Are you saying we at GD are ....
unfocused?
[img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] We work very hard at being unfocused!
I look at gaming (and I mean crpg, not first person shooters since they are not my cup of tea) as not so much a reflection of rl as an outlet for safe experimenting of a facet of personality which usually gets suppressed
because of religious/spiritual beliefs, societal norms, or other moderating factor. For instance, while I am not a pacifist, I am also not a violent person. Yet I almost always play someone in the fighter class or at least multi with ftr. Conversely, I deal with 'magic' in the real world as well as 'cleric' work on a daily basis, so I tend to totally ignore mages as a character option for myself.
Do I somehow justify the violence in the rpgs as only being a game? Perhaps. But to me it is a non-issue. Playing a kick ass fighter/ranger/thief/whatever in no way places my personal beliefs in jeopardy nor does it violate them as the game is *not* real. As a real life 'cleric' and 'ranger', I consider it my
duty and
responsibility to fight evil (or evil-doers) in whatever manner available to me, actively fighting as a last resort. Maybe that's how I get around your posed query. ::shrugs::
[ 02-20-2002: Message edited by: Garnet FalconDance ]