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  • electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Wouldn't guns really fuck up plate armor and make it deadlier to be hit?

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  • Dread Pirate ArbuthnotDread Pirate Arbuthnot OMG WRIGGLY T O X O P L A S M O S I SRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    While lore-wise, it doesn't make too much sense, I absolutely love that when Altdorf was very unstable in the WAR MMO you could walk around and see skaven taking over houses in the slums and hiding in barrels.

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  • JokermanJokerman Everything EverywhereRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    WMain00 wrote: »
    Hmmmm. The university is offering student representation trips to either Chile or China, where you go to represent the uni.
    I'm gonna hurt you real bad.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    edited April 2010
    Wouldn't guns really fuck up plate armor and make it deadlier to be hit?

    See, in D&D, armor works like this:

    Heavier armor makes you harder to hit.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Kesha is pretty though.

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  • ElldrenElldren Is a woman dammit ceterum censeoRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    Elldren wrote: »
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    Elldren wrote: »
    I hate fantasy weapons

    I like fantasy games with guns. I'm half tempted to give some to the ratmen in one of my D&D games, but I think it would cause sour tastes in the mouths of my players.

    Are any of them wearing plate armor?

    The rats or the players?

    either one, really.

    I mean, matchlocks predate it.

    edit: also, fantasy swords are the very worst

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  • LeitnerLeitner Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Wouldn't guns really fuck up plate armor and make it deadlier to be hit?

    Depends, I mean the term 'bullet proof' comes from shooting plate to show it's proof against guns.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Echo wrote: »
    Wouldn't guns really fuck up plate armor and make it deadlier to be hit?

    See, in D&D, armor works like this:

    Heavier armor makes you harder to hit.

    lulz

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  • ElldrenElldren Is a woman dammit ceterum censeoRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Wouldn't guns really fuck up plate armor and make it deadlier to be hit?

    Not really. Most breastplates of the era were bulletproof.

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  • electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Drez wrote: »
    Kesha is pretty though.

    No. No she is not. She may be many things, but "pretty" is the wrong word.

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  • ElldrenElldren Is a woman dammit ceterum censeoRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Leitner wrote: »
    Wouldn't guns really fuck up plate armor and make it deadlier to be hit?

    Depends, I mean the term 'bullet proof' comes from shooting plate to show it's proof against guns.

    And then people started making better explosives...

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  • JokermanJokerman Everything EverywhereRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Wouldn't guns really fuck up plate armor and make it deadlier to be hit?

    well think about it, most bullet proof vest are just a ceramic plate.

    I know the interceptor is at the very least.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Drez wrote: »
    Kesha is pretty though.

    No. No she is not. She may be many things, but "pretty" is the wrong word.

    No, she's definitely pretty.

    Pretty AWFUL that is.

    edit: But to be clear, I would have sex with her.

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Oh shit. Oh shitshitshit more Lookouts.

    SHEEET.

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  • ElldrenElldren Is a woman dammit ceterum censeoRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Jokerman wrote: »
    Wouldn't guns really fuck up plate armor and make it deadlier to be hit?

    well think about it, most bullet proof vest are just a ceramic plate.

    I know the interceptor is at the very least.

    Most bullet proof vests are layered kevlar. The interceptor is not most bullet proof vests.

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  • ElldrenElldren Is a woman dammit ceterum censeoRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    If materials science history were a thing I'd be all over it

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  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    i woke up and was like i wanna watch some Avatar so i picked a random episode (The Drill) and watched it

    and i am now wondering why doesn't a soundtrack for that show exist

    i'd buy it

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    The best kind of weapon would be a gun that shoots fantasy swords.

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  • ElldrenElldren Is a woman dammit ceterum censeoRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Drez wrote: »
    The best kind of weapon would be a gun that shoots fantasy swords.

    Any gun can shoot fantasy swords

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Elldren wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    The best kind of weapon would be a gun that shoots fantasy swords.

    Any gun can shoot fantasy swords

    What.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    edited April 2010
    Fishicons! Merge and form Devastator!

    xlgJg.jpg

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    I loved Painkiller's gun that shoots Shurikens and Lightning.

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  • StarcrossStarcross Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Drez wrote: »
    The best kind of weapon would be a gun that shoots fantasy swords.

    The best weapon is a sword that is also a gun
    ma_ffviii_squalls_gunblade.jpg

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Starcross wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    The best kind of weapon would be a gun that shoots fantasy swords.

    The best weapon is a sword that is also a gun
    ma_ffviii_squalls_gunblade.jpg

    Actually I was lying. The best weapon is a gun that can shoot unicorns.

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  • ElldrenElldren Is a woman dammit ceterum censeoRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Unicorns have natural antiballistic defenses

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    Final Fantasy VIII sucked, Star.

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  • JokermanJokerman Everything EverywhereRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Elldren wrote: »
    Jokerman wrote: »
    Wouldn't guns really fuck up plate armor and make it deadlier to be hit?

    well think about it, most bullet proof vest are just a ceramic plate.

    I know the interceptor is at the very least.

