We can all fix our bad RP Habits !
Role-play here in Second Life ( SL ) is nothing like what you may have experienced in those spiffy “ Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game ’ s ” ( MMORPG ’ s ) that so many consider , “ role-play .” Here in SL , role-play is more like live , interactive group story-writing than gaming ! Shooting projectiles or using other weapons , with a meter telling you what ’ s happening ( otherwise known as “ Pew-Pew ”), is not role-play , though in SL , it can be used to enhance or further role-play with varying degrees of success ( and failure ).
It all depends on the sort of community you have .
THE GOOD THE BAD & THE UGLY
We can all fix our bad RP Habits !
Story by Filipa Thespian
Role-play here in Second Life ( SL ) is nothing like what you may have experienced in those spiffy “ Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game ’ s ” ( MMORPG ’ s ) that so many consider , “ role-play .” Here in SL , role-play is more like live , interactive group story-writing than gaming ! Shooting projectiles or using other weapons , with a meter telling you what ’ s happening ( otherwise known as “ Pew-Pew ”), is not role-play , though in SL , it can be used to enhance or further role-play with varying degrees of success ( and failure ).
It all depends on the sort of community you have .
Unlike the aforementioned MMORPG ’ s , role-play in SL is not pre-scripted , there are no programmed rules that a computer guides you through from start to conclusion .
Here , you pick everything about your destiny and with your creative mind , you guide your destiny and that of those around you . You create your character , from back-sto-
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