The Armour Archive

Baron Alcyoneus wrote:

Rod Walker wrote:Brute strength only beats people without skill.

Sir Angus

A 5' 100# woman is going to need a LOT of skill to beat a 6'7" 350# guy at fighting, basketball, or any other activity where strength is a legitimate component.

Just so.

For one, the level of skill required to overcome natural discrepancies in size would be nigh-on unattainable for most. Making this game more physical will bring our body stature further into the inner realm of what makes one a "good" fighter. Discrepancies in speed, strength and endurance can be improved through training. You can't train someone to be a foot taller & 60-150lbs heavier.

Then there's the negative impact it would have on recruitment of new fighters of smaller stature, and retaining smaller fighters who would be presented with the choice of relearning the game with new rules that many would view as unfair, or quitting to do something else.

So, I personally don't think that the addition of shield bashing is worth cutting out a chunk of our fighter population.

As much as I personally, being on the heavy and big end of the gene pool, would like to have shield bashing, I must agree with tomburr. It might be all shits and giggles to start out, but once everyone under 6 foot and 250 quit (except the psychotic midgets ) it wouldn't be the same game. I LIKE fighting small guys, it forces me to be accurate. The openings in defense are MUCH smaller, generally speaking.