[Discuss] 2 family members in government positions

[Thomas Dalton]

> 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.

I know people that can and have done it successfully.  I have
characters in warring realms at the moment, although neither are
involved in strategy decisions, so it's not difficult.  I'd say the
more likely probably is someone trying too hard to avoid using
information a character shouldn't have and not let that character use
information they could have worked out on their own anyway.

I'd say controlling the generals in two warring realms might be a
little much - some people could do it, but it would be extremely
boring.  Any other combination can be done quite easilly.

There are a lot of people that can't even seperate IC and OOC (for
example, people use the word "player" in an IC message - how does that
now jump out at you as not making sense?), and certainly couldn't
separate two characters, but there are many people that can.