Comments on: Immersion month http://blog.thomas-robertson.com/49-immersion-month Inside the Mind of Thomas Robertson Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:19:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Guy Shalev http://blog.thomas-robertson.com/49-immersion-month/comment-page-1#comment-424 Guy Shalev Thu, 06 Jul 2006 08:29:58 +0000 http://www.thesmerf.com/blog/49-immersion-month#comment-424 <i>I almost backed out and didn’t do this thing because ‘immersion’ is probably the single most ambiguous word in the roleplaying world. It seems to mean two or three dozen different things to different groups, and as a result has incredibly high flame-war potential. I’m coming into this discussion with that foremost in mind.</i> Here is a little secret. We don't need a dialogue about Immersion. In fact, a dialogue will only lead to flame-wars or people nodding in agreement without anything reached. You do not need to add anything new, just write your posts. What the concept of Immersion needs is that the people who have their opinions regarding it post these ideas, and then for the readers to read all such posts and compare them for themselves. They don't need you to compare yourself to that person, and arguement. Sometimes you don't need dialogues. Sometimes you need a bunch of monologues, just like school text-books. I almost backed out and didn’t do this thing because ‘immersion’ is probably the single most ambiguous word in the roleplaying world. It seems to mean two or three dozen different things to different groups, and as a result has incredibly high flame-war potential. I’m coming into this discussion with that foremost in mind.

Here is a little secret. We don’t need a dialogue about Immersion. In fact, a dialogue will only lead to flame-wars or people nodding in agreement without anything reached.

You do not need to add anything new, just write your posts. What the concept of Immersion needs is that the people who have their opinions regarding it post these ideas, and then for the readers to read all such posts and compare them for themselves.
They don’t need you to compare yourself to that person, and arguement.

Sometimes you don’t need dialogues.
Sometimes you need a bunch of monologues, just like school text-books.

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