Black Hearted Pearl Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Aye Mates, Me sources say there be a new show on Spike TV where they pit different warriors from different genres against each other. The show premiered April 8th and there be an episode on April 28th about pirate vs. knight. There be little doubt in me mind that the pirate wins for the pirate has the biggest gun and I know that gun well. ~Black Hearted Pearl The optimist expects the wind. The pessimist complains about the wind. The realist adjusts the sails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyTarr Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 that is not even a close comparison. One is on water and the other on land. Let's compare Pirates and Vikings. Git up of your asses, set up those glasses I'm drinking this place dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Sterling Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Actually they are comparing Viking to Samurai tonight... their Apache versus Gladiator left a lot to be desired.. especially when the Gladiator finally had the advantage and then got up and walked away allowing the Apache to kill him... Pirate versus knight? After watching the first episode, I would almost bet the knight wins... "I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers Crewe of the Archangel http://jcsterlingcptarchang.wix.com/creweofthearchangel# http://creweofthearchangel.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Lasseter Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Interesting... Must be their answer to this show on the History Channel.... http://www.history.com/content/warriors Truly, D. Lasseter Captain, The Lucy Propria Virtute Audax --- In Hoc Signo Vinces Ni Feidir An Dubh A Chur Ina Bhan Air "If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me." Deuteronomy 32:41 Envy and its evil twin - It crept in bed with slander - Idiots they gave advice - But Sloth it gave no answer - Anger kills the human soul - With butter tales of Lust - While Pavlov's Dogs keep chewin' - On the legs they never trust... The Seven Deadly Sins http://www.colonialnavy.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poopdeck Pappy Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 The show sounds a little silly, to get a fair fight you would have to strip both sides of their best weapons. the Pirate would have to give up his ship, crew, cannons, firearms, and explosives; the knight would have to give up his horse, armor, shield, and a multitude of hand weapons. Come on History Channel give the people what they really want Kittens VS Tanks. BATTLESAIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Handed Jill Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 What a ridiculous concept! Unless one person is standing far away and pointing a gun at the other person, it's whoever is faster, regardless of fighting style. Anything else is staged nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graydog Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 (edited) Thank you for letting us know you have a link with this episode. I look forward to seeing it. Does anybody we know get any screen time? Fair winds, -Greydog Edited April 14, 2009 by Graydog Why am I sharing my opinion? Because I am a special snowflake who has an opinion of such import that it must be shared and because people really care what I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk the QM Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Pirate versus knight? After watching the first episode, I would almost bet the knight wins... If they have any sense they will remember why Knights became obsolete. Gun powder! YAaaaaar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graydog Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 [if they have any sense they will remember why Knights became obsolete. Gun powder! YAaaaaar! The last "real" (as in knighted by the king) knight I worked with was in Bosnia and he was commanding a Leopard Tank. I'll give the edge to the knight in that case. Why am I sharing my opinion? Because I am a special snowflake who has an opinion of such import that it must be shared and because people really care what I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk the QM Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 [if they have any sense they will remember why Knights became obsolete. Gun powder! YAaaaaar! The last "real" (as in knighted by the king) knight I worked with was in Bosnia and he was commanding a Leopard Tank. I'll give the edge to the knight in that case. My moneys on Sir Elton John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graydog Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 My moneys on Sir Elton John. I am not sure Sir Elton's will to resist is as high as that found in other knights. Why am I sharing my opinion? Because I am a special snowflake who has an opinion of such import that it must be shared and because people really care what I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk the QM Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 My moneys on Sir Elton John. I am not sure Sir Elton's will to resist is as high as that found in other knights. I would imagine his best defense is to confuse the enemy with his crazy sunglasses. Then drop a piano on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graydog Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 My moneys on Sir Elton John. I am not sure Sir Elton's will to resist is as high as that found in other knights. I would imagine his best defense is to confuse the enemy with his crazy sunglasses. Then drop a piano on them. On the other hand, I do believe Sir Elton is very concerned about piracy of his work, ergo, a knight vs. a pirate is more correct than one would first imagaine. Why am I sharing my opinion? Because I am a special snowflake who has an opinion of such import that it must be shared and because people really care what I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Pyrat Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Now there's a concept for you. The pirate, a kid at his computer downloading music when he is attacked by the forces of the Knight, a battery of lawyers... The Charles Towne Few - We shall sail... The sea will be our empire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pew Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 You do realize what it will end up right? , Skull and Quill Society , The Watch Dog "We are 21st Century people who play a game of dress-up and who spend a lot of time pissing and moaning about the rules of the game and whether other people are playing fair." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Why do I suddenly have a visual of the Black Night fight scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail? "Come on, it's only a flesh wound!" ...schooners, islands, and maroons and buccaneers and buried gold... You can do everything right, strictly according to procedure, on the ocean, and it'll still kill you. But if you're a good navigator, a least you'll know where you were when you died.......From The Ship Killer by Justin Scott. "Well, that's just maddeningly unhelpful."