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aoisakana - blog owner
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
--- Character Limitations ---
   I found that sometimes people do not realize and keep in mind the limitations of their characters in a real world setting.

   Say, for example, a disrespectful theif sneaks into a party.

   It is understandable that, were someone looking right at the entrance at that time, and happened to know the guests invited to the party to notice that the theif wasn’t on the guest list and to alert an guard or the host/hostess. However, if there isn’t anyone looking at the doorway or everyone is engaged in their own conversations, it wouldn’t be realistic for Everyone to suddenly notice that an uninvited guest had entered.

   Or for the entrance of the theif to be ignored but as soon as the theif makes any act of disrespect towards the host, etc. the whole room turns upon the offender as if they had their attention on this one person the entire time.

   I’ve seen characters having conversations with five or six people at once, and on top of that suddenly noticing that a stranger has entered the room. I’ve seen characters doing something on one side of the room and being able to spot anothers character show some sort of disrespect for another member and immediately responding despite the distance between them. I’ve seen characters who have abilities that they shouldn’t have.

   Granted that some creatures will have great abilities that would allow them to do all of the above but, what I am trying to say here is that people do not seem to be able to keep in mind the limitations of their character.

   For example, even having five or six conversations at once is a momentuous task. While you can easily type the conversations to people on the screen, you should keep in mind that the character is ‘real’ and you need to think realistically what that character is able to do or not.

   Just play your character as it is. Don't give it abilities suddenly just because you want to be superior. Don't do what you can't do, excluding abilities, in real life.
 aoisakana 17:14