(07-18-2014, 04:18 AM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: But, of course, there are people who just aren't really stable. Â There are people who are using RP to make up for their own issues in their real life. Â And there are people who simply aren't living in reality, and are using RP as an escape. Â There are people who simply can't separate what they want in character from what they want out of character, much less realize that what happens in character is no reflection on what exists out of character.
Those people are crazy.
I really don't mean it as an insult, but it IS insanity to mix in character and out of character. Â What I do in character has no bearing on who I am in real life. Â And what I do out of character should have no bearing on what my character does/reacts/feels/whatever. Â When the two are mixing, nothing good comes from it. Â Just bad, bad, bad juju.
While I generally agree, I think that's a bit 'too' generalized. If your character is goal oriented, and you as a player are partially competitive, you 'will' have a congruence between OOC desire to succeed/win/progress, and your characters personal drive to succeed/win/progress. The difference therein lies whether you consider roleplaying a 'game', or a sort of interactive novel writing which makes all the difference. I've seen people opt for both routes. Some Consider Roleplay like an elaborate, more immersive RPG game, others consider it an actual effort in writing/creating a history, omitting any form of mechanics whatsoever (Game/Dice/etc,) Opting for pure storywriting.Â
So in essence, IC/OOC seperation to hundred percent is nigh impossible unless you don't give a single thing about your character or what happens to him, and we all know that is never the case (Just see how many people are willing to have their character die, or suffer severe injury, and  you have a pretty decent display on the level of attachment people share with their creations)
Moreso, I often like to compare Roleplaying to Acting aswell. Given you're actively presenting a different character, you're essentially acting imaginatively through text. And that's where you get camp standard actor, who simply acts without feeling/experiencing, and then you get camp method actor, who has a need to immerse himself for that moment in his characters mindset, emotional world, etc.
At last, I'd like to make a mention of a point a handful of us may be omitting. Age. Many roleplayers start young, at the age of 12-13, and for them it's just about experiencing that sandbox feeling of 'YAY IM A FUCKING DRAGOON, AWESOME!'. It's often about heroism, being the center stage of your own story, so on so forth. It's an empowering experience the first few times you do it, the first few times you get to be 'the hero' in something.
Either way, i'm rambling at this point. I generally agree with what you wrote, just that strict OOC/IC seperation would go with strict lack of attachment.
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