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<blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 8245498" data-attributes="member: 40176">The description of immersion in the OP seems to suggest that it's an on/off state. Either immersion is fully happening, or it's not happening.For me, it's always been more a matter of degree. Whenever I'm playing, I tend to have the in-character scenario playing out in the back of my mind while I'm also paying attention to what's going on at the table around me (or, these days, on the screen in front of me and the Discord call in my headphones). And the extent to which that mental image of the in-character scene comes toward the forefront of my attention will vary depending upon what's happening in-game and out of game.But while I'm playing there's never really a zero level of immersion. That in-character viewpoint is always at least just ticking over in my head. And in particularly dramatic moments it will grab a lot more of my attention.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MarkB, post: 8245498, member: 40176"] The description of immersion in the OP seems to suggest that it's an on/off state. Either immersion is fully happening, or it's not happening. For me, it's always been more a matter of degree. Whenever I'm playing, I tend to have the in-character scenario playing out in the back of my mind while I'm also paying attention to what's going on at the table around me (or, these days, on the screen in front of me and the Discord call in my headphones). And the extent to which that mental image of the in-character scene comes toward the forefront of my attention will vary depending upon what's happening in-game and out of game. But while I'm playing there's never really a [I]zero[/I] level of immersion. That in-character viewpoint is always at least just ticking over in my head. And in particularly dramatic moments it will grab a lot more of my attention. [/QUOTE]

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