So this is something I thought of a few days ago. As it is right now, not a whole lot of the friends I have IRL know that I roleplay, because.. Well, they wouldn't understand, it's a bit too "nerdy" - But a chunk of them also only understand mmorpg's when I say "It's kinda like WoW". It should be noted that I'm mainly speaking from the point of view of RP in MMORPG's here and not so much other types.Â
So imagine a world where roleplaying is mainstream. What'd it look like? Would it be better or worse? Could it change how we roleplay? What kind of impact would it have of the games we roleplay in? Do you reckon it might happen one day?
I'm a little torn on if it would be better or not - I think my biggest concerns with it would be if the way we roleplay, or say if some of the big unspoken rules would be forgotten, that would be hard to adjust to or stomach. But I must admit it would be nice to not be considered odd/weird/nerdy for staying in on a friday night because of an RP event, and actually be able to say that such is why you're staying in and you're not just some lonely hermit - and just be able to openly speak about these awesome things we do.Â
And well, the more people who got into it, I reckon we might see more game tweaks that would be good for RP, because it'd be something a lot of people cared about.Â
Come with your thoughts! I'm curious.
So imagine a world where roleplaying is mainstream. What'd it look like? Would it be better or worse? Could it change how we roleplay? What kind of impact would it have of the games we roleplay in? Do you reckon it might happen one day?
I'm a little torn on if it would be better or not - I think my biggest concerns with it would be if the way we roleplay, or say if some of the big unspoken rules would be forgotten, that would be hard to adjust to or stomach. But I must admit it would be nice to not be considered odd/weird/nerdy for staying in on a friday night because of an RP event, and actually be able to say that such is why you're staying in and you're not just some lonely hermit - and just be able to openly speak about these awesome things we do.Â
And well, the more people who got into it, I reckon we might see more game tweaks that would be good for RP, because it'd be something a lot of people cared about.Â
Come with your thoughts! I'm curious.
