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Thread: Had a thought about Darth Maul
Message Edited by CelesSun on 03-23-2004 06:43 AM
CelesSun wrote:
Who cares about Darth Maul?
Heres the real question:
What profession was the Star Wars Kid?
Message Edited by CelesSun on 03-23-2004 06:43 AM
Obviously a master chef/dancer.
He ate his own cooking, far too much. He must be a dancer with moves like those.
The mindless noises he makes are reminiscent of spammers in coronet, so he might be a businessman as well.
a double bladed lightsaber is nothing like a polearm. go duel a jedi guardian, and have them use specials with a double bladed saber. they look totally different than pikeman specials. they look really sweet too. especially the one where he twirls the blades in front of him.
on a side note, i was using my nightsister energy lance, fighting a group of mobs in town. basically, showing off. i didn't have my title up, and people were running to where i was wondering why they couldn't attack me. i guess they thought i was a jedi, using a double bladed saber because of the red streamers that appear (like a tka using specials, only with a pike). it was funny to say the least.
The defining factor of polearm fighting is that you can position your hands on different parts of the shaft to fight in different ways. The double bladed saber cannot be wielded in this way, you would lose a lot of fingers and or other appendages real fast. In my opinion, only an idiot would use a double bladed saber, as it's motion is severely restricted by the whole slicing your own bits off issue. I realise that in Star Wars that the Jedi have superhuman skills, giving them the ability to fight using what would ordinarily be a very dangerous weapon to both the wielder and the proposed target. but the length alone does not make it a polearm. It has a completely different fighting style.
Legwand wrote:
Omegaplex wrote:
Ya'll must have missed that little quantifier I threw in there, 'forgetting force powers.'
Teras Kasi Master.
Thats it. Forgetting force powers of course.
The double-bladed saber is not a polearm weapon. Even without the 'force' ability to use it, its more of a two-handed sword than a polearm.
I meant that you have to be force sensitive in the game to even equip the damn thing.
I guess this means that Han Solo was FS too because he used Lukes saber to cut open that taun-taun (or however its spelled).
Legwand wrote:I meant that you have to be force sensitive in the game to even equip the damn thing.
I guess this means that Han Solo was FS too because he used Lukes saber to cut open that taun-taun (or however its spelled).
Actually, in the EU, Han Solo is revealed to be somewhat force sensitive in one of the many soap opera like turns in the ongoing SW stories. Guess that incident slips under the radar.
Winnebago wrote:
Legwand wrote:
I meant that you have to be force sensitive in the game to even equip the damn thing.
I guess this means that Han Solo was FS too because he used Lukes saber to cut open that taun-taun (or however its spelled).
Actually, in the EU, Han Solo is revealed to be somewhat force sensitive in one of the many soap opera like turns in the ongoing SW stories. Guess that incident slips under the radar.
Yeah it would figure someone would stick this in to cover Georgies ass.
It's true, staff form, pike form, both need to be able to manipulate the weapon from varing points along the staff. In no way could a staff be utilized as an effective weapon for attacking or blocking if both hands are confined to the staffs center. It is a matter of leverage combined with centrifigal<sp?> force. A double bladed saber, can only be likened to a fully bladed weapon. I don't know what kind of sword this is called in martial forms, but it does exist and is definately not a pike. There are also two handed styles where two swords, held at the hilt with blades opposing can be used much in the manner of a pike, but does not carry the blunt force theorys that the pike or staff evokes.
So thus, my vote for Darth Maul is Pirate ninga, Nightsister PIMP. Why do you think he was after em in the 1st place? The Jedi's tricks are not 'mind', rather they get 'brain'. See the confusion? Given that the Jedi's have no jobs, they were unable to pay the, the, err...access fee...