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| Valia | Oct 25 2014, 12:18 AM Post #1 |
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Open Combat. Mock Blows. Untimed. (10/24/14 16:04:07 ) .V O L S T A G G of S U L P O R T. I will rip this town apart, until it rains blood [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to ALL: -I was a Giant Berserker of the North. More beast than Man. A Destroyer, A Conqueror, a Beheader. I am Volstagg of Sulport and the battlefield is my home. I had come out of one gate, you two had come out of the other.. I stood before you now. A 15ft Distance between us.. Krul to my Front right.. Jakal to my front Left, as you stood side by side. You both appeared so puny and weak compared to my 7ft – 330lb Form. Every muscle was carved and shaped by a lifetime of War. I was not naked today. I wore black leathers, boots, and a tunic made up of a winter larl's pelt. It was shades of white and light grey, I knew that after I slaughtered the two of you, it would be ruined with blood, but that was fine. It was a worthy sacrifice.- -In my right fist I gripped a 40inch Northern Round shield. Made up of planked wood, reinforced by a rim of steel along with an 9inch domed boss of the same forged metal. The punch grip was wrapped in tightly bound leather for a better grip. Tacked to the back face of the shield, parallel to that punch grip and close to the inner rim was a 15inch Seax knife. A sheathed single edged blade of sharp Iron. I left it there, in that tight leather sheath for now and Instead unslung my axe into my left hand.- -It was a bearded Axe of the North. The 3ft long haft was solid turwood and I gripped it only a couple of inches up from the butt. The head of the axe possessed an 11inch cutting edge that stretched out 9inches from the socket. It was a weapon crafted by a Master forger. Powerful and crushing blows, and yet fast, slick, and perfectly balanced. I began to position myself, shifting into a full right lead, knees slightly bent and feet shoulder width apart. I tucked in behind the wall of my shield and allowed it to cover me from upper thigh to collar bone. My left arm cranked up and back, to draw that axe over my left shoulder, poised and ready for a hay-maker chop.- -I wore no helm. I did not favour them. I liked to feel the wind upon my cheeks, the spray of blood across my face. But I did have a back up weapon, -Just in Case- … A black wooden sheath hung at my right hip, possessing a 36inch Torvaldslander's long sword. It was similar to a spatha, except the heavier blade was tapered and it packed a harder punch.. The world around began to fizzle away, to fade into a blur, everything lost its focus. Except for the two of You. You both became objects of complete Clarity. As I stared back and forth between you both, I could feel the Frenzy of Odin rising, the call for war, for blood, for berserk.. We all had an End, and I was about to deliver Yours... (10/24/14 16:11:49 ) steel is the coinage of the warrior, with it he purchases what pleases him. Krul Thorborn Captain of the Sea Kur Sulport PoD [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : standing at 6'6" and weighing 220lbs dressed in trousers and leather boots my weapons are; left hand.....36" round likn dried wooden shield with 3" metal rimming and 6" domed metal boss with punch centre grip right hand....36" sabre with 12" sharpened false edge with 4" hilt and metal acorn pommel left hip.....22" double edged gladius with verskin wound handle and metal acorn pommel head.........metal Y slotted helm standing in a full left lead, my right foot about 18" behind my leading right knees slightly bent my weight balanced. In my left I hold the round shield at about 8" from my left side, protecting me from below my chin to just about midway of my left thigh my body tucked nicely behind the shield offering very little exposed flesh. In my right I hold the sabre my right fist about 8" from my right ear while the blade runs parrelel with my shoulders past the front of my helm with the point just over the top of the upper rimming of my shield pointed at your face. I watch you through the slots in my helm from 10' away that axe in your left giving you reach you were a tall motherfucker but you never scared me......nodding I was ready (10/24/14 16:13:31 ) - || Jakal || -Probationary of Sulport- [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : I stood 6'1'' 210lbs In my left hand holding the grip of the round shield of 36 inches it was strapped to my left arm as well and was brought upwards do defend me from my collar bone down to my thigh level my knees were bent slightly and I faced you squarely. My right hand held the 22 inch short sword it was positioned at my shoulder hieght and about a foot to the right of my right shoulder while the blade aimed slightly upwards and to my left the tip pointing to the nose on your face. I wore a y slotted helm on my head . I stood 15 feet away from you off to your left side some to the right of Krull . (10/24/14 16:15:42 ) .V O L S T A G G of S U L P O R T. I will rip this town apart, until it rains blood [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to steel is the coinage of : -My gaze fell towards you and it would seem that I was the one to begin this battle. I had assessed Jakal's Weapons of choice, and now I regarded yours. The hint of a smile teased my lips And my mind began to flow. This was not a Spar, it was Open Combat, even if just mock for this occasion. I would not give you time to ready yourself as much like any OC, it began when your enemy wanted it to.. My eyes were fixed back on Jakal now, as though it was him I planned to attack... But at the last moment, I cast a feral glare in your direction... My left arm was already cranking that