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Does anyone have any tips about how they time manage their tags for multiple games? Whenever I focus on one game at a time I find that I keep letting tags from other games sit for several days, and it's becoming a big problem. Do I focus on more games per day? Do the oldest tags first, regardless of game? I don't want to keep being a flake if i can help it. :(

being in multiple games sounds like anti-fun

so much work

well, maybe i like suffering, anon (but honestly, i like it a lot, i just need to, y'know, do this whole tagging thing a lot better than i am now)

I haven't actually done this but I've been thinking about it a lot, since I'd like to try it. My plan is to alternate games each day. That way nothing sits for more than 24 hours and if I'm really on a roll I can just knock out my inbox.

That's what I've been mostly doing, but the problem is, when you're in more than 2 games, you'll always have one game that will have tags sitting for at least two days (never mind factoring in time-consuming things like in-game events and plot-heavy threads!)

That's why I'm considering maybe doing tags from two games a day? It's just a modified version of the same principle, so I may just try that.

not to be rude, op, but you probably shouldn't be in more than two games if you can't manage your inbox properly. i'd consider shaving one of those off before anything else, at least until you can handle juggling so many tags at once.

That's not rude at all, no worries, and it's been something I've been seriously considering. I'm giving myself a few weeks to try to wrangle a plan for my inbox, and if that still doesn't work, I'm dropping from a game. I love all my games and characters right now, but if it has to be done, it will be done.

Maybe instead of splitting it up by games split by character instead.

So like if you're in three games with two characters each, try and do all the tags for three characters each day. If you play the same character in multiple games then you might want to change up the split so you overall take care of approximately half of your total tags per day.

If that's too much, then you may want to look at bringing that down to something more manageable for you.

You might want to also look at wrapping up older threads as well so you can get the total amount of threads down a bit. Try and keep things manageable. It's always better to not tag out as much than it is to flake on people.

Could you write shorter tags (and still give enough substance for others to reply to)? I don't know your current style but just in case you do write "too much", leave out internal thought whenever it's not absolutely necessary. Once you get used to juggling all your threads in a timely manner, you can add more text to your tags.

Tag out instead of making open posts if there's a chance they get flooded with replies.

For a while, have just enough threads to pass AC. Make sure you wrap up older threads before starting new ones.

I hope some of these help. Good luck, anon!

Sometimes I feel like I do overthink tags, so taking a step back and not wasting a lot of time on one tag at a time really would help! And it would help take off some of the stress surrounding tags, too.

I do pass AC easily, it's more or less about being timely when it counts, but tagging out is certainly better than open levels, and I'll focus on the former much more now. Thanks, anon, this is super helpful!

If you're in gmail, sort your inbox into filters by character and filters by game. This way you have options to switch it up if you need to get more motivated. Have a voice for a certain character? Tackle their folder and go oldest to newest, or one-old-one-new.

Happy to switch between characters but really interested in a game event? Use that folder to tackle threads either oldest-to-newest or based on your discretion.

Probably best not to leave the oldest tags for too long. If you're feeling burned out, consider how you could wrap an older thread up quickly so that your RP partner doesn't feel flaked on. Communicate, double-check if they have anything else they'd like from the thread if necessary. Be polite and consider taking on less threads per character at a time, using down-time between tags if you get them to canon review or add content to your character's journal.

Also consider having a notepad or journal entry where you jot down ideas you have for your CR with other characters or things you'd like to see your char do. Plurk is so ephemeral, that shit gets lost and then you look like a flake for not following up on whatever cool plot idea you were chatting about. If you're feeling tapped, go to that list and hit up the player for the idea that interests you most, then put it in motion. Easier to feel engaged in a game when you've got these planned things than when you're coasting on greetings and wandering conversations, you know?

These are all awesome tips, and I do use gmail filters and they are helping me keep track of character tags (I mostly just try to knock out all the tags in one character's "inbox", which helps me feel better about being timely).

Communication is definitely something I could do more, so I'll try to do that! And the CR note idea is really good! I'll try doing that, it'll help me keep a rein on my plans for all my characters! Thanks, anon!

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