Not to sound too fanatical...<br/><br/>But to me, personally, it feels less like role-playing if I try to do it all in past tense.  It becomes an editing job.  I'm not in character thinking "how does she respond to this now" if I do that.  I'm doing something else -- rereading and changing half my post, probably.<br/><br/>For me, the in-character "now" can never feel the same as everyday time and place regardless of whether it's  live action, face to face at a tabletop, or posted online some time after the last mention.  So I don't naturally sense the "form" you're trying to sell me on there.  Unless maybe it's something mainly for uninvolved (and very passive) people to read.  That is something I might expect the past from more often.<br/><br/>It doesn't kill me exactly if other people want to play in the past tense.  I can mimic that if it's super-important, but it's extra work for me and not my preference.<br/><br/>