(09-21-2015, 10:26 AM)Gegenji Wrote:(09-21-2015, 10:18 AM)Ignacius Wrote: In the case of eating a bagel, it likely doesn't make a difference. Â Most of this doesn't until a certain kind of context.
Understandable, but Kage made a point to mention that this was a curiosity on people using future tense and indefinite statements outside of a combat situation. Such as Doug and his bagel.
Obviously, if it's a combat or any manner of conflict situation, it's "better" for someone to leave an action open-ended to allow the other person or persons involved to react or even interrupt what is being done. Using a future tense - or a present/past tense that does not implicitly imply success - is recommended and even encouraged in these sorts of situations.
The matter at hand is when people are using it for mundane things. Again, such as Doug and his bagel. And, since it's such a small thing that will likely have little to no impact on whatever RP may or may not come from it... I would say that the tense used with Doug and his bagel is irrelevant in the grand scheme as things. Just as long as the message that Doug has a bagel and his current goal of eating it is understood.
Which is fine, but Kage's original post example is not eating a bagel. Â His example is correct in use for contested combat. Â I figured that's why he was asking. Â I highly doubt he's having lunch interrupted so often that he needs to make his bagel consumption subject to tactical checkmating.
