Re: "They had not known where-or if-the gholam would attack him"
Skeeve the Great Send a noteboard - 25/12/2010 02:05:07 AM
The problem is that the place for this ambush was no pre-planned
Um, yes it was.They had not known where—or if—the gholam would attack him, but Guybon had done his job well, getting everyone out of the nearby buildings, then picking a hallway that the Kinswoman would make the gateway into. He'd sent a member of the Band to tell Talmanes where to go.
Er... That means that Guybon had been tracking Mat and quickly picked and prepared a place for the gateway while the attack was happening. That is not enough time to learn a place for a gateway (even holding the power). This is what I meant when I said it was not pre-planned. I mean, it's not like Guybon could have prepared an ambush in every street of the entire city, instead he managed to do it right next to where the gholam attacked.
They prepared the place where to kill gholam long before that. It was explained after the battle was over, they asked Kin to prepare gateway for that and Kin weren't happy to aid in the battle. Burning of the house though, wasn't prepared and happened by mistake.
An annoying gateway error.
- 24/12/2010 04:52:54 AM
2486 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error.
- 24/12/2010 10:23:23 AM
1621 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error.
- 24/12/2010 03:41:10 PM
1427 Views
I dissagree
- 24/12/2010 07:09:41 PM
1465 Views
Yes, RJ confirmed that Shadowspawn can't survive gateways. *NM*
- 24/12/2010 07:39:02 PM
637 Views
And then BS confirmed that gholam are "more perfected" Shadowspawn which can. 
*NM*
- 24/12/2010 08:35:34 PM
633 Views
*NM*
- 24/12/2010 08:35:34 PM
633 Views
Why would them not being able to survive a gateway be a problem?
- 26/01/2011 05:36:09 AM
1151 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error.
- 24/12/2010 11:29:33 AM
1339 Views
"They had not known where-or if-the gholam would attack him"
- 25/12/2010 12:27:02 AM
1339 Views
Re: "They had not known where-or if-the gholam would attack him"
- 25/12/2010 02:05:07 AM
1283 Views
They prepared a place, and it just happened to be within walking distance of the attack?
- 25/12/2010 09:44:34 AM
1324 Views
Please re-read the chapter. It expalins a lot.
- 25/12/2010 04:05:50 PM
1324 Views
Your quote shows what happened.
- 26/12/2010 05:33:44 AM
1269 Views
Likely picked from a handful of pre-determined locations based on where and when the attack occurred
- 31/12/2010 08:47:20 PM
1306 Views
Perhaps, but I don't think so.
- 01/01/2011 01:19:12 AM
1170 Views
Not realty. Caemlyn is huge by the standards of the time but realistically it's tiny
- 01/01/2011 06:05:06 AM
1141 Views
The sizes I proposed are not huge (well, they would be by standards in the middle ages but not now)
- 04/01/2011 06:37:50 AM
1071 Views
I believe Caemlyn is less than 300k people .... That's what .05% the size of London?
- 30/01/2011 06:02:50 PM
1132 Views
You aren't seriously comparing modern population densities to medieval ones, are you? *NM*
- 30/01/2011 09:23:57 PM
604 Views
That would be an error if it hadn't been Skimming (the platform and what not) they were using.
- 25/12/2010 02:29:39 AM
1241 Views
It is an error because they opened a skimming gateway to the house (from the skimming place)
- 25/12/2010 09:47:08 AM
1247 Views
I'm confused now as to what you're arguing. They knew the location of the house.
- 26/12/2010 08:54:17 PM
1227 Views
You need to know more than just where you are going
- 27/12/2010 06:59:21 AM
1286 Views
Please find me a supporting quote in one of the books.
- 27/12/2010 12:48:45 PM
1268 Views
Well, from Encyclopaedia WOT, and aCoS
- 28/12/2010 01:02:42 AM
1464 Views
I stand corrected. Though I will say that the uses in the books don't match the definition.
- 28/12/2010 02:17:43 PM
1263 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error.
- 24/12/2010 12:22:38 PM
1333 Views