Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Nweek 39 BALLOT

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at 09:51  PM, Glotmorf wrote:

> > > A siren creates a flypaper zone around a rock, so
> > a siren controls
> > > more area than a rock, or even a line of rocks,
> > for far less points.
> > > Players can't move through rocks, but players
> > can't even move past
> > > rocks with sirens on them.
> >
> > I don't mean that Big Rocks are an alternative to
> > Sirens; I mean that
> > as long as we can drop them anywhere, we can easily
> > destroy any Sirens
> > in our paths. Not to mention that Bomb Gnomes, Force
> > Destruction, and
> > Speeder Lasers can all do it too. As long as it's
> > easy to take out a
> > Siren, they serve no tactical purpose.
>
> Timing is everything.  Someone can drop a tactical
> siren on a rock someone is sufficiently close to, and
> that person is stuck until either e toads or someone
> else splats the siren.  E can't splat eir own siren.

E can't drop a rock on it. E can, however, Bomb it, Destroy it, or 
Shoot it. Given that vSOI has low prices and unlimited supplies, at 
least one of those is always possible.

For that matter, I believe e can also Quarry it. Or get away by paying 
an Airways to throw em. Or find a teleporter Bonus Box and Warp Out.

--
Wonko

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