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I think this is a fascinating topic. Rather than being sprinkled in amongst your other videos however, I think it deserves its own ‘mini series’ denoted in the title, like “The Psychology of Solo RP” or similar. That way, those who want to engage with this more ‘academic’ side of the hobby on your channel can, while those who are here to see cool games can easily tell them apart from your other videos. I personally enjoyed this a lot!

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I'm someone who struggles with solo, perhaps because i don't consider myself much of a story teller. However, i do enjoy combining disparate ideas and maybe that's all i need. I think this might be one of the best soloing advice videos I've ever seen.

I've noticed that when I take a step back from my solo adventures, sometimes it feels like reflecting on a really vivid dream. Certain themes and bits of imagery start popping up repeatedly that feel so important to dig into for some meaning. A reward under cold water that's too deep to avoid drowning, having to act self destructively for a goal that might not be worth it or a character who wouldn't do the same in return, trying to help people and hurting them instead. Besides these games just being super fun, it has felt really productive to look at them as another window to stuff I didn't know I needed to think about. I love the idea that other people are experiencing something similar through this hobby. It's been a surprisingly profound healing activity

This was a Great time for me, I'm very much into this style of thinking and self reflection. I hope you lean in this just a bit more on your channel I think this could help a lot of people bridge the gap for solo play

Damn dude, I could write a crazy long comment about this video right now and join in some deep discourse, but instead I think I just want to say one thing: This is an EXTREMELY important video for solo gaming. I cannot overstate that enough.

Catching farts in jars, brief Jung concepts, and divergent and convergent thought exercises... All wrapped up with a solo roleplay tie in with a dash of humor. Well done!

Parents, peanut butter and tuna sandwiches. Man Alone's "live, laugh, love."

Hahaha love the transparency of the title. 🙌🏼😄💖 “number 4 will leave you SPEECHLESS!”

IMHO, we are DNA driven to Create (big C). Wooden Club to Moon Landing in an instant. If the process of Creation was not pleasurable (brain chemistry), we would still be in the trees. Solo Gaming, once you 'get' it, is a pure Creative experience. Akin to carving a sculpture, painting the Mona Lisa, launching a rocket.

Not gonna lie at some point I was so engaged that I forgot that this was about solo roleplaying. Good stuff.

I would use the brick and blanket to create an alarm system that would drop a brick on my stomach unless I get out of bed.

This was honestly super profound for me and challenged my thinking a lot. Generally I'm way on the other end of thinking in terms of creativity. I like the idea that "inspiration" is a completely outside force. As a writer, I usually wait for inspiration to arrive, and then once it does, I don't even do anything with it, I just let it interact with other inspirations until an entire story has been delivered to me apparently by "someone else". So the idea of just saying "fork, putting green... ummm Greg was eating when he first heard about my grandma's minor leagure golf career" (like I don't even know if I did that right) - point being, I have trouble letting myself get away with deciding on something that doesn't feel "inspired" and instead I'm forcing into existence. However, I do believe in the collective unconscious, and when thinking of those side by side, there's a pretty direct connection. In fact, this way of thinking sounds incredibly important. I didn't expect all this when I first started following you. Very interesting.

Video 11 (8 of 3) of me liking and then commenting on every new upload to beg Papa Man Alone for Mork Borg Gameplay and/or Campaign.

Peanut butter and tuna sandwiches better be 2 separate things. 😅 Blanket + brick = Some kind of bludgeoning weapon not unlike a pool ball in a sock but for larger monsters.

Wow, Man. I am impressed by the suggestion that playing better solo can be attained by more intimately understanding your unconscious self. An important contribution to the hobby and discussions which develop around it. I've been watching your videos for a while and they inspire me to look deeper at the kind of experience I want to have. And how I provide experiences to myself.

Great commentary on how to solo. I like the incorporation of Jung! Favorite quote: "woozshy woozshy navel gazing"

It's often said that there's nothing duller than listening to someone tell you about their dream but "I removed all the names except David Bowie" is certainly a powerful opener. 😁

That was deep...as the fart and the jar was hilarious. I'm in somewhat of a psychological pickle at the moment.. Guess you're functioning as an accidental therapist to me. And I'm my own as well.. Never seen it that way but solo roleplaying has been my buble to retreat into for some time. Nice to realize it'snot only an escape but supporting the healing. As for the blanket and the brick... It could be a diving weight or weigh down whatever else you'd wrap in the blanket😅.. Or tie the corners to the brick. Throw it from a high place just for fun.

Good work. That was an interesting connectiin. Just started Neumanns extension of Jung and am tryi g to ramp up on solo rpg again

Fart in a jar sold me for sure!!

