Got any Roleplayers?

[quote=DuffTime]Canoas always interprets his opinions as fact.[/quote]

[quote=Canoas]No, I just properly research each subject before making an argument. Unlike most of you, my arguments aren't just uneducated guesses.[/quote]

[quote=ShiftyCake][quote=DuffTime] Canoas always interprets his opinions as fact. [/quote] lol [quote=Canoas] No, I just properly research each subject before making an argument. Unlike most of you, my arguments aren't just uneducated guesses. [/quote] I believe that is an accusation? No matter, I don't wish to continue this fight [quote=EvilNinja145] I try not to be aggressive to people, I like what I do but I don't need to scream at people if they have a different opinion. ShiftyCake, I respect that you're defending yourself and what you believe but against someone like Conoas it's an unwinable fight. I do respect that you are ending your argument here and don't counter again, as all this fighting defeats the purpose of this thread. Normally it should just start out with two people with different opinions exposing why they think something is right and end it as that. As for the league roleplays if you gots actually went for it that would be be so awesome. [/quote] well said, I respect your opinion and will leave the fight be. Also, I might try and start such a role-playing game but I don't know how much I can participate in it. I'm still working on my fan-fiction stories and all that jazz, so I'll try and think up an idea to start it off and hope someone continues it.[/quote]

[quote=Acid Reigns]Why does it even matter anyway? Immaturity isn't a negative thing, stupidity is. Many people connect the two, but there is no connection at all. It's obviously true that if you are immature you CAN be stupid, but it doesn't mean you are, same goes for vice versa, you can be very mature, and still be a complete idiot. People misuse the word mature sooooo much! 'Ok, lets settle this like mature people, blah blah blah' In reality, problem solving has absolutely nothing to do with maturity. In my opinion, role playing, whether you're chatting, playing a game, or running around pretending to be super man, is indeed immature, but guess what? That doesn't make it a bad thing! O: Saying RP'ing is immature shouldn't really warrant an argument, I think. It would be understandable if he had said 'RP'ing is stupid, in order to enjoy it, you'd have to be a brainless idiot, who lives in his mothers basement, blah blah blah, a whole bunch more ridiculous insults' Did he do this? No, Canoas simply said that rp'ing is immature, which is true. He wasn't coming in here being insulting, he came in here, and saw everyone saying how mature you have to be to roleplay, and tried to correct them. You don't have to be mature at all to roleplay, a 5 year old will role play basically every day. You say you have to be mature to roleplay WELL, that is also untrue. While you may be more mature than a 5 year old, it has nothing to do with it. The reason your roleplaying is deeper, and more meaningful is because you're SMARTER than a 5 year old. You can think up complex, and interesting stories, while a 5 year old running around pretending to be super man cannot. My girlfriend is a very immature person, but she's a damned good writer, she's extremely open minded, and she's very intelligent as well. I believe she could be a GREAT roleplayer if she wanted to, regardless of whether or not she's mature. I'm not trying to upset, or argue with anyone with this post, I'm just trying to explain things the way I see them. TLDR: Maturity =/= intelligence, RPing doesn't take maturity at all, but good RP takes intelligence, and creativity, which again, are both completely unrelated to maturity.[/quote]

[quote=DuffTime]Role playing is not immature by nature. Good roleplay inherently requires maturity. The things you just said are simply not true, sorry kid.[/quote]

[quote=Canoas][quote=DuffTime] Good roleplay inherently requires maturity. [/quote] Please provide evidence to back up your statements. So far all you've done is take things out of your ass with no explanation whatsoever. What exactly makes roleplay require you to reasonably respond to your environment if roleplay, by definition, is the escape from said environment? It makes no sense whatsoever.[/quote]

[quote=Mowen]I think that showing you can understand and empathize with another person (in this case, character's) perspective is mature. [url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mature?show=0&t=1343659841]Merriam Webster[/url] defines maturity as: based on slow careful consideration. This definition fits in perfectly with roleplaying (if it is done MATURELY) because the point is to think about what your character would do in a given situation and make decisions accordingly. If you make interesting / realistic characters this could give you some insight into why other people very different from you act the way they do; leading to improvements in your social capabilities in real life.[/quote]

[quote=DuffTime]Even if it doesn't ever splash over into real life, you're right Mowen ^_^[/quote]

[quote=Canoas][quote=Mowen] I think that showing you can understand and empathize with another person (in this case, character's) perspective is mature. [url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mature?show=0&t=1343659841]Merriam Webster[/url] defines maturity as: based on slow careful consideration. This definition fits in perfectly with roleplaying (if it is done MATURELY) because the point is to think about what your character would do in a given situation and make decisions accordingly. If you make interesting / realistic characters this could give you some insight into why other people very different from you act the way they do; leading to improvements in your social capabilities in real life. [/quote] Understanding and empathizing with other people is something children can do, even animals can. It has nothing to do with maturity as it is a trait the infants of any mammal species possess. That definition doesn't make much sense either. If I, after slow careful consideration, decide to steal a kids lolipop just because he has one and I don't, would you call that being mature? No, you surely wouldn't. That definition only makes sense if it means that the decision itself is mature, it has already been considered to it's full extent, worked out fully by the mind as the free online dictionary puts it. However, that definition doesn't make sense in the context of this discussion. That's not the maturity we're talking about and I'm sure you know that as well. @Dufftime I assume you already accept that you're wrong as you chose to cowardly stay behind mowen's argument, which wasn't even using the same definition of mature as you and I were, instead of correcting her and providing a proper explanation yourself.[/quote]

[quote=Dainou][quote=DuffTime] Canoas always interprets his opinions as fact. [/quote] Which I'm surprised some people haven't learned that you should never argument with Canoas, should be a warning text when you join mobafire^^[/quote]