I've found that as I play different characters, my personality in eve will actually change. My playstyle for the character in some way dictates how that character interacts with others. Azmodeus/Irjuna are much more helpful than my PVP alts, and not nearly as ruthless as some of my trading alts. (Some of my trading alts get some interesting hate mail, and in one case, a "I'll hunt you and burn down your house.") In many cases, people know multiple of my characters, not knowing they're all me behind the keyboard, and have very different opinions of each character as a person. Azmodeus/Irjuna are probably the closest to me in real life, as I have to do a variety of tasks and they aren't as focused as other alts.
Do you find that your different characters have different personalities in game? How does your playstyle effect your characters personality? Are any of them really you, are just isolated parts of you?
I had never thought of how the different toons I use would affect how I interact with people. I had always assumed that WYSIWYG with me. I'll have to start paying more attention now.
ReplyDeleteAlternatively I suppose I could go with the whole, "I am Armitage' personality thing and claim that my persona is a construct of some AI being and is subject to collapse at any moment. Might explain how I missed that Typhoon tackle last night :p
I am the same person no matter what character or game I play. And the way I interact with people online is the way I interact with people when I'm not playing.
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