Re: Updates

["Kris Ames" <kris@cioe.com>]

Yep,

My bad,  supposed abuse.  I have never seen him do this
or as the GM who was quasi responsible for the knowledge
I would have said something.  I thing you are correct in the
fact that when playing a character, it is often the case that
staying in character involves lying (as the character) and
saying things that are exaggeration at best.  Too often this
is taken as the Player saying/meaning these things.  If
Nico says, "I have the power to rule the world" or "I am the
king of the demons and can command them to incinerate
you", that is a far cry from Joe actually believing or even
trying to do these things.

:)

-Kris

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> From: Steve Ames <steve@ns1.cioe.com>
> To: gmlist@ns1.cioe.com
> Subject: Re: Updates
> Date: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 11:21 AM
> 
> > Two things could have prevented Joe's abusing his knowledge
> > (or supposed knowledge).
> 
> I'd like to say 'alleged abuse' here. In Joe's defense I have
> never seen him actually use any of this supposed knowledge.
> Saying you can do something and spitting out a reason is
> light years from actually doing it. Player hype. We all tell
> each other that we can do a lot of things that we don't 
> really believe we can.
> 
> Has anyone ever seen Joe build a bullet or anything else 
> based on this knowledge? Or does he just act the wise one
> and say he can do things? Seperate reality from hype...
> 
> 					-Steve