Heat the brick next to campfire and place it under the blanket and have a bed warmer so your feet dont get cold

sorry about a third comment. youtube keeps eating them, otherwise I would edit. active imagination sounds interesting. I've done a lot of lucid dreaming in the past (which is why I found the "blowing your nose" thing especially funny, since that's one way of going lucid in a dream). Is most of the information for that in the book, or are there more specific resources for it? Maybe google can get me to where I need to be on it, but just asking out of curiosity.

I play in a weekly online DnD cosmic horror game. My gnome wizard is dramatic, comedic and ridiculous. In between sessions I journal one or two paragraphs of this gnome's inner thoughts, staying away from the main plots and dealing with tangents that stick in my brain. This journal is there for all to see and I occasionally post one straight to our discord chat. I am fairly certain the rest of the group is there to roll dice and kick butt. They tolerate my roleplay with benign amusement even if I think they probably would be just fine without it. I am going to keep it up regardless as I enjoy my internal playfulness. I believe it helps me keep my characters voice more consistent. I am also looking forward to reviewing all my writing after a year of this game goes by. I am sure that somehow this post relates to Man Alone's great video. Somehow!

1) Fuzzy Flail. 2)Poor man's lawn dart. 3) Extremely small dining table. Brilliant video. Really needed this today. Apprecite your channel

Man, this is amazing, you made me tear up a little at the end from all the deep realisations.

Holy crap this whole video is a trip. Love Jung, and reading his work is always so cerebral in the best sense. There is a copy of the Red Book at my university library and paging through it is other worldly really. I've been really blessed to page through it in person, and honestly it was awesome to hear you talk about Jung books

I was thinking about solo roleplaying for a few years, but didn't find any helpful videos. And after many attempts to find something, here's this video which didn't give me clear instructions on how to play solo, but it blew my mind so I started trying to figure it out myself 😂 Thank you! I think it was even more helpful, than what I wanted.

when you said hard candy + yacht, my mind went to: someone doing co(the white powder) on a yacht

All right, my blanket and brick ideas mostly involved using it as a sling/swing. So putting it on a tree branch or ledge and using it as a hammock with the brick at the top of it or putting the brick on top of a bit of the blanket on a cart and using it to pull something, or tying the brick up and just waving the brick around in the blanket as an improvised mace. As for the rest of the video, I really liked it. I typically don’t dream that much but the nights I do the dreams can get very interesting. I once dreamed of a plane based cult. I wish I could remember what the leader was saying because it sure sounded convincing. Another night I dreamed I was in a limousine with a black E celeb who is encouraging me to get all my racial slurs out before big red carpet event. I am not sure whether he was trying to get them all out-of-the-way or insight heated gamer moments or if he was just powering himself up off of my slurs.

Holy shizzle, this is THE GOOD STUFF! Will be listening again. More more more! And this is hitting me at 48:43 "Whatever it is, let it in. Let it happen. Stop trying to control the story, because when you do that it's boring. Let the story confuse you, let it frustrate you...."

Just wanted to say what a great video. Very interesting.

I am glad to have found your channel. I have subscribed and am deeply appreciative of your content and your openness. I believe if we had more open doors we, ourselves, would be less shut off. Open doors, my friend. The gift of seeing past the shell is immeasurable Thank you for sharing your yolk.

This has been an enormously inspiring listening experience. I would definitely like more of this, if that’s something you feel like creating. You could use the brick and blanket to mimic carrying a baby

Aww back on schedule lol

Was baited to click but he was right. The video was good

Chet Spasman will be my next character. He will be an Aasimar lifeguard.

I want across a thousand dead world stuff!

Not gunna lie this video was a slog to get through lol, but those last ~10 minutes are gold. I'm glad I kept going, even if I don't understand psychology much. Honestly it's reassuring as well. I'm not the most creative person, so being told to trust my imagination is something I'm going to rely on.

"Let that knight tell you what they want to do". Great viewpoint. All decisions/actions/events made when I play solo are done via a combination of words (adverbs,adjectives,nouns and verbs) from dice rolls. Let the knight be the dice.

I like your sense of humor. 🤔

Hey bro the video cut off before you could tell us what you're interested in picking up from Mall of America. Now my yearning is burning, hope you're happy. Oh hey btw what doth life?

I wish I could remember my dreams more acurately. From what I usually recall they are off the wall and far from reality. Do you remember all of yours and if so, do you have any tricks on doing so?

Excuse my serial commenting. After this, I went to my local library to obtain The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell. A perfect bridge from Jung to RPGs.

For the brick and blanket I could only come up with a flail or an uncomfortable pillow.

Sahara + Seinfeld = "these pretzels are making me thirsty" 19:28

Stop smoking the waffles.

All i have to say is oof, and see ya in the next one

I'm an Adlerian. I have lost all hope for you.

Click!