I hate role-playing.
There I said it.
You know, it's the same concept
where you pretend to be your fictional persona
In your own little fantasy worlds
The concept where you take control... of everything.
And when you're in your little world then you are driven away from reality.
...at least for the moment.
So today I thought; you know what
I'm just going to close my laptop
I'm going to take out my tablet
and start recording so we can have a little chat
you know, just between me and the viewers.
And no I am not hating on the role-players
But... role-playing in general.
I despise role-playing.
And if I'm being honest, I hated it for a specific reason.
A very good reason actually, indeed.
And let me tell you something
Role-playing isn't some you're going to expect.
Coming from someone with experience in role-playing
such as myself
Back in between 2015 - 2016
I was in High School at the time and
I was... I was studying in English.
I was building up my grammar
...my speech.
And with that I was capable of using it to write my own stories
...or novels and things like that, poets, etc.
But then there was a time where during class
...in my free time.
I'm just sitting there... bored.
So I go online and you know...
login and chat with my friends.
chat with people, meet new people, you know the usual things
I guess people still do on the internet nowadays
Back when Google+ was around
I came across role-playing
and that is how I discovered role-playing
I was seeing these people.... these profiles.
People who were pretending to be something they're not in reality.
For example, Sans from Undertale
...you see a lot of those characters.
...or Foxy the pirate from Five Night's at Freddy's
and things like that.
I'm kind of something different from that.
I mean, sure I hide my name and display my username
So people can recognize me as an original content creator.
But when it comes to role-playing it's a whole different story, it's a whole different concept.
Because you have people who are in control.
And it's scary, let me tell you.
And you know what? People actually get into trouble when they role-play.
You do know that, right?
And I'm not here to give people advises
If you're here to get an idea on what you should or should not do while role-playing.
Then I certainly advise you probably should go off of this video right now
just find something else to do because I cannot help you with that.
I'm no expert on any of this.
So as of 2017 and today I pretty much just took a break from role-playing
and let me tell you why because role-playing does a lot of....
It does have its limits.
In terms of... you know, when things turn from good to bad
or from worse to the very dirty part of the concept.
So recently - and I probably still get these messages from time to time, at least I have in the past....
But recently....
I did receive a message from someone who I thought was friendly
We were having a short conversation
and then we went from a conversation to a "hey do you want to role-play?"
And I said oh "I don't mind"
Yeah I mean.... for a little while because you know, I...
Role-playing!
Let me tell you, role-playing is a waste of time.
Okay.
And I just felt... you know what, I don't got - have anything else to do
So I may as role-play with this person but you know...
Like I said from the beginning, when role-playing there are certain things we are not going to expect.
At least from... I mean, I trust my friends, yes.
But when it comes to like random strangers DM-ing you and things like that...
it's a whole different concept if you get my drift.
So the next question they asked me, they said;
"Are you okay with role-playing as a female character with big breasts?"
And I said no "oh no, I don't do those kinds of role-plays, I'm sorry" I really am.
It's not the fact that I don't mind role-playing as a female
I mean I role-played as a female in the past.
But that was the old me.
The old me is dead and long-gone.
And this has no relationship
with writing novels or stories and things like that
No.
Role-playing and writing fan-fiction is a whole different separate concept
They are nothing alike.
Because when you role-play... it's like people try to control you.
And when that happens your emotions,... your anxiety kicks in.
And that's basically what's going on in this situation... this type of situation.
And after that I didn't really replied to them, afterwards.
They said "Okay" pretty much.
These kinds of things don't necessarily - like make me feel uncomfortable...
It just makes me think; "um should I be concerned about this person... about their behavior?"
I mean, it's none of my business to know their sexuality or anything like that?
That's all fine, it's none of my business.
But hey, it's not their fault they didn't know that their questions would make me feel uncomfortable...
It's... you know, the fear that...
that kicks in...
and fear is normal
I mean I don't need to explain, I don't need to get into details
But if you take the time to look up online there are several...
hundreds of stories, maybe even thousands of stories... maybe stories I don't even know about...
But there are stories out there, people describing their behalf, their stories - their experience with role-players.
And role-playing...
Those things can get out of hand...
Where a person meets...
I dunno, their colleagues, or a friend, or a fan or anybody in real life
And they found out they were underage
So yeah... that did not ended well.
But that's not the point of this story of my experience as of this video.
It's the concept that I wanted to describe my experience with role-playing as a former role-player.
As of now, I dislike the idea, I dislike role-playing in general.
simply because of those specific reasons
For one...
if you make the wrong move, or anything, you say something it could lead to - it could get you into trouble.
I mean, I don't really care what your fetishes are
...that's none of my business.
I know this all sounds stupid, just worthless, you are so bored
And you just want to go to another video - go ahead.
because I'm not making any sense.
Nothing makes sense anymore.
I'm tired.
We are all tired.
Maybe it's just this whole.... virus thing going on.
I don't know.
Maybe I'm just... confused.
or... paranoid. I don't know.
But hey, we all have responsibilities.
And with that, I do believe we can change all of THAT.
The way people role-play
Because "Change is nature"
Ideas can change.
People can change.
So there you have it....
There's my reason.
I certainly hope you enjoyed this video or maybe at least learned something
Thank you for watching.