thread: 2006-02-20 : Open House: Ask a Frequent Question, pt 2
On 2006-02-24, Vincent wrote:
Charles: What is it about play in which each player has a primary character that you like? You've said that you prefer this style of play (although you'd like to mix it up a bit more) over play in which player and character are less well connected. Why?
I've been thinking about this.
I think it's the reverse: I like play in which all the significant characters have their own player responsible for them. That includes the significant NPCs and the GM in Dogs, for instance.
I like immersion a lot. I also like taking on responsibility for a character or characters and fulfilling it, to everyone else's enjoyment. I like when my fellow players do the same - a big part of the pleasure of participating in Soraya's story, for instance, was participating in Emily's portrayal of Soraya.
If each character has one player primarily responsible for her, that creates an intimacy between the character and the player that I enjoy a lot, whether I'm that player or that player's audience.
This makes CS go "Makes total sense to me"
Since that is also our play style.
The portrayal pleasure, the audience pleasure, the supporting cast for someone else's immersion and for their storytelling, the immersion pleasure, they are all in there together.
Thanks.
