ChocolateCitySkin Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 yeah i didn't think the ninja was treated fairly by the computer analysis... they didn't have a way of modeling what would happen if the spartan was blind they could only model the damage. then again that spartan shield was nutso. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateCitySkin Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 this is the single greatest show thats come on tv in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSkins561 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 A pirate vs a knight? The pirate has firearms, kinda unfair. Yea they included the glass, but it was compared to the Spartan Spear which did more damage. Glass in the eye vs a spear, not sure how that works. Wouldn't the speed and skill of a Ninja be highly effective against the spear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliz Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 No way.Vikings would CRUSH the Samurais. This show has no credibility if they think that. The Viking did win over 400 of the 1000 simulations, so it was close. Ultimately I think it was the bow and arrow that put the samurai over the edge. Much better than a Viking spear, so they tally up a bunch of long-range kills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 Again, if nothing else, it's a cool history lesson. BTW, the Ninja Egg was nasty, that kusarigama (had to look it up) was wicked cool, and the Spartan shield was just badass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
“Misdirection” Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I watched the episode last night and when I was watching the battle scene i wanted to yell bull****. I mean, if you have ******* CRUSHED GLASS in your eye there is no ******* way your gonna be able to aim or track the ninja as well as that spartan did. I don't care how tough you are. And that is a lot of ******* glass that got in his eyes too.:2cents: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braxford Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I have watched this show from the first episode. It is totally cool. I think the simulations are pretty right on for the most part. I do think that the Spartan would have had more trouble with the ninja egg ( glass and pepper juice in your eye!!) I do like the first three matchups. Speed, precision and agility vs. power and force. The next one Pirate vs. Knight?? Gunpowder vs. Armor...gunpowder wins but the pirate weapons were basically one shot weapons so if the knight can survive to get in close to the pirate, the pirate is ground beef. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braxford Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Glass in the eye vs a spear, not sure how that works. Wouldn't the speed and skill of a Ninja be highly effective against the spear? The skills would be good against anyone but the ninja could not get around that HUGE Spartan shield. What confused me about the fight last night was after the ninja hit the spartan with the egg he just ran away when he should have drawn out his ninjato and cut him to pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titans&SkinsFan Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 The skills would be good against anyone but the ninja could not get around that HUGE Spartan shield. What confused me about the fight last night was after the ninja hit the spartan with the egg he just ran away when he should have drawn out his ninjato and cut him to pieces. also the beginning when he was stalking the Spartan...a ninja would have just used the blow dart right in the beginning without the Spartan noticing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raub Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 The ninja nerds were the best part of the show. "Well after my kurisawhatsit deflected off the Spartan armor it put me into perfect position to cut both his arms off" :hysterical: Reminded me of this dude I went to high school with who would walk around in those ninja slippers with the toes in them and spend half the day making paper ninja stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_Edwards_Fan Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I think the one ninja guys comment at the end made the most sense as to why this was a bad match up. He said that if the Ninja saw the Spartan he would just run away and come back and kill the spartan in his sleep. To me, the ninja is an assassin, not a warrior This is for sure one of the most entertaining shows on tv at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I enjoy the little bit I've seen of this show, but I'll bet episode 5 is stupid. Mafia vs. Yakuzo? Really? They're matching up gang members? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjinhan Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Oh it already happened. I was pissed when I saw it. I don't understand how someone with a shield and a sword could lose to someone without a shield. You can use the shield to knock them down and to block their attatcks. Yet somehow the Gladiator and Viking both lost. I was for sure the Spartan would lose last night because of the previous episodes but I'm glad they won Not sure about the Apache but Samurai were sort of heavy infantry like the Knights were in Europe.. they trained to right guys with armour and shields... I doubt in the a fight between the Viking and Samurai that a Viking would get enough time close enough range hit Samurai with his shield for a knockdown... In most of these fights, I think its more about the skill of the warriors... I think it would have been a better matchup between the Spartans vs Samurai and Viking vs Gladiator and Ninja vs Apache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Did someone say "Apache" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARLORD1863 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 What dissappoints me is that they pair up warriors that are completely different. It's like having a US Army Infantryman vs. an SAS Sniper. It's a bizarre and stupid situation. Samurai vs. Viking? Vikings swarmed in numbers on weak towns and villages to rape and pillage. Samurai spends a great deal of their life training for open war. The Spartan vs. Ninja episode (another stupid combo) should have had a Spartan fight a Samurai. Now THAT would be worth watching for sure. Then I want to see Superman fight Hulk, make it happen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDawg Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Is this re aired at any other time? I wanna catch an episode and keep forgetting its on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 What dissappoints me is that they pair up warriors that are completely different. It's like having a US Army Infantryman vs. an SAS Sniper. It's a bizarre and stupid situation. Samurai vs. Viking? Vikings swarmed in numbers on weak towns and villages to rape and pillage. Samurai spends a great deal of their life training for open war. The Spartan vs. Ninja episode (another stupid combo) should have had a Spartan fight a Samurai. Now THAT would be worth watching for sure. Then I want to see Superman fight Hulk, make it happen! Yeah I wish they had better pairings too. Ninja vs Apache would've been a good one or Viking vs Gladiator too. They seem to like to match up speed vs strength for each match up so far. I'm not really sure about what will happen in a fight with a Pirate and a Knight. A knight lumbering around in armor will not be able to run around with a Pirate. Then the next episode when they have the Mafia people fighting, that's just dumb. I want to see warriors and I don't consider Mob memebers warriors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 Is this re aired at any other time? I wanna catch an episode and keep forgetting its on.:yes: Plus it's on Spike's website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Then the next episode when they have the Mafia people fighting, that's just dumb. I want to see warriors and I don't consider Mob memebers warriors. I mentioned this earlier, how stupid is this? Italian Mafia vs. Japanese gang member, whatever the name is. What is this, gun vs. gun. Knife vs. knife. Come on. You know what it reminds me of? The 8-bit Nintendo version of Double Dragon, where you could only play as the same character in vs. mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I mentioned this earlier, how stupid is this? Italian Mafia vs. Japanese gang member, whatever the name is.What is this, gun vs. gun. Knife vs. knife. Come on. You know what it reminds me of? The 8-bit Nintendo version of Double Dragon, where you could only play as the same character in vs. mode. Yeah that just doesn't seem interesting to me. I want to see ancient warriors going against each other! Not mob members having a shoot out. I want to see Roman Soldiers and Trojans before mob members Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Little surprised the bomb didn't get through the plate armor. The flintlock pistol failed too. I noticed they didn't test the mail armor though, just the chest plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfWashington Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Why don't they have the ultimate qustion, Pirate vs. Ninja? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Why don't they have the ultimate qustion,Pirate vs. Ninja? Because they are afraid Chuck Norris would show up and kill everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 The Viking did win over 400 of the 1000 simulations, so it was close. Ultimately I think it was the bow and arrow that put the samurai over the edge. Much better than a Viking spear, so they tally up a bunch of long-range kills. It seemed they completely misestimated that. To hit a non-moving target with no pressure is one thing. I'd like them to do an eye shot on anything moving. The Viking spear, while less percise, would do a lot more damage with a comparable hit (e.g. a spear hit in the shoulder does more damage than an arrow hit on the shoulder). Their method is a good approach to model possible damage, but does a bad job of modeling and trying to asses anything with respect to the weapons percision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 i thought last night's was pretty lame. as of right now im gonna say the winner of next week's match wins it all. how can anyone stop a gun? if a knight with all his armor couldn't do it, how is an apache, samurai, or spartan going to do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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