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

[J C Lawrence]

On Sat, 02 Feb 2002 12:00:23 -0500 
Paul Schwanz <paul.schwanz at east.sun.com> wrote:
> From: "Freeman, Jeff" <jfreeman at soe.sony.com>

> Hmmm...I've never really thought about it like this before, but I
> think it is fair to say that players who go too far with the "look
> at me and how well I am roleplaying" approach do just as much
> damage to my immersion as players who are talking OOC.  Both are
> unwanted reminders that I'm playing a game.

Perhaps a better qualifier:

  You can't tell when a good roleplayer is roleplaying.  

It should be indistinguishable, even with considerable effort, from,
err, reality -- which seems the real brunt of RP in many ways: to
realise a mental character/identity construct fully.

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