Strangely I prefer shouting at my friends to a class of children. My friends are doing a hobby of their own free will and have chosen to be in a position where I get to shout at them - the children don't have that advantage and usually, unlike a Barony patrol, don't deserve to get shouted at en-masse.
Also, I would like to say that (while I can't speak for anyone else) I don't really think anyone is expecting the player of a Guard to be a master tactician. However, there is a difference between acknowledging that fact and having characters that don't seem to have the faintest idea of tactics and don't seem IC to have actually received any of the training they should have done. In TL with many character types skills, abilities and points-costs do /not/ make up for OOC inability. I think it is the responsibility of a player to either play a character race and class that doesn't force them to do things that they are OOC unable to do or at least to have some IC explanation for their inability.
If you want to play a priest you give at least some thought to what it means to be playing a character with such belief that their god/dess or path grants them miracles. If you want to play a Guard (or really any military character) I think you should give some consideration to things like leadership and tactics that are going to be expected of you in-game.
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Date: 2007-04-05 07:51 pm (UTC)Also, I would like to say that (while I can't speak for anyone else) I don't really think anyone is expecting the player of a Guard to be a master tactician. However, there is a difference between acknowledging that fact and having characters that don't seem to have the faintest idea of tactics and don't seem IC to have actually received any of the training they should have done. In TL with many character types skills, abilities and points-costs do /not/ make up for OOC inability. I think it is the responsibility of a player to either play a character race and class that doesn't force them to do things that they are OOC unable to do or at least to have some IC explanation for their inability.
If you want to play a priest you give at least some thought to what it means to be playing a character with such belief that their god/dess or path grants them miracles. If you want to play a Guard (or really any military character) I think you should give some consideration to things like leadership and tactics that are going to be expected of you in-game.