Wendell_Burke
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I've noticed that it's not uncommon for some discussions to get derailed by tangents. I was trying to be as concise as possible in my description of playstyle to avoid this, and to encourage participation, but it looks like maybe I should elaborate a bit. 'The Method Actor' description provided in 'Theory of Games'' link works well enough for me, though I shied away from using it in my post because method acting is so often misunderstood in gaming discussions. Basically I was thinking of gamers who are most inspired and entertained by approaching rpgs as an actor and who like to focus on the psychology and emotions of the characters and npcs. It doesn't matter to me if you're a professional actor or total amateur, just that you enjoy asking and answering questions in this direction and are positively interested in this perspective.Player Types has been a thing for like 40+ years? It's behind 99.9% of all arguments about tabletop rpgs BECAUSE most in the hobby don't understand how impactful "how you play" is. Or, in the immortal words of Ron Edwards, "Play-style isn't everything but it is the only thing".I am also not sure exactly what you mean by actor-stance. Or as contrasted with what other playstyles .........
This reminded me of a quote I like a lot by Meryl Streep about getting into character.Some consider going for the perspective of the character, but the character is you in a lot of ways, to not be true roleplaying or acting. Every Jack Nicholson character is identifiably Jack Nicholson in characterization, for example.
“Acting is not about being someone different. It’s about finding the similarity in what is apparently different and then finding myself in there.”