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Gryphon
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Apr-21-10, 11:47 AM (EDT) |
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1. "RE: Deadliest Warrior -- EPU Style!"
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LAST EDITED ON Apr-21-10 AT 11:47 AM (EDT) Oh, good lord, it's a televised version of the classic sad-fandom "who'd win, the Enterprise or a Star Destroyer?"* argument. Give me strength.That said, Spartan vs. SPARTAN would be amusing, for about 11 seconds. --G. * European or African? -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Admin Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. |
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A Vile Gangster
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Apr-21-10, 01:50 PM (EDT) |
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2. "RE: Deadliest Warrior -- EPU Style!"
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Heh. It did give me some ideas...Not so much a "who would win" concept, but I can't help but wonder what an Asgardian Zulu warrior would look like, especially his kit. As to the Enterprise v. Star Destroyer question, the first thing to figure out is whether it's a Venator, Victory I/II or an Imperial I/II-class Star Destroyer. In fact, it's obviously an European Star Destroyer, as the African Star Destroyers are non-migratory... (Please don't kill me.) ---- Now Playing: 2 Skinnee J's -- Mind Trick($uperMercado!, 1998) Hold up, I froze up when the speeders showed up. The shield's are down and the shit's about to blow up. Imperial forces want to force us to extinction, But my force is from the source, so of course I trust my instincts! These are NOT the J's you're lookin' for... < THIS SPACE FOR RENT > |
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Gryphon
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Apr-21-10, 02:19 PM (EDT) |
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4. "RE: Deadliest Warrior -- EPU Style!"
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>I can't help but wonder what an Asgardian Zulu warrior >would look like, especially his kit. Man, speaking of people who were presumably nonplussed as hell to discover that the afterlife is full of snow. People who fell on both sides of major pitched battles are always a little disoriented to find themselves all in the same heaven together, but for those who perished in, say, the Battle of Rorke's Drift, it must've been especially startling. There are a lot of fights in the Valhalla messhalls, as you can well imagine, particularly immediately after a new "class" comes in. The old-timers indulgently refer to these donnybrooks as "FNG riots", and usually pitch in when they happen because, what the hell. --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Admin Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. |
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A Vile Gangster
Member since Feb-15-10
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Apr-21-10, 03:40 PM (EDT) |
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6. "RE: Deadliest Warrior -- EPU Style!"
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>>I can't help but wonder what an Asgardian Zulu warrior >>would look like, especially his kit. > >Man, speaking of people who were presumably nonplussed as hell to >discover that the afterlife is full of snow. People who fell on both >sides of major pitched battles are always a little disoriented to find >themselves all in the same heaven together, but for those who perished >in, say, the Battle of Rorke's Drift, it must've been especially >startling. Oh my, yes. It usually starts with the same handful of questions I imagine; "What happened?" is quickly followed by, "Where are we?" which, upon noticing the uniforms of the other baffled tourists, leads to, "YOU!!!" >There are a lot of fights in the Valhalla messhalls, as you can well >imagine, particularly immediately after a new "class" comes in. The >old-timers indulgently refer to these donnybrooks as "FNG riots", and >usually pitch in when they happen because, what the hell. Hell yes! I mean, they're all getting back up afterwards, why the hell not! "Yes they're here too. They fought with honor and courage, as did yourself and your brothers-in-arms. No, no! We're not going to talk about who invaded wh-Look, just sit down, we'll-Oh, in Odin's name, where's my axe?" ---- Now Playing: New Order -- Confusion(Blade OST, 1998) You just can't believe me, when I show you what you mean to me You just can't believe me, when I show you what you cannot see... < THIS SPACE FOR RENT > |
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trboturtle2
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Apr-28-10, 03:35 PM (EDT) |
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25. "RE: Deadliest Warrior -- EPU Style!"
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Boy, this thread wandered off in a direction I wasn't expecting...... Craig
---------------------------- IAMTW-Nominated Author Author of the Battletech Novels, Icons of War, Elements of Treason: Duty, Elements of Treason: Opportunity, and Elements of Treason: Honor Co-author of Four Outcast Ops novels -- African Firestorm, Red Ice, Watchlist, and Shadow Government. Author of the The Russia-Ukraine War Factbook (Vol 1) All-around nice guy! |
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Astynax
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Apr-21-10, 04:03 PM (EDT) |
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7. "RE: Deadliest Warrior -- EPU Style!"
