Comments on: One-Man Team http://speedforce.org/2009/09/one-man-team/ Tracking the Flash - the Fastest Man Alive Thu, 24 May 2012 01:06:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Kelson http://speedforce.org/2009/09/one-man-team/#comment-5156 Kelson Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:27:20 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=5542#comment-5156 That's fascinating. It's like rules lawyering in role-playing games, but in sports! I can just imagine some coach explaining, "Look, there's no rule against cutting a hole in the ice with a chainsaw!" while a fight breaks out between the two teams. That’s fascinating. It’s like rules lawyering in role-playing games, but in sports!

I can just imagine some coach explaining, “Look, there’s no rule against cutting a hole in the ice with a chainsaw!” while a fight breaks out between the two teams.

]]> By: Kelson http://speedforce.org/2009/09/one-man-team/#comment-5155 Kelson Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:24:17 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=5542#comment-5155 In theory, I suppose Superman could do the same thing, but it's not an application of super-speed I can recall him using. At least not much. In theory, I suppose Superman could do the same thing, but it’s not an application of super-speed I can recall him using. At least not much.

]]> By: Kelson http://speedforce.org/2009/09/one-man-team/#comment-5154 Kelson Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:23:09 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=5542#comment-5154 Exactly: It's one thing to play for fun or pure spectacle, but another thing entirely to play for actual stakes. Exactly: It’s one thing to play for fun or pure spectacle, but another thing entirely to play for actual stakes.

]]> By: Margaret http://speedforce.org/2009/09/one-man-team/#comment-5153 Margaret Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:48:53 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=5542#comment-5153 I've argued before that in some respects, the Flashes are more powerful than Supes. This is usually one my arguments. .-= Margaret’s latest blog post: <a href="http://highfivecomics.net/2009/09/15/gateway-drugs-history-buffs/" rel="nofollow">Gateway Drugs: History Buffs</a> =-. I’ve argued before that in some respects, the Flashes are more powerful than Supes. This is usually one my arguments.
.-= Margaret’s latest blog post: Gateway Drugs: History Buffs =-.

]]> By: Ben http://speedforce.org/2009/09/one-man-team/#comment-5151 Ben Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:00:46 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=5542#comment-5151 Playing for Charity and against oneself vs playing against a regular team while having superpowers. Two are fair and one is possibly cheating depending on the powers. Playing for Charity and against oneself vs playing against a regular team while having superpowers. Two are fair and one is possibly cheating depending on the powers.

]]> By: Craig MD http://speedforce.org/2009/09/one-man-team/#comment-5150 Craig MD Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:19:15 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=5542#comment-5150 Its not uncommon for the Flashes (any of them) to be playing against someone else (or themselves) in sports. I remember a Secret Origins issue (#8?) with Jay Garrick where he was playing tennis with himself because no one else could keep up with him. And in Flash #67 Wally plays as a one-man basketball team for a charity event. Its not uncommon for the Flashes (any of them) to be playing against someone else (or themselves) in sports. I remember a Secret Origins issue (#8?) with Jay Garrick where he was playing tennis with himself because no one else could keep up with him. And in Flash #67 Wally plays as a one-man basketball team for a charity event.

]]> By: Perplexio http://speedforce.org/2009/09/one-man-team/#comment-5149 Perplexio Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:18:32 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=5542#comment-5149 I won't speak to baseball, but with hockey in the 40s and 50s there were coaches who would read the rulebook thoroughly and if a rule didn't exist preventing them from doing something they would try to get away with doing just that... using 2 goaltenders and only 4 players up front instead of 5, goaltenders using 2 sticks instead of 1, etc. A lot of the rules that exist today were the results of coaches trying to get away with things because the rules didn't yet exist to prevent them from doing those things. I won’t speak to baseball, but with hockey in the 40s and 50s there were coaches who would read the rulebook thoroughly and if a rule didn’t exist preventing them from doing something they would try to get away with doing just that… using 2 goaltenders and only 4 players up front instead of 5, goaltenders using 2 sticks instead of 1, etc. A lot of the rules that exist today were the results of coaches trying to get away with things because the rules didn’t yet exist to prevent them from doing those things.

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