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Originally Posted by howandwhy99  This has nothing to do with good or bad, fun or unfun, my playstyle/your playstyle RPGs or acting games. The difference between acting and role-playing exists beyond what happens in the RPG hobby and acting communities. Internal misunderstandings, confused theories, and ill-defined terminologies don't change the realities in the greater world. Saying something ridiculous like "I told my kids a bedtime RPG before they went to sleep" or "D&D is a fun form of literature" is only going to get one laughed at in normal society.
Saying there is no wrong way to play RPGs is obviously wrong. There are fun and unfun ways to play RPGs. Believing one can define what is "fun" is what I believe you're trying to convey. That it is possible to play an RPG, play an acting game, or not play either is just a matter of reality. Playing one and calling it another or saying anything one does qualifies as playing an RPG will only get you confused looks by those who aren't already confused. Saying you are playing an RPG when you're not or asking for RPGs to have qualities they do not is a confusion between right and wrong. That's what I was helping the OP with. Does that clear things up for you? |
In the greater world? Laughed at in normal society? Seriously, what are you talking about? And how is it relevant?
Yes it clears up that you think there's a one true way to play RPGs. That's fine. I don't feel that way. Nor am I going to.
So long as the OP (or anyone else for that matter) and their group are having fun, I don't care if they're rubbing blue mud in their hair and calling it gaming.
Will I personally consider that role playing? No. But that's academic.
Really tired of this whole notion of BadWrongFun that seems to have creeped onto the boards of late.
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