axe back, in a telegraphed chopping position. But I didn't chop, I did not even attempt to cut down the 15ft distance between us... -Instead – My left arm began to power forward in a sudden unrolling lurch forward. That axe came away from my shoulder and the moment my arm straightened, fingers released the axe and I threw it. Twisting at the hips to add Power and momentum behind the overhead throw. My goal was to send that axe whipping across the short distance before you could even realise that I was aiming for you. I hoped that the steel edge of that hammering axe would collide with the center of your face and kill you quick and easy so that I could focus on picking Jakal apart. I was seeking to throw it at you so fast and hard, that it would smash through your helm and still sink into your skull. (10/24/14 16:20:25 ) - || Jakal || -Probationary of Sulport- [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : I would comforwards now comeing to you closeing the distance between us Wanting to face your left side hopefully at a distance of 2 feet My Right held shortsword now thrusted forwards and downwards and to my left wanting to bring the blade in a thrust towards your heart and get rid of you right now . (10/24/14 16:25:33 ) .V O L S T A G G of S U L P O R T. I will rip this town apart, until it rains blood [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to -|| Jakal ||-Probationar: -As you were approaching me, I would be backing up and my left slightly, constantly on the move. I would let you cut the distance down of course, but I made you work for it and was keeping my back to the wall -so to speak- and not allowing you to even attempt to get behind me or flank me in any fashion.. My heart was already covered by the position of My right held shield and it would punch out straight towards your weapon now, seeking to smash your sword's tip with my boss, stopping your attack half way whilst cross stepping to my left away from that attack of yours just in case you managed to get around the large round mass of my shield.. Now perhaps off-set to Your right flank slightly after my cross step evasion.. my left hand had crossed to my right, gripping the hilt of my longsword..- -I swiftly began to draw that weapon, I would over exaggerate the pull, seeking to -backhand- my sword across from My mid right to high left. The goal was to have the true edge of my blade tucking beneath the lower rims of both of our shields and carving a deep path across your flesh from your Left upper thigh to your right ribs, perhaps disemboweling you in the process of this sneaky strike.. (10/24/14 16:27:10 ) steel is the coinage of the warrior, with it he purchases what pleases him. Krul Thorborn Captain of the Sea Kur Sulport PoD [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : I watched you bunch your shoulder without moving forward and having seen this before I dropped to my right knee as your arm whipped forward bringing my shield up to cover my head angling the shield face by lifting the bottom of the shield up so that the axe as heavy as it was should it not go over my head would strike the shield and glance off hopefully over my head and away behind me. My right hand still gripping the blade would brace the back of the shield to add resistance when and if the axe struck it and glanced away. Then springing forward now my left foot driving me upwards and towards you running as I closed the gap while simultaneously my right held blade would again take the same original position as I drove the blade directly at your face hopefully over your shield 10/24/14 16:32:14 ) .V O L S T A G G of S U L P O R T. I will rip this town apart, until it rains blood [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to steel is the coinage of : (Counter Attack) -My back stepping would never come to a stop. After my attack upon Jakal My left head longsword would be rising up towards my high left. Jakal was at my front right and you attacked me from my front left. Right where that sword of mine was waiting.. I kept my shield between myself and Jakal's weapon but allowed that leftward rising of my sword continue towards -YOU- as you began to position your sword into that “same original position”... My goal was to have the top half of my blade cleave its true edge up into your wrist, severing your sword- hand completely before I would even need to defend against your strike. If I just so happened to miss (Unlikely!) I would at least catch your sword and parry it high over my left shoulder. (10/24/14 16:37:41 ) - || Jakal || -Probationary of Sulport- [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : I watched you move seeing that you had. and I imediately would turn to face you squarely your arm moveing underneath my blade for you weopon it would be a time for a counterstrike And I would begin to bend my knees droping my shield natuarally as my shield was defending my thigh level any way lowering the shiled as much as i could with my left arm to defend against this attack . and while you drew this weopon your arm below me my right hand moved in a downwards hacking motion to your left arm from my rigth to left and down wanting to hit directly inbetween your elbow and wrist of your left arm. (10/24/14 16:44:44 ) steel is the coinage of the warrior, with it he purchases what pleases him. Krul Thorborn Captain of the Sea Kur Sulport PoD [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : with a twist of my wrist and lifting my right elbow bringing my right arm back and swinging in a downward left to right block anticlockwise (MPOV) I had hoped to evade the upward chop of your blade from striking my wrist and knocking your blade away to the right (MPOV) as the blade would strike yours blocking it I would whip it in a right to left