Since I have no real clue what you're trying to say in relation to what I was saying, I don't know.
There is, IMO, a difference between the kind of decision making you make in games like RISK and roleplaying. Games like RISK, you're still 'yourself' - most people look at such games as 'what would I do' not 'what would Patton or Alexander do'. They are not immersed in the game-world in the sense that they are someone else. They are still themselves.
When I play a PC game, RPG or not, I never feel as tho I am someone else. I am merely playing myself, using an avatar to represent myself as I march around the gameworld doing stuff.
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Well, that's a totally seperate and indecipherable holy-war about acting: the Bruce Willis acting-as-Bruce-Willis-in-Every-Film-type acting, and the Johnny Depp chameleon-type acting.
It is still roleplay (unless you really are a meglomaniac and do control a lot of armies ...), so there is an aspect of gaming that can be leveraged by the player.