Height/Weight Issues

[Mist]

Is anybody else besides me disturbed by odd weight/height numbers?


I see so many people underweight or overweight but the bio says the character is perfectly healthy or have six packs or something or other. I can understand not knowing the proper weight for ages. People arent Pediatricians. But is it a little hard to ask to try and be correct?

So I was wondering if possible that a weight chart be added to the submission information sheet trying to get members to be more accurate in that area. I even looked up a couple of things

Girls Weight Chart - For ages 2-20 so any young females
Boys Weight Chart - For ages 2-20 for any young males
Adult Weight Chart for well adults


Also the site seems to be having an abundance of 6" tall people under 17. I understand tall character if older but I myself find something unbelievable because those are rare cases.

Height is a genetic thing so there really isnt any proper charts for that. Ones I found were based on race/gender. So I wont add that. But could staff like overlook heights and try and restrict things maybe?


I dunno if anyone would like this. But its just my thoughts to it really. Anyways just wanted to know of everyones opinion on this.

[Rarilue]

You may have a point Mist, if you want to have it seem like they didn`t eat any growth hormone injected commercial beef. It`s the ninja world after all, I doubt they have problem with their food and health.

However, height to weight charts are usually based around the average of everyone else and the arrogance of people that make those charts. With my character I made him that he was from somewhere else, even though I didn`t mention about the united states. I didn`t go or mention about the reasoning behind his weight but I`m planing to make a plant mixture to take care of that and his health (though that`s a different discussion).

I once saw this chart of the weight of shinobi of Naruto, and every one was very very light, I mean not super light but ya knu what I mean. Even chouji akamichi was pretty light compared to ppl here xD Though he had more weight then everyone else of course, I think he was like 20 lbs heavier then kakashi.

I think that it`s a good idea but I don`t think we should use the kind of chart you linked. but then again, I don`t really want to explain everything about why his weight is like this or why is height is like that, you know what I mean? I mean, I would suggest to make the height and weight very logical to the rp world. Unless they came where they ate growth chemical injected beef all there life like I said earlier xD

[Mist]

Well the sjinobi weight chart you saw was probably fan made.


Nobodies weight is exactly the same obviously. However doctors in the field DO USE a chart like this to determine weight factors for patients. These charts are BMI or Body Mass Index. These are used for weight refernces to see if one is at a correct weight range, Then there are charts like this just like BMI.


The links I used are actually reliable. Making/using a chart for fictional purposes is nonsense. Using real life standards is what I thought and felt appropriate Lue.


All I am asking is opinions of what people thought of using a more realistic weight/height.

[heyoka]

I dont wanna say a lot but i was above 6" before i turned 17 and im around 57 lbs and i know someone who is 6"4 and 16 and so i know many people who are 6" or above and 16/17.

[Mist]

I'm not denying there are those that are like that Heyoka.


However the site in my opinion has too many. The average height for most people is not like that whatsoever. I am speaking on average terms not special cases. I checked several bios in each board to find quite a lot of super tall people. and quite a few 6" 14 year olds. Now if you look around you in daily life youre not surrounded by 6" tall people normally(depending on where you live) but most average are below that.


Again Im asking for opionion about AVERAGE weight/height. I just wanted to know if anybody else would like to see something more relaistic as well.

[heyoka]

Well i got to agree that 6" or above for a 14 year old is not possible. Also due to sleepyness i made a mistake i said my weight in kg in lbs my weight is around 120 if i were right which still is quite skinny. I also have to agree im not healthy at all myself but that is due to several other reasons too. Most people that wre long and have underweight are indeed unhealthy. Sorry for my last reply. It was like blargh it is more commen than you think post. However guidelines for around which height and weight for which age wouldnt hurt. That could make things more natural as im making my next char also more natural myself.i can also tell you being skinny has more disadvantages than advantages.

[Okami]

No, my character is an adult but under 6 feet tall. It averages out fine.

[Mist]

Okami...Im speaking nothing of the sorts here about people that are fine.


What im talking about is people THAT ARENT AVERAGE that are abnormal in the rp. What I simply want is something TO MAKE IT AVERAGE


Is it that hard to get a serious talk about something? Without confusion or talking about the wrong thing?

[Okami]

Ice cream sundays.

