Re: (TFT) Rick's Sprinting rules - A four minute mile?

[<dwtulloh61@cox.net>]

Hey Rick,

Very nice.   I like it, except that Roger Bannister required 26fST to complete the race.

I think if you changed the exchange rate of fST, allowing 4 or maybe even 5 turns of 
sprinting, it would come much closer to modelling reality.

In your example, 4min = 48 turns: at a rate of 4 turns per fST, that means it would 
require Roger to have a starting ST of 14 in order to finish the race without collapsing.  
If you allowed 5 turns of sprinting for each fST, Roger would have to have a starting 
ST of 12 ST in order to finish the race without collapsing.
A much more believable figure.

Just my two cents   :)

Dan

---- Rick Smith <rsmith@lightspeed.ca> wrote: 
> When you sprint, you must pay 1 fatigue (fST).  
> This fatigue ST payment will allow you to sprint
> for 2 full turns.
> 
> EXAMPLE:
> Roger Bannister is a human with unusually long
> legs.  He is a naturally fast runner.  (His natural 
> MA is 11 by genetic whim.)
> 
> He has taken Running talent.  At Empire Stadium
> in Vancouver B.C. in 1954 he starts to run against 
> John Landy in the British Commonwealth Games.
> 
> MA 11 + 2 = 13.
> 4 minutes = 48 turns.
> 24 fST required to sprint the whole way.
> Flat track allows sprinting with out penalty for
> the entire distance.
> 1 mile = 1.604 km  (Call it 1600 meters.)
> 
> In this example Roger Bannister with a ST of 
> 26 or higher (neither he and Landy passed out 
> after the run).  He starts to sprint.  He will 
> move:
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