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Wag
 
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| I think we all use the hobby for different things, but my experience often is that the people who power/ruleplay a lot tend to be a bit odd when you meet them OC, regardless of being losers or winners ( in fact a lot of "winners" tend to be a bit sad).
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Wag
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| Hmm....a bit odd....very diplomatic Mr Rimmer. I've come to the conclusion that all LRPers (including myself) are to some extent Socially Dysfunctional. LRP offers a level(ish) field, people tend on the whole to be polite and welcoming. Therefore 'odd' people can fit in. 
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I am surprised at the narrow interpretation of therapy. Now one is suggesting its a place to explore emotions and go back to real life cleansed and pure. Instead of that was a cool game, why is it over 
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There is no denying that a live role play events helps increase a players personal confidence, broaden their general knowledge and interests and is a wonderful way of ditching real life stresses if only for a few days.
So yes it is an excellent form of therapy.
Do some people feel more confident and out going on a game? Of course they do,
Does this mean they all play their games the same way? No
Does this mean that for admitting to this they are lesser people? hell no.
One of the great things about having been in the hobby for so long is I have had chance to watch people grown in skills and confidence and it's a wonderful thing to be part of.
Most people benifit from lrp therapy with out ever realising it and that's why i love it.
the important thing is to knwo that you cna take those good felings home with you and be just as confident in reality as in role play.
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Champion
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| Or come home after having a charcter die, who was about to be promoted etc. And think I was about to do so well... And my real life sucks so bad, got to do something about that. It like happened to a friend of mine, I swear!!!
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I've rping (live an otehrwise) for longer than I care to remember, and it took me a good long while and lots of arguments with lots of people to realise that it is impossible to play a character who is not at least partly some facet of one's self. I now look for that facet I am playing when I create a character and start playing him/her/it. It often takes me a while, but I can usually find it eventually. RPing then becomes a useful and interesting psychological excersise, but it still, primarily for me, fun. That doesn't mean I'm not prepared to hurt people's characters though - a character is not a real operson, and if my character would stab you in the back in the most ridiculous and horrible way going, thats what I'll do. I'l then seek you out afterwards (probably after time out at LRP), and make sure you're okay with it and hopefully have a good laugh!
that as more rambling than I intended... I obviously need to play someone who doesn;t ramble...
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| Sometimes I'm at the other end. Getting grief from another character, who then says sorry OOC. My response is always I'd be disappointed of you didn't. Your first character is supposed to be you, according to 'the first character syndrome'. (The term was invented for a collage paper) After that you can change things around. Going to the opposite, tends to be my response. Strangely I'll do things as an NPC I tend not to as a player. e.g Be very confrontational and insult people. Being an *evil* doesn't really work for me. Has to have all that character justification stuff that actors use. When I'm explaining the hobby to people, they use they acting analogy. I tend to respond but without an audience because we are not being judged in what we do. Which is important because thats what gives us the freedom to express things which might be judged 'negatively' by other people.
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Wag
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| I've used LRP as an activity with groups of Young People with offending behaviour and or learning difficulties, it's great for people who have trouble seeing consequences, it also promotes problem solving, cooperation and teamwork- as well as introducing Young People to some fairly cool (usually) people who come from a larger world than the local council estate and have ambition and aspirations- something which is often pushed out the lives of the people I work with by the environment in which they live.
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That's very interesting to hear about Rimmer. Could you tell us a bit more about it, and what sort of response you have had from 'officialdom?'
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