Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace
Yeah, Taliban Vs IRA.
I was dissapointed in the conclusion(no spoilers, I guess). And they
didn't seem to see fit to mention how close it was.
Justin
On 4-Jun-09, at 12:47 AM, Keith Johnson
wrote:
Which one: Taliban vs. IRA? Why is that?
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From: "Justin Mohareb"
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 12:10:58 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William
Wallace
It was a total Rip!
Justin
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 12:08 AM, Keith Johnson
wrote:
>
>
> It was pretty good. I keep missing the latest one: Taliban vs. the
IRA. Now
> that's a wild match!
>
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Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace
Which one: Taliban vs. IRA? Why is that? - Original Message - From: "Justin Mohareb" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 12:10:58 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace It was a total Rip! Justin On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 12:08 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: > > > It was pretty good. I keep missing the latest one: Taliban vs. the IRA. Now > that's a wild match! > -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com
Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace
Justin, as in Total Rip-Off? -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:10:58 -0400 From : Justin Mohareb To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com It was a total Rip! Justin On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 12:08 AM, Keith Johnson wrote: > > > It was pretty good. I keep missing the latest one: Taliban vs. the IRA. Now > that's a wild match! > -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace
It was a total Rip! Justin On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 12:08 AM, Keith Johnson wrote: > > > It was pretty good. I keep missing the latest one: Taliban vs. the IRA. Now > that's a wild match! > -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com
Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace
It was pretty good. I keep missing the latest one: Taliban vs. the IRA. Now that's a wild match! - Original Message - From: "Martin Baxter" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 1, 2009 7:42:55 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Would you believe me if I told you I nodded off on this *again*? I'm going to have to make myself check it out online. -[ Received Mail Content ]------ Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Mon, 1 Jun 2009 04:25:08 + (UTC) >From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com You are correct - Original Message - From: "Martin Baxter" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 12:01:58 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace I'm not even sure if some would be able to adapt, Keith. I really can't see a samurai or a ninja being able to use a broadsword, for example. The dynamics of handling and using a katana are completely different. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Sun, 31 May 2009 15:25:09 + (UTC) >From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Right, and that was my point. I'd love to see a fantasy matchup with guys from different eras using the same weaponry. Of course, then you're really stepping out, as you'd have to basically extrapolate like crazy to predict how a guy from a land of brass weapons would learn to use a bow and arrow, or a steel broadsword or something. - Original Message - From: "Mr. Worf" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 7:01:13 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace One of Zulu's strengths was his battle tactics. I read somewhere that his skill on the battlefield was as good as any contemporary general of his time. If the Zulus were able to obtain more weapons (They had the guns but no one would sell them bullets.) they more than likely would have completely repelled the British Empire from that region of the world. On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 4:48 AM, Martin Baxter < truthseeker...@lycos.com > wrote: That would be cool, Keith, to set the whole thing in a bracket system and play down toward a finale. -----[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Sat, 30 May 2009 03:30:22 + (UTC) >From : Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Yeah, I caught it, it was good. I really love this show. It gets a bit tough when they take people from different eras and match them: steel against brass, armour against bare skin, guns against swords. that was the case with Shaka: his "spit poison" and wooden shield couldn't compete with an eight (six?) foot long sword. What I'd really like to see is a normalized matchup in those cases. For example, that Scottish sword was actually used just as often to simply sweep the legs of horses to cut them off as it was to attack me. And, deadly or not, a sword that long simply can't be swung quickly, maneuvered with finesse, or wielded for too long. So, a Zulu warrior with Shaka's speed and agility, upgraded with weapons and armour contemporary to William Wallace, would no doubt win the day. I am hoping that they do matches later on that pit all the winners against each other... - Original Message - From: "Justin Mohareb" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:10:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace So, anyone catch this week's DW? Instead of "Generic guy vs Generic guy", they set up William Wallace & Shaka Zulu. Once again we see, if you have a piece of equipment that will blind your opponent, Leave that at home! You can see the followup here: http://www.spike.com/video/aftermath-william/3178462 Justin -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace
