How does your ESO playstyle reflect who you are IRL?

Rave the Histborn

InaMoonlight wrote: »

Rave the Histborn wrote: »

InaMoonlight wrote: »

Kel wrote: »

Mariusghost84 wrote: »

So yeah, how does your ingame self reflect who you are IRL?

Hopefully, not much at all since this is a video game where you kill things on a regular basis.
I mean, I haven't walked around town just picking up alchemy mats or ore for some time. I need to get back to that!


On a serious note, I think I've told this story before, but seems like a good fit for this topic.

I have a real life friend who plays ESO. We work together, and I see him almost daily. Let's call him Kevin.

Kevin is a real sweet guy. Always there to lend a helping hand, say a kind word, or buy you a soda...just because. Intelligent, thoughtful, and kind...in real life.

Put this man in any MMO...ESO, WoW, Guild Wars...literally any game, and he becomes a monster. He's an elitist. He mocks your gear, he tells you you're awful, if you kill him in PvP, he'll whisper you horrendous things that I can't repeat here. Not in the "I'm trying to help" way...he wants you to understand he is superior to you in every way. He once out dps the entire group in a WoW raid by a entire 1/2 percent and would not shut up about how he carried the entire team and how we should all be licking his boots. (It was way worse, but can't express what he actually said without forum mods losing thier minds)

He actually honestly wonders why people dont like gaming with him anymore, and repeatedly telling him to tone down the attitude has done little to nothing. It's as if he can't help himself.

Wonderful guy in life, a monster in gaming.

I put very little stock in how people act in game compared to real life.

I suspect, the person he is in real life, is an hallucination, he projects what it's useful for him. The person he is ingame, is the real deal. You might wanna try find people who work the other way around. You're dealing with a sociopath

I think a sociopath is something all together but making a judgement call about someone's friend based on 3rd party forum information is a bit sociopathic.

Look it up if you have to, and no, sadly not I don't get off that easy

so·ci·o·path
/ˈsōsēōˌpaTH/
Learn to pronounce
noun
a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience.\

"Kevin is a real sweet guy. Always there to lend a helping hand, say a kind word, or buy you a soda...just because. Intelligent, thoughtful, and kind...in real life."

That doesn't sound like the definition I looked up

Aptonoth

I solo too. I’m naturally a loner for the most part. I have a few friends and family I spend time with once a week and that’s it. So few good rpg’s get made I play eso to fill the urge. I also like to steal in game and do lots of crafting.

Solid_Metal

not much, my character is an adventurous person, love to fishing and discovering the unknown, while i'm IRL is a lazy fat-ass lol

InaMoonlight

Rave the Histborn wrote: »

InaMoonlight wrote: »

Rave the Histborn wrote: »

InaMoonlight wrote: »

Kel wrote: »

Mariusghost84 wrote: »

So yeah, how does your ingame self reflect who you are IRL?

Hopefully, not much at all since this is a video game where you kill things on a regular basis.
I mean, I haven't walked around town just picking up alchemy mats or ore for some time. I need to get back to that!


On a serious note, I think I've told this story before, but seems like a good fit for this topic.

I have a real life friend who plays ESO. We work together, and I see him almost daily. Let's call him Kevin.

Kevin is a real sweet guy. Always there to lend a helping hand, say a kind word, or buy you a soda...just because. Intelligent, thoughtful, and kind...in real life.

Put this man in any MMO...ESO, WoW, Guild Wars...literally any game, and he becomes a monster. He's an elitist. He mocks your gear, he tells you you're awful, if you kill him in PvP, he'll whisper you horrendous things that I can't repeat here. Not in the "I'm trying to help" way...he wants you to understand he is superior to you in every way. He once out dps the entire group in a WoW raid by a entire 1/2 percent and would not shut up about how he carried the entire team and how we should all be licking his boots. (It was way worse, but can't express what he actually said without forum mods losing thier minds)

He actually honestly wonders why people dont like gaming with him anymore, and repeatedly telling him to tone down the attitude has done little to nothing. It's as if he can't help himself.

Wonderful guy in life, a monster in gaming.

I put very little stock in how people act in game compared to real life.

