The only way in which this has been true in my experience is that I used to like playing clerics, sometimes Paladins, despite not being religious myself. Although part of the reason why is because I thought they were way more awesome in terms of their game functions than people gave them credit for. Since few people wanted to play them, I was more than happy do.

I've had a lot of different jobs. When I was a factory worker, I kept imagining how awesome a factory would be as the backdrop for an encounter in the Dark Conspiracy RPG. When I was a day-trader, I really wanted to play a merchant in an exploration & commerce style campaign in a fantasy RPG. In highschool, I was a player in 3 fairly long AD&D campaigns, in one I played a Paladin, one I played a Fighter, and one I played a Bard. My passions at the time? Playing guitar and the school wrestling team. That explains the fighter and the bard. The Paladin I've already explained earlier. Now I am a manager in a sales & marketing office, and I want to play a Rogue who is a social beast.

It seems the pattern for me is I want to play characters whose professions and skill sets are actually a really good fit for my real job, but whose morality and beliefs differ greatly from my own.

Quote from: Warboss Squee;910229I'm the district manager of the local paper, but I don't think that would work in a game. Maybe CoC.

I'm a murderhobo in real life, so that's not too hard to work into most games.

To refine the thesis of the thread, I think it's that people don't want to deal with the same bullshit in a game that they do in real life. Maybe that involves doing another job, but it just might mean doing their job as they wish it was,

I think it's implied that the reference is to people who have boring/mundane jobs. If you make a living bagging groceries, I doubt that's what you'd want to do in a game.

Quote from: ArrozConLeche;910275I think it's implied that the reference is to people who have boring/mundane jobs. If you make a living bagging groceries, I doubt that's what you'd want to do in a game.

I don't know...is "groceries" slang for treasure I stole from the beings I just stabbed. 'Cuz a lot of D&D players like bagging those kind of groceries.

Quote from: CRKrueger;910156Aside from the whole going into space which you will never do in your lifetime thing.

For that, I have Traveller, d6 Star Wars, Mekton, Jovian Chronicles, Cyberpunk 2020......

Quote from: Omega;910205Villains & Vigilanties has players create game versions of themselves. Probably a few others that do too.

Timelords by BTRC does that. The main problem from it occurs during character creation when people learn that the rest of the group doesn't think they have high intelligence or Charisma*. Heh.

*Stat names may be wrong. It's been a few years since I looked at the game.

Back to the original question, I own a school where I teach after school English classes in Korean.

My characters never seem to be very well-educated or care about knowledge, my most common kind of character is dex-focused infantry (swashbucklers, lots of skill points in acrobatics, that sort of thing), but the actual personality is my own turned up to 20 for a lot of the most fun characters.

Forgot to add: none of my PCs knees hurt when they go down the stairs. (Guess I DO want the exact opposite):-)

I work in the department of corrections. I don't ever play characters associated with that (I'm typically GM so I don't play much) My characters tend to be very social "fight the man" rogues and revolutionarys.

Brujah has always been my favorite Vampire clan,for example.

I do posses a Sociology and Psychology degree though, and I only recently became "the man" because fighting the man doesn't pay the bills.

Quote from: Orphan81;910322I only recently became "the man" because fighting the man doesn't pay the bills.

Not trying to ridicule you here, but this statement is one of life's truisms.

Quote from: jeff37923;910324Not trying to ridicule you here, but this statement is one of life's truisms.

Word. Not living in abject poverty and being able to pay my bills is worth selling out.

That or yaknow, I finally grew up and realized I could still help people while being a productive member of society.

I allways play a handicapped person.

Quote from: Jason Coplen;910288Timelords by BTRC does that. The main problem from it occurs during character creation when people learn that the rest of the group doesn't think they have high intelligence or Charisma*. Heh.

*Stat names may be wrong. It's been a few years since I looked at the game.

Good old Timelords, love that game.  At least they had some sort of objective method (various tests, etc.) to come up with a person's stats in the 1st and 2nd editions of the game.  No idea on the 3rd edition, don't have it.

Quote from: Shipyard Locked;910242Would you believe I sometimes, sometimes envy a job like yours?

Oh it's an interesting job sometimes, because I work at a Casino it's fun to watch people be completed disturbed fucks, but its also sad too. To watch someone blow $60,000 in 2 hands of Blackjack and shrug it off and laugh.....like damn.

Quote from: Omega;910348I allways play a handicapped person.

I have a Superhero/Crimefighter type who is actually deaf.  This is in homage to a friend who is an ASL.