anticlock wise strike at your left side of your neck hopefully cutting you deeply (10/24/14 16:44:55 ) .V O L S T A G G of S U L P O R T. I will rip this town apart, until it rains blood [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to -|| Jakal ||-Probationar: -My right held shield had been kept positioned defensively towards you and centered in front of me even as I targeted Krul with my last strike. So my caution would now pay off it seemed as I let my shield face shadow the movements of your sword arm, I was seeking to keep your weapon's tip trapped against the bulge of my boss at all times and since you didn't withdraw it after my block, I would assume that it was still there.. I would simply tip my shield's bottom rim forward hoping to jam it against your own shield face, catching your sword its crook and closing the door on the path you sought to take...- -After my attack on Krul my sword was high to my left, around shoulder level and I quickly tweaked my wrist to aim the tip of my blade at your neck as I thrust forward and down now, seeking to plunge my sword over the top of your lowered shield rim and into your gullet with a nasty and fatal blow, I hoped that even if you attempted to raise your shield in defence, (assuming my lower rim hasn't jammed it in a press.) you would only serve only to push my quick-sharp thrust up into the underside of your chin. (10/24/14 16:51:46 ) - || Jakal || -Probationary of Sulport- [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : Counter strike again ) Seeing this I would simply fall back wards upon my back bringing my shield and sword with me in this motion my right arm woulkd swing from my left to right and upwards wanting to bring the blade to your left arm 3 inchesdown below your left wrist in an attempt to hack your arm off before the sword got to my neck my left arm moveing to my right in case it did to prevent your sword from falling upon me killing me . (10/24/14 16:52:02 ) .V O L S T A G G of S U L P O R T. I will rip this town apart, until it rains blood [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to steel is the coinage of : -Yes I was deliberately making it difficult for you both to stay in range of me. If you wanted me, you had to come for me, You had planted your feet and stood still it seemed but my constant backwards shuffling would be opening the distance up.. I was maintaining my right lead at all times and that shield was quickly withdrawing with me.. My sword was positioned at shoulder level, parallel to the sands and its tip extending over the top/inner rim of my shield now, after retracting from my thrust at Jakal. When you launched your attack, I would punch my shield forwards and left slightly, towards your fist, aiming to blunder your strike, catching your blade against my useful boss and pushing it back towards you, perhaps even trapping it between the press of my shield against yours whilst my left arm dropped away to my left to make sure the path of my shield was unobstructed and that all of me remained safely tucked in behind it.- -With the distance at perhaps 3ft now, I suddenly attacked, whipping my sword forward and around to my right in a sneaky -Wrap Shot- the goal here was to tuck the length of my blade -behind- your right arm and sink its tip deep into your right side ribs a few inches down from your arm pit. I hoped that even if you tried to pull your arm back, or get your shield across that you would end up pulling your right triceps onto my blade anyway. Once the attack was finished, I would simply let go of the sword, leaving it either sank deep into your torso, or allowing it to fall to the sands.- (10/24/14 16:57:05 ) .V O L S T A G G of S U L P O R T. I will rip this town apart, until it rains blood [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to -|| Jakal ||-Probationar: You were falling backwards onto your back and away from me, whilst I was constantly back stepping as clarified throughout, so ultimately you were much too far from me now to pose any threat and the reason you fell, was probably because you were dead (Heh!) I hoped that your reckless falling swing would slice your own team mate in his left leg as I would continue that shuffle, the distance us now perhaps 8ft and my sword arm still very high from the ground and well out of reach of your strike that from the ground would barely reach as high as my shield boss, let alone neck height even if you did manage to cover the growing distance.- (10/24/14 17:02:41 ) - || Jakal || -Probationary of Sulport- [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : I would stand up and look at you faceing you squre my rigth arm riseing up aiming the blade to your left thigh . I came forwards now circling to ym right wanting to face your left side hopfully at 2 feet I swung my blade from my right to left and downwards wanting to hopefully get under and shield rim and carry the blade through and into your left leg at your knee and carry the blade through to my left towards your right shin ., (10/24/14 17:08:00 ) .V O L S T A G G of S U L P O R T. I will rip this town apart, until it rains blood [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to -|| Jakal ||-Probationar: I had continued to back up in that shuffle and would turn at your running approach to keep face with you. You now came in between myself and Krul so that was good for me. Placing my now empty left hand against the back face of my round shield, adding sturdiness behind a double handed shield punch that drove forwards and down now, Its lower rim dropping to just below knee level. seeking to jam hard against your weapon, pushing it back towards you whilst keeping my left leg at the rear and far from You and your reaching strike.. I hoped your arms were now trapped again against the ramming defence of my shield. Either way, what I had not forgotten about was that 15inch Seax knife secured to the back of my shield and during this push my left fingers had coiled around its handle in a Reverse grip... like a Serial Killer...