MelonHead

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On a slightly related topic, I find the whole faster sword thing misleading, there is no such thing as a faster weapon than another kind. At least among swords. I mean, which is going to hit you first? The long-sword or the knife that has to cover more distance? (assuming equal tier speeds of course)

A good example is the Roman army, in which they primarily used short swords during their early conquesting years, while the latter days of the declining empire saw them start using longer bladed weapons when they ended up having to defend more often than not. Type and length of weapon has an interesting effect on the warriors mindset. It is also a nice way to reveal a bit about a characters personality through his weapon.

(Such as spear wielders often being cocky and into allot of showmanship)

(just some things to keep in mind when picking a sword or whatever. Fury with bladed Cestus would be scary)

@GreivousKhan

There probably is something to be said for the speed of the point of certain weapons though, which at the very least give them the illusion of speed. Which I believe is why spears are so deadly, because with very minimal body movement you can move the head of a spear a good distance incredibly quick.

Ultimately I suppose if there was one sword that outmatched every other in terms of speed in every circumstance there would only be one type of sword that survived the test of time, which is untrue.

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I blame it on Rilla, since he made up the whole ranking thing. :P

But like I said there's not reason to be pessimistic. Everyone makes mistakes now and again, we are human. You might not see it on older arena folks like Skalla because they've been around allot (and don't fight all that often tbh) but I remember his blow our argument about a certain flying knife and a horse. :3

Short end of it, shit happens not the end of the world.

@GreivousKhan

Hah, the throwing knife incident was funny.

That was slightly bad form though, who the hell would stand in front of a charging horse and get lucky enough to throw a knife straight at its head, at T1/2? I was very dubious about that, even though he was technically charging us down at the time so I shouldn't have been looking a gift horse in the mouth.

Which is also a pun, haha joy.

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Reversing would mean he'd need (assuming he's using it with two hands) to reverse from a palm down grip for his right hand (assuming this is his dominant hand) to a palm down grip.

Which is why I found it odd since that takes just a tad longer to do than merely sending the tip of the sword into a slight turn (resembling a clockwise turn) and flipping that same edge and sending it the other way without losing to much time. It'd be a very fast movement Dj might not have time to even block while retaining your momentum.

Anyway, I of course assume Judgment is using his weapon to the best of his ability(he has a huge amount of training of not experience), I just wanted to know if he was using one hand or two hands.

@GreivousKhan

Oh no, he's not reversing his grip at all with the false slash, he reversed his grip while launching the knee strike and then stuck with the left hand leading grip for the left right slash and the false slash. Like I said, I imagine it a bit like paddling a boat, but with more footwork.

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You haven't lost a fight yet, I don't see the reason for negativity?

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About that sword thing, what were you exactly asking? How to ICly get a sword or which kind of sword to use? :K

@GreivousKhan

Both I guess, though I suppose in terms of what sword to use Fury is specifically trained with Longsword and Two Handed, I'd be up for learning different styles.

The Khopesh would be incredibly interesting.

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I guess I have a horrible tendency to pick horrible fights that I can't win.

Oh well.

@DJAtomika

That rings awfully hollow beside your 2 wins 0 loss ratio.

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That makes melon reverse swing make allot more sense. Though I'd still like to know what kind of grip he's using. In close combat those kind of stuff makes a surprising amount of difference.

@GreivousKhan

Yeah, as I've mentioned I'm still learning swordplay myself and it's hard to understand on the purely theoretical level I have to experience it. I suspect that considering he launched his strike left to right he'd be leading with his left hand on the grip, but he was leading with his right hand in the first slash. I figure for an experienced swordsman the change-over wouldn't be that difficult.

I should point out I'm only -this- unforgiving when playing a very specific character arch-type usually, which is this exact sort. You can't really afford to give your opponent an inch when your character is just a hulking giant with a sword and no reliable ranged capability what-so-ever.

[Ranked] 2 v 2 battle! Reapers Vs Champions; A Dance of Blades!

From what I read melon head attempted to intercept you as you fell. (though how it is written it's hard to tell where she jumped to, I originally though she flipped over his head to land behind him.)

Which is to say he hit you before you hit the ground. The recent post seems to ignore that fact. Which is what Melon is raving about.

@GreivousKhan

I'm hardly raving, it's just strange to be called out on voiding other people's actions when my character is logically intercepting them, where-as in this situation it seems like DJ just wrote what I said never happened just because.

If Vordak comes in and says he doesn't feel my character can slash with his sword quick enough to hit you when I say he did (provided you do nothing different), that's fair enough, but you can't just say that yourself.

Khan - As far as I can tell it was a standing jump, straight up and then back down again, same position, that may be why there was confusion over Judgement's sword work earlier.

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Well, I'm deeply uninterested in a non-existent fight registering as a win.

[Ranked] 2 v 2 battle! Reapers Vs Champions; A Dance of Blades!

So you accuse me of no solding whatever that means, and then say my character is incapable of moving a sword less than a foot through the air before someone who jumps at least three feet off the ground lands?

Vordak, you'll have to rule this, as DJ has effectively voided what I said happened without actually carrying out any different actions to effect the scenario.