Well, they could be rigged to compensate for individual super powers.
Since everyone’s super powers are known and different, a game that requires strength could require super-strength from individuals who have super-strength and regular strength from individuals who don’t.
Ah, no. Remember, these are Tyler’s parents we’re talking about. They’ll just assume that you have the good snse to avoid games to which your powers are not suited. As for non-supers — well, you know how much they mean to Tyler’s parents.
The only superpower that I can think of that might help with rigged carnival games is telekinesis. They aren’t (usually) offered as games strength, but of skill; dexterity; deftness; hand-eye coordination. The problem is, the rigging changes the physical setup so that it is impossible (or very very unlikely) for skill to succeed.
He’s got the same body shape, height, and is winning a bell-ringing game explicitly said to be rigged to require superstrength to win. the other Praetorian kids we’ve seen had wildly different body sizes and shapes.
Um. Does this mean the EDL already knows ALL those kids’ abilities… or that they’re using their games to measure them? Because either way, I’m not entirely comfortable with this outfit having that kind of information. Not with its current leadership…
I gather Prairie Son that you don’t trust Dr. Positronic because as an android he’s vulnerable to hacking (and as we already know the school’s database is almost entirely free access to Praetorian Academy courtesy of it being the prototype for PS238)?
He doesn’t need to be hacked. He’s automatically providing detail on an internal network to his ‘brother’ Prefect, who works for the Praetorian Headmaster.
I think that the Revenant is reasonably safe to trust, information selling or not; he’s not a bad guy. And I’m coming to the uncomfortable conclusion that PS 238’s hiring practices has reduced alarmingly the number of really trustworthy supers out there.
Jeeze. Tyler’s parents are among the more callous, thoughtless, unloving parents I’ve ever heard of. They basically have disowned Tyler, whether intentionally or not, because of his clone. I soooo hate them.
I just realized something unrelated during a Random-spam: everyone says that it’s only been a year, but it’s actually been several in-comic. When Tyler goes back in time to the Castle Beyond Time (Issue 12), Tom – the time-traveller – talks to himself and says the future was locked to him because of a Big Choice in a few years ( http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/09262008/ ). Later, we learn that choice is whether humanity keeps powers or not. Tyler has by now MADE that choice… So it’s been at least a few years since the start of this comic :O
No, I don’t believe that. I think that tom jumped ahead to that year, (which would explain how paradox seems older) then reached back and got tyler. THis is a little more in touch with the storyline, plus some of the characters would get older, wouldn’t they?
Do we know whether or not Tyler was in his “home time”, so to speak, when he made that choice? Paradox could have stepped back a year or two to get Tyler-in-the-pod (or his quantum footprint or whatever), on the basis that he would be least likely to be missed at that time in his life…
Its also possible that the explanation he gave himself is sort of an over simplification and The Event is a place outside of time where the decision is made, and there is also a point in time which he can’t pass until the decision is made. Although this whole thing makes me wonder why Impera could know the answer when the time traveler couldn’t.
While its technically possible that it took more than two years between those times. The election took place before the Mr. Extrordinary report which I’m guessing is about then Temporal insanity took place. During the Rainmaker arc there was another election for next year but it surprised Tyler because it was so soon. (I’m guessing he still won.) After his decision Tylor was deposed. I don’t think there was another re-election between then. This puts that particular streatch as likely under 2 year.
Why would the time-traveller know? It was explicitly stated that he couldn’t go further forward than the point of the choice. Like how Captain Chronos was a time-traveller, but didn’t know that the Y2K thing was bunk because he was afraid to go beyond that point to find out. Being a time-traveller isn’t the same as being omniscient, y’know. As to how Vashti did know, a wizard did it. No points for guessing which wizard.
Well, Bernard seems to be enjoying himself, at least.
Bernard Bounce! Bernard Bounce!
Bernard seems to enjoy himself in anything involving lots of motion, and provided at least some of the loud encouragement during the soccer game.
Only some of the loud
noiseencouragement? o_OI am sure that the large crowd of people helped.
Wait a minute.
Tyler is telling Ron that the carnival games are rigged so that normal humans cannot win.
And this is different from normal carnival games how, exactly?
(I’m sure that the free food, drink, rides, etc, will be sufficient consolation)
Well, they could be rigged to compensate for individual super powers.
Since everyone’s super powers are known and different, a game that requires strength could require super-strength from individuals who have super-strength and regular strength from individuals who don’t.
Ah, no. Remember, these are Tyler’s parents we’re talking about. They’ll just assume that you have the good snse to avoid games to which your powers are not suited. As for non-supers — well, you know how much they mean to Tyler’s parents.
