On one pedestal is a bad-ass looking magical sword with accompanying magical sheath, etc, the works.
On the other is the finest sniper rifle ever crafted (from a magical alloy) with accompanying replenishing magical ammo, etc.
Behind the pedestals there is a rock upon which is inscribed, very convincingly, "Pick one and only one or I'll kill you".
Assume, for the sake of argument, that you know this to be true.
Which do you pick? [ 11-22-2002: Message edited by: Maradon XP ]
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Sword for me! I can deflect sniper shots with it!
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Bloodcookie Model 2000 was programmed to say:
Well, I do like swords...
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Archon had this to say about John Romero:
Do we know anything specific about the weapons other than the gun replenishing bullets?
No.
Let's assume, though, that thier magical properties are roughly equivalent.
Sword here.
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Ruvyen? got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
Swordity sword sword!
Didn't see that one coming.
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Sentow said this about your mom:
Well, I'd take the sword because I think it'd be easier to eviscerate an enemy I'm standing right next to rather than cap him in the head from 300 yards away.
The exact same argument could be used to justify picking the sniper rifle.
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Maradon XP had this to say about Robocop:
The exact same argument could be used to justify picking the sniper rifle.
Yeah, any idiot can pick up a rifle and nail someone a hundred yards away.
Now could I pick up the sword and instantly learn how to use it, maybe as part of its "magical" ability?
If so, definately sword for me.
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D spewed forth this undeniable truth:
Yeah, any idiot can pick up a rifle and nail someone a hundred yards away.
Actually I meant that more in the sense that if you're far away from your enemies, it will be harder for them to kill you. It wouldn't be too much a chore to take out six guys at a distance with a sniper rifle before they could figure out what was going on (if you knew how to use it), whereas taking the same six guys with a sword, you run the risk of taking serious personal injury from a back shot or from them just ganging up on you (or, indeed, shooting you).
Really what it boils down to is a matter of taste. The question is less one of how you can justify the utility of your choice, and more one of how you can justify picking what you did despite utility.
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Maradon XP obviously shouldn't have said:
The exact same argument could be used to justify picking the sniper rifle.
I never said otherwise!
Swords are cool though. You can't sheath a sniper rifle, either.
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Maradon XP wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
Actually I meant that more in the sense that if you're far away from your enemies, it will be harder for them to kill you. It wouldn't be too much a chore to take out six guys at a distance with a sniper rifle before they could figure out what was going on (if you knew how to use it), whereas taking the same six guys with a sword, you run the risk of taking serious personal injury from a back shot or from them just ganging up on you (or, indeed, shooting you).Really what it boils down to is a matter of taste. The question is less one of how you can justify the utility of your choice, and more one of how you can justify picking what you did despite utility.
Ah. Well, again, I think swords have a style a sniper rifle does not. On the same hand, if somebody has a rifle you know they mean buisiness, but if somebody has a "magical sword" they're likely just a retard and/or weenie. Then again, it gives me the element of surprise.
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Maradon XP spewed forth this undeniable truth:
Behind the pedestals there is a rock upon which is inscribed, very convincingly, "Pick one and only one or I'll kill you".Assume, for the sake of argument, that you know this to be true.
Which do you pick?
Important question: Can I pick the rock?
It has the power to kill, without resorting to physical weapons of any kind. Pure magic, as it were.
If I know something about it being true (what the rock says) and all, then I might know if picking the rock itself is going to kill me. If it won't, then I'll pick the rock and become a spell slinger.
*wiggles his fingers at a passer-by, and watches their bowels exit through their nostrils*
Otherwise, sword.
Unless there's a big pile of magazines sitting there...
Whenever I am given a limited supply of something, I have the tendency to hoard it like a miser. Thus, the sniper rifle probably wouldn't get much use for fear of depleting the ammunition.
At it also comes down to style. The sniper rifle is rather impersonal, if efficient. And hours of RPGs have established a sword favoring bias in my mind.
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MorbId had this to say about Optimus Prime:
I am trained with neither, making that factor irrelevant.Whenever I am given a limited supply of something, I have the tendency to hoard it like a miser. Thus, the sniper rifle probably wouldn't get much use for fear of depleting the ammunition.
At it also comes down to style. The sniper rifle is rather impersonal, if efficient. And hours of RPGs have established a sword favoring bias in my mind.
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dude, the sniper rifle has unlimited ammo, did you read the question at all?
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Palador ChibiDragon's fortune cookie read:
Important question: Can I pick the rock?
It won't kill you but it will kill your parents, and all the microbes in your intestines, giving you a lifetime of diarreha
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So quoth Soldar:
My problem with the sniper rifle is that if it doesn't have very many shots... you're pretty much screwed if you have to fight more than a few people.Unless there's a big pile of magazines sitting there...
Well fuck.
I missed part of the question.
I can't change my vote now.
But it violates the Law of Conservation of Mass! [ 11-23-2002: Message edited by: Soldar ]
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Soldar had this to say about Robocop:
But it violates the Law of Conservation of Mass!
No, the bullets are actually coming from an asteroid belt around a solar system in the Andromeda galaxy
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Maradon XP had this to say about John Romero:
It won't kill you but it will kill your parents, and all the microbes in your intestines, giving you a lifetime of diarreha
I'll talk one of my "friends" into picking it for me, then. If that doesn't work, then I think I'll go with the sword, or a re-infusion of intestinal microbes to go with the rock.
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Palador ChibiDragon was naked while typing this:
I'll talk one of my "friends" into picking it for me, then. If that doesn't work, then I think I'll go with the sword, or a re-infusion of intestinal microbes to go with the rock.
You're really, really missing the point of the rock
I love swords, but, unless it came with a suit of kick-butt armor, I'd take the rifle any day.
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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent Soldar said:
But it violates the Law of Conservation of Mass!
The Law of Conservation of Mass states that the mass of the product will always equal the mass of the reactant.
...Sorry, science quiz in a few days.
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From the book of Maradon XP, chapter 3, verse 16:
You're really, really missing the point of the rock
When it comes to weapons, I've allways be more fond of causing blunt trama type damage. Still, as the rock isn't really an option, I pick the sword.
It's easier to get the permits to carry a sword than it is to get the permits to carry a sniper rifle. Not to mention, the cops don't tend to go quite as ape-shit when they see what you're carrying.
