(07-27-2017, 09:49 AM)Niamh Wrote: I mostly read RPC to pickup information to help learn RP in the FFXIV environment, and get ideas on how to develop a character in said environment. Â I keep seeing the word "immersion" pop up in threads. Â My exposure to RP in the past always treated the character as being a separate entity/avatar.I write in third person, and past tense.
Am I just misunderstanding the context and avatar / immersion are the same thing?
If they are separate:
How do you create the line between IC and OOC if you are truly "immersed"?
Do you play in 1st person view to maintain your immersion?
Do you declare that you are "immersed" to others during RP interactions, or is it something participants should just pick up on?
Is the etiquette for interacting with an "immersed" player/character different than the etiquette for interacting with an avatar?
I used to write in third person, PRESENT tense, but changed my style when I went from one MuD to another, and found that past tense works better. It also depends on your community. The new community I'm in writes more in past tense than in present tense, and even though not everyone writes in the same tenses, it all still works out.
If I was writing by myself, I might write in first person from the perspective of the character I'm 'animating', but if there are others around and they want to read or interact with my post, then there's the added problem of them feeling a bit put off by reading someone's 'first person' perspective as if it was their own character doing those actions, because they're reading 'me, I," instead of 'he/her'. Does that make sense? >>
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