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>Oh, good lord, it's a televised version of the classic sad-fandom >"who'd win, the Enterprise or a Star Destroyer?"* argument. >Give me strength. > >That said, Spartan vs. SPARTAN would be amusing, for about 11 seconds. >I have this Indian Jones sort of scene in my head about that pairing. That said, the show can be amusing, if only to see some of the weapons in action. And the partisans of each style get to banter a bit which is good for a few chuckles.
| | -={(Astynax)}=- "In Scotland we have a name for those: wee pointy sticks." |
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BobSchroeck
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Apr-26-10, 02:33 PM (EDT) |
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13. "RE: Deadliest Warrior -- EPU Style!"
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>"Hey, where are the seventy-two virgins my holy book promised?" Someone takes these guys aside and points out it wasn't the Koran (or the Kohran) that promised 72 virgins, it was in external commentaries/traditions that weren't necessarily definitive. And... well, I could go on, but I'm already taking the joke way too seriously. -- Bob ------------------- My race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite. (If you're really interested, as unlikely as that might be, check out this article.) |
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The Traitor
Member since Feb-24-09
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Apr-26-10, 03:36 PM (EDT) |
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14. "RE: Deadliest Warrior -- EPU Style!"
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Thanks for the link; opportunity to better oneself duly taken. I've always found the concept of religion interesting, but some of the people who take it a bit far... not so much. And I knew it was from the Hadith rather than the Quran, but these days (at least in Britain, or the small corner of it I inhabit) the two have coalesced. A lot of the teachings of the Hadith, like the ones about the 72 virgins given to martyrs, are taken as Gospel {{surely 'Surah' -- ed.}}. This must explain why there are so few female suicide bombers. Yeah, eternity with a bunch of men who don't have a clue what they're doing, whoopee*. --- "Together we will build an empire of a million shining suns." -- Dave, Dictator of Utopia. *Chechnya's Black Widows notwithstanding, of course. |
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Gryphon
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Apr-26-10, 06:27 PM (EDT) |
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18. "RE: Deadliest Warrior -- EPU Style!"
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>Thanks for the link; opportunity to better oneself duly taken. I've >always found the concept of religion interesting, but some of the >people who take it a bit far... not so much. > >And I knew it was from the Hadith rather than the Quran, but these >days (at least in Britain, or the small corner of it I inhabit) the >two have coalesced. A lot of the teachings of the Hadith, like the >ones about the 72 virgins given to martyrs, are taken as Gospel >{{surely 'Surah' -- ed.}}. > >This must explain why there are so few female suicide bombers.Not to seem too infantilically peevish, but how the fuck did we end up talking about fundamentalist Islam? --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Admin Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. |
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Apostate_Soul
Member since Aug-22-08
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Apr-26-10, 04:26 PM (EDT) |
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15. "RE: Deadliest Warrior -- EPU Style!"
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>"Hey, where are the seventy-two virgins my holy book >promised?" "Wonderful! At last! We needed another Nursery-coordinator for Limbo... so many, many babies meet an unfortunate end. Here's your guide, your giant-size pack of nappies, and instructions for making Formula in Industrial volumes. Have fun!" Just because it's 72 virgins doesn't mean it's 72 naive teenage girls, yes? It could just as easily be a house with 72 stereotypical male geeks. Or it could even be a mis-hearing... "Oh yes. Here's Virgil. He's got early-onset Alzheimer's, and a bad case of it- and you're assigned as his carer for the next millenia." And before anyone else says anything like that, I cannot help but believe that UF-Asgard has a special hall in Valhalla for "Those who kept to what they believed was the spirit and letter of the rules but were just plain dicks". "It's difficult keeping up with the cross-continuity, but I think Cosmouse just gave The Saturnian Scraphunter his Ultimate Pacifier to use against Galactapuss..." |
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BobSchroeck
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Apr-27-10, 09:00 AM (EDT) |
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24. "RE: Deadliest Warrior -- EPU Style!"
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>I would've thought that finding out you've got things so completely >wrong that you've ended up in Hell would be a more ironic hell than >the actual Irony Hell (where Jack Dee is condemned to). Some of the folks like that would be convinced that God is wrong and they're in Hell by mistake. And let everyone know it, in between the screams and the burning. Thus providing endless torment to the people around them. Hell is nothing if not efficient when it serves Hell's purpose. -- Bob ------------------- My race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite. |
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