Drake Farstrider
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Pirates!
Which is the best? Ninjas, Pirates, or Vikings?
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NINJAS!?? come on guys! who voted for ninjas? Its all about them vikings! why? wel let me edumakate chu: vikings are pirates, infact they were some of the first pirates. they were in your face and taken what they wanted from you cause they could! Even if you knew they was coming it didn\'t change the fact that they were gonna kick your rearend from here to next friday. Ninjas just snuck up behind you and killed you when you wasn\'t looking. just like a drive by.
vincegamer
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well, if you want to get all serious and stuff....
Pirates: seafarers who preyed on merchant and passenger shipping.
Vikings: seafarers who raided villages and towns.
Ninjas: landlubbers who killed people for pay.
I guess ninja have to lose because they had bosses. Vikings either win or lose depending on whether you like the idea of a home of operations where you\'ve got a family, livestock, a house etc. or prefer the lifestyle where all your earthly possessions fit in your haversack.
Pirates: seafarers who preyed on merchant and passenger shipping.
Vikings: seafarers who raided villages and towns.
Ninjas: landlubbers who killed people for pay.
I guess ninja have to lose because they had bosses. Vikings either win or lose depending on whether you like the idea of a home of operations where you\'ve got a family, livestock, a house etc. or prefer the lifestyle where all your earthly possessions fit in your haversack.
ThriKeen Priest
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VIKINGS!
Why? Coz I\'ve got an AXE! That\'s why!
Besides, ninjas aren\'t immune to alcohol, far from it; they turn bright red in the cheeks & sing badly to bad music.
Pirates are OWNED by Vikings. Vikings are like the old-school pimp-mac-daddys of piracy!
As for poison in the drinks, well, maybe. But the viking would go berzerk upon realizing he\'d been poisoned, & lop off all offending appendages (i.e. *all*) of all those present. \'Nuff said!
Why? Coz I\'ve got an AXE! That\'s why!
Besides, ninjas aren\'t immune to alcohol, far from it; they turn bright red in the cheeks & sing badly to bad music.
Pirates are OWNED by Vikings. Vikings are like the old-school pimp-mac-daddys of piracy!
As for poison in the drinks, well, maybe. But the viking would go berzerk upon realizing he\'d been poisoned, & lop off all offending appendages (i.e. *all*) of all those present. \'Nuff said!
RedSevenBlue
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Originally posted by Avelorn
We grew up, unlike some other parts of this wretched planet.
surrrrrrrrrrreeeeeee, how often do you see a guy with a tankard? lol
Vikings.
They discovered the america\'s first.
From the White Wolf perspective:
The Get of Fenris arrive in America, set up camp.
The Uktena, Wendigo, et al come to the camp. \"Hi. We have Caerns here, already. But thanks for stopping by.\"
The Get of Fenris say, \"Ok. We\'ll go back home and stick to our own territory.\"
A few hundred years later, the Warders, Fianna, and others arrive, and make merry hell across America.
They discovered the america\'s first.
From the White Wolf perspective:
The Get of Fenris arrive in America, set up camp.
The Uktena, Wendigo, et al come to the camp. \"Hi. We have Caerns here, already. But thanks for stopping by.\"
The Get of Fenris say, \"Ok. We\'ll go back home and stick to our own territory.\"
A few hundred years later, the Warders, Fianna, and others arrive, and make merry hell across America.
Dark Seraphim
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Vikings! I\'m not scandinavian for nothing! Vikings once ruled ... alot of the world! They only lost it cos they were too busy drinking and shagging women! Ahh... what a life
This is what ninja\'s can achive: Ninja in it\'s uber form!
Ahh... what a life This is what ninja\'s can achive: Ninja in it\'s uber form!
darkartminiatures
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Ninja. I have to vote for them because they know where we ALL live but vikings are cool. Hey whats that soun........AAARRRGHHHHHHHhhhhh *gasp*.............................................. :flip::bouncy:
That movie link is just sooooo wrong
That movie link is just sooooo wrong
dougaderly
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You guys ought to be ashamed of yourselves, making me choose between Blackbeard the pirate, Redbeard the Viking and No Beard the ninja....
vincegamer
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Red Beard doesn\'t look like a Viking to me
Toshiro Mifune playing the title character in the movie \"Red Beard\"
Toshiro Mifune playing the title character in the movie \"Red Beard\"
Actually, I\'m fairly certain that the Chinese landed in Cali long before the Vikings landed in Nova Scotia(?). They found Chinese artifacts on the West coast that were over three thousand years old; I think I caught that on the History Channel a few years back.
Even though I voted Pirates, I still prefer Vikings over Ninja. I read many years ago that Vikings had their own version of marshal arts, being able to swat arrows out of the air and catching spears, spinning around, and adding their own velocity to the throw and returning it at the attacker. Thats some pretty cool $hit, and considering they were hairy and a foot and half taller then Ninjas make them pretty feakin\' awesome.
kittykat23uk
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Aaarrrrr me Hearty my vote goes t\'pirate so \'t does.
vincegamer
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Story I\'d heard was that a Chinese boat was found off the coast but it was not clear whether they had actually made it to land.
Don\'t know about the adding velosity thing. There are a couple of stories in the sagas about vikings on opposite sides of a river taking turns throwing spears back and forth, though I don\'t recall anything about catching them and spinning to toss them back. In Njal\'s Saga theres a guy who catches the other guy\'s spear - in his thigh! then pulls it out, throws it back and kills the first guy.
The cooler scene is where Njal\'s son runs at his enemy on the frozen river and slides by on the ice decapitating the enemy as he passes.
Originally posted by MarkusTay
Actually, I\'m fairly certain that the
Chinese landed in Cali long before the Vikings landed in Nova Scotia(?). They found Chinese artifacts on the West coast that were over three thousand years old; I think I caught that on the History Channel a few years back.
Even though I voted Pirates, I still prefer Vikings over Ninja. I read many years ago that Vikings had their own version of marshal arts, being able to swat arrows out of the air and catching spears, spinning around, and adding their own velocity to the throw and returning it at the attacker. Thats some pretty cool $hit, and considering they were hairy and a foot and half taller then Ninjas make them pretty feakin\' awesome.
Actually I\'m even more certain that the Native Americans discovered it first, whether you believe the migration of peoples thoery or not, they were here before any of them!
I know that they had their own \'version of the samurai\' but only in so far as the Spartans had. Several of the bear warriors (Berzerkers) would slash themselves upon the chest signifying that they would either die by the enemy or die by their own hand. I also remember several stories of several invasions burning their own boats to ensure that there would be no retreat.
I also know that it\'s possible to knock an arrow out of the air (I saw a demonstration of this done not too long ago where the man was able to deflect an arrow, at full draw, out of the air with an axe and away from himself) and it\'s possible that several of the more noteworthy vikings could probably have done it at sometime. Though, I\'ve seen a lot of people do some odd, and amazing, things when attempting medevil and pre-medevil style combat. Such as blocking an arrow that they couldn\'t see with a sheild when fighting someone*.
*Note: you should know that I\'m a LARPer and have tried many different games with different people, and just because the weapons have padding, doesn\'t make some of the things people do with them any less amazing. (Though the demonstration was done with a real arrow and a real axe)
