[Discuss] 2 family members in government positions

[Robert Croson, Jr]

On 1 Jun 2006 at 13:43, Thomas Dalton wrote:

> > There is no way a person could realistically play ruling council positions in two
> > realms that are at war with each other.
> 
> There are plenty of BM players that are more than capable of
> separating their characters.

Separating characters for RP purposes is one thing. Playing the controlling roles 
in two realms at war is a different scenario, completely.

My *opinion* is that it would be impossible for a normal person to separate out 
their characters to the extent where they could run both characters in a 
completely IC manner, allowing no cross-over of information, opinions, etc. You 
cannot help but allow the information known by one character to influence the 
actions of another. Simply being in a realm offers you insights into the various 
battle plans, tactics, and troop locations of that realm. That knowledge *will* 
carry across when you shift characters and start playing the other side.

To continue with the OP's scenario, what happens if the judge of Perdan and 
the general of Sirion are the same RL person, and Sirion helps Fontan invade 
Perdan? Now the general of Sirion has in-depth knowledge of the strategy, 
council discussion, military movements, etc., of the Perdanese army. (And vice, 
versa, of course.) It is simply not humanly possible for the person to keep the 
knowledge compartmented to the point where it does not carry over and affect 
the decisions made by the two characters. Especially not to the level that would 
allow such maneuvers as the surprise raid on Ibladesh a month or so ago, 
where the Perdanese army stormed out of the mountains and invaded the city 
on the same turn that the Ibladesh army began a two-turn movement/attack 
*away* from their capital.

And that's only concerning the inevitable knowledge carry-over. That doesn't 
consider the fact that a single person being able to have control, or a controling 
influence, in multiple realms will cement the entire continent into practically 
unbreakable factions. The East Island is bad enough already without having a 
single person able to direct the actions of multiple realms.


-- 
Rob

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