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Just wondering what makes people tick, and what in terms of horrendous acts of violence tickle their fancy...
What historical time period/class would you most want to be part of in a battle? Not looking for 'deadliest warrior' type match ups, more what sort of combat really appeals to you etc.
For me, I reckon a full on European Knight, trained with the lance. Quite aside from the dashing stereotype, it would mean it's time I wasn't leading a life of desperate poverty and was most likely doing fairly well. Plus, who wouldn't fancy being part of an earth shaking Cavalry charge?
Redcoats are cool. Samurai might be nice, if only to see what things we've got right about their history and what parts have been blagged a bit. Vikings, as ever, are also a just. Wouldn't mind being a longbowman either.
A knight would also be quite cool, as would just a regular foot-soldier trying to prove himself.
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
Mr Mystery wrote:You're going to have to pick one of them matey
I am all of them; i'm cool like that
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
Viking for me, not just for the fighting but the whole lifestyle. Plus as useful as thich, armour is it's also heavy and restricting and I much rather rely on geing out of the way. Plus I'd rather be in a time period with no guns, as skilled at combat as you get bullets will kill you first.
I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent.
Not really sure, that i find pre-historical battles, or a certain style of such appealing in any sense. I'm more of a frowner, when it comes to such matters, from seeing how few people can lead thousands of others into slaughering one-another.
I do, however, enjoy fiction of the kind, as it is much, much more appealing.
:: I'm not suffering from insanity; I'm enjoying every minute of it! ::
More people=More Deaths=More Blood=BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
Australia (Recently ravaged by the Hive Fleet Ginger Overlord)
Roman Legionnare, prefferably in the Golden Era. Not just so that I could be part of one the greatest armies in ancient history, but I also get land at the end of it!
Smacks wrote:
After the game, pack up all your miniatures, then slap the guy next to you on the ass and say.
I was going to make a joke about being a back door man, but that could obviously be misinterpreted...
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"...he could never understand the sense of a contest in which the two adversaries agreed upon the rules." Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
MGS - wheres that picture from? Im thinking I saw it in a movie or something? Maybe Im just confused
FITZZ - Dammit, I was going to use that joke
ERm.................This really is a toughy. Probably a pirate boarding and hording. Though that may be inspired because of the EPIC pirate up there. who knows
KingCracker wrote:
FITZZ - Dammit, I was going to use that joke
You could always be a baseball furry instead.
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"...he could never understand the sense of a contest in which the two adversaries agreed upon the rules." Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
to be the leader of an army of vikings.
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