Red Mosquito

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

cutuphalfdead wrote:Also stip I'm curious how you'll feel about your in their prime rule when we get to See Barristan the Bold.

Mecca wrote:

stip wrote:Robert at least had a reputation for being one of the best warriors of his age. Mance was trained, but was he ever noteworthy for his martial prowess?


I do think Rayder is more likely to effectuate a successful boar hunt.

Mance was known for his one-on-one fighting ability; its pretty much how he gained the respect of all of the wildling tribes

cutuphalfdead wrote:

stip wrote:I'm assuming people are in their prime. Otherwise at this point half the people we're voting on are corpses.

Robert

See I'm going prime condition during the events of ASOIAF.

Mecca wrote:

stip wrote:Robert at least had a reputation for being one of the best warriors of his age. Mance was trained, but was he ever noteworthy for his martial prowess?


I do think Rayder is more likely to effectuate a successful boar hunt.

Mance was known for his one-on-one fighting ability; its pretty much how he gained the respect of all of the wildling tribes

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Mecca wrote:

stip wrote:Robert at least had a reputation for being one of the best warriors of his age. Mance was trained, but was he ever noteworthy for his martial prowess?


I do think Rayder is more likely to effectuate a successful boar hunt.

Mance was known for his one-on-one fighting ability; its pretty much how he gained the respect of all of the wildling tribes

Exactly

stip wrote: That's totally reasonable. I'd like a ruling from Kaius on what he envisioned so we can be consistent.

Kaius wrote:

stip wrote: That's totally reasonable. I'd like a ruling from Kaius on what he envisioned so we can be consistent.

I am just enjoying the discussion and think everyone should use any source-based reasonable justifications for who they think would win, but if my opinion would help clarify things for you I'll give it.

I picture each warrior at full health and brimming with confidence, and as they were before suffering any debilitating injuries. Each using their weapon of choice, with a choice of armor or shield if it is logical that they would use it based on what we know. There are no horses or warg animals.

Having said that, I am not opposed to choosing based off of information acquired only from watching the HBO series, playing a video game, or reading supplemental information from valid sources.

I realize that leaves the door open for different outcomes depending how you rate a character, but I think limiting opinions due to evolving character arcs takes a bit of the fun out of it.

Mecca wrote:also, if we're going with current Bobby Baratheon, he's a skeleton, so...

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Mecca wrote:also, if we're going with current Bobby Baratheon, he's a skeleton, so...

Yeah and king Robert is fat and it of shape. Can't even fit his armor.

Mecca wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Mecca wrote:also, if we're going with current Bobby Baratheon, he's a skeleton, so...

Yeah and king Robert is fat and it of shape. Can't even fit his armor.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Mecca wrote:also, if we're going with current Bobby Baratheon, he's a skeleton, so...

Yeah and king Robert is fat and it of shape. Can't even fit his armor.

stip wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Mecca wrote:also, if we're going with current Bobby Baratheon, he's a skeleton, so...

Yeah and king Robert is fat and it of shape. Can't even fit his armor.

we're supposed to vote on them based on their prime, though

cutuphalfdead wrote:

stip wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Mecca wrote:also, if we're going with current Bobby Baratheon, he's a skeleton, so...

Yeah and king Robert is fat and it of shape. Can't even fit his armor.

we're supposed to vote on them based on their prime, though

We are? I thought we could have it own guidelines.