[MR] Persona Development

[Cian Conor MacQuaid]

> I've been here for 15 years and never have chosen a certain persona. I enjoy waking up and heading to the list field in "peasant" garb then dressing up in Tudor or Elizabethan for court then changing to middle eastern when the sun goes down. Perhaps I am greedy in wanting to learn and live all aspects of the middle ages. It never occurred to me that my fun might be hindering others fun. :(
> I just can't pick one. I love them all.
> -Shae


It seems to me that you don't need to pick just one, but one at a time. 
When you are being the peasant, that is who you should be. The same for 
the others. Know as much as you can about each of them and portray that 
to others. I personally do like it if people can step far enough out of 
persona to explain what is going on when asked.

You can also experience persona shift based on situation. I am a 4th 
Century Ulsterman (ask me sometime, if you are curious) but while on the 
Throne I was Prince of Drachenwald, a high medieval European land, 
because I felt that better represented the tone and spirit of the game. 
Different people feel differently about it.

Sir Cian