SW10/HCC: Superhuman World 2011: The Element of Surprise

[Andrew Perron]

On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:57:21 +0000 (UTC), Scott Eiler wrote:

> On 2/21/2012 10:22 AM, Andrew Perron wrote:

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>> I dunno - doesn't winning that give you a fairly big chunk of power?  Or am
>> I confused?
> 
> No, I'm just obtuse.  Yeah, under normal conditions the big magic 
> challenge *would* grant a whole bunch of mojo.  But that was before 
> Ellipsis started talking directly to the continental plates, recruiting 
> his own nature spirits, and relocating the whole planet.

Ahhhhh.  An excellent point - the rules have changed.  It's sort of the
same reason people don't fight wars of succession to the throne of Norway
anymore.

>> Fun times, though I didn't really get the "surprise".
> 
> Ehh, perhaps I could have included a point of view from people who were 
> expecting a *technological* response to Ellipsis's machinations.

Ah, indeed, that would have helped.

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, sometimes one forgets to tell the
readers what one already knows.