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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8249325" data-attributes="member: 42582">Given that we - human beings - become immersed in flims, books, live performances, etc - it's no surprise that you as GM were able to become immersed in the events of play without having to adopt a first-person perspective.I have not acted since I was in high school (and was terrible at it!).As a GM I want to have the feeling/experience that [USER=85870]@innerdude[/USER] describes. The &quot;performative&quot; aspect of RPGing, at least with my group, is never going have the polish that professionally published or produced work does. But the immediacy and engagement of being part of it does a lot of work to overcome that.As a player I want something like what you describe. I will sometimes use my knowledge of people or ideas that are different from me/mine to help me understand who my PC is and what s/he might want. The immersion of play is different from that of GMing. I think players are more vulnerable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8249325, member: 42582"] Given that we - human beings - become immersed in flims, books, live performances, etc - it's no surprise that you as GM were able to become immersed in the events of play [I]without[/I] having to adopt a first-person perspective. I have not acted since I was in high school (and was terrible at it!). As a GM I want to have the feeling/experience that [USER=85870]@innerdude[/USER] describes. The "performative" aspect of RPGing, at least with my group, is never going have the polish that professionally published or produced work does. But the immediacy and engagement of being part of it does a lot of work to overcome that. As a player I want something like what you describe. I will sometimes use my knowledge of people or ideas that are different from me/mine to help me understand who my PC is and what s/he might want. The immersion of play is different from that of GMing. I think players are more vulnerable. [/QUOTE]

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