Sometimes we forget the true essence of an RPG or MMORPG

[Kuiper7986]

It\'s late right now by the time I\'m posting this and I just was thinking about life and I started thinking about RPGs and MMORPGs.

I think sometimes we get so side-tracked with items and stats we forget what a true MMO/RPG represents.

The essence is that we\'re taking a bunch of numbers and codes and making a real world out of it. It may not seem real but everything about it is real. The people, the items, everything is real, it may not be real to us but to our characters in the game, its real to them.  

To know that every single one of us has turned meaningless codes and numbers into a character within that world that lives on is actually quite amazing.

Might wanna take a quick read at this quote:

\"Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we believe. What we believe is based upon our perceptions. What we perceive depends upon what we look for. What we look for depends upon what we think. What we think depends upon what we perceive. What we perceive determines what we believe. What we believe determines what we take to be true. what we take to be true is our reality.\"

        - Gary Zukav


P.S: If you wanna get a real feeling of what I mean, check out the ending movie of Final Fantasy 8...

[Under the moon]

A role-playing-game is a story, and we are its actors.  Forget this, and the reality shatters.

Also, Kuip must be bored again.

[Kuiper7986]

Yes a story that has no end. Everytime a character kills or monster or is sent to the death realm, another part of the story has been written.

And that\'s the important thing, that we influence the lives of our characters, which it turn influences the story...

[Zellgadess]

Zellgadess feels touched....
Remembering the great times sharing pints and stories in the taven...
aaaahh, you speak with much wisdom Kuiper

[Zorium]

A good analogy that I heard/read somewhere (I can\'t remeber the exact wording though) that applies to life and by association RPG\'s:

The universe is a tapestry with each life but a thread.

-Zorium