Immersion?

[dragoner]

It is the role-playing part.

 

[Bill Zebub]

It is the role-playing part.

Oh, well, THAT makes it perfectly clear. Because of course we all agree what "roleplaying" means...

 

[dragoner]

Oh, well, THAT makes it perfectly clear. Because of course we all agree what "roleplaying" means...

It is playing a role. What else would it be?

 

[dragoner]

Shared consensus of reality is fine, though fall down, and the sidewalk is still hard.

 

[Desdichado]

I like it. I'm in favor of it.

 

[Bill Zebub]

It is playing a role. What else would it be?

You seriously haven't seen the bitter debates about that question on these forums? About what counts as roleplaying?

 

[dragoner]

You seriously haven't seen the bitter debates about that question on these forums? About what counts as roleplaying?

Seeing is not believing, people will argue over nothing, their personal stuff, whatever. I will try to answer every question honestly, I owe it to the forum to do so, as a participant.

 

[Bill Zebub]

Seeing is not believing, people will argue over nothing, their personal stuff, whatever. I will try to answer every question honestly, I owe it to the forum to do so, as a participant.

Um...ok. But your answer "playing a role" can take many different forms, and people seem to think that some of those do not actually count as "roleplaying" in an RPG sense. Or, at least, that there's a hierarchy of superior vs. inferior forms.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I understand what some people mean by it, and get that there's some value to it, but don't think its the ultimate value.

 

[dragoner]

Um...ok.

Um ok, you are wrong, don't post to me anymore.