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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Synbios459 on July 27, 2007, 08:43:53 AM

Title: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Synbios459 on July 27, 2007, 08:43:53 AM
Two questions: Who do you think is cooler, and who do you think would win in a fight? I vote Knight.
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Mupepe on July 27, 2007, 10:02:45 AM
Samurai have the use of Pokemon, so they win.
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: cubicle47b on July 27, 2007, 10:53:55 AM
(http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/737/737195/medieval-ii-total-war-20061004102400810.jpg)
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: MrAngryFace on July 27, 2007, 11:00:29 AM
iirc japanese swords were stronger and shaper, and samurai's armor left them a bit more mobile, and I think there was more focus on the status of being a knight than the duty and skill of being a knight, which would suggest a samurai might just edge out a win. Cause I mean they took on GUNS in last samurai which is a very accurate documentary.
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Tauntaun on July 27, 2007, 11:39:03 AM
(http://students.ithaca.edu/~tmarone1/Project%203/images/kenshin%20moon.jpg)
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Robo on July 27, 2007, 11:40:14 AM
Robots are obviously cooler.  And skeletons.  Skeletons are fuckin' cool.
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Himu on July 27, 2007, 11:45:57 AM
Tauntaun. Omg. Kenshin. <3

Ororororo
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Mupepe on July 27, 2007, 12:03:58 PM
So is this just a subtle thread for a japafag to say Jap culture is better than Western culture?
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Tauntaun on July 27, 2007, 12:11:54 PM
Tauntaun. Omg. Kenshin. <3

Ororororo

you don't mess with the battousai :heartbeat
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Himu on July 27, 2007, 12:14:06 PM
I have had the urge to rewatch Kenshin recently. I have it all on dvd.

Season 1, season 2, season 3, ova 1, ova 2, the ova boxset.

I'm such a slut.
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Tauntaun on July 27, 2007, 12:22:12 PM
I have had the urge to rewatch Kenshin recently. I have it all on dvd.

Season 1, season 2, season 3, ova 1, ova 2, the ova boxset.

I'm such a slut.

ditto :heart *fapfapfap*
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Cyanista on July 27, 2007, 12:53:52 PM
My vote goes to samurai because knights were religiously motivated.  Yuck. 

But they were like tanks.  My guess is it would take a samurai awhile to figure out where to stab a fully armored knight, but would he do it before the knight battered him to death with his broadsword? 

I dunno.  Someone should build a samurai robot and a knight robot and make them fite.
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Wobedraggled on July 27, 2007, 12:58:52 PM
Ninja Robots.

Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on July 27, 2007, 01:12:50 PM
Ninja Robots.



When I was in Israel back in the summer of 1998, Cartoon Network India used to show an old anime series called Ninja Robots. It was the butt of many a joke between us Kibbutz volunteers.
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Himu on July 27, 2007, 01:26:44 PM
My guess is it would take a samurai awhile to figure out where to stab a fully armored knight, but would he do it before the knight battered him to death with his broadsword? 

knight armor was pretty thin.
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on July 27, 2007, 02:01:54 PM
I vote for samurai because they're from Japan and Japanese culture is better than Western culture
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Himu on July 27, 2007, 02:27:30 PM
I've never been to Japan but what I've gathered from manga and anime (types of Japanese animation but for smart adults not at all like American comic books which are for children) this seems to the case.

 :lol
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: MrAngryFace on July 27, 2007, 04:02:46 PM
knight armor was also extremely heavy, knock them off their horse and its over. Most had to be loaded on their horses. Even the more modern heavy armor cav of the napoleonic era had issues with mobility in their armor. A lot of japanese armor focused on segments rather than plates which allowed increased mobility. Also I suspect the japanese focus on precision weapons over heavy weapons influenced the overall weight of the armor.
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: demi on July 27, 2007, 04:06:26 PM
Knights because they had Excalibur and Dragons and Wizards and that's the shit
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: demi on July 27, 2007, 04:07:18 PM
(http://images.allposters.com/images/102/039_black_knight.jpg)
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: demi on July 27, 2007, 04:09:33 PM
(http://www.iksv.org/film/i/2006/f/150/monty%20python%20and%20the%20holy%20grail.jpg)
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: cubicle47b on July 27, 2007, 04:33:53 PM
If we're rating samurai and knights on how capable they are we should just bring the Mongol Cavalry into the discussion and declare them the winners.
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Yeti on July 27, 2007, 04:45:06 PM
western style dragons are better than eastern style dragons.
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Tauntaun on July 27, 2007, 04:46:17 PM
[img]http://images.allposters.com/images/102/039_black_knight.jpg[img]

sadly enough, I saw that movie  :-\
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Cyanista on July 27, 2007, 04:58:23 PM
western style dragons are better than eastern style dragons.

I agree with this sentiment SO much.
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: MrAngryFace on July 27, 2007, 05:13:46 PM
If we're rating samurai and knights on how capable they are we should just bring the Mongol Cavalry into the discussion and declare them the winners.

We should bring in F-15s
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Himu on July 27, 2007, 05:17:31 PM
western style dragons are better than eastern style dragons.

Eastern dragons are fugly
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Cyanista on July 27, 2007, 05:18:29 PM
Also they don't have hordes and capture princesses and sometimes speak in riddles!

Shhh, I had a dragon thing ever since Dealing With Dragons.  Man, I read a lot of crap when I was a preteen. :-[
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: cubicle47b on July 27, 2007, 06:14:10 PM
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We should bring in F-15s

Time traveling F-15s?
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on July 27, 2007, 06:20:37 PM
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We should bring in F-15s

Time traveling F-15s?

(http://www.spectrepublishing.com/TheFinalCountdownDVD.jpg)
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: demi on July 27, 2007, 06:36:20 PM
Also they don't have hordes and capture princesses and sometimes speak in riddles!

Shhh, I had a dragon thing ever since Dealing With Dragons.  Man, I read a lot of crap when I was a preteen. :-[

(http://www.atensionspan.com/psx/TN_Blazing_Dragons_ntsc-front.JPG)
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Oblivion on July 27, 2007, 07:05:23 PM
(http://hk.geocities.com/kentyeung1987222/RurouniKenshin/kenshin.jpg)

(http://www.212cafe.com/freeguestbook/user_gbook/kolanya/picture/00031.jpg)


Also, samurais fought with more demons and ghosts than knights.
Title: Re: Who's cooler: Samurai, or Knights?
Post by: Yeti on July 27, 2007, 11:50:09 PM
Tell that to this guy:

(http://img2.kult-mag.com/photos/00/00/17/90/ME0000179061_2.jpg)