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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 7603773" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>This is just not something I am particularly hung up on. Some players do this, and do it well, and that is fine. Some people basically just play themselves, and that is fine. And some people are shy and don't talk as much in character, which doesn't bother me if they are contributing in other ways. I guess what bothers me about the position you are taking is it feels like player performances are being rated and judged. It think there is a lot more going on in a group of people playing an RPG than that (and I think what is important socially is much more about other things). Don't get me wrong, I have some players with ace acting skills and they can add a certain amount of sunshine to a game. But those kinds of players can also sometimes hog up the spotlight and take the game in directions that have more to do with their acting than with what is going on in the adventure. I think it is good, but it isn't everything, it isn't the most important thing, and like anything else it can have serious downsides when done too much. This is especially the case for me with GMs. I am less hung up on how the GM is saying things than on what they are saying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 7603773, member: 85555"] This is just not something I am particularly hung up on. Some players do this, and do it well, and that is fine. Some people basically just play themselves, and that is fine. And some people are shy and don't talk as much in character, which doesn't bother me if they are contributing in other ways. I guess what bothers me about the position you are taking is it feels like player performances are being rated and judged. It think there is a lot more going on in a group of people playing an RPG than that (and I think what is important socially is much more about other things). Don't get me wrong, I have some players with ace acting skills and they can add a certain amount of sunshine to a game. But those kinds of players can also sometimes hog up the spotlight and take the game in directions that have more to do with their acting than with what is going on in the adventure. I think it is good, but it isn't everything, it isn't the most important thing, and like anything else it can have serious downsides when done too much. This is especially the case for me with GMs. I am less hung up on how the GM is saying things than on what they are saying. [/QUOTE]
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