Talk:Third person

What is that condition called that causes the sufferer to speak about himself/herself in the third person? 71.0.241.224 05:06, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

-- Third-person view --

Point of view shot is typically the first person view. Taemyr 09:38, 4 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Typically, perhaps (evidence/reference?) but not always. From the article: "A P.O.V shot need not be the strict point-of-view of an actual single character in a film. Sometimes the point-of-view shot is taken over the shoulder of the character (third person), who remains visible on the screen." ∞ΣɛÞ² (τ 07:36, 5 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Agreed, sometimes a POV shot will be third person. But it's still a poor example, because the stereotypical POV shot is when you see the view of the main character, a first person view.  The way you write it you make it as if a POV shot is usually a third person view.  Taemyr 12:03, 5 July 2007 (UTC)


 * So reword it instead of making an incorrect notion that POV shots only refer to 1st-person (cuz they don't). Wikipedia isn't stereotypical. ∞ΣɛÞ² (τ 18:30, 8 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I have never claimed that POV shots is always 1st person. But POV shots is typically first person, indeed any first person shot is POV.  Whereas birds-eye almost always is third person.  So for this reason I feel that birds-eye is a better example. Taemyr 01:36, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Third Person Video Games
Although I agree that the use of third person shooter, or third person point of view is quite prevalent when dealing with video games today, its always bugged me since technically this is a misnomer. Any video game in which you are in direct control of a character you can see is technically second person, not third. Although you are witnessing the events on the video game from outside the first person perspective, you are still the one controlling the character, thus it is like you are issuing commands to the character, using second person pronouns. "You jump on this block", "You shoot this monster", "You move over here and open this chest". Third person perspective would be witnessing events without any direct control over what happens, like in a movie or book. Someone is telling you a story using third person pronouns like "These people did this. Then they went over here, then this happened", etc. Thus nearly every game commonly referred to as third person should technically really be second person perspective. There are really no third person shooters unless you are merely a spectator watching what others are doing, and I wouldn't call that much of a game.

Is there anyone that agrees with me? And if so should this article reflect this perspective or remain like it currently is?

Madbunny0 21:44, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Fascinating. But "second-person" could easily be misinterpreted to mean "two player". "Out of body" would probably be the most accurate description, but that sounds like it could be a game designed to induce an Out-of-body experience. Ewlyahoocom 07:33, 15 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Madbunny; Dabs are not articles.  What is important is how the words are being used and not how they should be used. Taemyr 10:32, 15 July 2007 (UTC)§·