I dunno, I was just trying not to be too confusing given the tenses before me in the mall.<br/><br/>I have actually had at least one person say something to me like "standard" third-person past tense, although I have no idea where they found a manual on such things.  That one appears to have since been converted to the present, though.  Heh.<br/><br/>But, I like present tense myself.  I have to make a huge effort if I set out to write rp in past tense.  It makes a certain form of sense if people think they are making some sort of shared novel more than a pick-up interaction... maybe?  But personally, I don't really get it.<br/>