thread: 2005-06-02 : Immersion
On 2005-06-06, Jonas Barka wrote:
"we've so fetishized immersion that we're blind to just how much fun roleplaying can be. Our fetishization of immersion makes our roleplaying barren. We don't have to trade off one fun for another."
Do you really claim to univerally know what is fun?
I do not find D&D style dungeon crawling to be fun. I'm sure it's fun for other people.
I do not find hunting to be fun. I'm sure it's fun for other people.
I do not find getting hit really hard to be fun. I'm quite sure there is at least one person on earth who disagrees with me.
I have played forge style games, traditional rpg:s, immersive free from and many types of larp. I know what is fun for me and that you cannot get the same experience from immersion focused games if you add rules to them. It may still be fun and there may still be immersion, but it is different. And people have fun in different ways. My fun do nothave to be your fun.
Does it bother you that there maybe isn't a best way to play rpg:s, that it in fact depends on taste?
/ Jonas
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