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Did Internet kill the RPG table?, & can it help add distant players?

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SuperFly

Jul 14 2006, 11:19 PM

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QUOTE (Shadow @ Jul 14 2006, 02:18 PM)

There is something about sitting face to face with your other players that is infinitely better (imho) than WoW or even DSF. DSF lets you really get into your characters, WoW lets you immerse yourself visually into the game world. Sitting around the table though is magic. It's like a really good meal, you can't predict it, and it's hard to duplicate, but when the magic happens, every second of it is worth it!

Getting deep into the characters is what I love best about IRC gaming (keep in mind that when I say we have games, they are real sessioned games, not 'free form' role play events).

Maybe my imagination is just stunted, but I really could not see immersing myself as deeply as I could in an IRC game while sitting around a table staring at a the face of a player who's SUPPOSED to be someone else. I could do it when i was 12-14 and my cousin and I would play all manner of FtF games sprinkled with some LARP, but not now.

I've also looked over the DSF "play by post" games and I find these to be maddeningly slow, but the closest thing to IRC gaming that I've seen in terms of immersion and creative writing.

Basically, as long as people are playing the game instead of just sitting around debating rules and creating characters they'll never use -- that is what counts for me. So more power to it all.

P.S. Speaking of games, there's an open SR3 pickup game starting in about 30 minutes (current time is 6pm CST / 7pm EST) if anyone wants to get in on the action and/or lurk.

SuperFly

Jul 15 2006, 12:12 AM

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I have seen some of the transcripts for the #S-Run games, the people playing them certainly seem to have a lot of fun.

Yeah, we always have a great time in and out of games.

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Don't knock them too hard. You did dound a little like a corporate PR guy for a second there. ;)

LOL, maybe, but I have to get the word out somehow, right?

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