Well I guess it's also each player's responsibility to
try to line up his actions with the overall storytelling and ingame roleplay of others. That way the narrator doesn't have to bend over backwards in order to keep everything credible and running smoothly.
But maybe next time it should be made very clear that
- This game asks for a lot of involvement, and may take up quite a bit of your (real-life) time. (Not that I would know anything about that though
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- The 'real' game can -for a large part- take place behind the scenes through PM's.
- Roleplaying is important -as it makes it fun, and it's not only about winning, but also about creating a great story with eachother- but generally has no effect on the storyline. Except when the narrator sees fit to make a particular action influence the storyline. (For example, digging yourself in with lots of guns and ammo doesn't protect you from anything, but certain plot-triggers do affect the game. And kudos to Neal for the plot-triggers in this one)
Just my two cents.