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<blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 4597219" data-attributes="member: 3192">There is no &quot;correct&quot; definition for station squatting.&nbsp; The OP is attempting to make up a term for something that already exists.&nbsp; It's the players not playing their Roles.&nbsp; When players choose not to play their roles, either consciously or unconsciously switching to some other role, then they are no longer playing the agreed upon role.&nbsp; This agreement is something you do either when choosing to play a roleplaying game or engage in a roleplaying exercise or when choosing to play a specific role offered within a RPG with support for more than one.&nbsp; The other definition of station squatting I've read in this thread is not doing anything at all, which is essentially failing at the roles the participants are playing.&nbsp; Well...tangent: ...barring some game about playing roles where roleplaying actually is act of doing nothing.&nbsp; Like a hermit I guess, or a meditating monk might be better.&nbsp; Of course you might roleplay to be a monk when training at a Buddhist temple for instance, so it's not like that activity doesn't already exist.&nbsp; That's gotta count as a sort of roleplayed action versus an inaction.&nbsp; On the other hand, Hermits may not even count as roles as they have no place in society.&nbsp; You're not around anyone to play a role and it's hard to believe anyone qualified would roleplay with another person to teach them.&nbsp; Besides, the definition of hermit is basically &quot;not in a role&quot; isn't it? So that's a weird one to peg.&nbsp; Can one roleplay a hermit?&nbsp; Rhetorically speaking I'd say yes, but I am open to hearing other opinions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="howandwhy99, post: 4597219, member: 3192"] There is no "correct" definition for station squatting. The OP is attempting to make up a term for something that already exists. It's the players not playing their Roles. When players choose not to play their roles, either consciously or unconsciously switching to some other role, then they are no longer playing the agreed upon role. This agreement is something you do either when choosing to play a roleplaying game or engage in a roleplaying exercise or when choosing to play a specific role offered within a RPG with support for more than one. The other definition of station squatting I've read in this thread is not doing anything at all, which is essentially failing at the roles the participants are playing. Well... [I]tangent[/I]: ...barring some game about playing roles where roleplaying actually is act of doing nothing. Like a hermit I guess, or a meditating monk might be better. Of course you might roleplay to be a monk when training at a Buddhist temple for instance, so it's not like that activity doesn't already exist. That's gotta count as a sort of roleplayed action versus an inaction. On the other hand, Hermits may not even count as roles as they have no place in society. You're not around anyone to play a role and it's hard to believe anyone qualified would roleplay with another person to teach them. Besides, the definition of hermit is basically "not in a role" isn't it? So that's a weird one to peg. Can one roleplay a hermit? Rhetorically speaking I'd say yes, but I am open to hearing other opinions. [/QUOTE]

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