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Originally Posted by Frost
I think that the big one is not to employ them too rigidly having played arround with a few of them, particularly the generational cycle that they give a setting a weirdly artificial feel.
Actualy the generational one is probably one that I would drop all together. While the four types of generational phsycology are potentialy useful it might be better to tie them into specific events i.e. wars or economic disruptions rather than assuming a neat independent progression.
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Yes, this is definitely an important thing to keep in mind. The ideal is to produce timelines from which the cycles used can't be identified but being unnoticed without specific analysis is also acceptable.
Possibly the generational cycle could be triggered by events and then proceed until another triggering event occurs to avoid generational-event mismatch and add complexity. Of course contradictory cycles can be useful for idea generation too.