[quote=@Liseran Thistle]
[@Lord Wraith]

[color=a187be]but wouldn't reading literally every single post ever made take a long time...? And what about people who join kind of late? Like lets say the game has been up and running for a few months, will people have to read every single post up till then in order to participate? While I appreciate the need for realism that seems a little excessive don't ya think?[/color]
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Previously in this thread there have been discussions for major events to be logged and a sort of summarized history created and tracked. That said, I stand by my previous statement in that players should invest the time into reading old posts and threads if they want to get the most out of the game. 

Look at it this way, you can jump right into an ongoing television series and after a bit you'll start to find your way around but there will still be a lot of continuity lost on you. Most people would binge the previous seasons to get caught up and I do believe that should be the case when joining an ongoing roleplay especially one larger in size where player actions will make up the majority of the world's shape.