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Originally Posted by Cippofra
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The obsession with role playing confuses me sometimes. Some people love it, I get that. But for people to think everyone should be in character all the time is just silly. Do I occasionally make comments or jokes that are technically role playing? Sure. But that's as far as it goes. My best memories in this game are from socializing with people. Not ogres and wood elves, but other people that share a common interest. The fact that EQ is classified as a role playing game doesn't mean you need to pretend you're an ogre. When I play final fantasy I don't pretend I'm cloud or lightning. I just play.
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Totally understandable. Some people just want guildchat to be like a normal chatroom. It's a "social" game, after all, if you can call it that.
Me, I'd rather not talk about politics, television, or even The Hobbit. Yes, I know what to expect from anonymous people that are crammed onto the same server. However, I do like to immerse myself as much as
reasonably possible.
I like playing Skyrim when I don't feel like being social. If the NPCs there asked me my opinion on the U.S. elections, I'd uninstall it. It feels like that with EQ sometimes. I get enough of that everywhere else I go. Some of us would rather just pretend we're in another world. Norrath is a very big world, after all - much bigger than Skyrim.
The nice thing about EQ is that we're free to join up with like-minded people into our own guilds. If anyone shares my opinions, or even wants to "actively" roleplay, I hope we can
get something going that we can enjoy together.