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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 2442061" data-attributes="member: 177">Can't really do one without the other, mythusmage.  In detailing why they don't immerse, folks will inevitably be listing mertis of non-immersive and flaws in immersive play.I also have to pipe in that the thing isn't digital, with only two states - immersed and non-immersed.  Instead, there's a spectrum of depth of immersion.  And what one person thinks is highly immersed may seem a wade in the kiddie pool to someone else.  The question isn't "why don't you like immsersive play?" so much as "Why don't you like immersing as much as I do?"All that being said, it is a fair question.  I usually play a reasonably immersed game.  But between discussing play-style with others, and the cases where I don't play immersed, I've noticed some trends.  Among them:1)Immservie play tends to get in the way of tactical play, with a large number of people enjoy.  Distancing allows for more time spent on tactical anaylsis, and immersion usually implies taking tactically sub-optimal actions.2)Some folks are creeped out by deep role-play.  Deep-immersive roleplay is frequently akin to "method acting", and can involve emotional interplay they'd rather not experience.  Getting into the ego of another person isn't pleasant for everyone.3)Immersion can be just plain difficult for some.  In a typical gaming environment, there's seventeen different things that can break suspension of disbelief, and unless you're going to go through a lot of effort to eliminate them and change the gaming-envronment's atmosphere, immersion may not be easy.4)Immersion gets in the way or real-wrold social interaction.  For many players with busy lives, the gaming session is also a major social occasion, and interaction while immersed is not the same as interaction while not immersed.  The latter is generally more like hanging out with your friends.</blockquote>

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