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<blockquote data-quote="Meridian" data-source="post: 311354" data-attributes="member: 1603">Squarely In Your CampI don't think I could have articulated my feelings regarding role-playing any better.&nbsp; Thank you, Barsoomcore.&nbsp; You've captured the essence of my thoughts regarding the statement &quot;just a game.&quot;That said...having recently been immersed in conflicts spawned of my own desire of &quot;like seeking like&quot; in finding others of the same bent of mind, I can say that I finally understand that the brotherhood of gaming does not infer homogeneity (sp?) of style.&nbsp; After months of contention and dissatisfaction with gaming groups whose approach mirrored more of Uller's style than Barsoomcore's, I finally found a group where I could feel completely comfortable &quot;putting on a show for invisible millions&quot; in my style of role-play.&nbsp; Finding that outlet has given me more &quot;tolerance&quot; for groups where the style isn't quite so seriously intended.&nbsp; I'm having my own brand of fun, and I can have other types of fun as long as I'm not denied my own particular brand of entertainment.&nbsp; Not only that, with the new outlet, I can respect others for their particular strain of role-play instead of resenting them for having fun when I'm not.I don't mind others saying it's not art.&nbsp; What I find entertaining doesn't need to be vindicated by that sort of label for it to keep its value in catharsis dollars for me. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />My deuce of coppers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Meridian, post: 311354, member: 1603"] [b]Squarely In Your Camp[/b] I don't think I could have articulated my feelings regarding role-playing any better. Thank you, Barsoomcore. You've captured the essence of my thoughts regarding the statement "just a game." That said...having recently been immersed in conflicts spawned of my own desire of "like seeking like" in finding others of the same bent of mind, I can say that I finally understand that the brotherhood of gaming does not infer homogeneity (sp?) of style. After months of contention and dissatisfaction with gaming groups whose approach mirrored more of Uller's style than Barsoomcore's, I finally found a group where I could feel completely comfortable "putting on a show for invisible millions" in my style of role-play. Finding that outlet has given me more "tolerance" for groups where the style isn't quite so seriously intended. I'm having my own brand of fun, and I can have other types of fun as long as I'm not denied my own particular brand of entertainment. Not only that, with the new outlet, I can respect others for their particular strain of role-play instead of resenting them for having fun when I'm not. I don't mind others saying it's not art. What I find entertaining doesn't need to be vindicated by that sort of label for it to keep its value in catharsis dollars for me. :) My deuce of coppers. [/QUOTE]

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