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Outrun the Fireball should be Exactly What It Says On the Tin. If the explosion doesn\'t go off before the characters reach cover/minimum safe distance, then it doesn\'t count and it should go under Outrun the Countdown. Outrun the Fireball should only be invoked when the explosion is shown to begin while the characters are still running (or before they start). For a brilliant example that actually cuts between the explosion and the running character, see the climax of \
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Outrun the Fireball should be Exactly What It Says On the Tin. If the explosion doesn\\\'t go off before the characters reach cover/minimum safe distance, then it doesn\\\'t count and it should go under Outrun the Countdown. Outrun the Fireball should only be invoked when the explosion is shown to begin while the characters are still running (or before they start). For a brilliant example that actually cuts between the explosion and the running character, see the climax of \\\"Relic\\\".

Cutting from running characters to the explosion, then showing that they did get to cover after all, is messing with narrative time and should be considered a subversion of either or both Outrun the Countdown/Fireball.
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Outrun the Fireball should be Exactly What It Says On the Tin. If the explosion doesn\'t go off before the characters reach cover/minimum safe distance, then it doesn\'t count and it should go under Outrun the Countdown. Outrun the Fireball should only be invoked when the explosion is shown to begin while the characters are still running. For a brilliant example that actually cuts between the explosion and the running character, see the climax of \
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Outrun the Fireball should be Exactly What It Says On the Tin. If the explosion doesn\\\'t go off before the characters reach cover/minimum safe distance, then it doesn\\\'t count and it should go under Outrun the Countdown. Outrun the Fireball should only be invoked when the explosion is shown to begin while the characters are still running (or before they start). For a brilliant example that actually cuts between the explosion and the running character, see the climax of \\\"Relic\\\".

Cutting from running characters to the explosion, then showing that they did get to cover after all, is messing with narrative time and should be considered a subversion of either or both Outrun the Countdown/Explosion.
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