Why do you RP?

Well, I roleplay because I discovered this innate interest (thanks to one of my friends) that I LOVE to write, creatively. Roleplaying gives me a fabulous chance at that area and I get to meet a lot of people on the forums too. Even if people don't read my work, or I have bad days, I think I still try my best because if you're a writer, you just have to keep on moving forward.

I roleplay because I can. I've got a bit of writing talent, so dammit, why don't I use it? English assignments that I'm allowed to go nuts on are few and far in between, and I need some way to just keep writing.

That, and the community here is awesome and (relatively) noob-free, so I don't really have to worry about them.

Heh, I cant near F's in English, mainly because I can never decide what to write. Especially on assignments Im allowed to "go nuts on". If someone took out two pieces of paper and told me I had to copy one or the other, it would take two days for me to find out which one to pick. And thats when I have only two choices, and I dont have to come up with writing the paper itself (I cant write a full paper until I have the full paper in my head before I put anything down. Even putting me name on my paper slows me down).

RPing isn't like that for me, I can come up with things far past what Im putting down as I write it, instead of the "four days of being stuck on the second paragraph after the teacher nearly sent me to the office for not working AGAIN".

Hmm... I guess I do it because I enjoy experimenting with personality types that I wouldn't get a chance to use otherwise. I like getting into people's heads, and RPing is a good chance to do that. Plus, like Phoenix said, school writing assignments are usually so stifling.

I used to write for the purely selfish reason of receiving praise. I used to love it when people would comment on my stuff and say how good I was. But now...Meh, it's mostly out of boredom. Very few people read my stuff and it isn't all that good, so...I mostly write out of boredom. I like to show off my posts when they are especially crappy.

Quote (Karin)

I'd say a big reason for me is for fun and entertainment. I love interacting with characters I wouldn't otherwise meet and many I'd never even dream of. Being able to wage war against good or evil as I see fit is awesome in its own way.

And, it reminds me a lot of when I played pretend as a kid. Before I used sticks as swords, now I get to use words.

the keyboard is mightyer than the sword?

in before swoatar(sp)

I started to boost my creative writing skills, then cause I liked Void, then cause I realised this system has potential and began studying it to steal it...

Quote (English Ninja)

Paraphrased: RP'ing is my Anti-Drug

I loled. And agree. If I didn't have you floozies to mess with, I'd probably go crazy(er).

I use RP as a creative outlet. My drawing skills are much to be desired and I don't play any instruments. I do sing, but my biggest fan is my shower curtain. Plus whenever I see something out of the ordinary like a sci-fi movie or a video game, I always daydream about being in that 'world.' RERN allows me to partially enter the world of NetOperators and NetNavis in the Rockman.EXE universe.

*sigh* May as well...I really don't know why I RP, I guess when it was still fresh, it gave me more to do online besides games, I still don't know why I still stick around to RPing sites like this one...I guess I've just gotten attached to RPing on sites like this.

I emjoy roelplaying because it's similar to writing a story, and writing happens to be a hobby of mine. Even if nobody is interested in reading what I wrote, I just write it for my own enjoyment. One thing I don't like about this board is that most of the RPing is just battleing. I'd realy like to see a lot more regular charecter interaction, especiacly in the Real World section.