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Old 2011-08-19, 02:11   Link #21
Sides
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Edinburgh
Age: 42
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Originally Posted by Vexx View Post
We might also ask: Why do humans play dwarves and orcs? Why do women design and play male characters? What am I saying if I create a large sentient carnivore plant as one of my characters? What is this "my character is me" delusion? Most players look *nothing* like their toons.
I always play with the mentality, that I am the god of the character in the game. It is kind of, my skills decides if he/she/it lives or dies. For me it is like a god complex thing, why make a man if i can make a woman, or a something else, since i am already a man myself.
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