TOPIC: Exploring our human nature through Roleplay
I stumbled uppon this Tweet and I though it would be an excellent subject of discussion. I'd love to hear your opinion about this. The author of this tweet is questioning the intention of a certain type of roleplayers. If a roleplayer enjoys roleplaying a vilain, does it reveal something questionable of his personality in real life?
Roleplay is an important part of any MMORPG, and it certainly a very important aspect of Embers Adrift.
Everyone, playing a character in a video game, is roleplaying to some extend. You may not be extremly invested in the lore and have build your character for pure gameplay benefits rather than some sort of fantasy, but yet.. you are plunged in an imaginary world, and if nothing else, you are roleplaying an expression of yourself within this world by simply... playing the game.
Then, some players are pushing it a little further. They know about the Lore and enjoy to play arround with it. They create their character with an intend, a meaning. Some people will really embrace roleplaying, while some others will just have some light fun. Yet everyone is expressing an aspect of themselves by doing so.
What does it mean for you to take part in roleplay activities? What part of yourself are you exploring? When you are creating a character, are you expressing values and ideas that are close to you, or are you venturing in other directions? How does roleplay affect you, on a more personal level? Are you emotionally invested in your characters?
MY OPINION
I believe that roleplay can teach a lot about ourselves, a bit in the same way dreams can reveal what happens within us on a subconscious level. Observing what characters you are creating, what roles you are endorsing, and how you react in certain plots, will teach you things that you may be ignoring of yourself.
Roleplay can also be used in a more decided manner to explore different side of our personality that we do not have the chance to explore in real life for various reasons. "How would I behave if I was an arrogant scholar, or a brutal warrior? How would I behave if I was the other gender" This exploration, I believe is more therapeutic than harmful, and can allow someone to see himself with more clarity.
Lastely, I think roleplay is also something that can just be fun and a great occasion to laugh about darker subjects, giving us the distanciation needed and some needed relief. There is a trend nowadays to be extremly politically correct and be sure to not offend anyone. I think an offence is taken not given, and some of those offended people need to relax.CHILL OUT! The capability of taking ourselves not too seriously, and to be capable at laughing at our own weaknesses is a great quality.
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I stumbled uppon this Tweet and I though it would be an excellent subject of discussion. I'd love to hear your opinion about this. The author of this tweet is questioning the intention of a certain type of roleplayers. If a roleplayer enjoys roleplaying a vilain, does it reveal something questionable of his personality in real life?
Roleplay is an important part of any MMORPG, and it certainly a very important aspect of Embers Adrift.
Everyone, playing a character in a video game, is roleplaying to some extend. You may not be extremly invested in the lore and have build your character for pure gameplay benefits rather than some sort of fantasy, but yet.. you are plunged in an imaginary world, and if nothing else, you are roleplaying an expression of yourself within this world by simply... playing the game.
Then, some players are pushing it a little further. They know about the Lore and enjoy to play arround with it. They create their character with an intend, a meaning. Some people will really embrace roleplaying, while some others will just have some light fun. Yet everyone is expressing an aspect of themselves by doing so.
What does it mean for you to take part in roleplay activities? What part of yourself are you exploring? When you are creating a character, are you expressing values and ideas that are close to you, or are you venturing in other directions? How does roleplay affect you, on a more personal level? Are you emotionally invested in your characters?
MY OPINION
I believe that roleplay can teach a lot about ourselves, a bit in the same way dreams can reveal what happens within us on a subconscious level. Observing what characters you are creating, what roles you are endorsing, and how you react in certain plots, will teach you things that you may be ignoring of yourself.
Roleplay can also be used in a more decided manner to explore different side of our personality that we do not have the chance to explore in real life for various reasons. "How would I behave if I was an arrogant scholar, or a brutal warrior? How would I behave if I was the other gender" This exploration, I believe is more therapeutic than harmful, and can allow someone to see himself with more clarity.
Lastely, I think roleplay is also something that can just be fun and a great occasion to laugh about darker subjects, giving us the distanciation needed and some needed relief. There is a trend nowadays to be extremly politically correct and be sure to not offend anyone. I think an offence is taken not given, and some of those offended people need to relax.CHILL OUT! The capability of taking ourselves not too seriously, and to be capable at laughing at our own weaknesses is a great quality.
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