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Originally Posted by Triskaidekafile  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. |
Again, I am not calling anyone's preferences badwrongfun. They are simply asking for something that RPGs cannot deliver. Doing those things in an acting game can be enjoyable. Neither am I saying there is only one way to play RPGs. I am saying that role-playing is understood as being different than acting and often more clearly outside of the RPG hobby at the moment than within. This looks like one of those moments of confusion. You may not care about being confused, reality outside the hobby, or the common consensus of terms, but it actually does help when people have problems. Like when someone rubs mud in their hair, calls it soup, and cries when the mud manufacturer say its' mud is not fit for consumption.
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