Like I said, some games promote that more than others. In CoH, for example, it was pretty common to tie the various plots in to your character, "genericizing" elements as required. Using one of the last dungeons in Wrath of the Lich King in WoW as an example, in my experience, you have some people who say the events happened but they weren't involved ("I never fought the Lich King"), some who say they were involved but as one part of a larger group ("I was part of the last great battle against the Lich King"), and some who genericize the event ("I fought a really powerful undead in the service of the Lich King"). The first approach is totally fine unless you're running around in gear that only comes from that dungeon, because then you have to explain how you got ahold of it IC... unless you want to tell people that you look different than your character model, and to me, at least, that's pretty immersion-breaking.
Of course, you also have people who say the event never happened "in their storyline," which I think we can all agree is Not Good.
Of course, you also have people who say the event never happened "in their storyline," which I think we can all agree is Not Good.
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