Hi dude,
There has been real PG going on in “The Rabbit Hole” forum since August 2010. (Is there such a thing as unreal PG? That would be surreal)  :  )

You can use whatever system you like and whatever works best for you, but bear in mind that most of those you find online or in RPGs are unlikely to correlate with current understanding of psychology. In particular they could confuse anyone studying memory association or imagination and archetypes, as almost all systems will claim many different types of characters (especially their favorites) are “archetypes”.

I would not recommend the site you mention as it includes characters based on sentiment and we certainly don't want anyone playing those in the forum!

Anyway, we felt it would not be good if players were limited to any one system, especially if it might give them outdated neuro-related information, so there's no system involved and you don't have to know anything about psychology to join in; it's just there to give us the experience of being anyone we like and being responded to as that entity. Feel free to join the rabbit hole forum anytime as any character you like and discuss anything you like.


If you currently don't see “The Rabbit Hole” forum among the forums, let us know and we'll send the white rabbit to show you where it is.
Alex R

Hi dude,

I don't quite get the first part of what you're saying about topics on PG forum? New topics can be started by you, if you're not interested in their current discussions, but I think you may in this case have mistaken a topic shift for a withdrawal from the game? Any tpoic is allowed as long as one stays in character.

Next, we need to do a little bit of retranslating here because I want to make sure I understand your meanings...
You wrote “Can PG be doing alone?”
Does this mean “Can you play PG by yourself?” If so, the answer is yes you can, but like many activities its more fun with friends  :  )

You wrote: “This term is a creation of us?”
Does this mean “Did we invent the term PG (Psychological Gaming)”? If so, the answer is no we didn't, but in psychology mainstream it is more commonly called 'role play' or 'psychological role play'. We chose the less well known term so as not to be confused with RPGs such as Dungeons & Dragons where there are lots of rules and set characters.

We can indeed train up any network if we find or create the correct role model and get enough practice. We can also train up individual skills from different models (although it is best to work with one at a time). I used Mr Spock to train up aspects of N4, for example, and an excellent current example for self esteem & confidence (N5) is “Iron Man”.

Archetypes, though, are a bit like nutrition and imagination -much more bollox has been claimed about them than most other subjects  :  )  The method only works if you get to know the links between animal behaviors and eidetic core archetypes, and it works even better if you understand imagination.

You don't however need to know any science at all to play the games, you just need to be open to communication and interaction with other fictional characters as though they were real (you just need to say hi and talk to people).

PG GROWS mirror neurons (it increases the density of their connections) and what you describe is exactly the way we are designed to naturally learn; by modeling the skills of others as part of the learning cycle. PG will help upgrade the imagination and the control of it, which improves empathy, motivation, memory and learning.
Best,
AR

Hi dude,
I think you are referring to the 'PG' thread in 'residents quarters'? That's not the PG forum; the PG forum is called 'the rabbit hole'. There are three topics in 'the rabbit hole' at the moment (including one by me that I'd forgotten about!)  :  )  They all contain characters who would probably like to be talked to, but if none of them seem interesting try starting a new topic to introduce yourself (For example “Hi I'm Tony Stark, who are you guys?”)  or whatever. The topic 'wltm' began with someone doing this sort of thing. Once you start, it sort of happens automatically.

If you can't see 'the rabbit hole' among your forums, just let us know!
...Actually I'd really like to talk to Tony Stark, and if anybody knows Batman...?

Re: actors in PG: Harrison Ford once remarked that playing Han Solo was like playing himself  :  )
Best,
AR