How to Be a Hero in an RPG

Since becoming the proud parent of an rpg (and faced with the usual paternity-suit sticker shock), I, Dmitri Gheorgheni, have made certain observations about the behaviour of my fellow Researchers in cyberreality which might – I say might – possibly have some nodding resemblance, a soupcon, perhaps, to the problems some of us face in what I have learned to call RL. (Although I question the accuracy of the term – how do you know you’re not a brain in a vat, Professor Putnam?)

How To Be a Hero

Since becoming the proud parent of an rpg (and faced with the usual paternity-suit sticker shock), I, Dmitri Gheorgheni, have made certain observations about the behaviour of my fellow Researchers in cyberreality which might – I say might – possibly have some nodding resemblance, a soupcon, perhaps, to the problems some of us face in what I have learned to call RL¹.

Although the cast of the Beta rpg are, with one exception, brave and stalwart individuals who grasp the nettle of fate with unflinching fingers and look at this increasingly tenuous metaphor with undimmed but tear-stained eye², they do sometimes tend to make things difficult for themselves. Hence this entry containing what I hope will be useful advice for not only surviving, but also enjoying one’s sojourn in the land of make-believe.