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Post by Yin on Apr 25, 2008 5:03:20 GMT
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Post by spritznar on Apr 25, 2008 5:06:15 GMT
swords are great! as soon as i have enough spare money i intend to buy some!
this could take some time as my money somehow turns into comic books when i'm not looking...
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Post by Yin on Apr 25, 2008 5:11:27 GMT
Ha! That'd be a cool trick.
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Post by Count Casimir on Apr 25, 2008 5:22:52 GMT
Khopesh'n'Katana are the best!
Actually that was a lie all swords are awesome. Even though they'll cut you and everyone else.
Tea's commentary is insightful, as ever.
Also: *Pyhew!!* Comix! is now going to be my second favorite onomatopoeia.
Also; needless to say, Tom's swords make me much happier than whoever draws the D'n'D books.
I do hope we'll be seeing many more swords in the future!
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Post by pulvissolaris on Apr 25, 2008 6:48:12 GMT
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Post by Mezzaphor on Apr 25, 2008 10:19:57 GMT
Delightfully snarky.
(I wonder whose thoughts that white text box is suppose to represent.)
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Post by Riess on Apr 25, 2008 10:34:10 GMT
I am delighted by the subtle clash between Tea's lines and her joyous smile here.
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Post by todd on Apr 25, 2008 10:41:51 GMT
As an add-on to Tea's remark, I've read that the sword is the only prominent early weapon to be made solely for warfare. Bows, arrows, and spears can be used for hunting as well, and axes for cutting down trees. But swords are strictly for fighting other people.
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Post by Boksha on Apr 25, 2008 10:45:02 GMT
Personally I prefer spears (the stabby kind, not the ones built for throwing) over swords when it comes to portraying man's savage bloodlust, exactly because of the glorifying thing; spears aren't glorified as much because they're more basic and primitive (a sturdy twig, a sharp rock and some tar already makes a functional spear), hence savage.
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Post by philweasel on Apr 25, 2008 11:47:53 GMT
Swords are awesome. What's wrong with the desire for dominance over your enemies, namely the fact that your enemy is a bloody smear and you're not? Humanity built civilisations on making people other than themselves bloody smears!
I like longswords by the way. Curvy swords always looked a little dishonest to me.
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Post by monkeybucks on Apr 25, 2008 12:15:48 GMT
As an add-on to Tea's remark, I've read that the sword is the only prominent early weapon to be made solely for warfare. Bows, arrows, and spears can be used for hunting as well, and axes for cutting down trees. But swords are strictly for fighting other people. You could totally kill a bear with a sword! But that would be a tragedy. |
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Post by yinglung on Apr 25, 2008 13:54:43 GMT
I am delighted by the subtle clash between Tea's lines and her joyous smile here. same here. although, for some reason, the jian interests me. |
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Post by neal on Apr 25, 2008 16:53:43 GMT
As an add-on to Tea's remark, I've read that the sword is the only prominent early weapon to be made solely for warfare. Bows, arrows, and spears can be used for hunting as well, and axes for cutting down trees. But swords are strictly for fighting other people. You could totally kill a bear with a sword! But that would be a tragedy. Well, if we're going for bear killing, a spear would be much more useful. Killing a bear with a sword would be dangerous, because you have to get within claw range to use it. Also, yes. Tom's commentary is spot on, as usual. I just read an article on the glorification of the katana, and the fact that our awe of it comes from the idea of the cool, stylistic murder of your enemy appealing to our mass bloodlust. Humans! We suck! |
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Post by cenit on Apr 25, 2008 17:06:50 GMT
YAY!!! Swords rule!!! and the Katana rules among swords!!!! I practice Aikido, so I'm learning how to use it (a wood-like katana named bo-ken), and maybe I'll start tranini Iaido (real katana  ) My friends actually gave me an Iaido (a non-sharp katana) when I graduated from college, a really happy moment for me You gotta love 'em swords |
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Post by Grey on Apr 25, 2008 18:47:13 GMT
Strange falchion, but maybe it is European style. Through, still for me it looks like more a sabre. What i called falchion, has wider blade and is more like, well, butcher axe. Yes, like it indeed, because falchions cuts like axe. They lack durability of axes still. What i know, falchions was against chainmails pretty cruel weapons. Like it is sayed; They cuts armours.. and men.. More? I drooling for old and ancient weapons and armours ^^
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Post by rc5 on Apr 25, 2008 21:57:37 GMT
Hee, rapiers are so neat! But then, I'm kind of a francophile.
