From:	Simon and Fiona sfuller@******.com.au
Subject:	Types of players (was Re: Power Gaming and Benchmarking (Long))
Date:	Mon, 26 Jun 2000 09:43:23 +1000

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From: Gurth <gurth@******.nl>
To: shadowrn@*********.com <shadowrn@*********.com>
Date: Monday, June 26, 2000 3:30 AM
Subject: Types of players (was Re: Power Gaming and Benchmarking (Long))


According to Phil Smith, at 10:45 on 25 Jun 00, the word on the street
was...

> I was discussing this with my group yesterday and we recon that people
tend
>> to play characters who do a lot of what they like; for example, folks who
> play deckers go on computers a lot, I play a writer in one campaign -
which
>> is what I want to do when I leave school. If someone is a loner in real
> life they will play one, and so on. Just think about the people in your
>> group and you will find it bizarrely true.

>I'm not too sure about that... I tend to play people who are unlike me
IRL, and in many of the people in my group I see the same thing. OTOH, a
>few seem to be like what you describe, so I guess there are at least two
types of players: one who plays something close to what they are, and one
>that does more or less the opposite.

What I also notice is that people tend to play similar characters,
regardless of the game or current campaign, so that if you're not careful
>they all blend together a bit.

--

In the bad old days when we played AD&D, one loudmouth who used to demand to
be DM even though he sucks at it, used to make us roll up new 0 level
characters every single game (although most would be around level 10 by the
end of said game). Anyway, there were these two brothers who ALWAYS took
Drow Elf Princess Clerics. It was very sad. When I introduced them to
Shadowrun, they were a bit lost, I think one took an elf medic. This was
before Night Ones were invented.
I don't play D&D any more.