[MUD-Dev] Levels of immersion

[msew]

At 18:33 12/13/2000 +0000, Richard A. Bartle wrote:
> > I can be in full immersion, and if someone walks up to me physically
> > and asks, "What's your name?" I'll say, "Travis Casey", not "Efindel
> > of Asperdi."
>
> In the game world, you'd answer Efindel. In the real world, you'd
> answer Travis. It depends where the stimulus comes from.
>
> If someone had asked my name yesterday when I was at a conference, I
> would have said "Richard Bartle". If they ask me tonight at my
> daughter's school production, I'll say "Richard, I'm Madeleine's
> father".  When I try to get a decent seat on a flight I'm "Dr
> Bartle". It's the same me, just a different label depending on the
> context.

Sure that is them ASKING you what you want to be called in that
context.

Now imagine someone called out your character's name from afar.  Would
you answer or not?

For me, people call me by my EQ character's name all the time.  People
use my rl name and my EQ name interchangeably and I answer to either
just as easily.

msew

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