I vote no, as in not having a posting order and allowing freeform. At least to a small extent. Maybe being able to ask permission to post out of turn if you feel like your character needs to react in a timely fashion to something?<br/><br/>As for time of year, it always seemed to be around Spring time when it began (in the TV series at least). Then season 1 and 2 ran through Summer and maybe some Fall, and then jumped over Winter and back to Spring in season 3. Just my take on it.