- -I quickly drew it free of the leather sheath by drawing my left fist up just enough to clear the top rim of my shield before it was suddenly plunged forward in that arcing thrust with a goal of slotting through the Y opening of your helm and sinking into your Right eye socket. The blade itself was 9inches in length and that would be one nasty way to die. But I didn't mind that, I was lost in the frenzy of the Northern Berserk and I just wanted to kill you both as swiftly and as mercilessly as possible if I had not done so already. (10/24/14 17:08:25 ) steel is the coinage of the warrior, with it he purchases what pleases him. Krul Thorborn Captain of the Sea Kur Sulport PoD [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : as you shuffled back opening to 3' I sprang to your left my shield punching in a left to right(MPOV) inside ward hopefully blocking your shot at my right side or shoulder while my moving to the left would hopefully free my blade as I would then whip it in a right to left horizontal strike hoping to catch the steel of my blade against yours blocking it from reaching its target and making it plunge past my right shoulder while simultaneously I would redirect the blade now in a left to right horizontal chop back at the right shoulder hopefully slicing muscle and tendon twisting my shoulder from right to left adding to the speed and strength of the strike (10/24/14 17:11:20 ) .V O L S T A G G of S U L P O R T. I will rip this town apart, until it rains blood [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to steel is the coinage of : -I kept backing up and since Jakal rushed by You to attack me, I assumed he would be between me and you with You coming up behind him, so with any luck, you would perhaps chop his head off at the same time that my blade sunk into his eye. I liked that idea. Anywho... I continued to shuffle away and my right held shield would swing out like the opening of a door, its face hopefully slapping against the outside of your right arm, stopping that backhanded strike half way through its intention and allowing my to keep backing away safely.- (10/24/14 17:15:32 ) - || Jakal || -Probationary of Sulport- [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : My eyes widened seeing this my head would turn to my right side cocking my head over to my right shoulder and feling the knife grined against my left side helmWhile I steped to my right side 2 steps as well --THE END-- |
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| Herzog | Oct 25 2014, 06:47 PM Post #2 |
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Open Combat. Mock Blows. Untimed. self explanatory, but untimed?! I will be very disappointed if the combatants didn't use the waived time limit to formulate well written and realistic posts. Open combat is fast moving and 99% of the time it is kill or be killed. It is also highly likely that Sulportian warriors will be fighting open combat more than an organized duel and will be against multiple opponents. (10/24/14 16:04:07 ) .V O L S T A G G of S U L P O R T. I will rip this town apart, until it rains blood [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to ALL: -I was a Giant Berserker of the North. More beast than Man. A Destroyer, A Conqueror, a Beheader. I am Volstagg of Sulport and the battlefield is my home. I had come out of one gate, you two had come out of the other.. I stood before you now. A 15ft Distance between us.. Krul to my Front right.. Jakal to my front Left, as you stood side by side. You both appeared so puny and weak compared to my 7ft – 330lb Form. Every muscle was carved and shaped by a lifetime of War. I was not naked today. I wore black leathers, boots, and a tunic made up of a winter larl's pelt. It was shades of white and light grey, I knew that after I slaughtered the two of you, it would be ruined with blood, but that was fine. It was a worthy sacrifice.- -In my right fist I gripped a 40inch Northern Round shield. Made up of planked wood, reinforced by a rim of steel along with an 9inch domed boss of the same forged metal. The punch grip was wrapped in tightly bound leather for a better grip. Tacked to the back face of the shield, parallel to that punch grip and close to the inner rim was a 15inch Seax knife. A sheathed single edged blade of sharp Iron. I left it there, in that tight leather sheath for now and Instead unslung my axe into my left hand.- -It was a bearded Axe of the North. The 3ft long haft was solid turwood and I gripped it only a couple of inches up from the butt. The head of the axe possessed an 11inch cutting edge that stretched out 9inches from the socket. It was a weapon crafted by a Master forger. Powerful and crushing blows, and yet fast, slick, and perfectly balanced. I began to position myself, shifting into a full right lead, knees slightly bent and feet shoulder width apart. I tucked in behind the wall of my shield and allowed it to cover me from upper thigh to collar bone. My left arm cranked up and back, to draw that axe over my left shoulder, poised and ready for a hay-maker chop.- -I wore no helm. I did not favour them. I liked to feel the wind upon my cheeks, the spray of blood across my face. But I did have a back up weapon, -Just in Case- … A black wooden sheath hung at my right hip, possessing a 36inch Torvaldslander's long sword. It was similar to a spatha, except the heavier blade was tapered and it packed a harder punch.. The world around began to fizzle away, to fade into a blur, everything lost its focus. Except for the two of You. You both became objects of complete Clarity. As I stared back and forth between you both, I could feel the Frenzy of Odin rising, the call for war, for blood, for berserk.. We all had an End, and I was about to deliver Yours... 