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What's the most humorous thing that
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Miss_Wiles
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Apr-27-2004 10:38
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Tale Spinner
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May-6-2004 11:30
Yeah, accounting for sexual orientation actually pops up as a headache in lots of situations, when writing for this game. The thing is, romance and sexual tension tend to play a big role in the detective novel genre, and I'd like to work it in more.
It seems a little heavy handed to ask every new detective to indicate a sexual preference for their detective, though.
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Eliza Black
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May-6-2004 11:45
Definitely... :D I think that you've done a pretty good job of working around it, all things considered. Potentially incorrect assumptions about a detective's sexuality pop up fairly infrequently, IMO, and it's good to know that you're at taking such things into consideration as you program away...
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sunny
Lady of Shadows
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May-7-2004 10:43
The mixing of the genders in the storylines is fine--everyone getting with everyone. I don't think you need to worry about programming around it. If this was real life the sexual orientation dynamics would be "presuptive and problematic." But, this is a game.
BTW, The Watcher, do you even play the game?
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Fat Chuck
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May-7-2004 15:20
The watcher is obvioulsy an alias for someone who wished to remain anonymous with their post. It is hard to imagine anyone being offended about a game saying you're falling for someone, anyone. I mean, it is a little weird that I "fall" for these NPC's, but it's just the flavor of the scenery. I apologize if my lack of sympathy has offended anyone but I don't think it needs to be fiddled with.
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Fat Chuck
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May-7-2004 19:57
NPC is role play talk for non-player character. (I've apparently fallen in love with several by now. They never fail to break my heart too!)
:-D
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sirgarr
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May-7-2004 20:52
Poor Fat Chuck! One day maybe. :)
I think I remember "taking a liking to" a male client, not exactly love but some analogous stuff does happen.
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Wayne Williams Jr.
Well-Connected
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May-7-2004 23:36
Yes, I agree it's no big deal.
The player (sitting behind the monitor) should be distinguished from the detective (the avatar that exists in Sleuth World).
Sexual orientation aside, a male player can even adopt a female avatar, or vice versa, right? So I see no problem with this at all. When the cut scene says "you're falling in love with this man/woman", simply take it to mean that the detective (eg. Wayne Williams Jr.) is the one falling in love, not the player at the keyboard.
Make sense? This discussion is getting pseudo-philosophical. Welcome to Sleuth Matrix...Is there not a Detective Neo somewhere?
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kouraditsa
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May-8-2004 01:03
I couldn't agree more.
In fact I myself am a girl in real life, but i chose to have a male character in the game.
So, you might be gay in real life and have a straight character in the game. What's wrong with that?
it's a game, it's not meant to reflect reality.
Let's just have fun and stop putting things under the microscope, ok?
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Negasong
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May-8-2004 15:11
Hold on...Are you guys saying that I can't actually date any of these "NPC's" as you call them? That's it...I'm outta here...
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Kitten
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May-9-2004 07:24
I have no strong opinions about this, but I have sometimes thought it would go with the general anyone-can-be-anyone's-lover attitude of the game if detectives also randomly fell for both sexes - and at other times just randomly became friends. I guess some people would complain about that, though. So you can't win, can you?
And after all this deep discussion, can I just tell you that I found it hilarious when one victim had a daughter who in the pic looked like a 70-year-old grandmother and a mother who appeared to be in her twenties.
I really like the new diversity of the pics, though.
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