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Title: Interesting review of different roleplaying types
Post by: Gilrond on May 05, 2013, 10:37:48 pm: http://www.mud.co.uk/richard/hcds.htm

It's written in context of MUDs, but very much applies to MMORPGs as well.
Title: Re: Interesting review of different roleplaying types
Post by: Illysia on May 06, 2013, 05:20:31 am: I remember that paper. It is interesting to say the least, but I always felt that MMOs did bring enough new dynamics to where there should be more than 4 categories, even if those four are probably still the major groupings.
Title: Re: Interesting review of different roleplaying types
Post by: Taya on May 06, 2013, 12:15:41 pm: I have seen versions of this that do go on and further divide the categories. No links to hand for it though sadly.

It's definitely an interesting thing to look at either way, but I've also never been able to slot myself or a lot of other players I know very neatly into the categories. I guess it would be interesting to hear which different people think they are and why though.
Title: Re: Interesting review of different roleplaying types
Post by: Pakarro on May 06, 2013, 05:03:48 pm: One should never put people into slots. The slot "human" would be ok, in most cases at least...
Title: Re: Interesting review of different roleplaying types
Post by: LigH on May 06, 2013, 05:30:24 pm: You won't "put a square peg into a round hole", anyway. Unless the hole is so big that any peg would fit. And there are sometimes pegs which make their own holes.

So, come on, let me entertain you!
Title: Re: Interesting review of different roleplaying types
Post by: Gilrond on May 06, 2013, 07:48:24 pm: Pakarro: As any archetypes, these don't describe individual people. They describe tendencies. All of them can be present in any particular individual in various proportions. So it's an interesting research.
Title: Re: Interesting review of different roleplaying types
Post by: Volki on May 07, 2013, 05:56:12 am: Quote from: Pakarro on May 06, 2013, 05:03:48 pm
One should never put people into slots. The slot "human" would be ok, in most cases at least...

You're absolutely right, Pakarro. We should treat everyone the same, ignoring both their imperfections and specialties. In this case, personality differences that translate into playing style. This is the cost of categorizing people. Cornering them into definitions just so we can better balance our games. It's inhuman. Who are we to strip away a person's conformity... The injustice of it all!
Title: Re: Interesting review of different roleplaying types
Post by: Denes on May 07, 2013, 11:07:27 am: Study of human behavioral patterns is hardly a new field. Might get controversial though, as it is not a “hard” science IMO.
+1 for the interesting part. Thanks for sharing!

PS: My favorite quote from Life of Brian:
Brian: Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't NEED to follow ME, You don't NEED to follow ANYBODY! You've got to think for your selves! You're ALL individuals!
The Crowd: Yes! We're all individuals!
Brian: You're all different!
The Crowd: Yes, we ARE all different!
Man in crowd: I'm not...
The Crowd: Sch!