7 feet tall 330 pounds, proven mankiller and dangerous as fuck. 15 feet from Krul in front of him and off to his right, and Jackal in front and off to his left. Good setup. In open combat, you have to keep in mind the position of your opponent and use every opportunity to accurately describe where you are. Don't let someone force your position. You are fighting for your life or to end someone else's and you need to use EVERY advantage that you can. Of course, Volstagg knows this and has already covered his bases. He also took advantage of the waved time to put as much detail as he could to both help himself and the judge. This is how it's done. Also, in open combat, if you expect it, or even if you don't, set up your position in every post. Enter, declare your weapons, stance, etc, move around, but keep that in mind through your whole time there, because when the shit jumps off, if you're fighting someone good at setting their opponent up, like Tyren, for instance, he knows where you are and what you are doing long before he launches his attack. right hand- 40 inch northern shield, round, center gripped with a 9 inch boss. Is it 9 inches in diameter or 9 inches high from the face of the shield? Seax, single edged on sheath on back of shield, 15 inches long. left hand- bearded axe, 3 feet long. 11 inch cutting edge, 9 inches socket to blade. Cocked over left shoulder right side lead no helm 36 inch longsword in sheath at right hip. This motherfucker means business, boys. (10/24/14 16:11:49 ) steel is the coinage of the warrior, with it he purchases what pleases him. Krul Thorborn Captain of the Sea Kur Sulport PoD [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : standing at 6'6" and weighing 220lbs dressed in trousers and leather boots my weapons are; left hand.....36" round likn dried wooden shield with 3" metal rimming and 6" domed metal boss with punch centre grip right hand....36" sabre with 12" sharpened false edge with 4" hilt and metal acorn pommel left hip.....22" double edged gladius with verskin wound handle and metal acorn pommel head.........metal Y slotted helm standing in a full left lead, my right foot about 18" behind my leading right knees slightly bent my weight balanced. In my left I hold the round shield at about 8" from my left side, protecting me from below my chin to just about midway of my left thigh my body tucked nicely behind the shield offering very little exposed flesh. In my right I hold the sabre my right fist about 8" from my right ear while the blade runs parrelel with my shoulders past the front of my helm with the point just over the top of the upper rimming of my shield pointed at your face. I watch you through the slots in my helm from 10' away that axe in your left giving you reach you were a tall motherfucker but you never scared me......nodding I was ready 6'6" 220 pounds left hand- 36 inch northern shield, center grip 6 inch boss. again, is the boss 6" in diameter or 6" high? right hand- 36 inch saber 22 inch short sword in sheath at left hip Y-helm on head leading with left side. saber held high. Distance amended to ten feet. Still to Volstagg's right. not scared but probably should be. (10/24/14 16:13:31 ) - || Jakal || -Probationary of Sulport- [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : I stood 6'1'' 210lbs In my left hand holding the grip of the round shield of 36 inches it was strapped to my left arm as well and was brought upwards do defend me from my collar bone down to my thigh level my knees were bent slightly and I faced you squarely. My right hand held the 22 inch short sword it was positioned at my shoulder hieght and about a foot to the right of my right shoulder while the blade aimed slightly upwards and to my left the tip pointing to the nose on your face. I wore a y slotted helm on my head . I stood 15 feet away from you off to your left side some to the right of Krull . 6'1" 210 pounds left hand- round shield 36 inches. right hand- 22 inch short sword. Y-helm on head 15 feet from Volstagg, off to his left side, squared stance. Sword held in a high guard as well. (10/24/14 16:15:42 ) .V O L S T A G G of S U L P O R T. I will rip this town apart, until it rains blood [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to steel is the coinage of : -My gaze fell towards you and it would seem that I was the one to begin this battle. I had assessed Jakal's Weapons of choice, and now I regarded yours. The hint of a smile teased my lips And my mind began to flow. This was not a Spar, it was Open Combat, even if just mock for this occasion. I would not give you time to ready yourself as much like any OC, it began when your enemy wanted it to.. My eyes were fixed back on Jakal now, as though it was him I planned to attack... But at the last moment, I cast a feral glare in your direction... My left arm was already cranking that axe back, in a telegraphed chopping position. But I didn't chop, I did not even attempt to cut down the 15ft distance between us... -Instead – My left arm began to power forward in a sudden unrolling lurch forward. That axe came away from my shoulder and the moment my arm straightened, fingers released the axe and I threw it. Twisting at the hips to add Power and momentum behind the overhead throw. My goal was to send that axe whipping across the short distance before you could even realise that I was aiming for you. I hoped that the steel edge of that hammering axe would collide with the center of your face and kill you quick and easy so that I could focus on picking Jakal apart. I