rules for dragging a captive

1. Sheath your weapon
2. rp the leash
3. set to walking

Why we roleplay
(by courtesy of Candy Rockett)

"Angry Role Players lose it big time again!"

"Another Role Playing Group Implodes!"

"IC Role Play and OOC Emotions Collide!"
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Here are our Vendara / Vagabond Group Survey results. The question was "Why do you think/ feel Adults do Role Play?"
A huge thanks to the 48 people who responded to the question. They made 139 different points in their answers.
Their answers can be arranged in the following 5 Groups:

GROUP A. ESCAPE from RL/ SEEKING FREEDOM
57 answers
Points included escape from:
Ill Health
Stress
Guilt
Boredom
Aging
Marriage
Unemployment

GROUP B. SELF FULFILLMENT GROUP
27 answers
Points included
Learning
Raising Self Esteem
Becoming Someone
Stimulating the Mind
Exploring one's own character
Personal Experimentation

GROUP C. IMAGINATIVE GROUP
19 answers
Points included
Creativity
Fantasy

GROUP D. SOCIAL GROUP
12 answers
points included looking for:
Friends
Care
Company
Love

GROUP E. FUN GROUP
11 answers
Answers included seeking:
Excitement
Adventure
Laughter
Thrills

Additional ANSWERS:
9 people mentioned the need to play, and 5 of these made a connection to Childhood.
Single answers included:
Professional interest
Learning a foreign language
Story telling and writing
Making love with multiple partners

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Some thoughts for discussion.

People come to SL Role Play for Multiple Reasons (35% of respondents pointed this out).

For the players involved their reasons may be very serious ones.

The reasons we come to SL RP may be regarded as significant "DRIVERS" at the keyboard feeding into our IC Play.

Players whose OOC Drivers are frustrated in RP, by accident or intentionally, may be expected to leave the RP Group.

We should do our best as players to accommodate other players, (or even to try to understand what drives them).

Explosive misunderstandings can arise between players who are in SL RP for very different reasons (with little overlap in drives).

Ask yourself who you most like, (and who you least like), to RP with. It may help you on reflection to understand where they are coming from. And on reflection to consider again what makes you tick too.

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3 Quotes from Survey Respondents

"Role Play is like a living breathing alternative life."

"Every person still has what little kids do, a need to play."

"I love Role Play."



Love to hear from you with ideas and comments about Role Play
Candy Rockett
Thanks again everyone