Having been born a vampire, I have never had a need to interract with RPGer's for any reason. Actually, I find them quite amusing and hear from them often at my online door. One acquires the "vampiric soul" when born and so must awaken to it in the life ahead. All true vamps have their own time line in their awakening and the development of any abilities. I find it becomes easier for me now to know a true vamp from a role player or wannabe-film-mythical vamp. The film industry has mocked what a vampire is for too long. Surely there are some films such as "Blade" which entertain us all well with this mythical image of the vamp. But I still find myself laughing at this view of the film industry and sometimes enjoying what they do. It is also sad that so many I have met really believe that this is who we are. It has been important for me and quite easy to blend in even during some of my feeding. And equally important in my work with the underground vampire community as many attempt to bridge distance and understanding. I am very skeptical of these terms "sire" and "embraced" for true vamps of the soul already have what they are and we all are quite equal in who we are in this life. The "blood transfer" to become is a myth. Blood is energy and feeds us, it does not make us. Many awaken at different times of their lives, but they all have one thing in common, and that is they are vampire and were when they came into this world. One of the typical myths of the film industry is to become a vamp by a "bite" or this "blood transfer". I am not concerned by those disbelievers, for I know their minds are usaully too far gone by what the film industry would have them believe, but I am concerned with true vamps finding each other. One of the ways is with our unique comp technology which many of us have been wise to take advantage of. We bridge the miles and end may misunderstandings this way. But there will be the infiltration of the RPGer's who have also found this technology a voice for their own mouthpiece of fantasy and imagination. As long as we know the difference, then there is not a danger, for it is us who must make known who the true vamp is. I have know some will "role play" with the RPRer or participate in their "games" as an amusement or just seek an attempt to tell-it-like-it-is. In any event, we have a task in communicating who we are and making us understood.