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Started by Loch Belthadd, January 19, 2009, 02:58:02 PM

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Nomadic

#15
January 19, 2009, 05:11:00 PM
So are we talking average pirates or buccaneers here (or perhaps vikings or corsairs)?

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#16
January 19, 2009, 05:23:12 PM
I agree that Highwaymen are Badass, and have an emotional attachment to them, but the "as long as neither outnumbered the other" kind of eliminates the POINT of Zulus.  There's a reason the term Zulu tactics came about.
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January 19, 2009, 05:25:56 PM
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#18
January 19, 2009, 05:42:55 PM
The Zulus dominated Africa, there clearly superior to some random highwaymen :p

As much as I like Vikings (and I'm probably one of the few people who want to see Outlander, and actually *liked* Beowulf and Grendel) they have nothing on the KGB. These are the people who poisoned someone with *radioactive isotopes*, if that doesn't say overkill, nothing else does.

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#19
January 19, 2009, 06:08:48 PM
Quote from: LlumThe Zulus dominated Africa, there clearly superior to some random highwaymen :p

As much as I like Vikings (and I'm probably one of the few people who want to see Outlander, and actually *liked* Beowulf and Grendel) they have nothing on the KGB. These are the people who poisoned someone with *radioactive isotopes*, if that doesn't say overkill, nothing else does.

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#20
January 20, 2009, 07:25:36 AM
The Zulus dominated a small part of Africa. For a while. And as for "Zulu Tactics", I'm fairly sure that while, yes, in the Anglo-Zulu war they did have a numerical advantage, their tactics weren't based on that.

In fact, I'm fairly sure, having done some reading on the subject a couple of years ago, that the reason for Zulu military successes was their revolutionary tactic of using short stabbing spears in conjunction with shields rather than the throwing spears of their neighbours... who often, at least to begin with, outnumbered them.

And as for the KGB... poisoning someone with radiation is far from a true, manly, hands-on approach. Vikings would sail up their rivers, ravage their cattle, steal their women, and burn their farmsteads, reddening their axes with Russian blood along the way. Odin be praised.
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#21
January 20, 2009, 07:51:32 AM
Do I even need to state what my vote is?

Quote from: Kindlingravage their cattle, steal their women
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#22
January 20, 2009, 03:17:48 PM
Quote from: Halfling FritosNinjas are just pirates of the land.
pirates are just ninjas of the sea.
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January 20, 2009, 03:21:42 PM


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January 20, 2009, 03:29:09 PM
Rasputin. Rasputin cannot be beaten.
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January 20, 2009, 05:56:12 PM
Quote from: Kindlingravage their cattle, steal their women

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#26
January 20, 2009, 08:51:13 PM
What? Everyone knows you can get a better price for a woman than you can for a cow... it's simple economics.
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January 20, 2009, 09:41:28 PM
Quote from: beejazzRasputin. Rasputin cannot be beaten.
Agreed.
Quote from: KindlingWhat? Everyone knows you can get a better price for a woman than you can for a cow... it's simple economics.
Point.
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Quote from: Halfling FritosNinjas are just pirates of the land.
pirates are just ninjas of the sea.
Wrong. Ninjas are disciplined and skilled. Pirates are lazy and worthless. They only survive by stealing from others, brining human society as a whole down. Its like the welfare system here in Minnesota.

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#28
January 20, 2009, 10:01:16 PM
Its the pirates hands down, japan was notorious for piracy as well, in fact more japanese made their living as pirates than as ninjas.

The sandals with socks thing is a fashion faux pas, bandanas and stripes, frilled shirts and knee high boots...classic.

Ninjas have been known to dress as women to gain access to their targets, there are no known cases of pirates dressing like girls.

Ninjas had a bunch of half-cocked wierd inventions that may or may not have worked, the pirates had cannons, cutlasses and compasses.

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You can go to a halloween party and as long as you don't "arrrr" everything, you still seem normal. You look like an antisocial wierdo drinking in a ninja outfit, especially if you brought shuriken.

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#29
January 21, 2009, 06:50:06 AM
Quote from: FurorNinjas had a bunch of half-cocked wierd inventions that may or may not have worked, the pirates had cannons, cutlasses and compasses.
Ninjas had hand-held cannons, and pistols that were disguised as swords.
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I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

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