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Post by ramses1079 on Jun 23, 2017 0:25:50 GMT
I vote here and now that the "common" language spoken in this mythical world be spoken with an Aussie accent (NOT a British one) in honor of our fearless leader!! But what about the majestic Canadian accent, eh? Paul: Thanks man! The compliment means a lot. I would be more than happy to pitch character designs Ohhh good point, Canadian accents are indeed majestic! 😎 Well we can make the Northern Territories "Canadian" and the "Southern" (or Down Under) Aussie! lol. Well is this going to be a GRAND scale-type world with different continents, or like Middle Earth-ish? |
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Post by Ifrit on Jun 23, 2017 0:49:44 GMT
But what about the majestic Canadian accent, eh? Paul: Thanks man! The compliment means a lot. I would be more than happy to pitch character designs Ohhh good point, Canadian accents are indeed majestic! 😎 Well we can make the Northern Territories "Canadian" and the "Southern" (or Down Under) Aussie! lol. Well is this going to be a GRAND scale-type world with different continents, or like Middle Earth-ish? We can be like the men of the north haha. "Winter is coming eh. Sorry aboot that" |
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Post by ramses1079 on Jun 23, 2017 0:55:55 GMT
Ohhh good point, Canadian accents are indeed majestic! 😎 Well we can make the Northern Territories "Canadian" and the "Southern" (or Down Under) Aussie! lol. Well is this going to be a GRAND scale-type world with different continents, or like Middle Earth-ish? We can be like the men of the north haha. "Winter is coming eh. Sorry aboot that" I live pretty close to the Canadian border and have been to Montreal and Quebec several times......people seem much nicer up north than here in the U.S! Well I'll just say I spent 30yrs living in Boston (the land of RUDE people!) before moving to NH, so that's where my assessment of "not-nice" Americans is from.....not the WHOLE country 😅 |
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Post by Ifrit on Jun 23, 2017 3:17:49 GMT
We can be like the men of the north haha. "Winter is coming eh. Sorry aboot that" I live pretty close to the Canadian border and have been to Montreal and Quebec several times......people seem much nicer up north than here in the U.S! Well I'll just say I spent 30yrs living in Boston (the land of RUDE people!) before moving to NH, so that's where my assessment of "not-nice" Americans is from.....not the WHOLE country 😅 We are nice up until it comes to hockey and Quebec VS the rest of Canada. Thats our sore spots right there |
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Post by ramses1079 on Jun 23, 2017 5:57:21 GMT
I live pretty close to the Canadian border and have been to Montreal and Quebec several times......people seem much nicer up north than here in the U.S! Well I'll just say I spent 30yrs living in Boston (the land of RUDE people!) before moving to NH, so that's where my assessment of "not-nice" Americans is from.....not the WHOLE country 😅 We are nice up until it comes to hockey and Quebec VS the rest of Canada. Thats our sore spots right there Hockey is to Canada, what Soccer/World Cup is to the rest of the world! But I get it.....The NFL (U.S version of Football) season is MY "holiday season!" A sport, by my definition, is something that pushes the boundaries of physical and mental limits. Hockey, Football (U.S), and Soccer are like "National Pride" events. Okay, so let's transfer this to the Fantasy World. What would be the equivalent......a medieval tourney......something akin to the Scottish Highland Games, or what my Irish friends say is a TRUE Irish "sport" (drinking enough alcohol to kill an elephant and STILL being able to shake it off the next morning with naught but a lone cup of coffee?! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2017 6:01:48 GMT
Wow. I just saw the competition announcement. What a great opportunity. Hope to submit designs next time.  |
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Post by Ifrit on Jun 25, 2017 0:30:59 GMT
We are nice up until it comes to hockey and Quebec VS the rest of Canada. Thats our sore spots right there Hockey is to Canada, what Soccer/World Cup is to the rest of the world! But I get it.....The NFL (U.S version of Football) season is MY "holiday season!" A sport, by my definition, is something that pushes the boundaries of physical and mental limits. Hockey, Football (U.S), and Soccer are like "National Pride" events. Okay, so let's transfer this to the Fantasy World. What would be the equivalent......a medieval tourney......something akin to the Scottish Highland Games, or what my Irish friends say is a TRUE Irish "sport" (drinking enough alcohol to kill an elephant and STILL being able to shake it off the next morning with naught but a lone cup of coffee?! Seems like they would probably enjoy a mid of Olympics and gladiator fighting. Contests of the skill and strength Or we can just say hockey with sharpened metal hockey sticks. Aka hockey with killing. We already included brawling as part of the sport 😎 How random is that though. It's part of the game to just brawl it out in hockey. Or at least it happens often enough anyway. For us Canadians, waiting for a hockey brawl is like NASCAR fans waiting for a crash |
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Post by sevicler on Jun 25, 2017 0:54:58 GMT
Hockey is to Canada, what Soccer/World Cup is to the rest of the world! But I get it.....The NFL (U.S version of Football) season is MY "holiday season!" A sport, by my definition, is something that pushes the boundaries of physical and mental limits. Hockey, Football (U.S), and Soccer are like "National Pride" events. Okay, so let's transfer this to the Fantasy World. What would be the equivalent......a medieval tourney......something akin to the Scottish Highland Games, or what my Irish friends say is a TRUE Irish "sport" (drinking enough alcohol to kill an elephant and STILL being able to shake it off the next morning with naught but a lone cup of coffee?! Seems like they would probably enjoy a mid of Olympics and gladiator fighting. Contests of the skill and strength Or we can just say hockey with sharpened metal hockey sticks. Aka hockey with killing. We already included brawling as part of the sport 😎 How random is that though. It's part of the game to just brawl it out in hockey. Or at least it happens often enough anyway. For us Canadians, waiting for a hockey brawl is like NASCAR fans waiting for a crash Hockey with Warscythes, Glaives and Polearms? Brutal! |
