It comes down to "control"

It only took me a year, but I finally figured out WHY this rpg (or any rpg you get attached to) is so tantalizing & keeps drawing you back. It comes down to control, and in the game the player is the one who has it.

In KTDARPG, a player's characters are pretty much inviolate. With my characters, no one can injure or kill them without my permission. Actually, with our latest ruling in-game, no one can even touch them physically without my agreement & willing participation.

That's huge.

In a world where every day you're faced with the latest suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, the latest hostage situation in Baghdad, hurricanes in Louisiana, tsunamis in Indonesia, mine disasters, mudslides, children starving to death, the price of petrol ... and on, and on, and on ... Just to be able to feel like you're in control of one tiny corner of your life?

That's magic. -Chyna
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