[Torg] Jumping in Torg

[Benjamin Grant]

But with the power he is travelling at the speed of the man shot out of the
cannon.  Why punish him by making him land shorter than the other guy?

-Benn Grant
eFix Computer Consulting
benn at 4eFix.com
603.283.6601


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Benjamin Grant <benn at 4efix.com> wrote:
> 
> If a human being is shot out of a cannon such that him and the flash 
> take off at the same speed X, but the human goes *farther* than the Flash,

> than that is clearly the Flash being punished for having a power.

Without the power, the Flash wouldn't be moving at that speed in the first
place. Without the power, he'd be running at normal human running speed, and
jumping normal human jumping distances. The power cannot reasonably be seen
as having reduced his abilities - merely not enabled him with all the
abilities provided by being shot out of a cannon.

Nor would he be denied access to the extra range provided by a cannon,
should he be shot out of one himself.

And frankly, with certain schticks, a speedster shouldn't get that extra
enhancement - as with a speedster who attains his high speed through
manipulation of time, as while he moves faster, the effect of gravity on him
would be similarly higher, and negate the extra distance. Transit time would
be shorter (to an observer), but distance would be no greater.

Travis Hall
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