RE: spoon-discuss: running in football

["Glotmorf" <glotmorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/19/02 at 7:07 AM Gavin Doig wrote:

>> Guys...Is there any reason why I can't declare the
>> path I'll follow as I'm running in Football?  Stating
>> that I'm going to do something in one of the
>> squares as I pass through?
>>
>I'm afraid so.
>
>R301: "Once per nweek, any Player on the Grid may announce that e intends
>to move to a new (x,y) coordinate location. Unless otherwise prescribed by
>the rules, Players may only move from eir current location to any of the
>units surround eir current location."
>R394: "If a player is playing Football, instead of moving as specified in
>rule 301, e may move to any location which is less than or equal to three
>units from eir current location."
>
>Although R394 allows you to move to within 3 units, you can still only
>move once. Moving, so far as I can tell, consists of going from (x, y) to
>(x', y'). I see nothing to indicate that you pass through any of the
>intervening locations ("travelling without moving", one might say). To do
>what you want to do would be 2 separate moves - one from your start to the
>intermediate location, and another from there to your destination.
>
>uin.

This suggests that someone totally surrounded by Big Rocks couldn't make a conventional move, but could make a Football run...?

						Glotmorf