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<blockquote data-quote="Ariosto" data-source="post: 5298668" data-attributes="member: 80487">Is there some context missing here, some relevance to the role being played?Yes, but what is this &quot;roleplaying&quot;? What must people do to meet your criterion, or else be &quot;not roleplaying&quot;?I think that is imprecise, because &quot;I attack&quot; or &quot;I sweet-talk her&quot; are certainly descriptions. If we had no reference at all to interaction with the imagined world -- just &quot;I rolled snake-eyes&quot; or the like -- then I think hardly anyone would speak of &quot;role-playing&quot;.As to whether the medium and act of narration as opposed to actual moves is the focus, I think the trend here is a clear &quot;yes&quot;.The real question is, &quot;Is a certain style and amount of description really synonymous with role-playing?&quot;Is saying that one is &quot;using the ancient five-knuckle technique passed down to me through 100 generations&quot; more -- or better -- role-playing than a serious fighter's short and sharp response? Does it depend on whether &quot;precedes attacks with recitation of cliches&quot; is part of the imaginary personality being modeled?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ariosto, post: 5298668, member: 80487"] Is there some context missing here, some relevance to the role being played? Yes, but what is this "roleplaying"? What must people do to meet your criterion, or else be "not roleplaying"? I think that is imprecise, because "I attack" or "I sweet-talk her" are certainly descriptions. If we had no reference at all to interaction with the imagined world -- just "I rolled snake-eyes" or the like -- then I think hardly anyone would speak of "role-playing". As to whether the medium and act of narration [I]as opposed to actual moves[/I] is the focus, I think the trend here is a clear "yes". The real question is, "Is a [I]certain style and amount[/I] of description really synonymous with role-playing?" Is saying that one is "using the ancient five-knuckle technique passed down to me through 100 generations" more -- or better -- role-playing than a serious fighter's short and sharp response? Does it depend on whether "precedes attacks with recitation of cliches" is part of the imaginary personality being modeled? [/QUOTE]

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