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

[Travis Casey]

On Monday 04 February 2002 11:18, Matt Mihaly wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Tamzen Cannoy wrote:

>> Now I know even on the Mushes I play on, that this is not the
>> case for lots of people, but it is for a surprising number of the
>> ones I've talked to. For us good Roleplaying is Being the person
>> you are playing so well that no one at all can tell, sometimes
>> not even you. :)

> But that's the point. Whether someone can tell or not, it's still
> a fake persona. And if you can't tell, then I have to question
> whether you're roleplaying, or just letting a part of your
> personality shine through that you normally would repress.

Is that not roleplaying, though?  By the definition I use, it can
be.  Indeed, by the definition I use, there's no requirement that
the role one plays be any different from yourself -- you can
roleplay yourself in a game world by acting in the way that you
would if you were there.

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