This is the stuff I'm trying to get at. There's a gestalt. The player is in the game and the avatar is in the player. But the player isn't just the avatar and the avatar isn't solely the player. Like in sports, the player is the avatar. In boardgames, avatars system incentives or disincentives, while player choice is primary. In an RPG, it's different.
I've had an OBE exactly once, ever, during a game — a Vampire LARP. About 5-10 minutes at most? It was bizarre. I could see myself doing it, like an over the shoulder shot of the action.
The worst part of games? The players.
Okay, okay... starting to listen now.
This is the stuff I'm trying to get at. There's a gestalt. The player is in the game and the avatar is in the player. But the player isn't just the avatar and the avatar isn't solely the player. Like in sports, the player is the avatar. In boardgames, avatars system incentives or disincentives, while player choice is primary. In an RPG, it's different.
I've had an OBE exactly once, ever, during a game — a Vampire LARP. About 5-10 minutes at most? It was bizarre. I could see myself doing it, like an over the shoulder shot of the action.