was seeking to throw it at you so fast and hard, that it would smash through your helm and still sink into your skull. COUNTER- Krul amended the distance to 10 feet, but that is negligible given your intent. Otherwise clean REACTION- A surprise attack of throwing your axe directly at his face. nasty and clean. (10/24/14 16:20:25 ) - || Jakal || -Probationary of Sulport- [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : I would comforwards now comeing to you closeing the distance between us Wanting to face your left side hopefully at a distance of 2 feet My Right held shortsword now thrusted forwards and downwards and to my left wanting to bring the blade in a thrust towards your heart and get rid of you right now . COUNTER- Closing distance to 2 feet. How are you facing his left side? You had no time limit, giving you plenty of opportunity to describe exactly how, during your closing of the distance, you managed to attempt your flank. REACTION- downwards thrust to your left. Now, you thrust across your body towards his heart. You stated in your stance that your shield covered your collarbone to your thigh. The way you describe your thrust you would either have to lower your shield or arc your sword thrust over its top rim. As I see it, you are basically thrusting across the front of your shield. This is an easily defended attack and leaves you open to have your sword or your arm pinned against your shield. (10/24/14 16:25:33 ) .V O L S T A G G of S U L P O R T. I will rip this town apart, until it rains blood [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to -|| Jakal ||-Probationar: -As you were approaching me, I would be backing up and my left slightly, constantly on the move. I would let you cut the distance down of course, but I made you work for it and was keeping my back to the wall -so to speak- and not allowing you to even attempt to get behind me or flank me in any fashion.. My heart was already covered by the position of My right held shield and it would punch out straight towards your weapon now, seeking to smash your sword's tip with my boss, stopping your attack half way whilst cross stepping to my left away from that attack of yours just in case you managed to get around the large round mass of my shield.. Now perhaps off-set to Your right flank slightly after my cross step evasion.. my left hand had crossed to my right, gripping the hilt of my longsword..- -I swiftly began to draw that weapon, I would over exaggerate the pull, seeking to -backhand- my sword across from My mid right to high left. The goal was to have the true edge of my blade tucking beneath the lower rims of both of our shields and carving a deep path across your flesh from your Left upper thigh to your right ribs, perhaps disemboweling you in the process of this sneaky strike.. COUNTER- You had twisted to your right with your upper body to power your axe throw and Jakal is attempting to flank your left side, which would leave your back somewhat exposed. HOWEVER, given the amount of distance he needs to cover, it would be nice to see how you twisted back with the punch of your shield for his sword thrust. Otherwise, clean defense and good use of footwork to evade whilst defending against the sword. REACTION- Clean (10/24/14 16:27:10 ) steel is the coinage of the warrior, with it he purchases what pleases him. Krul Thorborn Captain of the Sea Kur Sulport PoD [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : I watched you bunch your shoulder without moving forward and having seen this before I dropped to my right knee as your arm whipped forward bringing my shield up to cover my head angling the shield face by lifting the bottom of the shield up so that the axe as heavy as it was should it not go over my head would strike the shield and glance off hopefully over my head and away behind me. My right hand still gripping the blade would brace the back of the shield to add resistance when and if the axe struck it and glanced away. Then springing forward now my left foot driving me upwards and towards you running as I closed the gap while simultaneously my right held blade would again take the same original position as I drove the blade directly at your face hopefully over your shield COUNTER- You were somehow able to see him telegraph his throw by the bunching of his shoulder muscles. Amateur but I will let it slide. He is throwing his axe from a distance of 10 feet. That isn't going to give you much time to duck the flying axe completely. BUT, that is why you lifted and ramped your shield. I can see this being a valid defense EXCEPT, above your shield rim, as stated in your stance, was 36 inches of saber blade that NEVER FUCKING MOVED. You just tangled yourself up in your weapons and would be completely unable to get your right hand WITH a saber in it behind the shield to brace it. The duck, coupled with the lifting of your shield I can see keeping you from having your face split in two from Volstagg's axe, and that you MAY have been able to ramp your shield MIGHT keep the axe from splitting it in half and rendering it unusable, but you close the distance between you and Volstagg with a shield in front of your face, a saber tangled up in it and you never stated HOW CLOSE YOU GOT! This is untimed, FFS. Mistakes like this are unacceptable. REACTION- You reposition your saber AS you thrust it for his face? Blind behind your shield that is still held high and in front of your face with it's top rim beneath (or behind) the shield? Nope. Don't expect the judge to scroll back up to figure out what your "same original position" is, because most won't. DESCRIBE IT AGAIN! 