Things we get out of roleplaying

[sgtcallistan]

Originally Posted by Agemegos

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A few months ago it came up in conversation when a friend of mine was complaining about his wife to ask what a person really gets out of life, what the payoff is.
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Or is it the very fine single-malt Scotch one buys with the income earned from being an economist or an artist?

I thought about this after the conversation. For me, the pay-off is playing with ideas among people who think as well as I do but differently.

I do a large proportion of such playing on these forums.

A Chinese philosopher once wrote that the best thing in life is the moment that comes when the meal is cooked, put in the bowls, you sit down at the table with friends and loved ones, look at them and the food... that moment, just before you eat.

I feel RP'ing covers a lot of that ground. Then with good munchies handed around... :)

Some think it's later, with 'the winning.'
I must disagree, I'm afraid.