The Soul of RP

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Squabbles are just a part of everyday life around here. It seems there isn't a day that goes by where someone hasn't offended someone else, and the guns come out along with the memes. But in the midst of all the rage-threads and feedback-spats, I recently found myself pondering something rather profound that I would like to share with those who care to read.

When you are a child, you play make-believe. Now, it isn't very good, because you don't have much life experience to base it on. So you make do with the limited knowledge you have while your parents looked on a smiled at your childish attempts to be something else.

Around here, we call it Role Play. But it's really just make-believe for adults. However, one thing has not changed.

When a player creates a character, they base said character off of their own experiences. Now, this can be a very accurate depiction of their experiences or a distorted caricature. But one thing remains the same: The RP is most convincing if the person behind the character has had relevant life-experiences.

Think about that for a moment.

These aren't just characters. These are fragments of real people.
Regret. Death. Loneliness. Pain. Hope. Courage. Longing. Defiance.

And the more lifelike they appear, the more believable these characters are, the greater the likelihood that the player behind the character has experienced something very similar to what they are portraying.

Just a thought I wanted to share...

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Characters:

Cory Walsh - Unknown
Ari Kova (Yaroslava Ivanov) - Active
Declan "Owen" Quinn - Active
Agent 1854 - M.I.A.

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