[SPAM] Re: [MUD-Dev] DGN: Effect of voice chat on game design

[Tess Snider]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:11:19 +0200, Ola Fosheim Grøstad
<olag at ifi.uio.no>= wrote:

> I hate to be pedantic, but isn't all hardcore roleplay deception?
> Isn't that the point?

I don't see deception as the point of roleplay at all.  In fact, I
don't see how it necessarily has anything to do with
roleplay. Roleplay is not inherently deceptive.  You are not
deceiving anyone into thinking you're a 934-year-old elf any more
than Bruce Campbell deceives us into thinking he's an undead-plagued
S-Mart employee with a pencheant for big guns and chainsaws -- no
matter how convincing the portrayal of either character might be.
Like an actor, you are merely playing a role.  Hence, the name,
"roleplay."

Tess
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