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Originally posted by mcrowder
What are your thought specifically on my previous long post?
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I thought it was very well written and clear. If I read you right, your disagreement with Mike R is mainly on where to draw the line on subsequent action.
I agree with you that once the OBS has occurred, then
subsequent action (wherever you draw the line) can be affected by the fact that there was OBS, and by the choices and skill in excecuting those choices made by both sides.
The beauty of the "protect to base + number of steps for beyond" measure, is that it completely ignores all of that. The players do what the players do, and beyond the initial base protection, the runner is "given" a judged number of steps to compensate. No Carnac-like omniscience is required. What happens, happens, plus 3 steps (or whatever). Only the offense can, by their choices, end the protection (by stopping, for example, and then trying to get one more base.)
BTW, thanks for the compliment!