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Hehe. I know a couple of those people. I remember one time when a guy stabbed a girlfriend of mine while trying to mug her, only to find that she was wearing CHAIN MAIL under her cloak. When she pulled out a broadsword, his nerve broke and he just ran.Bertie Wooster wrote:The scariest geeks IMO were the sword/medieval geeks I met when I was on the college fencing team in 1998/1999. All other geeks are pretty much harmless compared to these guys and girls. I don't think they saw 20th c. america as a valid reality in which there consciousness should exist - they loved weapons and whacking each other with them, and told stories about walking around campus with swords at night, and practicing fencing in their dorm halls freaking out people. What was scary was they looked like physically healthy, well-collected individuals too; except they had some very distant, detached look in their eyes.
Oh yes, and chain mail actually saved the hand of a friend of mine when he was in a car accident. A piece of glass (IIRC) slammed into his wrist and the chain mail was utterly wrecked, but he got off with just a tiny scratch. If he hadn't been wearing the sleeve he'd been making, he'd have lost his hand.Kuja wrote:Hehe. I know a couple of those people. I remember one time when a guy stabbed a girlfriend of mine while trying to mug her, only to find that she was wearing CHAIN MAIL under her cloak. When she pulled out a broadsword, his nerve broke and he just ran.
*sees written word "Gor", aggression level triples*Simon H.Johansen wrote:They're a subculture within the geek subculture.verilon wrote:Those aren't geeks, per se, so much as an actual subculture.Simon H.Johansen wrote:None of them are anywhere as scary as Gor geeks.
A sub-subculture, you could call'em.
I hold the highest pride in my utter contempt and hatred for all things Gor. Particularly the philosophy.verilon wrote:I'm glad you think of some rational people that way.Steve wrote:*sees written word "Gor", aggression level triples*
They're slime, nothing more and nothing less.
*plays Rammstein*
~ver
The Star Wars geeks who can actually pass for chewbacca in size.GrandAdmiralPrawn wrote:Debate!
Verilion, with all due respect, you are too optimistic. I would rather not go into the details except to say that you are wrong in this paragraph, and especially in the first sentence.verilon wrote:They are not raped. People out in the real world actually have morals, fucktard. And besides, even if they do take up the lifestyle out in the real world, they have a means to get away legally. There is a lot of difference between the books and real life, you know.And guess what? I can and will refuse to tolerate a philosophy that insists all women are meant by nature to be slaves to men and should be raped at the pleasure of their "owner".
I know a victim of the lifestyle. I'm not going to discuss it further in this thread, because it is not a pleasant subject to be dug up in front of some. I am going to politely ask you do the same.verilon wrote:May I ask how much personal interaction you've had with people of this lifestyle?SirNitram wrote:Verilion, with all due respect, you are too optimistic. I would rather not go into the details except to say that you are wrong in this paragraph, and especially in the first sentence.verilon wrote: They are not raped. People out in the real world actually have morals, fucktard. And besides, even if they do take up the lifestyle out in the real world, they have a means to get away legally. There is a lot of difference between the books and real life, you know.
Acknowledge the possibility, Verilion, that you could be wrong. And I would ask you please let the thread move away from this topic.I'm not saying bad shit doesn't happen, but I find it DISGUSTING that someone is going to equate ALL people in that category to nothing more than the slime on the bottom of his shoe, regardless of knowing them or knowing how they act, and quite possibly not even knowing any of them.
~ver
The pity is, I did address the generalization issue in my post.verilon wrote:I'm not going to read the post considering it is not worth it and we really shouldn't be debating it in the first place. However, you must realize that you have generalized everyone into the same group, and that is where you stepped a wrong foot.
A Fiver vs. a SCA Beserker? No contest, Fiver's going dooown.Steve wrote:The scariest geeks are the Fiver geeks. Violently fanatical, they're like Islamic fundamentalists (in terms of scale).
Agreed and done.Steve wrote:The pity is, I did address the generalization issue in my post.verilon wrote:I'm not going to read the post considering it is not worth it and we really shouldn't be debating it in the first place. However, you must realize that you have generalized everyone into the same group, and that is where you stepped a wrong foot.
But this should not be debated here. In fact, I think we should delete all of our posts on the matter, or at least wipe the text out. Let's get back on topic.
Give me a good stout quarterstaff and I'll take anything at all the SCA could field.SirNitram wrote: A Fiver vs. a SCA Beserker? No contest, Fiver's going dooown.
Hell, I could take a few with my new armor!
Full ceremonial plate and greatswords. Not the Heavy Fighter Faux Greatswords. Actual greatswords that some of the smiths in the Society have made.Keevan_Colton wrote:Give me a good stout quarterstaff and I'll take anything at all the SCA could field.SirNitram wrote: A Fiver vs. a SCA Beserker? No contest, Fiver's going dooown.
Hell, I could take a few with my new armor!
Are they a foot or two shorter, but compensate by being obese, making them the same weight?His Divine Shadow wrote:The Star Wars geeks who can actually pass for chewbacca in size.GrandAdmiralPrawn wrote:Debate!