Would you believe me if I told you I nodded off on this *again*? I'm going to have to make myself check it out online. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Mon, 1 Jun 2009 04:25:08 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com You are correct - Original Message - From: "Martin Baxter" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 12:01:58 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace I'm not even sure if some would be able to adapt, Keith. I really can't see a samurai or a ninja being able to use a broadsword, for example. The dynamics of handling and using a katana are completely different. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Sun, 31 May 2009 15:25:09 + (UTC) >From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Right, and that was my point. I'd love to see a fantasy matchup with guys from different eras using the same weaponry. Of course, then you're really stepping out, as you'd have to basically extrapolate like crazy to predict how a guy from a land of brass weapons would learn to use a bow and arrow, or a steel broadsword or something. - Original Message - From: "Mr. Worf" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 7:01:13 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace One of Zulu's strengths was his battle tactics. I read somewhere that his skill on the battlefield was as good as any contemporary general of his time. If the Zulus were able to obtain more weapons (They had the guns but no one would sell them bullets.) they more than likely would have completely repelled the British Empire from that region of the world. On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 4:48 AM, Martin Baxter < truthseeker...@lycos.com > wrote: That would be cool, Keith, to set the whole thing in a bracket system and play down toward a finale. -[ Received Mail Content ]------ Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Sat, 30 May 2009 03:30:22 + (UTC) >From : Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Yeah, I caught it, it was good. I really love this show. It gets a bit tough when they take people from different eras and match them: steel against brass, armour against bare skin, guns against swords. that was the case with Shaka: his "spit poison" and wooden shield couldn't compete with an eight (six?) foot long sword. What I'd really like to see is a normalized matchup in those cases. For example, that Scottish sword was actually used just as often to simply sweep the legs of horses to cut them off as it was to attack me. And, deadly or not, a sword that long simply can't be swung quickly, maneuvered with finesse, or wielded for too long. So, a Zulu warrior with Shaka's speed and agility, upgraded with weapons and armour contemporary to William Wallace, would no doubt win the day. I am hoping that they do matches later on that pit all the winners against each other... - Original Message - From: "Justin Mohareb" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:10:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace So, anyone catch this week's DW? Instead of "Generic guy vs Generic guy", they set up William Wallace & Shaka Zulu. Once again we see, if you have a piece of equipment that will blind your opponent, Leave that at home! You can see the followup here: http://www.spike.com/video/aftermath-william/3178462 Justin -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace
You are correct - Original Message - From: "Martin Baxter" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 12:01:58 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace I'm not even sure if some would be able to adapt, Keith. I really can't see a samurai or a ninja being able to use a broadsword, for example. The dynamics of handling and using a katana are completely different. -[ Received Mail Content ]------ Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Sun, 31 May 2009 15:25:09 + (UTC) >From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Right, and that was my point. I'd love to see a fantasy matchup with guys from different eras using the same weaponry. Of course, then you're really stepping out, as you'd have to basically extrapolate like crazy to predict how a guy from a land of brass weapons would learn to use a bow and arrow, or a steel broadsword or something. - Original Message - From: "Mr. Worf" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 7:01:13 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace One of Zulu's strengths was his battle tactics. I read somewhere that his skill on the battlefield was as good as any contemporary general of his time. If the Zulus were able to obtain more weapons (They had the guns but no one would sell them bullets.) they more than likely would have completely repelled the British Empire from that region of the world. On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 4:48 AM, Martin Baxter < truthseeker...