Deadliest Warrior

[Phoenixguard09]

Hey everyone.

Wasn't sure whether this should be here or in the Conservatoire so I thought I'd err on the side of caution.  

Anyone here watch this show?  Disagree with some of the results?

[comrade_general]

I watch this all the time, and yes, I have had some disagreements, but I can't remember what they are right now. That show is on in the summer.

I do remember a couple times they gave light artillery to some guys for hand-to-hand combat - wtf  :blink:

Anyway... SPARTA!!!!

[Phoenixguard09]

Yeah like the Scorpion for the Roman Centurion.  Actually that episode was one where I agreed with the oucome.  Romans didn't train for individual combat but were drilled in formation.  Rajputs on the other hand were from a society that valued personal prowess above pretty much all else.  

But they really screwed up the Centurion's weapons.  A pilum, a gladius, a dolabra and a scorpion.  W.  T.  F.  
I mean I would have personally preferred the first two with a hasta and well I'm not sure about the special weapon.  Maybe a spatha.

[Andalus]

That show is just patently ridiculous, non-stop. Only ever good fun in the sense of ripping the **** out of it.

[Gen_Glory]

have they done a pirate vs ninja yet?

[Andalus]

They did Pirate vs Knight and Ninja vs Spartan

Both utterly retarded.

[Phoenixguard09]

Yeah they tend not to actually test the weapons fairly.  They just come up with a way to destroy crap, whether or not its actually a fair test.  

The Pirate vs Knight was ridiculous in particular.  The pistol couldn't get through the plate harness and yet it still supposedly got a shedload of kills.

[comrade_general]

the videos they do at the end are usually the most stupid part, the pirate/knight in particular cuz the pirate threw sand in the knights' face then lifted up his visor and shot him - wtf

and another one, green beret/spetnaz maybe?, where the weapon that accumulated the least amount of kills in simulation (very little, like 1 or 2) was used to win the match in the video - wtf

[Phoenixguard09]

Yeah sometimes (read: Most of the time ) its pretty messed up.

[Phoenixguard09]

Right just to drum up some activity I'm gonna double post. duh-duh-duuh!.  

I saw the Spartan vs Ninja episode.  The weapon matchups were:  (The winning weapons are in bold)

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Javelins vs Shuriken/Blowgun
Dory vs Black Eggs
Xiphos vs Ninjato
Hoplon vs Kusarigama

The Spartan won but what I found ridiculous was the fact that their experts had nothing to do with the warriors they professed to know so well.  The Spartan experts were both ex-Green Berets.  I mean sure I bet they know how to fight, but do they know anything about how Spartans fought?  Probably not considering the way they both used the Dory.  Both of them used it with an underhand thrust, when Greek Hoplites used it with an overhand thrust.

The Ninja experts were even worse.  One was a red-belt in a Korean martial art.  The other had provided the voice-over for a ninja in a video game.  That was all the experience either of them had in fighting.  

So everyone, discuss.  

[Silver Wolf]

I've seen two episodes : the Spartan vs Ninja episode and Knight vs Pirate ... Both utterly ridiculous ...

[Phoenixguard09]

Yeah I've heard that they're supposed to be the worst ones.  Apparently, while the Black Eggs were claimed to have crushed glass in them, the Ninja didn't use them.