story event is happening but in truth I don't think those will ever involve everyone and it'd be a bad idea if they did. I only have a few concerns about collabs becoming common but they're nothing I don't think can be worked around...however this will bump up individual post length's but save page space as well as make it easier to follow.

Anyway...Suggestions? or anything?