Newbie_Power
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| Quote: | Do you still fail to understand? The fact that there have been good games with author-insert characters as part of the main plot proves that it is not really a bad thing; however, in 99.25% of all cases I know, it is a sign of overall sloppiness and will go hand-in-hand with other, legitimate types of failure.
I didn't need an "example" of why it's bad; there has never been a shortage of those. My point is that if it can be done right, it can be done right.
Need I remind anyone of OHR House 3? JSH is a character in it, and he is the author. I'm sure most people here will say that it's an entertaining OHR movie. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_sue#Self-insertion
If you want to put yourself into a game and do it right, you need to learn the flaws of self-insertion and eliminate them, and this is heavily assuming you are not making an OHR House-like game (where it makes more sense for JSH to be in because of the direct focus on community and not a fictional world with fictional characters).
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