@lycos.com > wrote: That would be cool, Keith, to set the whole thing in a bracket system and play down toward a finale. -----[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Sat, 30 May 2009 03:30:22 + (UTC) >From : Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Yeah, I caught it, it was good. I really love this show. It gets a bit tough when they take people from different eras and match them: steel against brass, armour against bare skin, guns against swords. that was the case with Shaka: his "spit poison" and wooden shield couldn't compete with an eight (six?) foot long sword. What I'd really like to see is a normalized matchup in those cases. For example, that Scottish sword was actually used just as often to simply sweep the legs of horses to cut them off as it was to attack me. And, deadly or not, a sword that long simply can't be swung quickly, maneuvered with finesse, or wielded for too long. So, a Zulu warrior with Shaka's speed and agility, upgraded with weapons and armour contemporary to William Wallace, would no doubt win the day. I am hoping that they do matches later on that pit all the winners against each other... - Original Message - From: "Justin Mohareb" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:10:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace So, anyone catch this week's DW? Instead of "Generic guy vs Generic guy", they set up William Wallace & Shaka Zulu. Once again we see, if you have a piece of equipment that will blind your opponent, Leave that at home! You can see the followup here: http://www.spike.com/video/aftermath-william/3178462 Justin -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace
I'm not even sure if some would be able to adapt, Keith. I really can't see a samurai or a ninja being able to use a broadsword, for example. The dynamics of handling and using a katana are completely different. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Sun, 31 May 2009 15:25:09 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Right, and that was my point. I'd love to see a fantasy matchup with guys from different eras using the same weaponry. Of course, then you're really stepping out, as you'd have to basically extrapolate like crazy to predict how a guy from a land of brass weapons would learn to use a bow and arrow, or a steel broadsword or something. - Original Message - From: "Mr. Worf" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 7:01:13 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace One of Zulu's strengths was his battle tactics. I read somewhere that his skill on the battlefield was as good as any contemporary general of his time. If the Zulus were able to obtain more weapons (They had the guns but no one would sell them bullets.) they more than likely would have completely repelled the British Empire from that region of the world. On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 4:48 AM, Martin Baxter < truthseeker...@lycos.com > wrote: That would be cool, Keith, to set the whole thing in a bracket system and play down toward a finale. -[ Received Mail Content ]------ Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Sat, 30 May 2009 03:30:22 + (UTC) >From : Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Yeah, I caught it, it was good. I really love this show. It gets a bit tough when they take people from different eras and match them: steel against brass, armour against bare skin, guns against swords. that was the case with Shaka: his "spit poison" and wooden shield couldn't compete with an eight (six?) foot long sword. What I'd really like to see is a normalized matchup in those cases. For example, that Scottish sword was actually used just as often to simply sweep the legs of horses to cut them off as it was to attack me. And, deadly or not, a sword that long simply can't be swung quickly, maneuvered with finesse, or wielded for too long. So, a Zulu warrior with Shaka's speed and agility, upgraded with weapons and armour contemporary to William Wallace, would no doubt win the day. I am hoping that they do matches later on that pit all the winners against each other... - Original Message - From: "Justin Mohareb" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:10:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace So, anyone catch this week's DW? Instead of "Generic guy vs Generic guy", they set up William Wallace & Shaka Zulu. Once again we see, if you have a piece of equipment that will blind your opponent, Leave that at home! You can see the followup here: http://www.spike.com/video/aftermath-william/3178462 Justin -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace
Right, and that was my point. I'd love to see a fantasy matchup with guys from different eras using the same weaponry. Of course, then you're really stepping out, as you'd have to basically extrapolate like crazy to predict how a guy from a land of brass weapons would learn to use a bow and arrow, or a steel broadsword or something. - Original Message - From: "Mr. Worf" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 7:01:13 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace One of Zulu's strengths was his battle tactics. I read somewhere that his skill on the battlefield was as good as any contemporary general of his time. If the Zulus were able to obtain more weapons (They had the guns but no one would sell them bullets.) they more than likely would have completely repelled the British Empire from that region of the world. On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 4:48 AM, Martin Baxter < truthseeker...