YOU CHOOSE!
Jan. 19th, 2010 01:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
captain_slinkyYou are about to fight me.
To the DEATH.
There are only two weapons, and you get first choice... whichever one you DON'T use, I am going to use to kill you.
Which do you choose: Double-Bladed Lumberjack Axe, or Fully Fueled (Gas Powered) Running Lumberjack Chainsaw?
To the DEATH.
There are only two weapons, and you get first choice... whichever one you DON'T use, I am going to use to kill you.
Which do you choose: Double-Bladed Lumberjack Axe, or Fully Fueled (Gas Powered) Running Lumberjack Chainsaw?
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Date: 2010-01-19 09:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-19 10:03 pm (UTC)It's really a difficult choice!
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Date: 2010-01-19 10:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-19 10:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-19 11:08 pm (UTC)More than likely, though, I'd let you choose whichever of the two you wanted and take neither, because with simple karate you can avoid either, move in, take down, kill, disarm.
I think most weapons are overrated, given the ease with which they can be stripped away and/or avoided at close quarters.
That's why I'd probably bring a knife to any fight I couldn't bring a rifle to.
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Date: 2010-01-19 11:26 pm (UTC)(and seriously how cool is it that you can ACTUALLY whip out Chuck Norris-calibre Karate to finish off a foe in real life?)
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Date: 2010-01-19 11:37 pm (UTC)But the truth is, you can teach someone (if they're willing to remember and practice) how to beat most anyone without any training in about two to eight hours.
The key (at least in my experience, which is not masterful) being to close when they least expect it with a plan, or use the fact that the foot is longer than the arm (something most people don't realize).
And if all that fails, three pretty typically easy to find pressure points won't.
But like I said, I'm no expert. I am, however, unafraid of confrontation, so that, I guess, puts me in the middle. Thus the brown belt.
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Date: 2010-01-19 11:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-19 11:52 pm (UTC)Actually, what I'm told works even better is to just pretend you know nothing, and I'd do that, because then they don't expect you.
Like, some guy makes like he's gonna throw down, I'll step back with my arms raised, apologizing, and then, when he comes at me, a good sharp front kick will ruin his day, and it'll look like I didn't do anything when the cops come.
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Date: 2010-01-19 11:09 pm (UTC)With that said, I'd go with the Double-Bladed Lumberjack Axe because I really don't think that you would be capable of handling a chainsaw of that size effectively - making you an easy target for me to hack into little pieces.
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Date: 2010-01-19 11:32 pm (UTC)I think it's odd that my mind INSTANTLY wants to go with the chainsaw, but when given just a few seconds of consideration I start to see how foolish it is.
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Date: 2010-01-20 12:14 am (UTC)For several years I was part of a frontiersman re-creation group and learned how to throw one with a reasonably high degree of accuracy. I also know how much damage they can do to a foot think piece of timber when they are thrown. Range would not be great but more than enough to throw and get out of your way. The question would be if you dodge it. I doubt it. But you might be able to avoid the killing blow on the throw.
You might be able to deflect it with the chainsaw but then you risk actually hurting yourself with your own weapon. That could be a possible ploy of mine. If it didn't hurt you it might hurt your weapon.
Another question would be if the wound the axe caused would be lethal. It is certainly capable of it but needs to hit vital areas to get an immediate killing blow. It isn't likely to dismember someone when being thrown unless you raised your arm to block it or something. More likely it will cause a serious wound that will have large amounts of bleeding.
The chainsaw is one of those lightsaber weapons though. One touch can do me serious harm. If the axe missed or did no damage, all advantage would go to the saw. I think if the axe were able to hit on the throw it wouldn't matter though. Then again chainsaws have a pretty good record of hurting the person who is using it.
I could just stay out of your range while you slowed down due to blood loss. But what if the axe were not thrown or if it missed but I was able to retrieve it?
One of the big disadvantages of the chainsaw is that it is freaking heavy when fully fueled and used without rest for more than a few minutes. How much stamina would you have chasing me around the arena with it? Eventually I believe I could out perform you and while you are gasping for air and trying to figure out how to get your arms to lift the bugger again it would be over.
The axe used in flight against your legs would likely cause you to either try to jump over it or pull your legs back (the instinctive response) either of which would put you in severe danger from your own weapon.
Ah, but you might just plunk yourself down in one spot and wait for me to come to you. You rest, conserve fuel, and wait. You would have a long wait because I'm not coming within melee range of your chainsaw for anything. I might get to within threatening range to force you to stand up and turn on your weapon but then fade back again. Done enough times you will get too tired and then I can win.
My physique vs. yours: Advantage me.
Distance Weapon: Advantage axe.
Close Combat Weapon: Advantage Chainsaw all the way.
Winner: Me (of course)
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Date: 2010-01-20 12:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-20 05:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-20 01:03 am (UTC)Winner: ME ME ME ME! It's ALL about ME! (the ME that is not You, that is)
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Date: 2010-01-20 01:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-20 04:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-20 05:06 am (UTC)If only because I'd be (slightly) less likely to kill myself trying to wield it. XD