I voted for separate threads.  I don't really want to know what's happening behind the scenes in the "white hat" or "gray hat" camps.  I will read their ICs, but I'm not part of their group, and I don't need to know the whys or hows of what they're doing.<br/><br/>On the other hand, I do want to work with my group.  These are the players I'll be writing and playing with.  They're the people I'll strive to have the greatest communication and understanding with.  In my opinion, separate threads helps facilitate that.<br/><br/>That's not to say I don't enjoy the silliness and banter we find in this thread.  I do.  It's just that when I've got limited time to write a post, and I'm trying to remember what my group agreed upon three days ago, I don't have the extra time to go search through pages of OOC in hopes of finding that one single post that's buried under an avalanche of crazy.