"Advanced" use of virtual worlds? (Re: [MUD-Dev] MMORPGs & MUDs)

[Jeff Cole]

From: Matt Mihaly

> I maintain that roleplaying, by necessity, involves disconnecting
> your actions from your emotions to some extent. That's not to say
> that roleplayers feel no emotion. I have certainly gotten caught
> up in the emotional rush of roleplaying before.

> I never use accents when I roleplay, as I find them to be
> pointlessly forced. They just remind me that the person is faking
> whatever he or she is talking about, which I don't want to be
> reminded of. I want to be presented with a persona that is, in all
> respects, no different than me chatting OOCly with someone, except
> that the person's viewpoints are skewed by whatever character he
> is playing, and his knowledge is also limited by it.

With all due respect, Matt, some roleplayer must have done you some
sort of wrong at some point.

Roleplaying is a vehicle for expression.  Just because someone
chooses to roleplay does not mean that their emotional investments
or experiences are faked, filtered or otherwise fictional.

How are a player's experiences limited by the manner in which they
express them?  It seems to me that *YOU* impose the limits with your
inability/refusal to interpet.

Yrs. Affcty,
Jeff Cole

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