    Most bullet proof vests are layered kevlar. The interceptor is not most bullet proof vests.

    Well the interceptor has a lot of kevlar on it, but the main protection is the ceramic plate.

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  • electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Jokerman wrote: »
    Wouldn't guns really fuck up plate armor and make it deadlier to be hit?

    well think about it, most bullet proof vest are just a ceramic plate.

    I know the interceptor is at the very least.

    That is not "just" ceramic though - it is a very specifically engineered ceramic, that i would wager is a multilayered composite structure.

    Modern bullets will penetrate steel plate just fine. Now it's true that this is not going to be true for old weapons, but the English had developed armor-piercing arrow tips specifically designed to puncture plate armor.

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  • StarcrossStarcross Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Final Fantasy VIII sucked, Star.

    What!? FFVIII is awesome. Because I played it all the time when I was thirteen and now feel very nostalgic about it. It's clearly the best Final Fantasy game because no other Final Fantasy game has managed to pull that off yet and I don't think they ever will.

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  • WMain00WMain00 Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    That diver is doomed.

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  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Starcross wrote: »
    Final Fantasy VIII sucked, Star.

    What!? FFVIII is awesome. Because I played it all the time when I was thirteen and now feel very nostalgic about it. It's clearly the best Final Fantasy game because no other Final Fantasy game has managed to pull that off yet and I don't think they ever will.

    just cuz you're emo 14 year old self identified with the whiny teenagers doesn't make it good.

    or as Squall would say "......."

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I loved FF8. FF8 > FF9 and even FF7 imho.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Starcross wrote: »
    Final Fantasy VIII sucked, Star.

    What!? FFVIII is awesome. Because I played it all the time when I was thirteen and now feel very nostalgic about it. It's clearly the best Final Fantasy game because no other Final Fantasy game has managed to pull that off yet and I don't think they ever will.

    just cuz you're emo 14 year old self identified with the whiny teenagers doesn't make it good.

    or as Squall would say "......."

    How was your birthday, old man?

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    edited April 2010
    Modern bullets will penetrate steel plate just fine. Now it's true that this is not going to be true for old weapons, but the English had developed armor-piercing arrow tips specifically designed to puncture plate armor.

    Bodkins. They used swallowheads for volleys at mid to far range, but those were to kill lightly armed infantry and cavalry horses - an armored knight isn't much good if he has to haul ass all the way over there.

    Bodkins were for close range with more precise aim, so they could hit the armored knights head on without the bodkins glancing off if they hit at an angle.

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  • electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Ceragard ceramic composite armor is a laminated composite of Al2O3/B4C ballistic ceramics with high performance aramid polyethylene fiber.

    Any simple hard material will not stop a bullet - it will basically shatter and the resultant spray of shrapnel proceeds to tear you apart.

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  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Drez wrote: »
    Starcross wrote: »
    Final Fantasy VIII sucked, Star.

    What!? FFVIII is awesome. Because I played it all the time when I was thirteen and now feel very nostalgic about it. It's clearly the best Final Fantasy game because no other Final Fantasy game has managed to pull that off yet and I don't think they ever will.

    just cuz you're emo 14 year old self identified with the whiny teenagers doesn't make it good.

    or as Squall would say "......."

    How was your birthday, old man?

    it was alright

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  • ElldrenElldren Is a woman dammit ceterum censeoRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Jokerman wrote: »
    Wouldn't guns really fuck up plate armor and make it deadlier to be hit?

    well think about it, most bullet proof vest are just a ceramic plate.

    I know the interceptor is at the very least.

    That is not "just" ceramic though - it is a very specifically engineered ceramic, that i would wager is a multilayered composite structure.

    Modern bullets will penetrate steel plate just fine. Now it's true that this is not going to be true for old weapons, but the English had developed armor-piercing arrow tips specifically designed to puncture plate armor.

    yes, which had much higher terminal velocities than early bullets.

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  • electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Elldren wrote: »
    Jokerman wrote: »
    Wouldn't guns really fuck up plate armor and make it deadlier to be hit?

    well think about it, most bullet proof vest are just a ceramic plate.

    I know the interceptor is at the very least.

    That is not "just" ceramic though - it is a very specifically engineered ceramic, that i would wager is a multilayered composite structure.

    Modern bullets will penetrate steel plate just fine. Now it's true that this is not going to be true for old weapons, but the English had developed armor-piercing arrow tips specifically designed to puncture plate armor.

    yes, which had much higher terminal velocities than early bullets.

    A decent point.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    edited April 2010
    Any simple hard material will not stop a bullet - it will basically shatter and the resultant spray of shrapnel proceeds to tear you apart.

    Spallation is nasty.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I just found it retarded that FF7's climax centers around the permadeath of one of the main characters. A main character that has probably died hundreds of times while fighting with you. But no this one time a phoenix down won't work. Just inconsistent.

    At least in FF8 the dude falls off a cliff edge so if something kinda permanent happens there it's understandable. Not being able to find a body to phoenix down? Fine. Having the body right in front of you and not even trying? Fuck you.

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