I RP to get outside the humdrum of RL. To have fun. To collaborate and connect with others.
I suppose I've been (and possibly a lot of you did) 'role playing' since I was young.
For example: my sis and I made pokemon trainer characters who were siblings traveling together and had all sorts of adventures. Usually turning the world of pokemon into a much more gritty version of one of our favorite TV shows.Â
Going back further: We had -hoards- of stuffed animals/plastic toys. In our little world they came to life and each had their own personalities, histories, friends, enemies, etc.
They certainly weren't anything close to refined or even good, of course. And our characters tended to mature as we matured. But we were still taking on persona that was not our own and creating stories and keeping continuity.
Then puberty hit and it was 'not cool' to do such pretend things.
The late teens hit and I got into White Wolf with a group of folks that I'm still friends with today. (my first campaign was also a Vampire the Masquerade game.) And discovered it was a much more structured version of the sort of thing I'd done with my sis when I was young. And wondered why I ever quit. XD
Stuck with the structured stuff for quite a while until I started playing LotRO and realized there were unstructured but still mature RPs to be had.
I suppose I've been (and possibly a lot of you did) 'role playing' since I was young.
For example: my sis and I made pokemon trainer characters who were siblings traveling together and had all sorts of adventures. Usually turning the world of pokemon into a much more gritty version of one of our favorite TV shows.Â
Going back further: We had -hoards- of stuffed animals/plastic toys. In our little world they came to life and each had their own personalities, histories, friends, enemies, etc.
They certainly weren't anything close to refined or even good, of course. And our characters tended to mature as we matured. But we were still taking on persona that was not our own and creating stories and keeping continuity.
Then puberty hit and it was 'not cool' to do such pretend things.
The late teens hit and I got into White Wolf with a group of folks that I'm still friends with today. (my first campaign was also a Vampire the Masquerade game.) And discovered it was a much more structured version of the sort of thing I'd done with my sis when I was young. And wondered why I ever quit. XD
Stuck with the structured stuff for quite a while until I started playing LotRO and realized there were unstructured but still mature RPs to be had.