03-29-2004, 07:07 PM
Hi,
but never, ever think of their avatar as a female representation of themselves
And that is about as good a (negative) definition as I've seen of role playing. Which is why most cRPG's aren't. The role has little or nothing to do with the game or the story. One can role play, but usually one doesn't need to.
Not too sure where this is going, but I think it has a lot of bearing on the topic. If one is playing a first person game where the role playing is minimal, gender hardly intrudes. If one is playing a "strong" role playing game where one has to put on the character of their avatar, then gender (but also alignment and to some extent race) become much more important. Worth some thought, I think :)
--Pete
but never, ever think of their avatar as a female representation of themselves
And that is about as good a (negative) definition as I've seen of role playing. Which is why most cRPG's aren't. The role has little or nothing to do with the game or the story. One can role play, but usually one doesn't need to.
Not too sure where this is going, but I think it has a lot of bearing on the topic. If one is playing a first person game where the role playing is minimal, gender hardly intrudes. If one is playing a "strong" role playing game where one has to put on the character of their avatar, then gender (but also alignment and to some extent race) become much more important. Worth some thought, I think :)
--Pete
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