[Torg] Jumping in Torg

[Stephen John Smoogen]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 7:12 PM,  <travisjhall at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> Benjamin Grant <benn at 4efix.com> wrote:
>>
>> I do not deny that I have failed to communicate it well to you - the fact
>> that you are still claiming that I haven't is proof of that.  But that's the
>> catch 22, and I don't know how to demonstrate further to you that I have
>> when I have and you come back to me saying that I haven't.
>
> The issue isn't when you first did it, but whether it has been done. Even if you think it has been done, as the matter is in dispute, it can be easily resolved by doing it. That way it has definitely been done, no matter whether it had been done previously.
>
> In other words, if you want to make your point, do the comparison of a speedster to an otherwise-identical non-speedster. Do it clearly and explicitly, without hiding it amongst a bunch of other stuff that would obscure whether it has been done.
>
> Then it will be indisputable.
>
> Just remember that if you give the non-speedster an advantage the speedster does not have (like a cannon) you invalidate the comparison (for this purpose).

Also realize that if you keep pulling out things you don't want to
consider "air resistance", "energy usage", etc it makes the
conversation also harder. Yes the super-speedster is running at X
velocity.. but how are they doing it. If they are doing it via say
momentum conversion (as Flash was doing in the mid 1990's) then the
distance he is going to 'jump' is not going ot be the same as he
runs... because he isn't being shot out of a cannon.. he is just under
a constant momentum when touching the ground. If the Speedster is
doing it from super strong legs then yes he is going to jump further..
but he won't be able to run faster than a certain speed because the
laws of physics and how a leg is put together put a hard limit on
that. If he is running faster than that then there has to be some sort
of explanation.. most comics/cartoons/have a limitation to make the
storyworld stay stable.

Stable because at some point you come up with the speedster carrying a
cannon ball and then letting it fly so it gets a KE of a nuke. And at
that point, the story is pretty much.. oh look another city gone
because of a bowling ball.

You as the GM would have to make that determination for your world..


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