10/24/14 16:32:14 ) .V O L S T A G G of S U L P O R T. I will rip this town apart, until it rains blood [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to steel is the coinage of : (Counter Attack) -My back stepping would never come to a stop. After my attack upon Jakal My left head longsword would be rising up towards my high left. Jakal was at my front right and you attacked me from my front left. Right where that sword of mine was waiting.. I kept my shield between myself and Jakal's weapon but allowed that leftward rising of my sword continue towards -YOU- as you began to position your sword into that “same original position”... My goal was to have the top half of my blade cleave its true edge up into your wrist, severing your sword- hand completely before I would even need to defend against your strike. If I just so happened to miss (Unlikely!) I would at least catch your sword and parry it high over my left shoulder. COUNTERATTACK- Clean. Krul is blinded by his shield, his sword thrust would be delayed due to the shield being in the way, giving you plenty of time to pull this off. Also, he closed in to an unknown distance, which you didn't state, but given the length of his saber and the length of your sword, I am going to assume that since he had plenty of room to execute his thrust, and given your back stepping you will have plenty to execute your slash, and execute Krul altogether. Let's see how he defends... (10/24/14 16:37:41 ) - || Jakal || -Probationary of Sulport- [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : I watched you move seeing that you had. and I imediately would turn to face you squarely your arm moveing underneath my blade for you weopon it would be a time for a counterstrike And I would begin to bend my knees droping my shield natuarally as my shield was defending my thigh level any way lowering the shiled as much as i could with my left arm to defend against this attack . and while you drew this weopon your arm below me my right hand moved in a downwards hacking motion to your left arm from my rigth to left and down wanting to hit directly inbetween your elbow and wrist of your left arm. I don't even know where to begin. First, this isn't a counterattack, it is a regular prodigy post that you just did not split into a counter or reaction. A counterattack is an attack that happens DURING your opponent's attack that prevents his attack from happening. That said, even if this WAS a counterattack, you thrust for his heart, and he is almost a foot taller than you. To hack down for his arm, which is coming up from below his shield and yours, you would have to chop OVER both of your shields with a short sword. PLUS, in his defense to your thrust to his heart, he retreated. You turned to face him squarely and never closed the distance again. His sword is a foot longer than yours, and he has more reach. Again, this post is extremely confusing and given the LACK OF A TIME LIMIT, completely unacceptable. The only result of this "counterattack" is that you would find your guts in a steaming pile at your feet. JAKAL is out of the fight, gutted by Volstagg's longsword. (10/24/14 16:44:44 ) steel is the coinage of the warrior, with it he purchases what pleases him. Krul Thorborn Captain of the Sea Kur Sulport PoD [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : with a twist of my wrist and lifting my right elbow bringing my right arm back and swinging in a downward left to right block anticlockwise (MPOV) I had hoped to evade the upward chop of your blade from striking my wrist and knocking your blade away to the right (MPOV) as the blade would strike yours blocking it I would whip it in a right to left anticlock wise strike at your left side of your neck hopefully cutting you deeply COUNTER-ANNNNNDDDddddd....exactly how I thought he would. WHAT. THE. FUCK. You had no time limit, i.e. all the time in the world to formulate a well written and clear defense. Unfortunately you did not. Given that your shield has never moved since you lifted it to block the axe throw to your face, you most likely would have never seen Volstagg's slash to your wrist coming. What would be likely is that you would see your saber and your hand on the ground between you and he. KRUL is out of the fight with a severed right hand. (10/24/14 16:44:55 ) .V O L S T A G G of S U L P O R T. I will rip this town apart, until it rains blood [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to -|| Jakal ||-Probationar: -My right held shield had been kept positioned defensively towards you and centered in front of me even as I targeted Krul with my last strike. So my caution would now pay off it seemed as I let my shield face shadow the movements of your sword arm, I was seeking to keep your weapon's tip trapped against the bulge of my boss at all times and since you didn't withdraw it after my block, I would assume that it was still there.. I would simply tip my shield's bottom rim forward hoping to jam it against your own shield face, catching your sword its crook and closing the door on the path you sought to take...