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<blockquote data-quote="Bannister Nicholas" data-source="post: 7115860" data-attributes="member: 6882044"><p>Having done both, its of my opinion that racing a car at 90mph requires far higher reflexes and mental agility than a runaway horse and cart, also the car will run itself into a tree, but at least the horse 'might' try to avoid the tree, As to fighting, your point about imagining it is whats important here, I can imagine my character swinging a sword, parry, swing, parry, stab, bleeding, death.. but imagine rebuilding the circuitry of a robot? imagine piloting a plane? often you hear of professionals complaining how wrong movies get it when they try to portray realistic yet complex tasks. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Appologies, I did not mean my quote to suggest that folks were stupid, I meant to say that like a clever or smart player can far more easily roleplay a slower dim-witted character, than a slower player can roleplay as a genius, that roleplaying simpler times, where math, timing, tasks relying on intelligence were far rarer, would mean that a modern education allows the player the ability to think in terms of fantasy & medieval history, lifting a Stone door with a lever? forced marching for a day? fighting foes with simple tactics? ambushing some goblins?, simpler and easier than it is for modern man portraying a futuristic war veteran, could roleplay tactical decision making, reprogramming war-bots, re-routing power couplets, juryrigging auto-pilots while aiming a las-cannon at the shield generator panel of a Boreas gunship.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bannister Nicholas, post: 7115860, member: 6882044"] Having done both, its of my opinion that racing a car at 90mph requires far higher reflexes and mental agility than a runaway horse and cart, also the car will run itself into a tree, but at least the horse 'might' try to avoid the tree, As to fighting, your point about imagining it is whats important here, I can imagine my character swinging a sword, parry, swing, parry, stab, bleeding, death.. but imagine rebuilding the circuitry of a robot? imagine piloting a plane? often you hear of professionals complaining how wrong movies get it when they try to portray realistic yet complex tasks. Appologies, I did not mean my quote to suggest that folks were stupid, I meant to say that like a clever or smart player can far more easily roleplay a slower dim-witted character, than a slower player can roleplay as a genius, that roleplaying simpler times, where math, timing, tasks relying on intelligence were far rarer, would mean that a modern education allows the player the ability to think in terms of fantasy & medieval history, lifting a Stone door with a lever? forced marching for a day? fighting foes with simple tactics? ambushing some goblins?, simpler and easier than it is for modern man portraying a futuristic war veteran, could roleplay tactical decision making, reprogramming war-bots, re-routing power couplets, juryrigging auto-pilots while aiming a las-cannon at the shield generator panel of a Boreas gunship. [/QUOTE]
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