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> Why do you roleplay?
For what reason do you most pursue this game for hours?
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post May 3 2006, 03:25 AM
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According to certain outspoken people in my hometown. I roleplayed in high school because I was either a) mentally unstable and losing an already tenuous grip on reality, just like they say on TV, or b) under the influence of a demon- and magic-worshipping cult.

I can't say that I did a lot to dissuade them.

It seems like it's practially impossible to explain roleplaying to "outsiders" without making sound absolutely batshit insane to them. They seem to think that there's something crazy about a person constructing an alternate persona, but I don't think it's crazy at all. In fact, the Internet is making alternate personas increasingly common.
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post May 4 2006, 06:18 AM
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Usually, when someone questions my grip on reality these days, I ask them if they read fashion magazines....
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post May 4 2006, 06:20 AM
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And unlike most social events, roleplaying is, ironically, a very sincere action.
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post May 4 2006, 06:24 AM
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QUOTE (Dog @ May 2 2006, 09:48 PM)
According to certain outspoken people in my hometown.  I roleplayed in high school because I was either a) mentally unstable and losing an already tenuous grip on reality, just like they say on TV, or b) under the influence of a demon- and magic-worshipping cult.

I can't say that I did a lot to dissuade them.

It seems like it's practially impossible to explain roleplaying to "outsiders" without making sound absolutely batshit insane to them. They seem to think that there's something crazy about a person constructing an alternate persona, but I don't think it's crazy at all. In fact, the Internet is making alternate personas increasingly common.

Kind of reminds me of something I heard on a gamer's website once. Something along the lines of, "I always find it funny when people say I need to get a life, because I figure if I'm playing three characters right now, I've got at least four lives going, so I'm not the one in need of a life."

I love that quote; it's so true :D
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