Ple-Sen
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I also played those kinds of RPGs. It was very annoying, I agree. There was often a minimum length requirement for posts. And while I can't argue that long posts are cool, in some cases, I had to resort to all sorts of tricks and fill it all with fluff. At the same time, now many (including me) play in parties through Skype, Discord, Roll20, again gathering at a strictly defined time, all together, for 2-4 hours. Everything is written in real time, and there are no long walls of gray text. And micromanagement is usually either minimal, or it's simple, or it happens after the game, in a private message with the GM. And battles are completed much faster than in expedition-style games. It takes about an hour or two, not a week.