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<blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 6290837" data-attributes="member: 9053">So I watch the show Arrow, which is a totally guilty pleasure thing for me (it's on the CW, so ... yeah it's kind of like that). Many of my friends who like to poke fun at me ask &quot;how the heck can all those characters who are supposed to be smart and with it NOT KNOW who the Arrow is.&quot; If you think about it, it makes no sense on that show, or just about any other superhero with secret identity program.So why don't people know who the Arrow or Batman or Superman or ... you name it are? Genre convention. That's it. Why does the villain monologue about what they're going to do and then leave the hero in a totally escapable death trap? Genre.So why do heroes not think about their hit points, or other meta gaming concepts? Genre.It doesn't have to be that way: I have played in games where the GM had no barrier between character and player knowledge, and they completely worked, they were just different.For me, I very much prefer the mystery, and not immediately knowing who the Arrow is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SteveC, post: 6290837, member: 9053"] So I watch the show Arrow, which is a totally guilty pleasure thing for me (it's on the CW, so ... yeah it's kind of like that). Many of my friends who like to poke fun at me ask "how the heck can all those characters who are supposed to be smart and with it NOT KNOW who the Arrow is." If you think about it, it makes no sense on that show, or just about any other superhero with secret identity program. So why don't people know who the Arrow or Batman or Superman or ... you name it are? Genre convention. That's it. Why does the villain monologue about what they're going to do and then leave the hero in a totally escapable death trap? Genre. So why do heroes not think about their hit points, or other meta gaming concepts? Genre. It doesn't have to be that way: I have played in games where the GM had no barrier between character and player knowledge, and they completely worked, they were just different. For me, I very much prefer the mystery, and not immediately knowing who the Arrow is. [/QUOTE]

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