I suspect, the person he is in real life, is an hallucination, he projects what it's useful for him. The person he is ingame, is the real deal. You might wanna try find people who work the other way around. You're dealing with a sociopath

I think a sociopath is something all together but making a judgement call about someone's friend based on 3rd party forum information is a bit sociopathic.

Look it up if you have to, and no, sadly not I don't get off that easy

so·ci·o·path
/ˈsōsēōˌpaTH/
Learn to pronounce
noun
a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience.\

"Kevin is a real sweet guy. Always there to lend a helping hand, say a kind word, or buy you a soda...just because. Intelligent, thoughtful, and kind...in real life."

That doesn't sound like the definition I looked up

Actually who he's being in real life, is a practical manipulator, his true face is who he is when he thinks noone's looking, or when his true personality could be detrimental to his circumstances in real life. A.k.a a sociopath, someone's being played, cause it's practical for him, and it's not the online games.

InaMoonlight

InaMoonlight wrote: »

Rave the Histborn wrote: »

InaMoonlight wrote: »

Rave the Histborn wrote: »

InaMoonlight wrote: »

Kel wrote: »

Mariusghost84 wrote: »

So yeah, how does your ingame self reflect who you are IRL?

Hopefully, not much at all since this is a video game where you kill things on a regular basis.
I mean, I haven't walked around town just picking up alchemy mats or ore for some time. I need to get back to that!


On a serious note, I think I've told this story before, but seems like a good fit for this topic.

I have a real life friend who plays ESO. We work together, and I see him almost daily. Let's call him Kevin.

Kevin is a real sweet guy. Always there to lend a helping hand, say a kind word, or buy you a soda...just because. Intelligent, thoughtful, and kind...in real life.

Put this man in any MMO...ESO, WoW, Guild Wars...literally any game, and he becomes a monster. He's an elitist. He mocks your gear, he tells you you're awful, if you kill him in PvP, he'll whisper you horrendous things that I can't repeat here. Not in the "I'm trying to help" way...he wants you to understand he is superior to you in every way. He once out dps the entire group in a WoW raid by a entire 1/2 percent and would not shut up about how he carried the entire team and how we should all be licking his boots. (It was way worse, but can't express what he actually said without forum mods losing thier minds)

He actually honestly wonders why people dont like gaming with him anymore, and repeatedly telling him to tone down the attitude has done little to nothing. It's as if he can't help himself.

Wonderful guy in life, a monster in gaming.

I put very little stock in how people act in game compared to real life.

I suspect, the person he is in real life, is an hallucination, he projects what it's useful for him. The person he is ingame, is the real deal. You might wanna try find people who work the other way around. You're dealing with a sociopath

I think a sociopath is something all together but making a judgement call about someone's friend based on 3rd party forum information is a bit sociopathic.

Look it up if you have to, and no, sadly not I don't get off that easy

so·ci·o·path
/ˈsōsēōˌpaTH/
Learn to pronounce
noun
a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience.\

"Kevin is a real sweet guy. Always there to lend a helping hand, say a kind word, or buy you a soda...just because. Intelligent, thoughtful, and kind...in real life."

That doesn't sound like the definition I looked up

Actually who he's being in real life, is a practical manipulator, his true face is who he is when he thinks noone's looking, or when his true personality could be detrimental to his circumstances in real life. A.k.a a sociopath, someone's being played, cause it's practical for him, and it's not the online games.

He will be whomever he thinks you want him to be, cause being himself, would be counterproductive in real life

oxygen_thief

Daus wrote: »

in an RPG where people like to take on different personas in order to feel immersed.

virtual world is like alcohol irl. it shows you who people are really are.

redlink1979

I think it's the other way around: as you are IRL reflects on your char and subsequent play style.

I have a relaxed play style and I like to help others.

Rave the Histborn

InaMoonlight wrote: »

Rave the Histborn wrote: »

InaMoonlight wrote: »

Rave the Histborn wrote: »

InaMoonlight wrote: »

Kel wrote: »

Mariusghost84 wrote: »

So yeah, how does your ingame self reflect who you are IRL?

Hopefully, not much at all since this is a video game where you kill things on a regular basis.
I mean, I haven't walked around town just picking up alchemy mats or ore for some time. I need to get back to that!


On a serious note, I think I've told this story before, but seems like a good fit for this topic.

