-How do you create the line between IC and OOC if you are truly "immersed"?
I personally do not do the whole 'immersion' thing. For me; it's far too close to allowing myself to blur IC and OOC. I've been rping since I was 15, I'm in my early 30's now. It is how I have played and will always play. I started out in text format and when I did; it was in yahoo chat in a realm called Ayenee (Arts & Entertainment) and I was always taught to strictly keep IC and OOC separate. So I do not personally involve myself with the whole immersion/avatar situation.
I tend to see myself more of a writer than rper. I don't necessarily play the role I'm writing for my character when it comes down to it. I'm not playing a role persay. I do not feel comfortable with getting emotionally tied with a character it leads to serious problems. And I do not involve myself generally with people who do because I have been stalked and harassed in the past.
-Do you play in 1st person view to maintain your immersion?
No, I cannot stand the use of 1st person point of view outside of character journals. Third person past usually, sometimes present when dealing with people who wish to use it.
-Do you declare that you are "immersed" to others during RP interactions, or is it something participants should just pick up on?
Nope, not at all. People should be able to tell the difference between the player and the character, if they don't then there is something possibly wrong in the way that someone cannot tell the difference between reality (as much as they can have reality online) and fiction.
-Is the etiquette for interacting with an "immersed" player/character different than the etiquette for interacting with an avatar?
I tend to see an "avatar" as still a representation of immersion; "an icon or figure representing a particular person in video games, Internet forums, etc." -definition of an 'avatar'. I'm not my character. Because of this I tend to reference my character as that- a character. Technically the 'avatar' is a digital presence of me online; but when it comes to roleplay no.
Now is the etiquette for talking with me as an individual and not my character different? Yes. I have a really hard line with OOC/IC blur. Most of the time I will not involve myself with someone who cannot divorce themselves from their character/avatar/immersed being; because it leads to a lot of problems- and sometimes stalking. So there is definitely a different etiquette; respect the person behind the screen to the best of your ability (ie. don't be a creeper) vs. treating my character however way.
I personally do not do the whole 'immersion' thing. For me; it's far too close to allowing myself to blur IC and OOC. I've been rping since I was 15, I'm in my early 30's now. It is how I have played and will always play. I started out in text format and when I did; it was in yahoo chat in a realm called Ayenee (Arts & Entertainment) and I was always taught to strictly keep IC and OOC separate. So I do not personally involve myself with the whole immersion/avatar situation.
I tend to see myself more of a writer than rper. I don't necessarily play the role I'm writing for my character when it comes down to it. I'm not playing a role persay. I do not feel comfortable with getting emotionally tied with a character it leads to serious problems. And I do not involve myself generally with people who do because I have been stalked and harassed in the past.
-Do you play in 1st person view to maintain your immersion?
No, I cannot stand the use of 1st person point of view outside of character journals. Third person past usually, sometimes present when dealing with people who wish to use it.
-Do you declare that you are "immersed" to others during RP interactions, or is it something participants should just pick up on?
Nope, not at all. People should be able to tell the difference between the player and the character, if they don't then there is something possibly wrong in the way that someone cannot tell the difference between reality (as much as they can have reality online) and fiction.
-Is the etiquette for interacting with an "immersed" player/character different than the etiquette for interacting with an avatar?
I tend to see an "avatar" as still a representation of immersion; "an icon or figure representing a particular person in video games, Internet forums, etc." -definition of an 'avatar'. I'm not my character. Because of this I tend to reference my character as that- a character. Technically the 'avatar' is a digital presence of me online; but when it comes to roleplay no.
Now is the etiquette for talking with me as an individual and not my character different? Yes. I have a really hard line with OOC/IC blur. Most of the time I will not involve myself with someone who cannot divorce themselves from their character/avatar/immersed being; because it leads to a lot of problems- and sometimes stalking. So there is definitely a different etiquette; respect the person behind the screen to the best of your ability (ie. don't be a creeper) vs. treating my character however way.
Nohni Vhaze || Khad Dotharl
