You can sum the way people delve into and involve theirselves in a fantasy world at a realistic level into a simple term: Role-Player.

But it's the details in the way we play that make our own style of role-playing unique. When role-playing we each have our own set of

'priorities' that we play by that we find imperative to our style of 'role-playing.'



I, myself:

I role-play for the storyline. Not just the storyline of the main quest, but the story I've created for my character. It's perhaps my driving reason
for coming to the forums. My goal is to find as much information about the beginning of the game as possible. I wish to discover such points
like "when we must fight our first dragon" and "when do we discover that we are Dragonborn." These questions
being answered are almost paramount to the storyline I wish to make for my character "Kalibor Wind-Walker."

As for you:

And I'm sure many of you also look to such factors such as storyline when role-playing, but some may not see such as a priority.
For some, it may be the numbers and skills, for others it may be the realism of the game itself. We all know there is a solid group of people who
devote their role-playing to "immersion."

With all that said:

What style of Role-Player are you, rather, what priorities to you put forth when role-playing?

I role play by making up a character and backstory, then use my imagination for why he does certain things in the game world.

I make a backstory and the characters name. I also then play them out entirely. I give them voices, I talk to the NPCs in their voice. I kill in their voice. And even during cutscenes I add in their thoughts.

It's all about character. That's what roleplaying is, to me. Creating a character and playing as that character. To me, excel-spreadsheet Dungeons-and-Dragons-style stats and level management has nothing to do with roleplaying. It is my view that roleplaying happens in the mind, not in the game.

It's all about exploring a virtual culture for me. And ROLL playing.

I just project my own personality into my character, and I give my character a proper origin in order to fill in the awkward gap of years prior to the game's start. I let the game itself tell most of the story though.

I dont make up any crazy impressive back story or anything. I just like to play my character how I like with few RP elements thrown in.
Stuff like eating a few meals a day, getting a place to sleep at night, talking to people.

I roleplay for the storyline of my character and make choices in the game that fits my characters personallity.

http://www.darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/theory/models/robinslaws.html

From the types identified in that article I'm somewhere between a "method actor" and a "storyteller". In SP CRPGs the method actor becomes more prominant, in PnP which is communual the storyteller is more important.

I'm a rule player. I got into role playing because in comparison other games were too simple.

And decades later it's still true. If you want a game that offers you a system complex enough to make it interesting to break, it will most probably be an RPG.

The presence or absence of characters, story, etc in my RPGs doesn't bother me.