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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6424694" data-attributes="member: 2011">I think that's to be expected though since the names in TV shows tend to be common household names (give or take). The names in TV shows are also repeated over and over again so that they stick. Take the show &quot;Arrow&quot;. In a one hour program, Oliver's name might be mentioned 10 or 12 times. Felicity's name might be mentioned 8 times and Diggle's name mentioned 4 or 5 times. Other characters get their names mentioned varying amounts of time, but typically it's probably 2 or more times per character that shows up in that episode.In an FRPG, we might hear the name of an NPC once or twice in a four hour session depending. The reason that it is mentioned so much in TV is because various characters talk to each other like in the real world (e.g. &quot;Hey Fred, come over and help me out, will you?&quot;) whereas the DM mentions an NPCs name when he is introduced, but rarely in conversation. The style of conversation tends to be totally different because it is one person acting out the roles of multiple characters. Sometimes they address each other and the PCs by name, but IME, that's a minority of the time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 6424694, member: 2011"] I think that's to be expected though since the names in TV shows tend to be common household names (give or take). The names in TV shows are also repeated over and over again so that they stick. Take the show "Arrow". In a one hour program, Oliver's name might be mentioned 10 or 12 times. Felicity's name might be mentioned 8 times and Diggle's name mentioned 4 or 5 times. Other characters get their names mentioned varying amounts of time, but typically it's probably 2 or more times per character that shows up in that episode. In an FRPG, we might hear the name of an NPC once or twice in a four hour session depending. The reason that it is mentioned so much in TV is because various characters talk to each other like in the real world (e.g. "Hey Fred, come over and help me out, will you?") whereas the DM mentions an NPCs name when he is introduced, but rarely in conversation. The style of conversation tends to be totally different because it is one person acting out the roles of multiple characters. Sometimes they address each other and the PCs by name, but IME, that's a minority of the time. [/QUOTE]

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