Re: [GZG] QUESTION: are SAWs becoming less significant...?

Yeah, I've seen that site. It is pretty depressing. I'd rather just 
think about the "Bacon Explosion" 
http://www.bbqaddicts.com/bacon-explosion.html

Allan Goodall wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Mark Kinsey <Kinseym@ptd.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> I'm imagining the defending team behind a wall or earthen berm. In
the
>> case of the attackers having plasma weapons there will not soon be
any
>> cover to hide behind.
>>     
>
> In the world of sci-fi, true.
>
> In reality? Not so much. Plasma makes for a rotten weapon. They're as
> practical as a "hot steam gun".
>
> For more information I direct you to the wonderful Atomic Rocket site
> (warning, if you like your sci-fi the way it's commonly portrayed,
> don't go to this site if you can't handle dejection):
>
> http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/rocket3x.html#plasma
>
> And this is a link from Atomic Rocket:
>
> http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Essays/PlasmaWeapons.html
>
> I've been chuckling quietly to myself that Jon is asking about the
> realism of SAWs in the future (a discussion I've found very
> interesting), in a game that includes plasma guns.
>
>   

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