[Mist]

o_0 Shut up okami


Im being serious about something here. Dont spam.

[Okami]

I think it'd be more fun if you raged at the impossible world commented on it in rp instead of changing it OOC.

[Deadly~Smurf]

I agree with you dude.

Someone who is a tai spec and 6'4 should not be 160 pounds. It's just not possible.

As for overweight, BMI calculator isn't exact on that part. Players In the NFL may be 250 pounds with 10% body fat.

I guess it's all relative to what your chary specializes in.

[👺 Usiel]

Soooooooo, what. You want the staff that we have, to individually go through every single Bio that's within the whole entire site, from village to village, all the way to non village and verify that every single bio is specified within a single chart. Is that correct?

[Mist]

No I dont Usiel. That would be asking too much.


I was just wondering if it was possible for staff to check the height/weight a bit more for apps in the future being submitted. Meaning just cracking down on that part of the form a little bit from now on.


But if you dont want to can you at least make it so there arent six foot tall fifteen year olds anymore? Its just a bit ridiculous when I read that

[Rarilue]

Hmm, well you can put in the chart as a reference to let people figure what there height and weight should be. Because I don`t really want anything restricted where u have to be somewhere in the average.

If you put in that chart as a reference in the character creation template then that would be good enough, wouldn`t you say?

[|Ayame Unbound|]

Yeah but the problem is there's always exceptions. I'm not gonna check a bio and say "Well you may be an exception to being so tall but too many people are exceptions so you gotta shrink" We have in bios pointed out things that are way off base. Hell let them put it how they want. When they're 6'5 and 120lbs they can get destroyed by like any ninjutsu since itll knock em over. If they wanna be off like that they'll dig their own grave.

[Okami]

I rp'd a fat guy one time. He never ran anwhere.

[Deadly~Smurf]

Sept 8, 2011 16:38:30 GMT -7 Mist said:

No I dont Usiel. That would be asking too much.


I was just wondering if it was possible for staff to check the height/weight a bit more for apps in the future being submitted. Meaning just cracking down on that part of the form a little bit from now on.


But if you dont want to can you at least make it so there arent six foot tall fifteen year olds anymore? Its just a bit ridiculous when I read that

There's plenty of six foot tall 15 year olds in RL

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

I'm happy someone finally mentioned this.

As for the Naruto anime bios; some Chinese and Japanese people I know are very light, but they might have less muscle mass. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that average BMI for people in South-East Asia (Japan, Singapore etc.) should be between 18,5-23,5.
As for Westerns, I think it's from 19-25. Here is where I found my info. I know it's Wikipedia, but I'm pretty sure they're right on this one.

Now, Ayame said there were exceptions. People who are Hozukis, Sunahitos and have a body made out of jelly, sand or other things might be lighter since they don't really have a skeleton or muscles like ordinary humans. Some clans/bloodlimits like the Onigamis might be more prone to have thin people due to the strain put on their bodies.
But I doubt that a 5'11", 18-year old male taijutsu specialist should only weigh 143 Ibs.
I'm quite strict about this when I accept bios for the Kazeraikou clan. I want it to be realistic and I don't want a lot of tall, skinny Mary Sues from my clan running around.

When it comes to the 6" tall young teens; I had a classmate of mine who was 6" at 14-15 and my brother is 5'11" and 14. So it's possible, but I would have told a person applying for a Kazeraikou to shrink their character down to 5'5"-5'8" if they were in their early teens.

These are just my opinions. Constructive criticism is appreciated.

[Falorein]

May I comment, there is a point where things become too controlled and TOO realistic. Roleplaying is about being able to create, being able to take a an idea and a world and create your OWN character its what it is all about. I mean fighting and other areas need to be restricted and made realistic and ect.But things like height and weight dont need to be realistic, its why people create thier characters, its to enjoy taking a role other then the norm.

If you restrict them on those options whats the point? If they wanna make a 15 year old who is 7'1 and only 60kgs, then so be its the point of it all.To be able to play a role and most people wanna be something out of the norm, height and weight are all about making your own character, its those details that add to the whole enjoyment and illusion of taking the role of your own character.

(btw this is not a rage fest, just my opinon, the caps is for emphasis not anger lol n.n.)