1. Subscribing to threads you ever plan to find again is crucial. Otherwise you'll spend more time looking for the thread than actually reading it.

2. Post-rates are usually overrated. On that same subject don't expect instant-responses, since this isn't an instant-messenger.

3. Save offline drafts! In the past, server uptime had sketchy patches of sketchiness.

4. Be used to the idea of any RP being mostly out-of-character chatter (on a 10:1 ratio) to settle/plan/create in-character tensions.