Quote Originally Posted by Destai
Roleplay is when you talk like in Shakespheres novels (Im not sure if Shakespherians a word) and act like FFXI is the real world etc.
No, that's not what roleplaying is at all. Roleplaying is acting like another person. For example, some people enjoy roleplaying a police officer or a Japanese schoolgirl. In a ROLE PLAYING GAME you are encouraged to take on the role of another person within the confines of the world of that game. The NPCs in the world of FFXI speak in contemporary english, so roleplaying in FFXI does NOT involve using an Elizabethan dialect.

For that matter, Shakespeare wasn't a novelist, he was a playwrite. Shakesperian IS a word.

I personally don't roleplay, but only because it makes the game a lot easier when you can say things like "dude! fix your macros!" or "brb, mom needs me to help with dinner". Roleplaying is a lot of fun, but it makes the game a lot harder.