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22354: Re: "Advanced" use of virtual worlds? (Re: [MUD-Dev] MMORP Gs & MUDs)

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From: Ola Fosheim Grøstad <olag@ifi.uio.no>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 21:35:14 +0100
References: [1] [2] <-newest
Organization: Kanga.Nu
J C Lawrence wrote:

> 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.

No, because this is something I sometimes do and which is not common
at all as far as I can tell. I label this "roleplaying the
player". It may be as distractive as any other player and quickly
becomes unethical unless you watch your steps. :P

Ola.
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