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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 7-February 03 Member No.: 4,025  |
I just got out of a police training seminar-- (I'm not a cop, but I work with them in a few different ways.) -- where I had to watch a couple of training videos in which police officers were killed or seriously injured by gun-or-knife-happy criminals. When they didn't see the threat in time or didn't get their gun out quickly enough.
I gotta tell you guys, it was moving, scary stuff. I feel compelled to address this in my games. The screaming pleading for one's life. The desperation as a person struggles to fend off a huge, coked-up attacker. The sounds of a cop's skull being cracked. I'm not a stranger to violence, I've been in fistfights and made arrests myself, but there's no way I can describe to you guys how brutal this stuff was... I know that it's just a game we play, and that we don't want to take it too seriously, but man, I gotta say: What I saw today is really going to affect how I regard the actions of my game's characters. Anyway, I leave it open for discussion.... |
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Dec 5 2003, 11:32 PM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
I got a friend of mine to back up for a second with that tactic. He'd shot a security guard with his heavy pistol, which happened to be loaded with extra explosives. Describing the half-circle missing from the guard (which because of shock and adrenalin, he didn't really notice too much) combined with the gurgle of his lungs stopped the player dead for a second. I'm a big fan, some days, of blowing the unholy crap out of things. Then, other days, I feel like I've failed if anyone even reaches for a weapon. |
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Dog Reality intrudes.... Dec 5 2003, 09:41 PM
Ancient History Careful descriptive text can sometimes derail game... Dec 5 2003, 09:44 PM Prospero And what if that huge, coked-up attacker was a tro... Dec 5 2003, 09:53 PM BumsofTacoma thats the sad aspect of reality people die. Its no... Dec 5 2003, 09:53 PM Backgammon Actually, I gained a better respect and understand... Dec 5 2003, 10:09 PM moosegod Well, I tend to avoid unecessary killing in SR. M... Dec 5 2003, 11:34 PM Austere Emancipator I always try to describe violence to be as horribl... Dec 5 2003, 11:35 PM Kagetenshi Those of my characters who kill people a lot tend ... Dec 5 2003, 11:51 PM Dog Thanks for your input guys, I've also noticed ... Dec 10 2003, 08:25 PM Fahr while new to these boards I have played SR for man... Dec 10 2003, 08:47 PM Fortune QUOTE (Dog) Also interesting to note who's pos... Dec 10 2003, 11:41 PM 6thDragon I know what you mean about players maturing and to... Dec 11 2003, 12:09 AM Kagetenshi That'd do it.
~J Dec 11 2003, 12:29 AM Elfie It does leave a lot open to the GM to describe the... Dec 11 2003, 12:30 AM Kagetenshi From one of my character's backstories:
QUOTE... Dec 11 2003, 01:05 AM Crimson Jack My gaming group doesn't "hate cops" ... Dec 11 2003, 01:07 AM moosegod You a sick puppy, you realize that? Kagetenshi?
A... Dec 11 2003, 01:10 AM Kagetenshi I realize it, and love every minute of it
~J Dec 11 2003, 01:13 AM Sahandrian QUOTE (moosegod) You a sick puppy, you realize tha... Dec 11 2003, 01:18 AM Kagetenshi Oh, I do that too. I'll post my current charac... Dec 11 2003, 01:30 AM D.Generate correct me if i'm wrong but the reason its cal... Dec 11 2003, 01:36 AM Austere Emancipator If you don't want to go out of your way to acq... Dec 11 2003, 01:57 AM Fortune D.Generate: Nice rant, but you know next to nothin... Dec 11 2003, 02:00 AM leemur QUOTE (Fortune)D.Generate: Nice rant, but you know... Dec 11 2003, 05:40 AM Siege Well, I think it's fair to say that anyone who... Dec 11 2003, 05:55 AM Kagetenshi QUOTE I am getting nervous because her voice is ca... Dec 11 2003, 06:24 AM Arethusa Siege, to be fair, there isn't anything inhere... Dec 11 2003, 06:31 AM Dim Sum QUOTE (Arethusa @ Dec 11 2003, 06:31 AM) Also... Dec 11 2003, 06:35 AM Tanka I can honestly say that none of my characters have... Dec 11 2003, 07:07 AM D.Generate QUOTE (leemur) QUOTE (Fortune)D.Generate: Nice ran... Dec 11 2003, 10:22 PM Tanka QUOTE (D.Generate) True I don't know about mos... Dec 11 2003, 10:26 PM Siege QUOTE (Arethusa) Siege, to be fair, there isn... Dec 11 2003, 10:32 PM gknoy QUOTE (Arethusa @ Dec 11 2003, 06:31 AM)Also,... Dec 11 2003, 11:20 PM D.Generate QUOTE (tanka)
I'm not even going to go into t... Dec 11 2003, 11:49 PM Siege QUOTE (D.Generate)
But for the most part none of... Dec 11 2003, 11:51 PM Fortune A shining example of how to win friends and influe... Dec 11 2003, 11:54 PM Tanka Always.
And, you know, D... Sarcasm is a hard th... Dec 11 2003, 11:56 PM Kagetenshi I am swayed already.
~J Dec 12 2003, 12:29 AM D.Generate Couldn't detect sarcasm?? Come on Tanka how m... Dec 12 2003, 02:11 AM gknoy QUOTE (D.Generate) Excuse me for not putting perio... Dec 12 2003, 02:12 AM Adarael QUOTE I'm sorry I didn't realize this was ... Dec 12 2003, 02:18 AM Dim Sum QUOTE (Siege) QUOTE (D.Generate @ Dec 11 2003... Dec 12 2003, 03:33 AM Dim Sum Ahh, c'mon, guys, the man's apologised and... Dec 12 2003, 03:42 AM nezumi This has definitely got to be one of the funniest ... Dec 12 2003, 03:51 AM Dim Sum Heh, Nezumi, don't tell my mother.
Truth be ... Dec 12 2003, 03:56 AM Tanka *pulls out his stake*
No, I'm not responding ... Dec 12 2003, 04:00 AM Siege QUOTE (tanka) *pulls out his stake*
No, I'm n... Dec 12 2003, 04:13 AM Tanka QUOTE (Siege) QUOTE (tanka @ Dec 12 2003, 04:... Dec 12 2003, 04:18 AM Req Well, this thread got even more off-topic than usu... Dec 12 2003, 05:37 PM D.Generate props for being off topic? Doing that isn't h... Dec 12 2003, 10:35 PM gknoy QUOTE (D.Generate @ Dec 12 2003, 05:35 PM) pr... Dec 12 2003, 11:25 PM Tanka QUOTE (gknoy @ Dec 12 2003, 06:25 PM) QUOTE (... Dec 12 2003, 11:26 PM Dog *sigh* Everyone gets a chance to speak....
D. Gen... Jan 8 2004, 01:05 AM Voran QUOTE (Dog) Thanks for your input guys, I've a... Mar 2 2004, 01:18 PM Abstruse I'm in the unfortunately circumstance of haing... Mar 2 2004, 02:01 PM Kagetenshi If you have a Yellow Crystal, interrogating the co... Mar 2 2004, 04:18 PM
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