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<blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 4619275" data-attributes="member: 54707"><p><em>"...In being myself I become what never was,</em></p><p><em>And yet in what never was have found myself</em></p><p><em>Without compass, guide, or chart </em></p><p><em>Lost upon a trackless sea,</em></p><p><em>An expanse before, a ruin left behind</em></p><p><em>Among a course navigated </em></p><p><em>By some hidden, inner instinct,</em></p><p><em>That both propels me forwards like</em></p><p><em>The furious, beating, endless gale</em></p><p><em>And anchors me firm on windless depths</em></p><p><em>That will not rise to fill my sail..."</em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://0068e9c.netsolhost.com/images/293_knight-in-armor2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>After reading a posting by someone else in <strong><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/248220-interests.html" target="_blank">another thread</a></strong> of mine the other day, a question occurred to me.</p><p></p><p>In Role Play Games do you play a character who is truly like yourself, or very different in nature from the way you are in real life?</p><p></p><p>This question seems extremely interesting to me especially given the very nature of what a role play game is, and what it implies.</p><p></p><p>The answer the other person gave was apparently in regards to their professional life.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But how about other aspects of your life? I'm not putting up a poll because the question I'm asking is very general and could be interpreted in any number of ways. For instance it could mean do you role play characters who are similar to you in behavior, in beliefs, professional capabilities and training, spiritually, psychologically, physically, mentally, in appearance, nationality, culturally, and so forth and so on? Do you play yourself in sci-fi games and someone different in fantasy games? Does genre influence what you choose to be and how you play? How much of your character is you, and how much not you, or how much what you wish you were, are trying to be, or would never want to be in real life?</p><p></p><p></p><p>So, <em><strong><span style="color: Lime">do you play yourself in another guise</span></strong></em>, <em><strong><span style="color: Red">or someone completely different?</span></strong></em> </p><p></p><p>Then how, in what exact way(s), and why?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jack7, post: 4619275, member: 54707"] [I]"...In being myself I become what never was, And yet in what never was have found myself Without compass, guide, or chart Lost upon a trackless sea, An expanse before, a ruin left behind Among a course navigated By some hidden, inner instinct, That both propels me forwards like The furious, beating, endless gale And anchors me firm on windless depths That will not rise to fill my sail..."[/I] [CENTER][IMG]http://0068e9c.netsolhost.com/images/293_knight-in-armor2.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] After reading a posting by someone else in [B][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/248220-interests.html"]another thread[/URL][/B] of mine the other day, a question occurred to me. In Role Play Games do you play a character who is truly like yourself, or very different in nature from the way you are in real life? This question seems extremely interesting to me especially given the very nature of what a role play game is, and what it implies. The answer the other person gave was apparently in regards to their professional life. But how about other aspects of your life? I'm not putting up a poll because the question I'm asking is very general and could be interpreted in any number of ways. For instance it could mean do you role play characters who are similar to you in behavior, in beliefs, professional capabilities and training, spiritually, psychologically, physically, mentally, in appearance, nationality, culturally, and so forth and so on? Do you play yourself in sci-fi games and someone different in fantasy games? Does genre influence what you choose to be and how you play? How much of your character is you, and how much not you, or how much what you wish you were, are trying to be, or would never want to be in real life? So, [I][B][COLOR="Lime"]do you play yourself in another guise[/COLOR][/B][/I], [I][B][COLOR="Red"]or someone completely different?[/COLOR][/B][/I] Then how, in what exact way(s), and why? [/QUOTE]
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