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<blockquote data-quote="Big J Money" data-source="post: 6812536" data-attributes="member: 70533">[MENTION=6775031]Saelorn[/MENTION], I think your definition of role-playing would simply be my definition of being &quot;in character (IC)&quot;.&nbsp; My RP journey didn't start until the 90s, so I can't speak for groups in the late eighties.&nbsp; But I can say that I've read texts from the 80s and before, and I have yet to find a definition for role-playing that requires one to make the attempt to always be in character, wherever possible, and to minimize meta-gaming.&nbsp; In fact, I don't believe I've ever read an RPG that mentions meta-gaming at all (I wouldn't be surprised if some newer ones do, by now)Even if you could find a single source that defines role-playing as you do, it would be up for disagreement since so many RPG books do not.&nbsp; I'm curious what part of the world you gamed in during the late 80s, if this is something that was common where you were.I agree that your style of role-playing is done in some places.&nbsp; I came across it in the mid 90s myself, particularly in online text games known as MUDs.&nbsp; Rather than call this &quot;role-playing&quot;, it probably would be less confusing to most people if it were given a descriptive name, like &quot;character immersed role-playing&quot; or something like that.&nbsp; I wouldn't be surprised if it already has a name somewhere, where people practice it and recognize that it doesn't constitute the one correct definition of the activity.But man this thread has gone off track!&nbsp; I'm going to try to get back to discussion of meta-gaming, specifically.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Big J Money, post: 6812536, member: 70533"] [MENTION=6775031]Saelorn[/MENTION], I think your definition of role-playing would simply be my definition of being "in character (IC)". My RP journey didn't start until the 90s, so I can't speak for groups in the late eighties. But I can say that I've read texts from the 80s and before, and I have yet to find a definition for role-playing that requires one to make the attempt to always be in character, wherever possible, and to minimize meta-gaming. In fact, I don't believe I've ever read an RPG that mentions meta-gaming at all (I wouldn't be surprised if some newer ones do, by now) Even if you could find a single source that defines role-playing as you do, it would be up for disagreement since so many RPG books do not. I'm curious what part of the world you gamed in during the late 80s, if this is something that was common where you were. I agree that your style of role-playing is done in some places. I came across it in the mid 90s myself, particularly in online text games known as MUDs. Rather than call this "role-playing", it probably would be less confusing to most people if it were given a descriptive name, like "character immersed role-playing" or something like that. I wouldn't be surprised if it already has a name somewhere, where people practice it and recognize that it doesn't constitute the one correct definition of the activity. But man this thread has gone off track! I'm going to try to get back to discussion of meta-gaming, specifically. [/QUOTE]

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