...Now I wish to play some Soul Calibur, great, thanks Tom. =P
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Post by dork457 on Apr 25, 2008 23:26:43 GMT
There should have been a section on different types of Fedora hats because owning a sword now a days often goes hand in hand with it.
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Post by popo on Apr 26, 2008 0:04:12 GMT
but then there would have to be another section on different types of XXL brightly colored Hawaiian/anime-print shirts, and owning different kinds of neck beards, which also go hand in hand with swords and fedoras these days.
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Post by monkeybucks on Apr 26, 2008 0:04:20 GMT
Well, if we're going for bear killing, a spear would be much more useful. Killing a bear with a sword would be dangerous, because you have to get within claw range to use it. But technically, there's still a possibility that it COULD be done, no? I'm just kidding, who would kill a bear? They are the furry giants of the forest (much like the yeti, except more real). |
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Post by dork457 on Apr 26, 2008 1:11:07 GMT
but then there would have to be another section on different types of XXL brightly colored Hawaiian/anime-print shirts, and owning different kinds of neck beards, which also go hand in hand with swords and fedoras these days. Possible story arc? |
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Post by Ed130 on Apr 26, 2008 9:41:12 GMT
YAY!!! Swords rule!!! and the Katana rules among swords!!!! I practice Aikido, so I'm learning how to use it (a wood-like katana named bo-ken), and maybe I'll start tranini Iaido (real katana ) My friends actually gave me an Iaido (a non-sharp katana) when I graduated from college, a really happy moment for me You gotta love 'em swords Anyone else train/practice swordmanship? I do Kendo |
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Post by Boksha on Apr 26, 2008 11:13:24 GMT
I can't believe nobody even mentioned "i think swords are neat do you think swords are neat!!"
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Post by pulvissolaris on Apr 26, 2008 11:15:51 GMT
I can't believe nobody even mentioned "i think swords are neat do you think swords are neat!!" Oh yes. Whoever wrote that sentence should fall on his own sword out of shame. |
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Post by monkeybucks on Apr 26, 2008 12:02:50 GMT
I can't believe nobody even mentioned "i think swords are neat do you think swords are neat!!" I mentioned it in the comments on the page, then Tom added that little bitty that the white box represents the internet? Which, you know. Sure. (I still don't really admit to getting it). |
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Post by Boksha on Apr 26, 2008 16:48:53 GMT
I think the connection is that it's illiterate and immature, like most of the internet.
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Post by crabapplered on Apr 26, 2008 17:20:23 GMT
Anyone else train/practice swordmanship? I do Kendo I'm in Kung fu, so eventually I'll be learning to use a jian. That's a long, long way away, though. I need to learn the most advanced form before I can move onto the sword. |
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Post by pulvissolaris on Apr 26, 2008 19:24:22 GMT
Anyone else train/practice swordmanship? I do Kendo I used to do Escrima, a Filipino style which is mostly concerned with short bamboo sticks, but also uses machetes, balisongs (butterfly knives) and shortswords. The latter mostly because they are very heavy and are good for building muscle. |
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Post by neal on Apr 26, 2008 23:31:50 GMT
I did kendo for four years, and now I play around with maculele, which is a part of capoeira that is dancing with machetes.
Bladed objects. They are fun.
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Post by hajo on Apr 27, 2008 0:39:42 GMT
I wonder what kind of sword Annie would prefer ?
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Post by reeds on Apr 27, 2008 8:51:44 GMT
I think it'd be scalpel or something with more practical use than intimidating/fighting.
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