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09-13-2009, 07:13 PM
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All the World's a Stage (http://www.wow.com/category/all-the-worlds-a-stage/), and all the orcs and humans merely players. They have their stories and their characters; and one player in his time plays many roles.
With all the talk lately about starting (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/23/all-the-worlds-a-stage-more-possibilities-for-goblins-and-worg/) new (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/30/all-the-worlds-a-stage-the-new-character-experience-in-catacly/) characters (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/06/all-the-worlds-a-stage-cataclysms-new-race-class-combinations/) once the Cataclysm arrives, it struck me that most roleplayers already have more than one, including myself. Like most players, I started with one, a night elf druid, and focused on playing that exclusively for quite some time. It didn't really occur to me that I would even want to play more than one.
Then, I began to notice that other people played more than one character, even within the same small group of friends. I had one friend in particular who had mastered the art of roleplaying multiple characters. She never said anything out of character to anyone in our group, and it took me ages to even realize that her characters were ally played by the same person in the first place. Each one had its own personality, and each had a different relationship with all our mutual friends.
Knowing her made something click inside my mind, and I began to see other possibilities for myself too, other sorts of characters I could play with different weaknesses, strengths, and entirely different stories to tell. As my roleplaying experience grew, I began to feel as though one character couldn't contain all the ideas I had jumbling about in my head, so... I started another one, then another, and ... another. Little did I know all the pitfalls I could run into with so many characters, nor the quirky little tricks that could become possible with multiple characters, a small group of friends, and a bit of creativity.Continue reading All the World's a Stage: The art of the alt (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/13/all-the-worlds-a-stage-the-art-of-the-alt/)
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All the World's a Stage (http://www.wow.com/category/all-the-worlds-a-stage/), and all the orcs and humans merely players. They have their stories and their characters; and one player in his time plays many roles.
With all the talk lately about starting (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/23/all-the-worlds-a-stage-more-possibilities-for-goblins-and-worg/) new (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/30/all-the-worlds-a-stage-the-new-character-experience-in-catacly/) characters (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/06/all-the-worlds-a-stage-cataclysms-new-race-class-combinations/) once the Cataclysm arrives, it struck me that most roleplayers already have more than one, including myself. Like most players, I started with one, a night elf druid, and focused on playing that exclusively for quite some time. It didn't really occur to me that I would even want to play more than one.
Then, I began to notice that other people played more than one character, even within the same small group of friends. I had one friend in particular who had mastered the art of roleplaying multiple characters. She never said anything out of character to anyone in our group, and it took me ages to even realize that her characters were ally played by the same person in the first place. Each one had its own personality, and each had a different relationship with all our mutual friends.
Knowing her made something click inside my mind, and I began to see other possibilities for myself too, other sorts of characters I could play with different weaknesses, strengths, and entirely different stories to tell. As my roleplaying experience grew, I began to feel as though one character couldn't contain all the ideas I had jumbling about in my head, so... I started another one, then another, and ... another. Little did I know all the pitfalls I could run into with so many characters, nor the quirky little tricks that could become possible with multiple characters, a small group of friends, and a bit of creativity.Continue reading All the World's a Stage: The art of the alt (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/13/all-the-worlds-a-stage-the-art-of-the-alt/)
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion (http://www.wow.com/category/analysis-opinion/), How-tos (http://www.wow.com/category/how-tos/), Guilds (http://www.wow.com/category/guilds/), RP (http://www.wow.com/category/rp/), Classes (http://www.wow.com/category/classes/), Alts (http://www.wow.com/category/alts/), (Roleplaying) All the World's a Stage (http://www.wow.com/category/all-the-worlds-a-stage/)
All the World's a Stage: The art of the alt (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/13/all-the-worlds-a-stage-the-art-of-the-alt/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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