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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3305859" data-attributes="member: 22779">I've seen the following opinion, or something pretty close to it, expressed a number of times:I really don't understand this point of view.&nbsp; I'm not saying it's wrong, because, well, it's not.&nbsp; But, I don't understand.&nbsp; What about playing in a chat based game, like Fantasy grounds or OpenRPG, is so distasteful?&nbsp; Why is there this view that face to face is so superior for playing RPG's?I've been playing over OpenRPG for almost four years now.&nbsp; I started because there was no other option - no gamers in my area.&nbsp; However, over the years, I've discovered that there are quite a number of advantages playing over a computer than face to face, to the point where, while I wouldn't say no to a F2F game, I honestly think I would see both venues as equal.Why the distaste for chat based games.((Note, I'm not talking about PbP.&nbsp; That's a whole 'nother beastie with an entirely different feel from real time gaming.&nbsp; I see PbP as more collaborative fiction writing than RPG gaming.))</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 3305859, member: 22779"] I've seen the following opinion, or something pretty close to it, expressed a number of times: I really don't understand this point of view. I'm not saying it's wrong, because, well, it's not. But, I don't understand. What about playing in a chat based game, like Fantasy grounds or OpenRPG, is so distasteful? Why is there this view that face to face is so superior for playing RPG's? I've been playing over OpenRPG for almost four years now. I started because there was no other option - no gamers in my area. However, over the years, I've discovered that there are quite a number of advantages playing over a computer than face to face, to the point where, while I wouldn't say no to a F2F game, I honestly think I would see both venues as equal. Why the distaste for chat based games. ((Note, I'm not talking about PbP. That's a whole 'nother beastie with an entirely different feel from real time gaming. I see PbP as more collaborative fiction writing than RPG gaming.)) [/QUOTE]

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