In other words, it’s all rigged to be dangerous to non-supers. Great.
Not necessarily. It just means a normal human doesn’t have the capabilities needed to win.
Of course, that still sucks.
The only superpower that I can think of that might help with rigged carnival games is telekinesis. They aren’t (usually) offered as games strength, but of skill; dexterity; deftness; hand-eye coordination. The problem is, the rigging changes the physical setup so that it is impossible (or very very unlikely) for skill to succeed.
Hey! It’s Ajax winning the Bell ringing. Nice.
Well, maybe. It’s likely, but it’s hard to tell. All those Praetorians look alike.
Is it? Almost all Praetorians wear hoods; is a Praetorian wearing a hood necessarily a Praetorian we’ve seen named?
He’s got the same body shape, height, and is winning a bell-ringing game explicitly said to be rigged to require superstrength to win. the other Praetorian kids we’ve seen had wildly different body sizes and shapes.
Um. Does this mean the EDL already knows ALL those kids’ abilities… or that they’re using their games to measure them? Because either way, I’m not entirely comfortable with this outfit having that kind of information. Not with its current leadership…
Frankly, I’m not comfortable with 99.99% of the adults we’ve seen in the comic having that knowledge.
That implies that there’s at least one adult you do feel comfortable with having this info.
Presumably the revenant, although honestly I would trust most of the teachers. (of PS238 anyway)
If you can’t trust Ms. Kyle, who can you trust?
We know from the Night School issue that the Revenant sells information, which puts him in the ‘don’t trust’ category.
Frankly, about the only two I really trust are Ms Kyle and Herschel Clay. And maybe Dr Newby.
I gather Prairie Son that you don’t trust Dr. Positronic because as an android he’s vulnerable to hacking (and as we already know the school’s database is almost entirely free access to Praetorian Academy courtesy of it being the prototype for PS238)?
He doesn’t need to be hacked. He’s automatically providing detail on an internal network to his ‘brother’ Prefect, who works for the Praetorian Headmaster.
I think that the Revenant is reasonably safe to trust, information selling or not; he’s not a bad guy. And I’m coming to the uncomfortable conclusion that PS 238’s hiring practices has reduced alarmingly the number of really trustworthy supers out there.
I doubt it. My guess is the EDL’s Q just created a bunch of games based on the more common and a few uncommon powers exhibited by most supers.
Is it bad that my first thought when I read that was “John DeLance” and not “that guy that helped Bond”?
I wonder if these carnival games will reveal a hint of Ron’s new powers.
Jeeze. Tyler’s parents are among the more callous, thoughtless, unloving parents I’ve ever heard of. They basically have disowned Tyler, whether intentionally or not, because of his clone. I soooo hate them.
I just realized something unrelated during a Random-spam: everyone says that it’s only been a year, but it’s actually been several in-comic. When Tyler goes back in time to the Castle Beyond Time (Issue 12), Tom – the time-traveller – talks to himself and says the future was locked to him because of a Big Choice in a few years ( http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/09262008/ ). Later, we learn that choice is whether humanity keeps powers or not. Tyler has by now MADE that choice… So it’s been at least a few years since the start of this comic :O
No, I don’t believe that. I think that tom jumped ahead to that year, (which would explain how paradox seems older) then reached back and got tyler. THis is a little more in touch with the storyline, plus some of the characters would get older, wouldn’t they?
Do we know whether or not Tyler was in his “home time”, so to speak, when he made that choice? Paradox could have stepped back a year or two to get Tyler-in-the-pod (or his quantum footprint or whatever), on the basis that he would be least likely to be missed at that time in his life…
Its also possible that the explanation he gave himself is sort of an over simplification and The Event is a place outside of time where the decision is made, and there is also a point in time which he can’t pass until the decision is made. Although this whole thing makes me wonder why Impera could know the answer when the time traveler couldn’t.
While its technically possible that it took more than two years between those times. The election took place before the Mr. Extrordinary report which I’m guessing is about then Temporal insanity took place. During the Rainmaker arc there was another election for next year but it surprised Tyler because it was so soon. (I’m guessing he still won.) After his decision Tylor was deposed. I don’t think there was another re-election between then. This puts that particular streatch as likely under 2 year.
Why would the time-traveller know? It was explicitly stated that he couldn’t go further forward than the point of the choice. Like how Captain Chronos was a time-traveller, but didn’t know that the Y2K thing was bunk because he was afraid to go beyond that point to find out. Being a time-traveller isn’t the same as being omniscient, y’know. As to how Vashti did know, a wizard did it. No points for guessing which wizard.