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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Shey" data-source="post: 8357832" data-attributes="member: 7026617">But it does require you to know--or more likely decide on the fly--that someone six foot tall couldn't reach up onto the shelf, where someone seven could.&nbsp; I couldn't even begin to tell you in most games whether that would be true in a given case or not, because I don't list the height of every shelf everyone might ever run into.(And if so, is 6'6&quot; enough?&nbsp; How about 6'8&quot; if they stretch?&nbsp; How about someone who's a little shorter if you count to their head top, but is long in the limb?)Eh.&nbsp; I don't think you can entirely unplug simulationist concerns from something as subtle and otherwise trivial as whether a foot of difference in height will matter in reaching a shelf.&nbsp; I've seen some people who are fussy about ability to define their characters, but who still likely couldn't tell you if their character was right or left handed, because it wasn't in an area they'd care about, and plenty of others who might well be fussy about the height of their character but whom would never expect it to make any practical difference in a game whatsoever.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thomas Shey, post: 8357832, member: 7026617"] But it does require you to know--or more likely decide on the fly--that someone six foot tall couldn't reach up onto the shelf, where someone seven could. I couldn't even begin to tell you in most games whether that would be true in a given case or not, because I don't list the height of every shelf everyone might ever run into. (And if so, is 6'6" enough? How about 6'8" if they stretch? How about someone who's a little shorter if you count to their head top, but is long in the limb?) Eh. I don't think you can entirely unplug simulationist concerns from something as subtle and otherwise trivial as whether a foot of difference in height will matter in reaching a shelf. I've seen some people who are fussy about ability to define their characters, but who still likely couldn't tell you if their character was right or left handed, because it wasn't in an area they'd care about, and plenty of others who might well be fussy about the height of their character but whom would never expect it to make any practical difference in a game whatsoever. [/QUOTE]

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