Daomei did not, if you read it carefully, equate role-players with immersed players, only that immersed characters feel they are playing a role.
There are many types of role-play. One is the aloof, calculating kind where the toon is to be maniupulated according to a thought-out plan. Another one is the immersed role-play where the player, while aware of the difference, immerses himmer self in the aspects of the toon. (There are other kinds, but those are pretty much the extreme ends of the spectrum, imho.) Both types are valid.
I play a cooperative, enterprizing Tryker who has spent time in the world and come to his own conclusions about the Karavan, the Kamis, and everything in between. If someone were to gank me in PR while I am minding my own business, my role-play attitude towards her would be extremely critical. This would not be my OOC opinion of her, though the two might be seen as very close.
I see no reason whatsoever why I should not express these opinions.
There are many types of role-play. One is the aloof, calculating kind where the toon is to be maniupulated according to a thought-out plan. Another one is the immersed role-play where the player, while aware of the difference, immerses himmer self in the aspects of the toon. (There are other kinds, but those are pretty much the extreme ends of the spectrum, imho.) Both types are valid.
I play a cooperative, enterprizing Tryker who has spent time in the world and come to his own conclusions about the Karavan, the Kamis, and everything in between. If someone were to gank me in PR while I am minding my own business, my role-play attitude towards her would be extremely critical. This would not be my OOC opinion of her, though the two might be seen as very close.
I see no reason whatsoever why I should not express these opinions.
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Remembering Tyneetryk
Phaedreas Tears - 15 years old and first(*) of true neutral guilds in Atys.
(*) This statement is contested, but we are certainly the longest lasting.
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