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Message no. 1
From: Alfredo B Alves <dghost@****.COM>
Subject: Jumping
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 19:08:03 -0500
I was just wondering what people use for determining jumping ability ...
the FoF doesn't seem to make that much sense ... acoording to FoF (pg
76), you need to have a strength rating equal to twice your body to go
anywhere in a standing jump ... now according to my wt (~180 lbs), I have
a body of 3-4 ... now I KNOW i don't have a strength of 6-8, yet I can
consistently standing jump my height (just under 2 meters). Now, I
realize that this is before taking athletics into account but in all
honestity, I don't think I rate more than a 2 athletics skill rating ...
so what gives? Anybody got a better system?

D. Ghost
(aka Pixel, Tantrum, RuPixel)
o/` Trideo killed the Video Star ... o/`

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Message no. 2
From: William Ashe <wmashe@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Jumping
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 22:53:39 -0700
now I KNOW i don't have a strength of 6-8, yet I can
>consistently standing jump my height (just under 2 meters). Now, I
>realize that this is before taking athletics into account but in all
>honestity, I don't think I rate more than a 2 athletics skill rating ...
>so what gives? Anybody got a better system?

I hope that you don't mean a vertical jump of 2meters. If you can do that
then the NBA wants YOU

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Bright-Light
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Message no. 3
From: Alfredo B Alves <dghost@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Jumping
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 23:36:30 -0500
On Sat, 15 Aug 1998 22:53:39 -0700 William Ashe <wmashe@***.NET> writes:
>now I KNOW i don't have a strength of 6-8, yet I can
>>consistently standing jump my height (just under 2 meters). Now, I
>>realize that this is before taking athletics into account but in all
>>honestity, I don't think I rate more than a 2 athletics skill rating
...
>>so what gives? Anybody got a better system?

>I hope that you don't mean a vertical jump of 2meters. If you can do
that
>then the NBA wants YOU
>
>Regards
>Bright-Light
<SNIP Sig>

:P I meant horizontally of course ... same as in FoF (in FoF, if you want
to jump vertically, divide your horizontal jump by 4, which gives me a
vertical jump of .5 meters ... sounds about right I think)

D. Ghost
(aka Pixel, Tantrum, RuPixel)
o/` Trideo killed the Video Star ... o/`

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Message no. 4
From: Mongoose <evamarie@**********.NET>
Subject: Re: Jumping
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 11:50:35 -0700
>:P I meant horizontally of course ... same as in FoF (in FoF, if you want
>to jump vertically, divide your horizontal jump by 4, which gives me a
>vertical jump of .5 meters ... sounds about right I think)
>

Yeah, except that running ads nothing like 1/4 your quickness to your
vertical leap, even though it helps your longjump a lot. Making a single
simple formula for jump distance is difficult- its much easier to get
something "realistic" if you divide body, quickness, and strength by different
factors for each different kind of jump.

Mongoose
Message no. 5
From: "G.H. Metz" <wolfstarrn@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Jumping
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 15:28:02 -0400
On Sun, 16 Aug 1998 11:50:35 -0700 Mongoose <evamarie@**********.net>
writes:
> Yeah, except that running ads nothing like 1/4 your quickness to
your
>vertical leap, even though it helps your longjump a lot. Making a
single
>simple formula for jump distance is difficult- its much easier to get
>something "realistic" if you divide body, quickness, and strength by
different
>factors for each different kind of jump.

Not entirely. I can think of a few high jumpers who might very well
disagree with you. Assume that Athletics covers that from an SR2
standpoint, and it makes sense.

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