StretchSebe
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Hello there.
I've discussed this with others already, and it was suggested that I make a CRT.
While determining heights for characters in the game Pizza Tower, I found that the starting height for a 'building' on the Large Size page was really tall. Much taller than a small building would be at least. Even though the Pizza Tower characters heights I calculated were at least over a meter larger than a small building in game, they would still not even be half the size needed to be 'building sized' according to the page.
Notably, the Large Size page says characters need to be at least 13-14 meters tall in order to be considered Type 1 (Building-sized). In searching for the average height of a small building/story, I have commonly found the average height is 13-14 feet tall, and not 13-14 meters. The lower end of average small building/story height (indoors) is 9-10 feet, which would be about 3 meters, and 13-14 feet would be about 4.3 meters (4.27 meters).
It is possible Type 1 was designed only for 'average' buildings, and intentionally excludes small buildings. I think that would still be kind of an issue. The way the scale currently works means characters the size of a small-building do not have their height meaningfully recognized. They are roughly twice as large as Type 0 (Supersize) characters at 5-6m on average, yet are lumped in with them as merely 'giants' compared to humans despite well exceeding the tallest human in recorded history (2.72m).
inb4: This thread is only about the in-between of Type 0 and 1.
Type 2 (Skyscraper-sized) and onwards seem to have appropriate heights, ranges, and real life examples (i.e. for Type 2, Big Ben). The gap between supersize and building appears to either be based on a mistake, or otherwise is an odd gap in recognized character sizing. This thread is also not about changing Large Size Calculations, as those calculations are far more dependent on mass.
Tl;dr: The height requirement for Type 1 (Building-sized) on the Large Size page seems to be due to an error or oversight: The 13-14 meters listed on page corresponds to 13-14 feet that most sources I could find state is the average height of a small building or story (indoors at least). I think there should either be a correction, or if it is intentional, another Type should be added to properly categorize characters the size of small-buildings.
I've discussed this with others already, and it was suggested that I make a CRT.
While determining heights for characters in the game Pizza Tower, I found that the starting height for a 'building' on the Large Size page was really tall. Much taller than a small building would be at least. Even though the Pizza Tower characters heights I calculated were at least over a meter larger than a small building in game, they would still not even be half the size needed to be 'building sized' according to the page.
Notably, the Large Size page says characters need to be at least 13-14 meters tall in order to be considered Type 1 (Building-sized). In searching for the average height of a small building/story, I have commonly found the average height is 13-14 feet tall, and not 13-14 meters. The lower end of average small building/story height (indoors) is 9-10 feet, which would be about 3 meters, and 13-14 feet would be about 4.3 meters (4.27 meters).
It is possible Type 1 was designed only for 'average' buildings, and intentionally excludes small buildings. I think that would still be kind of an issue. The way the scale currently works means characters the size of a small-building do not have their height meaningfully recognized. They are roughly twice as large as Type 0 (Supersize) characters at 5-6m on average, yet are lumped in with them as merely 'giants' compared to humans despite well exceeding the tallest human in recorded history (2.72m).
inb4: This thread is only about the in-between of Type 0 and 1.
Type 2 (Skyscraper-sized) and onwards seem to have appropriate heights, ranges, and real life examples (i.e. for Type 2, Big Ben). The gap between supersize and building appears to either be based on a mistake, or otherwise is an odd gap in recognized character sizing. This thread is also not about changing Large Size Calculations, as those calculations are far more dependent on mass.
Tl;dr: The height requirement for Type 1 (Building-sized) on the Large Size page seems to be due to an error or oversight: The 13-14 meters listed on page corresponds to 13-14 feet that most sources I could find state is the average height of a small building or story (indoors at least). I think there should either be a correction, or if it is intentional, another Type should be added to properly categorize characters the size of small-buildings.
