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Not that hard if you think about it darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 30/01/2011 09:39:34 PM
As quoted by Skeeve above, they knew which house to skim to. Therefore there is no issue with how things went down.


You need to be very familiar with the place you are going to - it will take you from anywhere at all to a fairly narrow set of destinations. Travelling is the opposite. Learning a place is not trivial, which is the only reason skimming is even used.

The house was only chosen during the attack, which does not leave enough time to prepare the place for skimming (unless you take the view that Guybon was crazy prepared and had the Kin prepare a gateway into a house in every street of the city. I don't think that's likely.)


The Kin have been in Caemlyn for months and their knowledge of specific areas could well have been incorporated into the plan from the beginning.

Mat: "I have an idea"
Sumeko: "it will have to be in one of the following areas so I can make the gateway"
Mat: "Okay, I'll set it up to end up in one of these places and send a messenger to you when it's finalized"
Sumeko: "For a man you are only sort of stupid"
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An annoying gateway error. rAndy aL - 24/12/2010 04:52:54 AM 2503 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. Evil_Monkey - 24/12/2010 10:23:23 AM 1639 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. Lo'oris - 24/12/2010 03:41:10 PM 1448 Views
I dissagree Ashaman Narishma - 24/12/2010 07:09:41 PM 1493 Views
Yes, RJ confirmed that Shadowspawn can't survive gateways. *NM* Lord Haart - 24/12/2010 07:39:02 PM 647 Views
And then BS confirmed that gholam are "more perfected" Shadowspawn which can. *NM* moratcorlm - 24/12/2010 08:35:34 PM 643 Views
Read the post I responded too. I know that. Lord Haart - 26/12/2010 11:58:40 AM 1350 Views
Why would them not being able to survive a gateway be a problem? DREWRULESWOT! - 26/01/2011 05:36:09 AM 1168 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. moratcorlm - 24/12/2010 11:29:33 AM 1361 Views
What he said. No error. *NM* Chas - 24/12/2010 01:01:23 PM 616 Views
"They had not known where-or if-the gholam would attack him" rAndy aL - 25/12/2010 12:27:02 AM 1364 Views
Re: "They had not known where-or if-the gholam would attack him" Skeeve the Great - 25/12/2010 02:05:07 AM 1304 Views
They prepared a place, and it just happened to be within walking distance of the attack? rAndy aL - 25/12/2010 09:44:34 AM 1349 Views
Please re-read the chapter. It expalins a lot. Skeeve the Great - 25/12/2010 04:05:50 PM 1349 Views
Your quote shows what happened. rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 05:33:44 AM 1295 Views
Likely picked from a handful of pre-determined locations based on where and when the attack occurred darius_sedai - 31/12/2010 08:47:20 PM 1330 Views
Perhaps, but I don't think so. ˥ɐ ʎpu∀ɹ - 01/01/2011 01:19:12 AM 1185 Views
Not realty. Caemlyn is huge by the standards of the time but realistically it's tiny darius_sedai - 01/01/2011 06:05:06 AM 1160 Views
The sizes I proposed are not huge (well, they would be by standards in the middle ages but not now) ˥ɐ ʎpu∀ɹ - 04/01/2011 06:37:50 AM 1091 Views
I believe Caemlyn is less than 300k people .... That's what .05% the size of London? darius_sedai - 30/01/2011 06:02:50 PM 1151 Views
You aren't seriously comparing modern population densities to medieval ones, are you? *NM* Ghavrel - 30/01/2011 09:23:57 PM 620 Views
Of course not darius_sedai - 30/01/2011 09:30:47 PM 1185 Views
That would be an error if it hadn't been Skimming (the platform and what not) they were using. Chas - 25/12/2010 02:29:39 AM 1262 Views
It is an error because they opened a skimming gateway to the house (from the skimming place) rAndy aL - 25/12/2010 09:47:08 AM 1266 Views
Gateways moratcorlm - 25/12/2010 12:20:13 PM 1214 Views
Re: Gateways rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 02:20:14 AM 1300 Views
Re: Gateways moratcorlm - 26/12/2010 03:53:05 AM 1158 Views
Re: Gateways rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 05:16:48 AM 1416 Views
I'm confused now as to what you're arguing. They knew the location of the house. Chas - 26/12/2010 08:54:17 PM 1247 Views
You need to know more than just where you are going rAndy aL - 27/12/2010 06:59:21 AM 1310 Views
Please find me a supporting quote in one of the books. Chas - 27/12/2010 12:48:45 PM 1288 Views
Re: Please find me a supporting quote in one of the books. Lord Haart - 27/12/2010 03:11:26 PM 1147 Views
Skimming Onarishma - 27/12/2010 06:24:12 PM 1242 Views
Well, from Encyclopaedia WOT, and aCoS rAndy aL - 28/12/2010 01:02:42 AM 1491 Views
I stand corrected. Though I will say that the uses in the books don't match the definition. Chas - 28/12/2010 02:17:43 PM 1286 Views
Not that hard if you think about it darius_sedai - 30/01/2011 09:39:34 PM 1302 Views
get over it Japhy - 25/12/2010 06:20:14 PM 1163 Views
ok? *NM* rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 02:21:24 AM 728 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. aven - 24/12/2010 12:22:38 PM 1356 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. battle_shaman - 24/12/2010 06:22:54 PM 1127 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. Skeeve the Great - 24/12/2010 06:31:38 PM 1166 Views
Very good point. Thank you for clearing that up! *NM* Evil_Monkey - 24/12/2010 09:50:47 PM 587 Views
Wrong Cynewulf - 24/12/2010 10:03:26 PM 1346 Views
Re: Wrong MightyYT - 24/12/2010 11:49:12 PM 1338 Views
Re: Wrong aven - 25/12/2010 02:59:55 AM 1242 Views
Re: Wrong rAndy aL - 25/12/2010 09:51:54 AM 1243 Views
Re: Wrong Onarishma - 27/12/2010 06:34:39 PM 1191 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. darius_sedai - 31/12/2010 08:44:17 PM 1244 Views
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