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A knight or a samurai? |
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Samurai |
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gahbryel
Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 33 Location: Canada, Quebec, Montreal Country: |
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 6:16 am Post subject: |
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hmmm, i read all the posts all up from the beginning. Sincerely, i'd go with a 50/50 chance. Both fighters (knight and samurai) have lots of pros and cons, enough to balance evenly. No need to go over all the arguments again about either sword or armor factor. IMO, the whole thread proved that the armor/sword combinaison of each side balances. About the mindset, knight and samurai are similar in goal : kill the other without being killed. The samurai does it for his emperor, the knight for his king. Both samurai and knight are bound by a code of honor (not the same of course, bushido for samurai, etiquette for knight). I believe both to be honorable enough to avoid tricks and going for a neat confrontation. Then it would be up to luck, hence the 50-50 chance.
what do you think about it ?
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Kijinnmaru
Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Posts: 911 Location: Deus Vult Country: |
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gahbryel
Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 33 Location: Canada, Quebec, Montreal Country: |
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vibius
Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 536
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 6:58 am Post subject: |
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gahbryel wrote: | what do you think about it ? |
I think if the fight is defined as one on one with swords, a master of the craft on either side, using armor of choice, the knight would have more advantages.
He'd probably be about a head taller than the samurai, so he'd have the advantage of height, body mass, strength and reach. These are all advantageous in a fight, especially a swordfight. Sure, I've seen plenty of smaller guys win bouts, but in general, other things being equal, I think the bigger guy has a natural advantage.
But when you add in the plate armor and shield, he's going to be very well protected from a katana. The katana could even be a disadvantage if it gets stuck in the knight's shield.
So I go with the knight. Rakushou!
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*Mango*
Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Posts: 1 Location: San Diego, CA Country: |
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lovelessemotion
Joined: 07 Apr 2002 Posts: 2495 Location: Wales Country: |
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 8:24 am Post subject: |
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vibius wrote: |
Pfft, Bears are wussies. I'd take one on in my "bear proof suit"!
| i dun care what u thik about bears... but BABY KOALAS or PENGUINS or BABY GORILLAS can overcome EVERYONE!.. they're TOP TIER ANIMALS! they'll mess you up!
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Kijinnmaru
Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Posts: 911 Location: Deus Vult Country: |
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 5:04 am Post subject: |
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lovelessemotion wrote: | i dun care what u thik about bears... but BABY KOALAS or PENGUINS or BABY GORILLAS can overcome EVERYONE!.. they're TOP TIER ANIMALS! they'll mess you up! |
No way! Everybody knows the baddest animal on Earth is the NAKED MOLE RAT!
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Idsynchrono_24
Joined: 28 Dec 2003 Posts: 111
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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I've read through this entired thread, and through carefully weighing all of that which was said about both the samurai, and the knight. My money is on the knight, don't get me wrong, I think that samurai are very cool, but you just gotta weigh all the pros going for the knight, which there are very many. All those who don't think that I knight does not possess any skill, or are basically walking tanks are sadly mistaken.
Anyway, onto the present discussion, naked mole rats? Well, maybe if they were NAKED (JUICE) mole rats... but come on...
Everyone knows that the most feared beasts on earth are the Megazostrodon, the Marmoset, and the Collared Peccary!
Catch you later,
Id
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lovelessemotion
Joined: 07 Apr 2002 Posts: 2495 Location: Wales Country: |
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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Kijinnmaru wrote: |
No way! Everybody knows the baddest animal on Earth is the NAKED MOLE RAT! | ... kim possible fan eh?..... -_-
anyway i'd be rutting for teh samurai.. even though i think he'd loose...
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Roman Legion
Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 29 Location: United States Country: |
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 11:10 pm Post subject: knights vs samarai |
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KNIGHTS vs SAMARAI
i have to go with the knights on this for several reasons
1- the knights armor was a lot lighter than ppl think- ranging from 30-60 lbs. not to mention its flexibilty, as the armor was pretty much a metallic mold of the knights body.
2- the armor was strong. the first FIREARMS could not penetrate the armor. neither could crossbows, regular bows, swords, etc could penetrate it, very far from easily
3- the knights could also adapt farely well to warfare- they had MANY enemies everywhere, where as the samarai faught themselves and were not used to any other fighting styles.
4- the knights also had formation warfare. unless kamakazi was a type of formation, then forgtet wut i said.
5- the samarai armor was bulky, weak, infelxible, an heavy- ranging anywhere from 45-77 lbs.- but none of this is new info of course
thats all i have to say for now
Last edited by Roman Legion on Sat Sep 11, 2004 8:37 am; edited 2 times in total
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Roman Legion
Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 29 Location: United States Country: |
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Roman Legion
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Xavio
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Roman Legion
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PSDOL
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The Man
Joined: 10 Jul 2003 Posts: 1249 Location: USA Country: |
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:04 am Post subject: |
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PSDOL wrote: | i like both of them but i prefer samurai's i like the honor thing |
But, knights had honor as well.
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pcmodem
Joined: 30 Jan 2004 Posts: 2247 Location: SF Bay Area Country: |
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:13 am Post subject: |
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The Man wrote: |
But, knights had honor as well. |
What's wrong with you guys? Knights, samurai, who cares?
They ALL wish they were... Hugh Hefner!
As Mel Brooks wisely said, "it's good to be the king."
-PCM
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The Man
Joined: 10 Jul 2003 Posts: 1249 Location: USA Country: |
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:15 am Post subject: |
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pcmodem wrote: |
What's wrong with you guys? Knights, samurai, who cares?
They ALL wish they were... Hugh Hefner!
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Ehy, are you kiddin? I wish I was Hugh Hefner, and I ain't no friggin' samurai or knight , haha.
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Roman Legion
Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 29 Location: United States Country: |
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