NationStates Jolt Archive

The more I play here, the more I realize (or at least get the impression) that I'm the only one here who prefers to play a character whose beliefs are the core opposite of my own. Perhaps it's just me but even though I would never call myself a religious fundamentalist and in Real Life I tend to bicker with them, playing one in NS is just pretty amusing...

Am I the only one?

i don't rp here. so i really can't answer your question. there was no purpose to my post. i'm sorry for wasting your time.

i don't rp here. so i really can't answer your question. there was no purpose to my post. i'm sorry for wasting your time.

Ah, no worries!

Not entirely. I run my nation as if I were completely immune to anything bad ever possibly happening to me based on my decisions. That is to say, I run my nation as if I would always be the ruler, no matter how much I pissed off the populace.

I emulate my personal politics, but the game seems to exagerate(sp?). I said no to affirmative action, and civil rights went from good to unheard of, and then it said minorities are barred from colleges :rolleyes: IRL, I am a conservative, I believe business is the way to keep a country running, and that is why it needs as much tax breaks as possible, and I don't believe in income tax, welfare, healthcare, politcal correctness, etc. I also really despise of the UN, and I think the thing that got my previous nation deleted showed that. I proposed "Nuke UN." The title was a joke, but the intent to disband the UN was serious.

No, I RP Aust as my exact opperstit...other than in religion.

As my first nation Resquide tends to emulte my politics. This is why I want to convert it to a dictatorship - I cannot realistically RP my own beliefs as the compromise decisions of a parlaiment, and in the shifting political nature of democracy. I found myself simply answering the issues as though someone came to me and asked me and then implemented the politics... kind of like that guy Douglas Adams wrote about... HEY that's actually a good idea...

ANYWAY. My next nation will probably not have my own poitics for the sake of realism and to be more interesting, same with Resquide if I radically transform it rather than just starting afresh and keeping it as a puppet.

I rp my main nation mostly along my own political beliefs, though my nation is more capitalist than I am IRL, primarily so it can afford the stuff I want to rp in II. However, I rp one of my puppets as a corporate police state, the opposite of what I believe in.

I have not Rped here yet (can't say I'm really planning to, since I'm already locked up in a few RPGs). But there's one thing that applies for any RPG. IRL political views are OOC, they have no room IC. OOC and IC are two different things, mixing those is only a sign of bad RPing. It's like godmoding. People who can't keep OOC and IC apart are a pain in the ass. I hate them.

I think I've RPed nearly everything, ranging from a psychotic killer school girl to a nazi vampire. I had Sith (a lot more fun than Jedi), Jedi, Imperials, Rebels, Hapans (sadly though, waste of time, Hapes sucks ass; for those who don't know, Hapes is a group from the Expanded Universe in Star Wars), Vulcans, Humans (whether Trek, Stargate, D&D, etcetc), Romulans (they own), Centauri, Vorlons, vampirs, other undead scum, a Goa'uld here and there, Yakuza, even a secretary of a lawyer once (t'was funny though, she is -yes, I still play her- the only somewhat normal character in the game), a few SS officers, etc etc.

But as I was saying, my own political believes have no place In Character. They just don't belong there.

I tend to stick to some of my main political beliefs- freedom of speech etc, but I do make decisions just to see the effect. I think to successfully RP here you have to understand the consequences of your decisions. I like some of the unexpected results and that tings can be an extreme without you meaning them to be. I started off as a capitalist paradise and now I am democratic socialist! My economy imploded because I wanted to see if it would, but crime is totally unknown. :)

I have not Rped here yet (can't say I'm really planning to, since I'm already locked up in a few RPGs). But there's one thing that applies for any RPG. IRL political views are OOC, they have no room IC. OOC and IC are two different things, mixing those is only a sign of bad RPing. It's like godmoding. People who can't keep OOC and IC apart are a pain in the ass. I hate them.

I think I've RPed nearly everything, ranging from a psychotic killer school girl to a nazi vampire. I had Sith (a lot more fun than Jedi), Jedi, Imperials, Rebels, Hapans (sadly though, waste of time, Hapes sucks ass; for those who don't know, Hapes is a group from the Expanded Universe in Star Wars), Vulcans, Humans (whether Trek, Stargate, D&D, etcetc), Romulans (they own), Centauri, Vorlons, vampirs, other undead scum, a Goa'uld here and there, Yakuza, even a secretary of a lawyer once (t'was funny though, she is -yes, I still play her- the only somewhat normal character in the game), a few SS officers, etc etc.

But as I was saying, my own political believes have no place In Character. They just don't belong there.

