A disguise is different from a fancy costume, which is why I worded it that way. If someone sees you walking around and fiddling with people's locks wearing the Death Gun outfit, you will not only attract attention, but get arrested.
Yes, leagues beyond. And like I said, it serves no purpose to the story if it was actually like that.
Peace.
I guess I thought you were arguing something else.Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
This.
One assumes this person doesn't possess the horror movie trope of just appearing and disappearing at will. So wearing a scary costume only drastically increases your chances of being notice/caught, not reduces it.
While I actually do agree it was imagination for the sake of visualising the crime method, I wouldn't put it past this show. These guys are obviously crazy from the society's point of view. There are understandable reasons for murder, such as hatred, revenge, jealousy, and such, but these guys are serial killers, who are always labeled as insane. Why wouldn't an insane person wear a costume? Especially since their point is, for the greater audience, to make it seem like Death Gun in GGO caused the death. I imagine the other guy in RL, who's basically a tool, would feel left out if he didn't look like the part as well. Naturally they could be switching places all the time, assuming both are master lockpickers, but that still wouldn't change the fact that only the person in GGO is Death Gun, the one breaking into a player's house is nothing but an ordinary human murdering somebody using an ordinary method. However, with the costume, he could imagine they are the same person, one manifested in the game, one in reality.
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