I have a real life friend who plays ESO. We work together, and I see him almost daily. Let's call him Kevin.

Kevin is a real sweet guy. Always there to lend a helping hand, say a kind word, or buy you a soda...just because. Intelligent, thoughtful, and kind...in real life.

Put this man in any MMO...ESO, WoW, Guild Wars...literally any game, and he becomes a monster. He's an elitist. He mocks your gear, he tells you you're awful, if you kill him in PvP, he'll whisper you horrendous things that I can't repeat here. Not in the "I'm trying to help" way...he wants you to understand he is superior to you in every way. He once out dps the entire group in a WoW raid by a entire 1/2 percent and would not shut up about how he carried the entire team and how we should all be licking his boots. (It was way worse, but can't express what he actually said without forum mods losing thier minds)

He actually honestly wonders why people dont like gaming with him anymore, and repeatedly telling him to tone down the attitude has done little to nothing. It's as if he can't help himself.

Wonderful guy in life, a monster in gaming.

I put very little stock in how people act in game compared to real life.

I suspect, the person he is in real life, is an hallucination, he projects what it's useful for him. The person he is ingame, is the real deal. You might wanna try find people who work the other way around. You're dealing with a sociopath

I think a sociopath is something all together but making a judgement call about someone's friend based on 3rd party forum information is a bit sociopathic.

Look it up if you have to, and no, sadly not I don't get off that easy

so·ci·o·path
/ˈsōsēōˌpaTH/
Learn to pronounce
noun
a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience.\

"Kevin is a real sweet guy. Always there to lend a helping hand, say a kind word, or buy you a soda...just because. Intelligent, thoughtful, and kind...in real life."

That doesn't sound like the definition I looked up

Actually who he's being in real life, is a practical manipulator, his true face is who he is when he thinks noone's looking, or when his true personality could be detrimental to his circumstances in real life. A.k.a a sociopath, someone's being played, cause it's practical for him, and it's not the online games.

But the OP says they used to play with this person, so they were looking XD There's a difference between being hyper competitive and it turning you into a huge jerk and being an actual sociopath. If he was really manipulating people for his own practical benefit this would have extended to the video games he plays with coworkers to keep up appearances. A sociopath doesn't just get diagnosed via a paragraph via internet forum, you need an actual psychological profile. It's something to be taken very seriously and I think just labeling people serious things they aren't doesn't help anyone.

Sometimes it's just easier to keep going instead of admitting you were wrong

Dojohoda

Many decades ago--
My mom always bought pickles and lemons mainly for me because I ate them everyday. YET, for a short time in my youth, I had a GAME with myself to sneak into the kitchen hugging the walls in the dark rooms on the way so no one would see me. I'd snatch the item from the refrigerator and then sneak away with my "prize".

I like magblade the most, go figure.

gepe87

Well, my character is short and handsome.
Like me .

Maxx7410

I cant be myself for example in elsweyr i would help the nacromancer and enslave the annoying cats. i would take the choices that give me power no matter the consequences after all "there is only power and those too weak to seek it" Lord Voldemort

Tryxus

I'm a loner and that's fine by me since I'm very quiet and rather shy. Perhaps that's why I like to play nature based classes like Druids, Witches, Rangers & Wardens because I believe them to be very similar. I prefer to play as a Spellcaster, so Druid usually is the one I'm going for

Iskiab

I find people are either exactly like real life or completely the opposite from real life in game.

I like playing rogues and healers. In real life I’m 6’, played Rugby and Football at a high level (provincial/state teams), am competitive and love complexity.

Why rogues? Well I’m the opposite in real life, I’m basicly a goody two shoes and don’t like j-walking.

Then experience too. I can’t seem to ever play MMOs casually. I always think, this time I’ll be one of those casual players. Never happens. Instead I throw myself into it and min-max like crazy. I get bored unless I have a project to dig into be it the stock market, an MMO, learning programming, etc.., Once I’m interested in something I have to master it.

Strider__Roshin

Iskiab wrote: »

I find people are either exactly like real life or completely the opposite from real life in game.

I like playing rogues and healers. In real life I’m 6’, played Rugby and Football at a high level (provincial/state teams), am competitive and love complexity.

Why rogues? Well I’m the opposite in real life, I’m basicly a goody two shoes and don’t like j-walking.

