Mornington Crescent, or, Journey up the Northern Line

[snoopy369]

New thread, new game.

I'll start at Wimbledon and play a quick pick-up game of lawn tennis with the Queen.

[Cort Haus]

A decent opening, but I'll fork-end your move by alighting at Richmond and place you in Nid. :rubshands:

(Sorry to be a perpetual irritant old chap, but I think you need to append the word 'Line' to the thread title. Speaking as one who has the Northern Line rumbling beneath my flat, just three stops from MC, I feel obliged to clarify this point.)

[Imran Siddiqui]

I hear we are doing Chicago style rules? Say it isn't so. I've had no luck when the wind event hits in the 10th move.

North Wembley

[snoopy369]

No, we're doing standard rules with the Frog variant, but only full jumps.

[Cort Haus]

While no-one is looking, I'll execute a transverse-widdershins hop, and land at Morden (via Bank)

[Solomwi]

Taking a cue from the 1960 world semi-finals, I'm going to throw it out wide to start off with Swanley.

[Imran Siddiqui]

No, we're doing standard rules with the Frog variant, but only full jumps.

What about full jumps followed by a twist? Cause if that's ok, I'll just go to Blackfriars

[snoopy369]

Does "only full jumps" mean anything to you? That's clearly a Shackleton switch, which has been banned for nearly a century as unsafe.

[Krill]

Not much obviously...

Hammersmith

[Imran Siddiqui]

A twist is a distinctly separate action after the full jump has been completed. They can be split into two different parts quite simply.

[snoopy369]

Yes, but together they are a Shackleton Switch. You do know what happened to Shackleton after he pulled his "full jump and double twist", don't you? They must clearly be banned, for the safety of the other players

[Krill]

Yeah, he dislocated both shoulders and had to forfeit the '67 quarter finals to have surgery.

[snoopy369]

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yes, but together they are a Shackleton Switch. You do know what happened to Shackleton after he pulled his "full jump and double twist", don't you? They must clearly be banned, for the safety of the other players

Pansy. Just because you fogeys are scared of dislocating your shoulders doesn't mean you should foster your outdated notions upon the rest of us. That controversial rule doesn't apply to any Nouveau Generation tournaments nor the X League Championships, not to mention the Speed MC Tournament of Champions.

Behind the times

[Solomwi]

Careful, snoopy. Imran's people have been known to do terrible things to those who disagree with them. (I'm speaking here of Georgites, of course).