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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mikedidthis" data-source="post: 1384108" data-attributes="member: 1939">The members of our group are all very strong role-players, but the situation is a bit different as we are all part of a play-by-post online game. We're physically located in different areas around the world (mainly europe, no. america, and australia), but we play daily in a campaign that's been in existence since about '85. I've been involved with the campaign for about a year and a half.I have found that playing on-line is a good way to learn to play more in-character for several reasons. Because we try to post as though we're writing a story, we do things both in third-person and first-person (i.e. "Anuk stares the bartender in the face then moves his eye toward the dagger on the counter. 'You got the guts to use it?' he snarls.") Writing this way really forces you to try to find an emotional reaction for your PC, especially when the other players are doing it as well. But, it's nice not to actually have to act in front of others if that kind of thing makes you nervous. Plus, you have time to come up with a good line of dialogue (we only post once a day).As the story progresses, you begin to see how your in-character reactions affect the story the group is writing. It's very rewarding to have your character do something that all of the other characters react to and rally around. For example, in a recent battle that had really taken our group down a notch, my PC crested a hill and shouted out a battlecry that was tied to earlier events in the campaign. I had intended it to simply be something my character said before rushing into the next stage of the battle, but the rest of the group treated it as a rallying moment, each in turn sharing the cry as we charged together. That kind of unexpected result was really kind of gratifying as a player.Anyway, in the past my playing was definitely more in the third-person mode. But because of my PBP experience I think I'll be much more likely to get involved in the character role in my next face-to-face campaign.</blockquote>

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