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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
Can we please stop this pointless discussion?! | ||
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kerpal
United Kingdom2695 Posts
On May 18 2011 23:47 PlaGuE_R wrote: no dude, i'm saying size doesnt mean shit all. go look at Samurai and see if u find massive body builder types there. and the martial artist wasnt focusing much energy to push back another martial artist that was double his size. It's not about how big you are, it's how you use those muscles. There's a martial arts theory that people have red and white muscles with red being big bodybuilder types that deliver burst power and white being less strength but more endurance and then pink type which is as powerful as red but as endurant as white and not bulky. anyways, size doesn't matter, especially if the entire force used is provided by a horse and not by you ie jousting. go watch Ong Bak and Tom Yum Goong and see how smaller = stronger in some cases yeah, plus i'm skinny as a rake and i'd kick all your asses...... | ||
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1Eris1
United States5797 Posts
As for the best knight, the characters all seem to agree Dayne was the best of the recent era, and Aemon probably the best since Aegon landed | ||
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Geo.Rion
7377 Posts
On May 18 2011 16:22 betaV1.25 wrote: I am kinda confused to where you are anyway, when I am in Budapest I buy my books @ alexandra. http://www.alexandra.hu/ They have the books (just checked the webstore). edit: didnt include the places in Bucharest Anthony Frost English Bookshop carries it and allso Nautilus. Outside of Bucharest it will be extremly hard i would say. Right, i should have clarified. I live in Transilvania, which is in Romania, though i'm Hungarian. Just now i've been to Budapest and went to Alexandra and Libry an neither had it, and tried to buy it online but bookline only had the last one. Anyways, the alexandra.hu does not have it either quite yet, but if the message is correct, they should have it soon EDIT : spoke too soon, they wont have the 2nd one :S | ||
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minus_human
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Sm3agol
United States2055 Posts
On May 18 2011 20:51 WiljushkA wrote: actually the most common medieval sword, the longsword, didnt weigh more than 3 lbs, and a good part of that weight is in the pommel, for balance and the ease of handling. that being said, loras looks a bit of a wuss still. Random example......Why do all the baseball home run hitters have pretty big arms? Because attaining top speed with a weighted stick is a lot harder than you might initially perceive. I myself am quite skinny, but always surprise people with how strong I am. That being said, I cannot hit a baseball/sledgehammer/ax/etc anywhere near as hard as someone with more bulk to them. And swords would be no different. If you have no mass behind you, all the toughness in the world isn't going to help you. You won't be able to break armor/do damage behind armor/etc with stick arms. As someone with stick arms, I know this for a fact. I still might be dangerous in a fight because I would have elusivness on my side, and I would probably be deadly with a more rapier type weapon. But with a longsword....and having to get through armor? Forget about it, I would be f'ed. | ||
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DamnCats
United States1472 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Also I knew about the Gregor scene with his horse but it still shocked the shit out of me... crazy son of a bitch lol. | ||
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Geo.Rion
7377 Posts
On May 19 2011 02:19 minus_human wrote: I've seen all 4 books in a pack, you can find them in Cluj but only the Romanian version (I didn't buy them, I prefer to read in English). Don't know if you're aware of that Geo. Anyway my personal advice would be that you save your money so you can read them in the writer's language. HI there, i'd buy in English just as well, i'm on amazon right now, searching for them, but i dont see shipping to Romania. Do you know a sure way to order them? | ||
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ToxNub
Canada805 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Pretty sure in the books it was Dayne > Barristan > Jaime > Robert/Rhaegar/Loras etc. Since Dayne is dead (i think) then barristan is the greatest living one, followed by jaime. | ||
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MoonfireSpam
United Kingdom1153 Posts
Also if anyone knows of any other shows with such strong character writing then please let me know | ||
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Demand2k
Norway875 Posts
On May 19 2011 01:51 1Eris1 wrote: Why the hell are you guys arguing about Loras's appearance? You do realize that he probably doesn't have the trainers we have today? And simple sword play does not make you Hulk Hogan. As for the best knight, the characters all seem to agree Dayne was the best of the recent era, and Aemon probably the best since Aegon landed The best knight in terms of what? Honor or fighting capabilities? Sandor and Jaime are always mentioned in the top three in regards to the most dangerous allround-fighters. Gregor, Oberyn and Barristan too. Dayne, Rhaegar and Aemon were very popular and revered, but not necessarily the most dangerous people on the field. | ||
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InFiNitY[pG]
Germany3474 Posts
On May 19 2011 02:37 Demand2k wrote: The best knight in terms of what? Honor or fighting capabilities? Sandor and Jaime are always mentioned in the top three in regards to the most dangerous allround-fighters. Gregor, Oberyn and Barristan too. Dayne, Rhaegar and Aemon were very popular and revered, but not necessarily the most dangerous people on the field. You don't win battles for being honorable so it's obviously about the ability to fight. Those guys you named are only mentioned because they are living in the present, none of them would be able to beat a Robert when he took his throne in my view, nor any of the old Lord Commanders of the Kingsguard, except for Barristan of course who is Lord Commander at the moment. | ||
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Skilledblob
Germany3392 Posts
On May 19 2011 02:37 MoonfireSpam wrote: Damn good show. One thing I wasn''t quite sure about but what did the guy do to the black horse to make it go berserk, I think I totally missed it? Also if anyone knows of any other shows with such strong character writing then please let me know The black horse was male the horse the Knight of Flowers used was a female and in heat so black horse goes wild | ||
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
On May 19 2011 03:29 Skilledblob wrote: The black horse was male the horse the Knight of Flowers used was a female and in heat so black horse goes wild In addition to this Mountain was known to only use the most powerful and the most wild male horses. So Loras used that to his advantage to get an upper hand. | ||
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Kickboxer
Slovenia1308 Posts
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StorkHwaiting
United States3465 Posts
On May 19 2011 03:47 -Archangel- wrote: In addition to this Mountain was known to only use the most powerful and the most wild male horses. So Loras used that to his advantage to get an upper hand. Loras most certainly knows how to handle a stallion! | ||
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
On May 19 2011 03:48 StorkHwaiting wrote: Loras most certainly knows how to handle a stallion! Only the ones that do not like the look of their own blood :D | ||
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lixlix
United States482 Posts
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Metallingus
Philippines468 Posts
On May 19 2011 02:36 ToxNub wrote: best fighters: + Show Spoiler + Pretty sure in the books it was Dayne > Barristan > Jaime > Robert/Rhaegar/Loras etc. Since Dayne is dead (i think) then barristan is the greatest living one, followed by jaime. + Show Spoiler [ASOIAF canon] + Except Jaime's sword hand had been reduced to a stump thanks to Vargo Hoat. A lot of people cast their votes on Dayne / Aemon the DK / Barristan. Garlan Tyrell is said to be pretty good too but the only evidence of that is hearsay about him practicing swordplay against three men of whose skill we have no idea. For GOAT, personally I'd pick Dayne particularly because of Jaime's personal account. Jaime's a bit full of himself when it comes to the topic of swordplay (with good cause) but when it comes to speaking of Dayne the guy is in awe. Living, my vote goes to The Hound. | ||
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ClanRH.TV
United States462 Posts
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