View Single Post   December 2nd, 2006, 00:58 Well this opens a
big can of worms. I think in general that rp'ing has fallen by
the wayside these days. One problem who is the definitive
authority on what rp'ing really is? There isn't one. Everyone
has there own ideas about roleplaying a character. I could say
that after running campaigns for thousands of hours I do have a
clue, but there is no doctorate in roleplaying. It's all
subjective. Still with cprpg's it has really declined even more,
as players can justify about any action they take as
roleplaying.  How many players really struggle with questions
about what would my character do in this situation? Hardly any.
People just react , usually in what benefits their character the
most. I have seen a few people try to roleplay their characters
on so called roleplaying servers. For the most part it is really
a joke. People tend to roleplay caricatures of certain character
types. Hauty, arrogant elves, jovial, nosey hobbits, and gruff
dwarves. I once played a dwa