....Captain Jack Sparrow Found in the Ruins — Unique Jewelry Found in the Ruins — Personal Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pew Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 , Skull and Quill Society , The Watch Dog "We are 21st Century people who play a game of dress-up and who spend a lot of time pissing and moaning about the rules of the game and whether other people are playing fair." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Lasseter Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Thank you for letting us know you have a link with this episode. I look forward to seeing it. Does anybody we know get any screen time?Fair winds, -Greydog Not that I've heard... I was almost contracted with the producers of the History Channel show, but they got all wishy-washy, said they wanted one thing, so I did the dance, then, no they wanted a different thing, I did the dance... then... No more returns on phone calls or emails... fancy that... I fear they got a Hollywood type pirate to do the bit.... No offense for the hollywood type pirates out there... but they wanted historical... Truly, D. Lasseter Captain, The Lucy Propria Virtute Audax --- In Hoc Signo Vinces Ni Feidir An Dubh A Chur Ina Bhan Air "If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me." Deuteronomy 32:41 Envy and its evil twin - It crept in bed with slander - Idiots they gave advice - But Sloth it gave no answer - Anger kills the human soul - With butter tales of Lust - While Pavlov's Dogs keep chewin' - On the legs they never trust... The Seven Deadly Sins http://www.colonialnavy.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 The Pyrates vs. Ninjas is one of those things that are kinda fun..... but they were so far away from each other (and reality) , that it's mostly 13 year old boys that argue that (well and some of us wot ain't never grown up...) I have never been a Warrior... I was a soldier, And at the time, it was my duty to give my life to my Country (well to avoid that as mush as possible.. the line from the movie Patton... "Make the other poor SOB die for his Country (well something like that...)) So it's a silly concept..... a Pyrate is/was using the best weapons available..... they weren't particularly "skilled" at the weapons.... but they worked....(intimidation being the best one...) So a 14th Century Knight.... heavy armored... shock troops (well mostly Nobility... but they trained for a long time...)vs. a pyrate with a gun.... well the Pyrate has one shot (Ok... maybe two or three), and if that don't work.... he's kinda fu*** oops... well in trouble.....cutlass (designed for something else) vs. Braodsword (designed to chop people into little chunks) and alla that armor.... oops .... (well then the Pyrate would (or should if he wants to live) do the right thing....run...) But taking a horse onto a ship.....well the advantages change.... and that broadsword doesn't work so well in the cramped passages below deck.... OK... The Knight was fighting in his most favorable environment... and so was the Pyrate..... To mix and match the environment .... dang.... way too lane..... The Knights...Ninjas... trained their entire lives on how to fight (within their weapons and setting) Pyrates (and soldiers) had to figgure it all out.... but they figgured out how to make it work kinda quick, or they died..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pogue Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I'm liking the show. The "acting" is a bit off, but the premise seems sound. Get as many metrics as you can from the weapons and assume a base level of skill that can be changed based on various other factors. Run the simulation enough times to come up with an average. Last nights - Samural vs Viking was kinda cool and the outcome was kinda expected. Samurai had 522 wins ove the Vikings 488 wins. Thats a 2 percent difference. Easily explainable for other factors that could not captured. With that small of difference, the outcome could change with a different run of the computer. So, the show last night, for me, was mostly about the different weapons than the outcome. The ones that should be interesting are going to be the ones that are very different, like the one with the pirate. The fight sequence they show is interesting, but it's just there to give the audience something to watch. Conceptual Simplicity, Structural Complexity, Achieves a Greater State of humanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Cassandra Seahawke Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Ok, not sure if this belong here or not, but, on the TV show "Deadliest Warrior" they use various historical information and pit various warriors against each other. The one to be shown this coming Tuesday night at 10pm... ET... is Pirate vs Knight. They highlight and discuss various tactics, style of fighting and equipment used by each then they will be challenged a number of times till after approximately 1000 battles (according to the system used when they did Samuari vs Viking Warrior) the winner of the majority battles is declared winner of contest. (BTW Samuari won 522 ...Viking 478 - Samuari declared Deadliest Warrior in match-up) Anyway, as stated this Tuesday Pirate Vs Knight. Be interesting to see your discussion and then watch the Historians. So, What say you? Who will be declared winner in this match-up, the Deadliest Warrior...Ey? Lady Cassandra Seahawke Captain of SIREN'S RESURRECTION, Her fleet JAGUAR'S SPIRIT, ROARING LION , SEA WITCH AND RED VIXEN For she, her captains and their crews are.... ...Amazon by Blood... ...... Warrior by Nature...... ............Pirate by Trade............ If'n ye hear ta Trill ye sure to know tat yer end be near... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hearted Pearl Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 Everyone should watch it. Get yourself some popcorn, a soda or two and sit back to 'guffaw'. that's all I'm going to say about it.....for now. ~Black Hearted Pearl The optimist expects the wind. The pessimist complains about the wind. The realist adjusts the sails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner Gordon Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 It's all in thwe hands of the editor and on the cutting room floor. There was enough good stuff to show, and they certainly spent enough money on it. Oh yeah, they had some of the best people tou could get too.... the further away from Scotland ye roam, the more Scottish ye become Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hearted Pearl Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 show off. ~Black Hearted Pearl The optimist expects the wind. The pessimist complains about the wind. The realist adjusts the sails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyBarbossa Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Thank ye for the info though. Much appreciated. ~Lady B Tempt Fate! an' toss 't all t' Hell!" "I'm completely innocent of whatever crime I've committed." The one, the only,... the infamous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
 {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '1074427760321280'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); </script> <noscript><img height=)
&ev=PageView&cd%5Bitem_id%5D=14699&cd%5Bitem_name%5D=Deadliest+Warrior&cd%5Bitem_type%5D=topic&cd%5Bcategory_name%5D=Pyrate Pop"/>
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now