John,
You are right about psuedo sandbagging that can occure in MOM,
especially when you are launching a large group, BUT! Dayton is who started
this MOM craze with our part of the world, and they use to have simultaneous
(within a 10 second window), and there is some bad scenes there too. I
watched a Nyx spear an Icon once and at a Nostalgia contest last year they
had three ships collide in a single launch. I know it is not perfect but
ripple or sequential launching is a far better method for the Nats than a
have-ho launch window. As you saw, there are a few folks that one might be
standing next to you that you would not want his ship in close proximatey to
your's on the way up. I would like a much closer spacing on a launch but it
depends on who is launching the group and the ship being launched. Lets
face facts, if Chuck Anderson is launching his Sailaire, it could be a while
before you might launch the next guy in the line.
Nothing is perfect, we try our best at any of our MOM contest where ever
they are.
Marc
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