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Originally Posted by Parody
I'd also add that wall crawlers have been a common arena design for the entire time I've played Car Wars, going back to the 80s. If you were to kickban everyone who tries that design style you'd run out of players pretty quickly.
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It was a byproduct of the "updated" Target Speed Modifier rules -- the two best methods for minimizing speed mods were "fighter jet" [Front-to-Back, and vice versa], and "broadside" [Left-to-Right, and vice versa]; trying to shoot F-mount weapons at L or R meant taking the full speed mod, whereas the two mentioned previously tended to be as near 0 as made no odds.
As to "perfect strategies": That's where die rolls come in. I still remember the NOVA event where someone ran up to my cat with an ATG, fired, hit -- and rolled three "1"s for damage.
"Wow -- the Lord must *really* have it in for that little boy."
[Bob Costas, _BASEketball_]