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Bluesonic1 wrote: Hmm yeah, a better analogy I think is when I practice for competitions as opposed to playing with friends. Even practice is fun when you enjoy what you do, for those who think it might be tedious :P While RP isn't competitive, you do try and learn from others better than you and progress from that to "out-write them"- they can respond by getting better too or you finding someone else to learn from? That isn't really the point of RPing though. I've never met anyone that has gotten better at writing just to "out-write" some other user. Sure they might push themselves to improve for the sake of the storytelling, but that is about it.

RPing is all about colaboration, everyone is on the same team. The only time RPers are at all "competitive" is when their characters are going up against each other, be it in a fight or another scenario. Usually no one wants to have their character lose. Still it doesn't get anywhere near the level of competitiveness of sports or even a video game.