@lycos.com > wrote: That would be cool, Keith, to set the whole thing in a bracket system and play down toward a finale. -[ Received Mail Content ]------ Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Sat, 30 May 2009 03:30:22 + (UTC) >From : Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Yeah, I caught it, it was good. I really love this show. It gets a bit tough when they take people from different eras and match them: steel against brass, armour against bare skin, guns against swords. that was the case with Shaka: his "spit poison" and wooden shield couldn't compete with an eight (six?) foot long sword. What I'd really like to see is a normalized matchup in those cases. For example, that Scottish sword was actually used just as often to simply sweep the legs of horses to cut them off as it was to attack me. And, deadly or not, a sword that long simply can't be swung quickly, maneuvered with finesse, or wielded for too long. So, a Zulu warrior with Shaka's speed and agility, upgraded with weapons and armour contemporary to William Wallace, would no doubt win the day. I am hoping that they do matches later on that pit all the winners against each other... - Original Message - From: "Justin Mohareb" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:10:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace So, anyone catch this week's DW? Instead of "Generic guy vs Generic guy", they set up William Wallace & Shaka Zulu. Once again we see, if you have a piece of equipment that will blind your opponent, Leave that at home! You can see the followup here: http://www.spike.com/video/aftermath-william/3178462 Justin -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace
Keith, we need to see if Spike has a suggestions page for this. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Sun, 31 May 2009 04:19:04 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com yeah, if they're not doing that, they're missing a great opportunity. I'd love to see an Apache take on a Shaolin monk or a Samurai. - Original Message - From: "Martin Baxter" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 7:48:25 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace That would be cool, Keith, to set the whole thing in a bracket system and play down toward a finale. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Sat, 30 May 2009 03:30:22 + (UTC) >From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Yeah, I caught it, it was good. I really love this show. It gets a bit tough when they take people from different eras and match them: steel against brass, armour against bare skin, guns against swords. that was the case with Shaka: his "spit poison" and wooden shield couldn't compete with an eight (six?) foot long sword. What I'd really like to see is a normalized matchup in those cases. For example, that Scottish sword was actually used just as often to simply sweep the legs of horses to cut them off as it was to attack me. And, deadly or not, a sword that long simply can't be swung quickly, maneuvered with finesse, or wielded for too long. So, a Zulu warrior with Shaka's speed and agility, upgraded with weapons and armour contemporary to William Wallace, would no doubt win the day. I am hoping that they do matches later on that pit all the winners against each other... - Original Message - From: "Justin Mohareb" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:10:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace So, anyone catch this week's DW? Instead of "Generic guy vs Generic guy", they set up William Wallace & Shaka Zulu. Once again we see, if you have a piece of equipment that will blind your opponent, Leave that at home! You can see the followup here: http://www.spike.com/video/aftermath-william/3178462 Justin -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace
yeah, if they're not doing that, they're missing a great opportunity. I'd love to see an Apache take on a Shaolin monk or a Samurai. - Original Message - From: "Martin Baxter" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 7:48:25 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace That would be cool, Keith, to set the whole thing in a bracket system and play down toward a finale. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Sat, 30 May 2009 03:30:22 + (UTC) >From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Yeah, I caught it, it was good. I really love this show. It gets a bit tough when they take people from different eras and match them: steel against brass, armour against bare skin, guns against swords. that was the case with Shaka: his "spit poison" and wooden shield couldn't compete with an eight (six?) foot long sword. What I'd really like to see is a normalized matchup in those cases. For example, that Scottish sword was actually used just as often to simply sweep the legs of horses to cut them off as it was to attack me. And, deadly or not, a sword that long simply can't be swung quickly, maneuvered with finesse, or wielded for too long. So, a Zulu warrior with Shaka's speed and agility, upgraded with weapons and armour contemporary to William Wallace, would no doubt win the day. I am hoping that they do matches later on that pit all the winners against each other... - Original Message - From: "Justin Mohareb" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:10:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace So, anyone catch this week's DW? Instead of "Generic guy vs Generic guy", they set up William Wallace & Shaka Zulu. Once again we see, if you have a piece of equipment that will blind your opponent, Leave that at home! You can see the followup here: http://www.spike.com/video/aftermath-william/3178462 Justin -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace
