Err... another one.
Mat and Elayne's plan to kill the gholam relied on forcing it through a gateway. Ignoring the question of whether it should be able to survive a gateway or not, there is still a hole in the plan to make the gateway in the first place.
They hoped that the gholam would not notice the gateway if it was opened from "the other side" (in this case, the skimming place). The problem is that the place for this ambush was no pre-planned, so there is no way that one of the Aes Sedai or Kin could have Skimmed to that place.
The plan is broken, but not irrevocably so. All attempts of hiding the gateway by opening it from the other side would have to be abandoned (not that it did any good anyway). Hell, the gholam would probably charge right through a gateway if it saw an Aes Sedai trying to escape through it.
Mat and Elayne's plan to kill the gholam relied on forcing it through a gateway. Ignoring the question of whether it should be able to survive a gateway or not, there is still a hole in the plan to make the gateway in the first place.
They hoped that the gholam would not notice the gateway if it was opened from "the other side" (in this case, the skimming place). The problem is that the place for this ambush was no pre-planned, so there is no way that one of the Aes Sedai or Kin could have Skimmed to that place.
The plan is broken, but not irrevocably so. All attempts of hiding the gateway by opening it from the other side would have to be abandoned (not that it did any good anyway). Hell, the gholam would probably charge right through a gateway if it saw an Aes Sedai trying to escape through it.
Well, neither Matt, nor the Kin would have any clue that shadowspawn cannot travel through Gateways ... Or that the Gholam is more perfected and can (BS answer if ever I heard one). As for knowing where to be the plan was clearly discussed before hand, likely having a predetermined spot for Mat to lead the Gholam.
I'm not sure why you ink it was not pre-determined.
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An annoying gateway error.
- 24/12/2010 04:52:54 AM
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- 24/12/2010 10:23:23 AM
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Re: An annoying gateway error.
- 24/12/2010 03:41:10 PM
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I dissagree
- 24/12/2010 07:09:41 PM
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Yes, RJ confirmed that Shadowspawn can't survive gateways. *NM*
- 24/12/2010 07:39:02 PM
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And then BS confirmed that gholam are "more perfected" Shadowspawn which can. 
*NM*
- 24/12/2010 08:35:34 PM
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*NM*
- 24/12/2010 08:35:34 PM
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Why would them not being able to survive a gateway be a problem?
- 26/01/2011 05:36:09 AM
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Re: An annoying gateway error.
- 24/12/2010 11:29:33 AM
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"They had not known where-or if-the gholam would attack him"
- 25/12/2010 12:27:02 AM
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Re: "They had not known where-or if-the gholam would attack him"
- 25/12/2010 02:05:07 AM
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They prepared a place, and it just happened to be within walking distance of the attack?
- 25/12/2010 09:44:34 AM
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Please re-read the chapter. It expalins a lot.
- 25/12/2010 04:05:50 PM
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Your quote shows what happened.
- 26/12/2010 05:33:44 AM
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Likely picked from a handful of pre-determined locations based on where and when the attack occurred
- 31/12/2010 08:47:20 PM
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Perhaps, but I don't think so.
- 01/01/2011 01:19:12 AM
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Not realty. Caemlyn is huge by the standards of the time but realistically it's tiny
- 01/01/2011 06:05:06 AM
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The sizes I proposed are not huge (well, they would be by standards in the middle ages but not now)
- 04/01/2011 06:37:50 AM
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I believe Caemlyn is less than 300k people .... That's what .05% the size of London?
- 30/01/2011 06:02:50 PM
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You aren't seriously comparing modern population densities to medieval ones, are you? *NM*
- 30/01/2011 09:23:57 PM
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That would be an error if it hadn't been Skimming (the platform and what not) they were using.
- 25/12/2010 02:29:39 AM
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It is an error because they opened a skimming gateway to the house (from the skimming place)
- 25/12/2010 09:47:08 AM
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I'm confused now as to what you're arguing. They knew the location of the house.
- 26/12/2010 08:54:17 PM
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You need to know more than just where you are going
- 27/12/2010 06:59:21 AM
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Please find me a supporting quote in one of the books.
- 27/12/2010 12:48:45 PM
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Well, from Encyclopaedia WOT, and aCoS
- 28/12/2010 01:02:42 AM
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I stand corrected. Though I will say that the uses in the books don't match the definition.
- 28/12/2010 02:17:43 PM
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Re: An annoying gateway error.
- 24/12/2010 12:22:38 PM
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- 31/12/2010 08:44:17 PM
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