| From: | Jason <reynoldj@*****.it.gvsu.edu> |
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| Subject: | Role-Playing (weeding out flamers and vr2.0) |
| Date: | Thu, 4 Jan 1996 00:37:15 -0500 (EST) |
> HAPPY NEW YEAR, CHUMMERS!
thanks, and also to you.
[snip... VR2.0 question and a suggestion for a flamer (yes! FIRE!)]
> sock,heh?). 4) Last thing: I'd like to start a thread that has a lot of
> significance: Role Playing. How many of you players or GMs acually
> roleplay? I'm talking about the whole package: Talking in first person as
> the character, using body language, adding quirks to the character,
> working on his background, giving him an image and so on. How many of you
> would mark the five out of five on this one? How many less then three? How
> many would mark none?
I am something of a ham at heart, so as a player, i always throw m
myself into the role as much as possible (short of disrupting the
room's furnishings). Mark me a four out of five. As a GM, however, i
find it very draining to maintain a whole menagerie of characters- there
are usually two or three in my "stable" that stand out for the players
(the lowlife alcoholic sorcery adept is one I remember very well...)- so
mark me a three on that one. From conversations I've had, this seems to
be a reasonably common GM thing- sometimes it's really hard to balance
rules, plotlines and the wacky things players do to torpedo the rules and
plotlines with good old fashioned role-playing...
(this all from a GM who prefers the lack of responsibility, and the
focus that comes from being, quite simply, a player...)
Speaking of playing- your question #3 was about how often one plays (or
#2?)... I recently moved from my previous place of residence to my
current home, and haven't had any luck finding players (or GMs).
[irony mode on]Forgive me DLOH, my last game was August 1995. [irony off :)]
I look forward to the spring, when the Michigan Con scene picks up
tremendously...
Just my words and thoughts (no deeds today...)
Jason
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