[quote=@Universorum]
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why? why can't someone just opt to post later? sometimes people get busy or don't feel like writing. it ain't a job, it's a hobby.
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While you're completely correct in that regard, Tex has a point. While you can always choose to do it later, the longer you hold off, the more you're dragging everyone else down and slowing the RP to a crawl by refusing to post. If the 'later' goes from just being a few days later to a week or two, it starts to become a problem.

If someone finds themselves so disinterested in an RP that they'll keep from posting despite having the time for several weeks, they should just bite the bullet and drop out instead of wasting the other players' time. It's all a matter of relativity, of course; 'too long' is a totally subjective time frame.