Reason #105 to never let go of the pole

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Unread postby Tim McMichael » Sat Dec 09, 2006 1:25 pm

BTW, The reason he got in trouble in the first place is that he finished his plant one whole step too soon. You can plant too early, and it is a vault killer.
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Unread postby vault3rb0y » Sun Dec 10, 2006 12:51 pm

Tim McMichael wrote:BTW, The reason he got in trouble in the first place is that he finished his plant one whole step too soon. You can plant too early, and it is a vault killer.
it looks like he ran with about 20% agression and 10% confidence too lol.
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