Re: [piecepack] Re: Definition of flicking in glossary

[Mark Biggar <mark.a.biggar@...>]

Ron Hale-Evans wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 03:49:49AM -0000, James K Droscha wrote:
>
> > --- In piecepack@y..., Mark Biggar <mark.a.biggar@a...> wrote:
> >
> > > Flick
> > >
> > > v. to propel or launch a game piece/token over the game
> > > board/surface/area using an impulse provided by a single finger.
> > >
> > > A flick is not a sustained push, but a sudden impulse.  A proper flick
> > > is performed by resting a single fingertip on the game surface with the
> > > fingernail against the game piece, propelling it away with a sudden
> > > snap.  The snap can be the result of either the sudden straightening of
> > > the finger with the hand held motionless or by the sudden snap of the
> > > whole hand at the wrist with the arm held motionless.
> > >
> > > Flicking Game
> > >
> > > n. a game where the principle method of moving pieces is to flick them
> > > with a finger.
> >
> > Groovy, daddy-o.  Any objections before I bank this in the ol' tome o' vocab?
>
>
> I've cleaned up some typos and redundancies.  How's this?
>
> *****
>
> flick
>   
> v. to propel a game piece (such as a piecepack coin) across the
> playing area with a single finger.  A flick is not a sustained push,
> but a sudden snap.  A proper flick is performed by resting a single
> fingertip on the playing surface with the fingernail against the game
> piece, then either (1) straightening the finger with the hand held
> motionless, or (2) straightening the whole hand at the wrist with the
> arm held motionless.
>
> flicking game
>   
> n. a game where the principal method of moving pieces is to flick them.

Yeah that's better.

> Also, Marty and I noticed James made two salient points that are not
> in the definition:
>
> 1. "Probably should be more of a push than a strike."

Isn't that implied by be stating that the fingernail starts touching
the piece?


> 2. "My only conviction is that the thumb should not restrain and then
> release the finger... it should merely be the motion of a single
> finger with no other digits involved."

That is hard to do while also placing the fingertip on the table. :-)

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