You hate to see your strategy come apart on you just because someone else cheats. I mean, really! If cheating is going to be allowed, then we should all get to cheat.
They did some kind of study years ago. I’ve seen video. When you let one lab monkey get away with something, you have to let all of the lab monkeys get away with it or they scream and fling poop. Even monkeys have a sense of fairness. Unfortunately, the one monkey who gets away with the one thing ALSO has another instinct we all share. That instinct says, “If I have an advantage, I’ll bite you in order to keep the advantage.”
So there you have the conundrum- we all have conflicting instincts. Kara, for instance, is conflicted because she respects Paste for his competitiveness, and she also respects the fact that he’s pulling a fast one and needs to have his hair parted. In the absence of hair, maybe he needs his scalp parted.
It’s what drives civilization. Into a tree.
Slow, controlled breathing, Kara. Wait for your shot, and aim at the torso. That way, if there is any drift or drag, the arrow still has a chance of hitting something useful. Just aiming at the tire is more likely to buy you a bystander on the bounce.
Dammit.. no like button..
At what point does she aim at Lowell instead of the targets?
She’s aiming at Paste. He’s a target.
Is that Hubris yelling at her?
Yes.
I really didn’t know that was a thing, till I googled it!
… a geared hub, I mean!
if she shoots Paste, I will see I didn’t see anything but I WILL laugh.
Stick with your plan, Kara. Paste will lose seconds on the draw and aim. And you should get extra points for shooting left-handed.
While crossbow is better with aim, the reload takes much longer. So if Kara times it right, she can beat him.
Man, I really loved my time in Y Indian Guides as a kid. First camping experiences, lots of instruction in respecting nature as well as honoring the culture of various American Indian nations and tribes. Still have my headband and some of the other odd-end memorabilia stowed away somewhere…
Nice to know it still exists, even if it has been saddled with the ever so PC moniker YMCA Adventure Guides now. And on the upside, they now allow daughters to join rather than the old father & son rule.