One of Zulu's strengths was his battle tactics. I read somewhere that his skill on the battlefield was as good as any contemporary general of his time. If the Zulus were able to obtain more weapons (They had the guns but no one would sell them bullets.) they more than likely would have completely repelled the British Empire from that region of the world. On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 4:48 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: > That would be cool, Keith, to set the whole thing in a bracket system and > play down toward a finale. > > > > > > -[ Received Mail Content ]-- > > Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William > Wallace > > Date : Sat, 30 May 2009 03:30:22 + (UTC) > > From : Keith Johnson > > To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > > Yeah, I caught it, it was good. I really love this show. It gets a bit > tough when they take people from different eras and match them: steel > against brass, armour against bare skin, guns against swords. that was the > case with Shaka: his "spit poison" and wooden shield couldn't compete with > an eight (six?) foot long sword. What I'd really like to see is a normalized > matchup in those cases. For example, that Scottish sword was actually used > just as often to simply sweep the legs of horses to cut them off as it was > to attack me. And, deadly or not, a sword that long simply can't be swung > quickly, maneuvered with finesse, or wielded for too long. So, a Zulu > warrior with Shaka's speed and agility, upgraded with weapons and armour > contemporary to William Wallace, would no doubt win the day. > > I am hoping that they do matches later on that pit all the winners against > each other... > > - Original Message - > From: "Justin Mohareb" > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:10:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace > > > > > > > > > So, anyone catch this week's DW? > > Instead of "Generic guy vs Generic guy", they set up William Wallace & > Shaka Zulu. > > Once again we see, if you have a piece of equipment that will blind > your opponent, Leave that at home! > > You can see the followup here: > > http://www.spike.com/video/aftermath-william/3178462 > > Justin > > -- > Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. > http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[RE][scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace
I nodded off on it, Justin. I'll be catching it tomorrow in repeats. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Fri, 29 May 2009 23:10:20 -0400 From : Justin Mohareb To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com So, anyone catch this week's DW? Instead of "Generic guy vs Generic guy", they set up William Wallace & Shaka Zulu. Once again we see, if you have a piece of equipment that will blind your opponent, Leave that at home! You can see the followup here: http://www.spike.com/video/aftermath-william/3178462 Justin -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace
That would be cool, Keith, to set the whole thing in a bracket system and play down toward a finale. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace Date : Sat, 30 May 2009 03:30:22 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Yeah, I caught it, it was good. I really love this show. It gets a bit tough when they take people from different eras and match them: steel against brass, armour against bare skin, guns against swords. that was the case with Shaka: his "spit poison" and wooden shield couldn't compete with an eight (six?) foot long sword. What I'd really like to see is a normalized matchup in those cases. For example, that Scottish sword was actually used just as often to simply sweep the legs of horses to cut them off as it was to attack me. And, deadly or not, a sword that long simply can't be swung quickly, maneuvered with finesse, or wielded for too long. So, a Zulu warrior with Shaka's speed and agility, upgraded with weapons and armour contemporary to William Wallace, would no doubt win the day. I am hoping that they do matches later on that pit all the winners against each other... - Original Message - From: "Justin Mohareb" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:10:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace So, anyone catch this week's DW? Instead of "Generic guy vs Generic guy", they set up William Wallace & Shaka Zulu. Once again we see, if you have a piece of equipment that will blind your opponent, Leave that at home! You can see the followup here: http://www.spike.com/video/aftermath-william/3178462 Justin -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace
Yeah, I caught it, it was good. I really love this show. It gets a bit tough when they take people from different eras and match them: steel against brass, armour against bare skin, guns against swords. that was the case with Shaka: his "spit poison" and wooden shield couldn't compete with an eight (six?) foot long sword. What I'd really like to see is a normalized matchup in those cases. For example, that Scottish sword was actually used just as often to simply sweep the legs of horses to cut them off as it was to attack me. And, deadly or not, a sword that long simply can't be swung quickly, maneuvered with finesse, or wielded for too long. So, a Zulu warrior with Shaka's speed and agility, upgraded with weapons and armour contemporary to William Wallace, would no doubt win the day. I am hoping that they do matches later on that pit all the winners against each other... - Original Message - From: "Justin Mohareb" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:10:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace So, anyone catch this week's DW? Instead of "Generic guy vs Generic guy", they set up William Wallace & Shaka Zulu. Once again we see, if you have a piece of equipment that will blind your opponent, Leave that at home! You can see the followup here: http://www.spike.com/video/aftermath-william/3178462 Justin -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com
[scifinoir2] Deadliest Warrior: Shaka Zulu vs William Wallace
So, anyone catch this week's DW? Instead of "Generic guy vs Generic guy", they set up William Wallace & Shaka Zulu. Once again we see, if you have a piece of equipment that will blind your opponent, Leave that at home! You can see the followup here: http://www.spike.com/video/aftermath-william/3178462 Justin -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com
