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Shirluban · Joined: June 20, 2012 Posts: 118 Submissions: 16

Hello.

I was browsing the glossary and I'm a bit confused by those two terms who have almost the same definition:

Mouth · Posted on Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:06 pm

some people believe that they represent the same interaction.
in my mind, the simple distinction is that captive are on the inside and orbital is on the outside.

if you study the interaction, the edge of one ring sits in the middle of another ring, without passing through. if you imagine a bird nest with a large egg resting in it, one ring is a nest-ring and one ring is an egg-ring.

captive rings are typically egg-ring dominant. they have multiple rings in which the captive ring acts as the egg.

orbital rings are typically nest-ring dominant. they have multiple rings in which the orbital ring acts as the nest.

hopefully this makes sense to someone other than me. :/

PSA: remember to stretch.
3.o is fixing everything.

Chen · Joined: October 9, 2011 Posts: 60 Submissions: 0

Captive rings are pretty much stuck INSIDE the chain, orbital rings are stuck OUTSIDE the chain
Hope this helps

Chen · Joined: October 9, 2011 Posts: 60 Submissions: 0

Chao, I think we had a hivemind moment haha

Mouth · Posted on Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:45 pm

i noticed we were synched exactly on our timestamp

PSA: remember to stretch.
3.o is fixing everything.

Elder · Posted on Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:52 pm

Two of the most basic examples include:

Orbital

Captive Inverted Round

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Shirluban · Joined: June 20, 2012 Posts: 118 Submissions: 16

Thanks!
I get it now.