So, because I like democracy OOCly, I should automatically RP as a dictatorship? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I understand that IC roleplaying shouldn't lead to OOC loss of respect for a roleplayer. For example, if you roleplay an evil dictatorship, I shouldn't lose respect for you OOCly because of your IC actions. But saying that roleplaying your political beliefs makes you an inherently bad roleplayer is going a bit too far.

what do you mean by emulate?

what do you mean by emulate?

Since NS isn't the real world and you cannot address real life events, I say "emulate" so you can project your real politics over a world where reality doesn't necessarily apply.

i will RP and i will emulate my RL beliefs

The more I play here, the more I realize (or at least get the impression) that I'm the only one here who prefers to play a character whose beliefs are the core opposite of my own. Perhaps it's just me but even though I would never call myself a religious fundamentalist and in Real Life I tend to bicker with them, playing one in NS is just pretty amusing...

Am I the only one?
My primary nation represents my true political beliefs. I have tried to create a puppet which is the polar opposite, but it causes me such pain that it seems to be slowly becoming a clone of my primary nation! Heh!

Since NS isn't the real world and you cannot address real life events, I say "emulate" so you can project your real politics over a world where reality doesn't necessarily apply.
Ah, well then yes. I try to emulate my beliefs as much as possible with my main nation (the plutonian empire).

The only place I like to bible-bash people (in RPs). ;)
Mind you I'm a pseudo-Christian agnostic.

The only place I like to bible-bash people (in RPs). ;)
Mind you I'm a pseudo-Christian agnostic.

That's what I'm talking about!

I mean I RP a psuedo-Catholic homophobe and even run this Moral Alliance but in RL I'm more or a Howard Dean-type Democrat and an athiest. My act however seems to have pissed off a few people over at the UN board :p

I don't RP ... here or anywhere else ... so ... well ... you figure it out.

No. My NS nation is an extremely authoritarian- almost totalitarian- dictatorship that practices slavery (it doesn't enslave humans, though, just Shoobans).

I like to toy with philosophical and political ideas. In some ways these ideas reflect my opinions on how people should behave towards each other, but in some ways they are the complete opposite of my personal opinions. But they are always dependant on my view of the world. I'd never RP something I don't think could happen, but quite often things I wish won't happen and almost as often stuff I would like to happen. I've never liked black and white alone, think how much more fun you can have with different shades of gray and other colors!

Add another to the "I do what I think I want my country to do most of the time, but then make contrary decisions when I realise my choices had unexpected consequences" tally. i.e. the last option.

Actually, my current policy is to essentially ignore most things and cut taxes (at the expense of things I might believe in IRL) when given a decent opportunity to do so. I started this policy at 100% tax and am down to 79% (though haven't changed position for a little while) and yet my government type and trio of situation summaries are still acceptable for now (the complete factbook entry has items I'm not proud of, but I'll sort them out later...)

I pretty much emulate my political belief system with Sarzonia when I RP, right down to the emphasis on a strong national defence, equal rights for racial, ethnic, or sexual minorities (including women), etc.

Obviously, if I were running a RL country, I wouldn't have a 3,000 ship Navy, but Reagan's 600 ship navy programme wasn't such a bad idea IMO.

This is perhaps one of the most under asked questions in the game. I'd like to think that others will answer this poll as I'd like to see what the results are.

No, I use a heavily militant and conservative society for RP. Mainly because I have to deal with a heavily militant region.

If I was running a country, ideally it'd be like SB in that it would be economically free and prosperous, with plenty of civil rights and a small, hard to see government, and an isolationist foreign policy. I'd probably want more political freedom though. Other than that it'd be roughly similar. NS is where I RP in a "dystopian" style so even if my nation has good qualities (it does), I focus on the fact that there's tons of oppression, crime and downright evil things going on. More fun for everyone.

No. And I know this is just a game, and that the simulation is poor.

That hasn't stopped a number of people from sending me a telegram with snide remarks about the state of Whispering Legs. They obviously are clueless, and cannot distinguish this game from reality.

I used to run Falastur as a part-Monarchy and part-democracy, because I have always been a Royalist, but I always believed in democracy. However, the Monarchist side made me think, and coupled with coincidentally gaining a much better understanding of how medieval English Government worked due to my A-level history lessons, I'm now actually a fervent Monarchist in my political beliefs. I could go into why I think Monarchism is better than democracy, but it's entirely my opinion and I don't want to start a political debate.

Interesting answers... (bump)

Governing my first nation I choose the option I like best, no matter what the consequences might be -> income tax 100%.
When taking decisions for my second nation I try to build a state I would realy like to live in,
my third one is just rpg (libertarian: almost trying to abolish my own state),
whereas the fourth is completely reverse to my own opinions.

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