busySome personal examples of how roleplaying has been useful for me:
* Once upon a time, the pumphouse floor rotted out, and the very expensive pump was about to fall through. My gaming experience led me to request a coil of rope, so that we could tie one end to the pump and anchor the other to a tree. This kept the pump from falling down the well, until the repairmen arrived to fix the floor.
* I can sometimes acquire traits I don't possess by playing characters who do. The little bit of good sportsmanship that I have came from a centaur archer by the name of Bayfeather.
* While I have an anti-knack for math, I have picked up some knowledge of statistics and probability, because those are inherent features of dice-based roleplaying games. My mother actually borrowed my gaming dice once, for a teacher-level statistics class. I think she was the only person in the class who was already familiar with the ones other than the d6.
October 29 2010, 20:44:11 UTC 10 years ago
She turned out to be right... well, sort of. I ended up getting in touch with hidden and repressed parts of myself, and a year later I was not only no longer a Christian, but divorced, a Lesbian, and practicing Witchcraft. I am sure she saw this as a disaster, while I view it as the most wondrous thing that could have happened to me. A big part of this was that through role playing, I was to explore endless possibilities for myself. I really believe in gaming, and especially role playing games.
*laugh*
October 30 2010, 03:22:05 UTC 10 years ago
As long as that's what works for you, go for it!