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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 2397 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. Evil_Monkey - 24/12/2010 10:23:23 AM 1530 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. Lo'oris - 24/12/2010 03:41:10 PM 1330 Views
I dissagree Ashaman Narishma - 24/12/2010 07:09:41 PM 1359 Views
Yes, RJ confirmed that Shadowspawn can't survive gateways. *NM* Lord Haart - 24/12/2010 07:39:02 PM 593 Views
And then BS confirmed that gholam are "more perfected" Shadowspawn which can. *NM* moratcorlm - 24/12/2010 08:35:34 PM 592 Views
Read the post I responded too. I know that. Lord Haart - 26/12/2010 11:58:40 AM 1238 Views
Why would them not being able to survive a gateway be a problem? DREWRULESWOT! - 26/01/2011 05:36:09 AM 1064 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. moratcorlm - 24/12/2010 11:29:33 AM 1247 Views
What he said. No error. *NM* Chas - 24/12/2010 01:01:23 PM 558 Views
"They had not known where-or if-the gholam would attack him" rAndy aL - 25/12/2010 12:27:02 AM 1248 Views
Re: "They had not known where-or if-the gholam would attack him" Skeeve the Great - 25/12/2010 02:05:07 AM 1195 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 1226 Views
Please re-read the chapter. It expalins a lot. Skeeve the Great - 25/12/2010 04:05:50 PM 1244 Views
Your quote shows what happened. rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 05:33:44 AM 1177 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 1203 Views
Perhaps, but I don't think so. ˥ɐ ʎpu∀ɹ - 01/01/2011 01:19:12 AM 1075 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 1049 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 982 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 1048 Views
You aren't seriously comparing modern population densities to medieval ones, are you? *NM* Ghavrel - 30/01/2011 09:23:57 PM 562 Views
Of course not darius_sedai - 30/01/2011 09:30:47 PM 1067 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 1157 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 1150 Views
Gateways moratcorlm - 25/12/2010 12:20:13 PM 1100 Views
Re: Gateways rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 02:20:14 AM 1182 Views
Re: Gateways moratcorlm - 26/12/2010 03:53:05 AM 1046 Views
Re: Gateways rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 05:16:48 AM 1299 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 1120 Views
You need to know more than just where you are going rAndy aL - 27/12/2010 06:59:21 AM 1195 Views
Please find me a supporting quote in one of the books. Chas - 27/12/2010 12:48:45 PM 1167 Views
Re: Please find me a supporting quote in one of the books. Lord Haart - 27/12/2010 03:11:26 PM 1039 Views
Skimming Onarishma - 27/12/2010 06:24:12 PM 1093 Views
Well, from Encyclopaedia WOT, and aCoS rAndy aL - 28/12/2010 01:02:42 AM 1338 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 1161 Views
Not that hard if you think about it darius_sedai - 30/01/2011 09:39:34 PM 1181 Views
get over it Japhy - 25/12/2010 06:20:14 PM 1040 Views
ok? *NM* rAndy aL - 26/12/2010 02:21:24 AM 665 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. aven - 24/12/2010 12:22:38 PM 1253 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. battle_shaman - 24/12/2010 06:22:54 PM 1003 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. Skeeve the Great - 24/12/2010 06:31:38 PM 1021 Views
Very good point. Thank you for clearing that up! *NM* Evil_Monkey - 24/12/2010 09:50:47 PM 532 Views
Wrong Cynewulf - 24/12/2010 10:03:26 PM 1234 Views
Re: Wrong MightyYT - 24/12/2010 11:49:12 PM 1211 Views
Re: Wrong aven - 25/12/2010 02:59:55 AM 1110 Views
Re: Wrong rAndy aL - 25/12/2010 09:51:54 AM 1128 Views
Re: Wrong Onarishma - 27/12/2010 06:34:39 PM 1082 Views
Re: An annoying gateway error. darius_sedai - 31/12/2010 08:44:17 PM 1149 Views
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