Then experience too. I can’t seem to ever play MMOs casually. I always think, this time I’ll be one of those casual players. Never happens. Instead I throw myself into it and min-max like crazy. I get bored unless I have a project to dig into be it the stock market, an MMO, learning programming, etc.., Once I’m interested in something I have to master it.

That's pretty cool man! Rugby is pretty hardcore.

SidraWillowsky

Dojohoda wrote: »

Many decades ago--
My mom always bought pickles and lemons mainly for me because I ate them everyday. YET, for a short time in my youth, I had a GAME with myself to sneak into the kitchen hugging the walls in the dark rooms on the way so no one would see me. I'd snatch the item from the refrigerator and then sneak away with my "prize".

I like magblade the most, go figure.

Do you have any teeth left?!

Path

So I am a bit like my gaming rig.

Some parts are up to date, some are very much behind.
What that means is I play with what I have and I don't stress over what I don't have, or haven't bothered to research.

My skills are all over the place. When players say, "LF healer, DPS, Tank" I'm never really sure where I belong.

If they ask, "LFG, Gonna kill big stuff, come on out!" Ya well, I'm in.

I do collect Flutterbys (Always thought that was a better name for butterflies, Do they even like butter?)

I stop and take screenshots. Lots of them.

I like fishing. Figure that out. Hate it in real life or "reel life" unless it's trout fishing. Gotta be moving. Always wanted to learn to fly fish.

Mastered all crafting. Not sure why. Perhaps because I never die leveling.

Adore when random people chat in spatial. There are very few that brave that oh so old form of communication and perhaps friendship.

So I am pretty much me in the game. Not looking for bigger, better. Not trying to be more than I am. Happy running around my real world and those created by amazing designers. Happy to see what all these worlds have to offer.

Sylvermynx

@Path.... fishing IRL was always something I did because husband LOVED it. I don't eat fresh water fish and that's all we have here.... well, HE doesn't want them either so it was mostly catch and release. So once again we (he and I - married 44 years last month) are at one in at least that one thing in our lives.

We actually did love deep sea fishing out of Washington, for salmon. And when he went to Alaska with relatives and friends, we had salmon for a year! He loved the trip, and I loved the fish. That was many years back now. And so was the trip to Colorado for elk, and the other trip there for pheasant.

The elk and pheasant were.... SCRUMPTIOUS;. There is nothing better than meat/fish you harvest yourself, butcher yourself, and know that when you cook it, you are eating the fruits of your own labors.

Not to mention that should (as seems quite likely these days) the world go to hell in a handbasket, we (husband and me) can manage to live on what we hunt and gather....

Saucy_Jack

I try to be nice and I try to not take myself too seriously in real life. I feel Pie King more or less reflects these values.

Path

Sylvermynx wrote: »

@Path.... fishing IRL was always something I did because husband LOVED it. I don't eat fresh water fish and that's all we have here.... well, HE doesn't want them either so it was mostly catch and release. So once again we (he and I - married 44 years last month) are at one in at least that one thing in our lives.

We actually did love deep sea fishing out of Washington, for salmon. And when he went to Alaska with relatives and friends, we had salmon for a year! He loved the trip, and I loved the fish. That was many years back now. And so was the trip to Colorado for elk, and the other trip there for pheasant.

The elk and pheasant were.... SCRUMPTIOUS;. There is nothing better than meat/fish you harvest yourself, butcher yourself, and know that when you cook it, you are eating the fruits of your own labors.

Not to mention that should (as seems quite likely these days) the world go to hell in a handbasket, we (husband and me) can manage to live on what we hunt and gather....

44 years! Got me beat. 37 here.
Living in Georgia. Ya, ya. Born in California, lived in Seattle. Fish there? Loved. Even dug clams.
I now like catfish. My parents wouldn't touch it. Bottom feeders.
I live on 6 acres.

I don't hunt.I approve if for the meat. Hate sport hunting.

I forage, chanterelles, berries, herbs, Scuppernong, muscadine, dandelion...whatever.
Have a local meeting me at my place for hunting. (The deer are overpopulated in my area) He wants another deer, I want venison. Works for me.