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Post by Ifrit on Jun 25, 2017 1:09:18 GMT
Seems like they would probably enjoy a mid of Olympics and gladiator fighting. Contests of the skill and strength Or we can just say hockey with sharpened metal hockey sticks. Aka hockey with killing. We already included brawling as part of the sport 😎 How random is that though. It's part of the game to just brawl it out in hockey. Or at least it happens often enough anyway. For us Canadians, waiting for a hockey brawl is like NASCAR fans waiting for a crash Hockey with Warscythes, Glaives and Polearms? Brutal! You know. Thats actually an amazing idea |
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Post by sevicler on Jun 25, 2017 1:17:17 GMT
Hockey with Warscythes, Glaives and Polearms? Brutal! You know. Thats actually an amazing idea Lets call it Blood Bowl or Pike Hockey. Extra points for every limb taken off during the match |
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Post by Ifrit on Jun 25, 2017 2:06:11 GMT
You know. Thats actually an amazing idea Lets call it Blood Bowl or Pike Hockey. Extra points for every limb taken off during the match Maybe they use the sythe to sever a head and then use it to shoot the head into the goal, hockey style. whoever has most heads wins. OR whoever is still alive.  |
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Post by sevicler on Jun 25, 2017 2:18:50 GMT
Lets call it Blood Bowl or Pike Hockey. Extra points for every limb taken off during the match Maybe they use the sythe to sever a head and then use it to shoot the head into the goal, hockey style. whoever has most heads wins. OR whoever is still alive. Why not assign a points value to every limb? +5 for head, +3 for arms, +2 for legs. Limbs destroyed before reaching the goal do not count. |
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Post by Ifrit on Jun 25, 2017 2:44:30 GMT
Maybe they use the sythe to sever a head and then use it to shoot the head into the goal, hockey style. whoever has most heads wins. OR whoever is still alive. Why not assign a points value to every limb? +5 for head, +3 for arms, +2 for legs. Limbs destroyed before reaching the goal do not count. Good thinking. This is actually turning into a pretty cool sounding sport for a more war like time |
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Post by ramses1079 on Jun 25, 2017 5:07:00 GMT
You know. Thats actually an amazing idea Lets call it Blood Bowl or Pike Hockey. Extra points for every limb taken off during the match And maybe "sometimes" it's played on horseback......ohhhhh the goalie could be a mounted goalie! Kinda like how Canada has the Mounties! LOL |
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Post by ramses1079 on Jun 25, 2017 5:10:51 GMT
Why not assign a points value to every limb? +5 for head, +3 for arms, +2 for legs. Limbs destroyed before reaching the goal do not count. Good thinking. This is actually turning into a pretty cool sounding sport for a more war like time What if the "goalie" had a steed, and his helm resembled a Skull-faced goalie mask?! The audience could make a drinking game out of it. Every time a new audience member said something pun-like "who's ahead" or "someone give me a hand!" the crowd has to chug their drink! |
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Post by demonskull on Jun 25, 2017 8:50:31 GMT
Guys , you're going a little off tangent. The subject is Fantasy Sword Design not Fantasy Ways to maim people and call it a sport. Maybe a new thread in the Cafe is needed if you'd like to continue the discussion.
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Post by ramses1079 on Jun 25, 2017 23:52:54 GMT
Guys , you're going a little off tangent. The subject is Fantasy Sword Design not Fantasy Ways to maim people and call it a sport. Maybe a new thread in the Cafe is needed if you'd like to continue the discussion. Paul mentioned a "world building" aspect, so we were just "building." But if this thread is STRICTLY for weapon ideas then my Canadian cohort and I will focus on "weapons." |
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Post by ramses1079 on Jun 25, 2017 23:57:56 GMT
So Djinn, have you ever seen "The Running Man" movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger? In it one of the bad guys had a bladed "hockey stick" which at first is so lame.....but after consideration a scythe/halberd hybrid may NOT be such a lame idea! Mayhap I'll draw a fantasy weapon design after my little monster goes to bed.
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Post by sevicler on Jun 26, 2017 0:27:05 GMT
So Djinn, have you ever seen "The Running Man" movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger? In it one of the bad guys had a bladed "hockey stick" which at first is so lame.....but after consideration a scythe/halberd hybrid may NOT be such a lame idea! Mayhap I'll draw a fantasy weapon design after my little monster goes to bed. A scythe/halberd hybrid is called a warscythe I think. Unlike anime/common fiction where a warscythe is just a giant fancy farming scythe a real warscythe has a crescent shaped blade that goes parallel rather than perpendicular to the shaft. So designing another scythe/halberd hybrid might be redundant. As a bonus: it does look like a hockey stick. Link for reference: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_scythe |
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Post by ramses1079 on Jun 26, 2017 2:24:18 GMT
So Djinn, have you ever seen "The Running Man" movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger? In it one of the bad guys had a bladed "hockey stick" which at first is so lame.....but after consideration a scythe/halberd hybrid may NOT be such a lame idea! Mayhap I'll draw a fantasy weapon design after my little monster goes to bed. A scythe/halberd hybrid is called a warscythe I think. Unlike anime/common fiction where a warscythe is just a giant fancy farming scythe a real warscythe has a crescent shaped blade that goes parallel rather than perpendicular to the shaft. So designing another scythe/halberd hybrid might be redundant. As a bonus: it does look like a hockey stick. Link for reference: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_scytheThanks for the info, it kinda looks like a polearm? I think I prefer it the way you described it....and you're right, it does resemble a certain piece of sporting equipment that shall remain nameless 😉 |
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