I tend not to tag myself, or pay much attention to labels as a whole when it comes to levels of RP, but I shall explain what my opinion of 'heavy roleplay' is.
To me, heavy roleplay means that the player remains in character whenever they play. They do not chat OOC as long as they are in the game (what they do out of the game is a different side to the coin). I don't particularly see heavy roleplay as needing to be the most immersive as you can possibly be, because like several people have stated, it takes the interest out of things. Nobody needs to see every moment of a person's life. We don't even see every moment of our loved ones lives, and that's reality. There's such a thing as being heavy on the RP without needing to divulge every single detail about everything. It's roleplay, not monotony.
However, I do love the whole aspect of being in character the whole time you're in game, and not breaking that character at all. That goes back to the old method acting styles. It's been a very well respected style of acting for generations. I think it can be successfully used in any mmo if done in an interesting manner, and if everyone involved is happy with it.
I am more than willing to give it a shot myself one day. Not walking literally everywhere, because like I already stated, I think that may be bordering on the uninteresting, but I would certainly be interested in trying to create a character, and remain in character the whole time I played. I don't know how successful I would be, or if I would get bored with it, but I would be open to trying it.
Right now I am IC for all of our events, and meetings, and shows, and random RP encounters, but I also do a lot of stuff. OOC too. The balance is nice for me, because I like getting to know my fellow players both IC and OOC. With 'heavy roleplay' I feel like you wouldn't really get a chance to know people you played with, unless you did OOC stuff outside of the game, such as had OOC tumblrs, or had an OOC discord chat. But if that was the case, would it still be considered 'heavy roleplay'?
See, now that this question has come up, I'm questioning everything! Why would you do this? WHY!?
To me, heavy roleplay means that the player remains in character whenever they play. They do not chat OOC as long as they are in the game (what they do out of the game is a different side to the coin). I don't particularly see heavy roleplay as needing to be the most immersive as you can possibly be, because like several people have stated, it takes the interest out of things. Nobody needs to see every moment of a person's life. We don't even see every moment of our loved ones lives, and that's reality. There's such a thing as being heavy on the RP without needing to divulge every single detail about everything. It's roleplay, not monotony.
However, I do love the whole aspect of being in character the whole time you're in game, and not breaking that character at all. That goes back to the old method acting styles. It's been a very well respected style of acting for generations. I think it can be successfully used in any mmo if done in an interesting manner, and if everyone involved is happy with it.
I am more than willing to give it a shot myself one day. Not walking literally everywhere, because like I already stated, I think that may be bordering on the uninteresting, but I would certainly be interested in trying to create a character, and remain in character the whole time I played. I don't know how successful I would be, or if I would get bored with it, but I would be open to trying it.
Right now I am IC for all of our events, and meetings, and shows, and random RP encounters, but I also do a lot of stuff. OOC too. The balance is nice for me, because I like getting to know my fellow players both IC and OOC. With 'heavy roleplay' I feel like you wouldn't really get a chance to know people you played with, unless you did OOC stuff outside of the game, such as had OOC tumblrs, or had an OOC discord chat. But if that was the case, would it still be considered 'heavy roleplay'?
See, now that this question has come up, I'm questioning everything! Why would you do this? WHY!?
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