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Originally Posted by 95th Rifleman
Now when you look at the reality you notice that the stereotypes have a certain element that rings true but are overblown and inaccurate. I was wondering ow this plays out in other people's games, characters and personal viewpoints.
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Not knowing a lot about a culture is probably what makes taking on stereotypes as easy or as common as they are. You'll almost always find a greater depth of different characters from your own "side" because of this IMO. When you simply don't know about them, it just makes sense to fall back on popular beliefs. It's also sometimes easy to forget that the enemy side doesn't just have to exist to be mindless drones to mow down if the opportunity to interact with them is limited - which unfortunately is often is.
It takes effort I think to break this habit. I've tried... in my game just about half of every NATO person the party has come across has been either uncooperative, untrustworthy, or a potential/real threat. I think there are a lot of gaming benefits to this and it breaks the concept that somebody is your friend just because of the uniform he wears.
I think I'm doing pretty good... this picture summarizes exactly how I think the average British person is like.
I'm just kidding of course. Britain is very awesome.