Re: [BNW] The incredible bouncing Goliath [Matt]

[Phil <pames@mindspring.com>]

At 03:18 PM 8/14/99 -0500, you wrote:

>I'm not sure if that would be calculating correctly, but IMNSHO it would
>seem a bit *off* for a character of that kind of bulk to be able to leap
>forward 30 feet. That would also mean that he could take a slow speed (and
>hence a slow pace)and not be too penalized by going running around leaping
>everywhere he went and moving faster. Sure, it would scream "Delta Prime,
>I'm a giant oaf leaping around causing 10 foot pothole on city streets and I
>must be up to no good so why don'y you come over here and haul my delta ass
>in!" but I just want confirmation that i'm figuring this correctly.



Seems perfect to me. The Hulk, for example, has been known to do super
leaps of a half mile or so.

Phil