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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 1539887" data-attributes="member: 463">HI Icebear - I think you have a point re the computer influence on new RPGers.  When I started playing RPGS aged ca 11-12 those didn't exist and everyone automatically played in-character, in fact the (poor) roleplayer who said "My character does X" rather than RPing it first-person was a figure of derision amongst us - 12 year old boys at a Belfast boarding school, not Shakespearian actors.  Roleplaying isn't hard IMO, people just need to get used to the idea, which seems to be harder for new gamers these days.Re your comment quoted above - hope you don't think I'm being hostile to you, you seem a pretty cool guy (pun!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> ) despite occasional slight friction w my friend Stalkingblue!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Being the Internet I prob make my position sound harsher than it really is.  I'd say 80-90%+ of people can play a wide range of characters entertainingly well.  The small minority who can't, some of whom may have serious cognitive disorders like mild autism or aspergers, are likely not able to play any character enjoyably for other players.  In the far more common case where a player may just be shy about stretching themselves into new areas, I try to give every encouragement for them to do so, and the results are frequently awesome! <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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