Force Speaking, JUST bringing up a point...

First off, forgive me if this is the wrong place for a conversation like this, but I couldn't justify putting it anywhere else that I could think of.

You know that BBCode function that allows you to talk to people over just about any distance and make clear words in their head no matter what?

As far as we see it used on JvS, complete bunk, if you care about canon at all. The Essential Guide to the Force (as well as other sources) clarifies that even individuals with close bonds with relatives, lovers, or masters and apprentices, rarely achieved the ability to share more than a handful of words at a time over no more than a distance of about 1,000 kilometers. Yet I see full on conversations taking place in character's heads that could be much more realistically shared through other means.
Granted, putting out information over the comms isn't always the most secure way of sharing your darkest secrets, but if you can't have a conversation face-to-face with another character, you probably shouldn't be having it.

Now, I'm not typically a stickler for realism, especially considering the whole lightsaber, lightspeed, Force thing already, but operating within the Star Wars definition of "realism" should be a goal for every writer here, in my opinion.

I did the whole Force Speak thing back on 1.0 ages ago, until I read up on the actual telepathic abilities in canon and then opted for a more accurate and, I think, more enjoyable manner of communicating through the Force. Instead of simply sharing words with people across distances few Force Users should ever be capable of, I focused instead on emitting feelings and bits of memory that could convey the general sense of information my character was attempting to share.
Granted, I've had my "crazy power" moments, here on JvS, but I like to think I've evolved away from that. Sometimes I screw up and forget to take a thing or two into consideration (like this one time I thought it could be snowing on Yavin 4, wtf was I thinking, it's a strictly TROPICAL PLANET!!!), but when these things are brought up to me, I make necessary changes to maintain the accuracy and detail that I pride myself on.

I'm not suggesting more regulation or anything like that, I'm just here sharing a point of view. Unfortunately, the Force Unleashed video games seem to have really warped peoples' perception of what Force Users are generally capable of. Not to mention the first game's storyline stripped the Rebel Alliance of any real legitimacy.
I'm only suggesting that just as we keep a close count of who's able to acquire certain materials, like beskar or cortosis, maybe we should keep a better eye on ourselves and each other on how we conduct our characters at times. (I know, rich, coming from Ander Tagira, right? I KNOW, I must be CRAZY!!!)

I understand that here on JvS we're creating something new and exciting, but I can't help but wonder if we've strayed a little too far from the baselines of Star Wars that we all fell in love with in the beginning. We have Halo-inspired armor and weapons, ships so overloaded with upgrades I have to ask "Isn't there a reason the Empire didn't do that already?," Iron Man-styled flight suits, and all manner of things that simply have no place here.

I can't say they have NO place, really, considering the technological limits of the Star Wars Universe itself allows for a certain degree of similar exploration. But it seems a lot less like Star Wars, and a lot more like pop culture sometimes, and I can't say I like that outlook. :/