(07-27-2017, 01:45 PM)Firefly Wrote: I think it's not really a 'you are or you aren't' thing; it's more of a sliding scale. If it were binary, I'd say the distinguishing factor is the immersion-trending RPer's meticulous consideration of their surroundings.
The thing to consider though is that it's not really about becoming one's character, but knowing, completely (and I stress completely; or close to it as possible), the context of their actions.
But yeah I can see the sliding scale; and I can get the idea of being 'immersed' in roleplay- ie focusing yourself on it and understanding how your character would do something or another vs. the point of method-acting; and everything inbetween. But its just the way that I was taught back in Ayenee.
It's interesting to see how folks interpret it. I personally have always considered myself more of a writer than a rper. And while I do know how my character will react; it's just for me- I don't play a role so I don't involve myself with the 'immersion' aspect. The way I was always taught? Immersion/Roleplay was getting into a specific role and acting. I do find it fascinating how people do see different ways. So I do respect and I can understand your thoughts on the matter; it's just something I personally don't consider myself participating in even though I do highly detailed writing and understanding how the character reacts to xyz.
I do write into details with my character; often their mindset and the things they do. When I have written for a character for longer than six months I can easily know what the character would do when broached with something; but that honestly just takes time in writing and conceptualizing the character- which I do a lot. However a lot of this highly-detailed writing? I only do with an RP partner. It's difficult to do something like that in a tavern setting or a group rp setting. I really approach this as writing rather than acting as many might do it.
To add on; it feels like immersion is a sort of method acting- something I personally avoid because I have seen this go incredibly bad. I just feel, personally, that a lot of OOC/IC blur can happen this way. So I do tend to distance myself in the role of a writer vs. actor. It's not for everyone, but this is an interesting topic.
I suppose the one time I would use "immersion" would be almost synonymous with "setting". And while this isn't technically correct I have found myself saying when Douchebag McGee comes up and starts spamming emotes, abilities, etc as "breaking my immersion". But at that point its more of it breaks my focus of what I'm doing. It's just really interesting to me how "immersion" can have all sorts of different definitions dependent on the individual.
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