Sylvermynx

Path wrote: »

Sylvermynx wrote: »

@Path.... fishing IRL was always something I did because husband LOVED it. I don't eat fresh water fish and that's all we have here.... well, HE doesn't want them either so it was mostly catch and release. So once again we (he and I - married 44 years last month) are at one in at least that one thing in our lives.

We actually did love deep sea fishing out of Washington, for salmon. And when he went to Alaska with relatives and friends, we had salmon for a year! He loved the trip, and I loved the fish. That was many years back now. And so was the trip to Colorado for elk, and the other trip there for pheasant.

The elk and pheasant were.... SCRUMPTIOUS;. There is nothing better than meat/fish you harvest yourself, butcher yourself, and know that when you cook it, you are eating the fruits of your own labors.

Not to mention that should (as seems quite likely these days) the world go to hell in a handbasket, we (husband and me) can manage to live on what we hunt and gather....

44 years! Got me beat. 37 here.
Living in Georgia. Ya, ya. Born in California, lived in Seattle. Fish there? Loved. Even dug clams.
I now like catfish. My parents wouldn't touch it. Bottom feeders.
I live on 6 acres.

I don't hunt.I approve if for the meat. Hate sport hunting.

I forage, chanterelles, berries, herbs, Scuppernong, muscadine, dandelion...whatever.
Have a local meeting me at my place for hunting. (The deer are overpopulated in my area) He wants another deer, I want venison. Works for me.

Oh been there done that! We actually don't hunt any more (seriously.... too old.... he's 85, I'm 71). I.... don't have any use for catfish.... but it's fine that others love them. We actually don't have a lot of deer (mulies here) in excess, but at least our small (VERY small....) town is excluded from hunting. I had some idiot in bow season years back shooting INTO my horse corrals.... You would have laughed yourself silly had you seen me out there naked (serious) with a rifle threatening that bozo! I kid you not, he was IN my corral trying to get his arrows back.... Too bad Tambo (my paint) didn't stomp him into the ground....

Sapphire_Lily

My playstyle is quite conformist? Whoever I am with dictates the pace or aggression, this could denote how accommodating I am in real life as well...

My RP characters all have a great antipathy towards authority and they relish in toppling tyrants and despots. They're the insurgents and never the pacifists; I suspect this might be some of my own repressed resentment percolating through towards constraints. Even my Altmer Priestess is a radical in terms of hierarchy and abolishing archaic practices.

pod88kk

In game:
Grand Master Crafter, hard hitting stamina dd who loves to be right in the thick of the action.

IRL:
Coward with the crafting abilities of a bowl of soup

WiseSky

In ESO I am an Altaholic
In RL I am that guy from the movie Split

Waynerx8

It doesn't

SpiderKnight

Mine is a reflection of my past younger, much more pyro self.

karthrag_inak

This one particularly enjoys jabbing folks long and hard when he is feeling tired. Quite rejuvenating.

Chaos2088

If you ever hear reports of of a person hitting people with lighting bolts in the UK you know Ive trangressed my playstyle into the real world....

Karmanorway

IRL im a widowed man in his 20s with sociopathic tendencies. As person Im completely empty inside and i dont care about others, but i still treat them with the respect they deserve, i only have 2 friends and both of them saved my life before and ive saved theirs too.
Im a huge fan of self-development and always strive to become smarter, stronger and more powerful as person. And i dream of becoming a succesful writer of fantasy novels.

INGAME however my friendlist is full, mostly from ppl that wanted something from me sometime.
I never cook in eso i always buy food.
I never steal or pickpocket.
Im mostly a solo player in PvP and almost never pve unless im farming for something specific for PvP.
I always experiment with different sets and builds, in search for more or even unknown power.
Im not really a helpful person, but i want to change that.

I think who i am as person reflects a lot in the game, almost identical

seira_san

I'm a cautious person so I don't step into vet dungeons till I'm CP 600 and also you can pry Iceheart and Annulment from my cold dead hands

OrdoHermetica

Basically not at all. I have a wide variety of characters with an equally wide variety of playstyles and personalities. Some are closer to my real-life style, but I specifically try to play a variety of roles. I come from a pen-and-paper RPG background, though, so that's probably part of it. As far as how I personally act on an out of character level, it's pretty much the same as how I act in person. My online persona and my in-person persona are largely similar.