In-game Personas

I hope it's still somehow related to Maplelegends at the end of this weird post.
So, has anyone else noticed having another personality while playing?
Some of you might get serial experiments lain vibes from the topic, and I think the correlation is unavoidable.

I noticed that it was happening to me while I was waiting for Orbis~Ellinia boat to take off.
One guy came onboard and I immediately though: "I will pretend I'm afk because I'm tired of talking to so many people today"
Then it came to me: But I rarely engage with people I don't know. Yet somehow that's the thing I like the most online?
And the more I thought of it, the more apparent the deviation became.

IRL:

• I rarely initiate conversations
• I don't talk much about myself since I feel others would only pretend care.
  
• I hate small talk and mostly only talk about what I feel is relevant atm.
• It mostly feels like a bother when people I don't know want to chat

Game:

• I rarely not initiate conversations
• I tell stories of funny stuff that happened to me
• I hate small talk, but will actively try to pick cues to find some common interests
• It mostly still feels like a bother when people I don't know want to chat lol, but only because normally I will be the one initiating if I'm feeling like it.

I feel like, in my case, it has to do with the expectations.
Legends is a leisure time (for most of us) and an enjoyable environment (for most of us).
So naturally it's relates more to engaging others in a party, than engaging others in a bus stop.
In a party, people are more approachable in general because that's the whole point.
In a bus stop, you are mostly minding your own business and interacting with others is not on your plans, so naturally you will be more draw back and reserved.

Not only that, I am not anything close to charming or outspoken, so there's even more chance I will come off as weird or creepy if I tried to act like that IRL.
Because of that, I think this game has been a good outlet for me.
Being to be more relaxed and open about myself around new people got me able to met some cool people throughout the game, so it's definitely something positive and constructive.

Anyone else has noticed these differences?