Hi, I’m Pike, and I have a problem.

Specifically my problem is thus: I play on RP servers and come up with elaborate backstories for all my characters but I don’t actually RP them.  That’s… that’s not too weird, is it?

I’m not sure why I don’t roleplay.  I think because it’s just not my thing, and because it means socializing with people and socializing is hard work, dangit.

But I can go on and on about how Tawyn is a foul-mouthed, hard drinking kaldorei who prefers the company of dwarves and humans (and her pets) to the exclusion of just about anything else.

And I can go on and on about how Lunapike is actually a huge dork who gets excited about mundane things like herbalism and archaeology because IT’S JUST SO NEAT, LOOK STUFF IS COMING OUT OF THE GROUND, WHOA, HOW DOES THAT EVEN WORK.

And I can go on and on about how Althalor really just wants to stay in Quel’Thalas taking care of the hawkstriders and lynx cubs, but then when the Scourge stormed through and killed his Farstrider parents he had to reluctantly follow in their footsteps.

And I can tell you about how Ratchets is… okay, she’s a goblin, so basically she’s just a Ferengi.  How about that invisible hand, eh?

But the thought of actually trying to go roleplay my character with people freaks me out.

So yeah.  Mental roleplaying, I do it.  Actually I do it in basically every game, not just WoW.  (The Elder Scrolls, anyone?)

It’s… it’s not just me, right?  Other people do this too, right?