April 21, 2010

Wag Drive

The Six-Six-Seven tail segment hanging from the 5-ring was hanging freely compared to my shorty, which had a pair of Eights hanging directly off the second Six. The massive anchor of the 5-ring and the flexibility of having the second Six connect with a Six on the ring, was the key to shove-off move that I had just watched the tagged 5-ring produce.

Each Wig pulse corresponded to pulling the Seven closer to the ring, and orienting a soup member into the push zone. While one would expect that the One-Eight-One that became the target would just push into the soup, making a hole, this was not the case. As the Wag move popped out a pulse and the push began, the springboard Eight pushed the ones into the soup, and stopped.

One-Eight-Ones have an interesting property that they will lock together, creating an immobile wall that simply does not move when pushed. Each new One-Eight-One that the 5-ring pushed on was locked into the wall structure as the 5-ring plowed its way forward. I followed as best I could, finding my synchro-drive to slow to keep up. Lucky for me, there was not far to go.

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