- -After my attack on Krul my sword was high to my left, around shoulder level and I quickly tweaked my wrist to aim the tip of my blade at your neck as I thrust forward and down now, seeking to plunge my sword over the top of your lowered shield rim and into your gullet with a nasty and fatal blow, I hoped that even if you attempted to raise your shield in defence, (assuming my lower rim hasn't jammed it in a press.) you would only serve only to push my quick-sharp thrust up into the underside of your chin. (10/24/14 16:51:46 ) - || Jakal || -Probationary of Sulport- [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : Counter strike again ) Seeing this I would simply fall back wards upon my back bringing my shield and sword with me in this motion my right arm woulkd swing from my left to right and upwards wanting to bring the blade to your left arm 3 inchesdown below your left wrist in an attempt to hack your arm off before the sword got to my neck my left arm moveing to my right in case it did to prevent your sword from falling upon me killing me . (10/24/14 16:52:02 ) .V O L S T A G G of S U L P O R T. I will rip this town apart, until it rains blood [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to steel is the coinage of : -Yes I was deliberately making it difficult for you both to stay in range of me. If you wanted me, you had to come for me, You had planted your feet and stood still it seemed but my constant backwards shuffling would be opening the distance up.. I was maintaining my right lead at all times and that shield was quickly withdrawing with me.. My sword was positioned at shoulder level, parallel to the sands and its tip extending over the top/inner rim of my shield now, after retracting from my thrust at Jakal. When you launched your attack, I would punch my shield forwards and left slightly, towards your fist, aiming to blunder your strike, catching your blade against my useful boss and pushing it back towards you, perhaps even trapping it between the press of my shield against yours whilst my left arm dropped away to my left to make sure the path of my shield was unobstructed and that all of me remained safely tucked in behind it.- -With the distance at perhaps 3ft now, I suddenly attacked, whipping my sword forward and around to my right in a sneaky -Wrap Shot- the goal here was to tuck the length of my blade -behind- your right arm and sink its tip deep into your right side ribs a few inches down from your arm pit. I hoped that even if you tried to pull your arm back, or get your shield across that you would end up pulling your right triceps onto my blade anyway. Once the attack was finished, I would simply let go of the sword, leaving it either sank deep into your torso, or allowing it to fall to the sands.- (10/24/14 16:57:05 ) .V O L S T A G G of S U L P O R T. I will rip this town apart, until it rains blood [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to -|| Jakal ||-Probationar: You were falling backwards onto your back and away from me, whilst I was constantly back stepping as clarified throughout, so ultimately you were much too far from me now to pose any threat and the reason you fell, was probably because you were dead (Heh!) I hoped that your reckless falling swing would slice your own team mate in his left leg as I would continue that shuffle, the distance us now perhaps 8ft and my sword arm still very high from the ground and well out of reach of your strike that from the ground would barely reach as high as my shield boss, let alone neck height even if you did manage to cover the growing distance.- (10/24/14 17:02:41 ) - || Jakal || -Probationary of Sulport- [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : I would stand up and look at you faceing you squre my rigth arm riseing up aiming the blade to your left thigh . I came forwards now circling to ym right wanting to face your left side hopfully at 2 feet I swung my blade from my right to left and downwards wanting to hopefully get under and shield rim and carry the blade through and into your left leg at your knee and carry the blade through to my left towards your right shin ., (10/24/14 17:08:00 ) .V O L S T A G G of S U L P O R T. I will rip this town apart, until it rains blood [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to -|| Jakal ||-Probationar: I had continued to back up in that shuffle and would turn at your running approach to keep face with you. You now came in between myself and Krul so that was good for me. Placing my now empty left hand against the back face of my round shield, adding sturdiness behind a double handed shield punch that drove forwards and down now, Its lower rim dropping to just below knee level. seeking to jam hard against your weapon, pushing it back towards you whilst keeping my left leg at the rear and far from You and your reaching strike.. I hoped your arms were now trapped again against the ramming defence of my shield. Either way, what I had not forgotten about was that 15inch Seax knife secured to the back of my shield and during this push my left fingers had coiled around its handle in a Reverse grip... like a Serial Killer...- -I quickly drew it free of the leather sheath by drawing my left fist up just enough to clear the top rim of my shield before it was suddenly plunged forward in that arcing thrust with a goal of slotting through the Y opening of your helm and sinking into your Right eye socket. The blade itself was 9inches in length and that would be one nasty way to die. But I didn't mind that, I was lost in the frenzy of the Northern Berserk and I just wanted to kill you both as swiftly and as mercilessly as possible if I had not done so already. (10/24/14 17:08:25 ) steel is the coinage of the warrior, with it he purchases what pleases him. Krul Thorborn Captain of the Sea Kur Sulport PoD [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : as you shuffled back opening to 3' I sprang to your left my shield punching in a left to right(MPOV) inside ward hopefully blocking your shot at my right side or shoulder while my moving to the left would hopefully free my blade as I would then whip it in a right to left horizontal strike hoping to catch the steel of my blade against yours blocking it from reaching its target and making it plunge past my right shoulder while simultaneously I would redirect the blade now in a left to right horizontal chop back at the right shoulder hopefully slicing muscle and tendon twisting my shoulder from right to left adding to the speed and strength of the strike (10/24/14 17:11:20 ) .V O L S T A G G of S U L P O R T. I will rip this town apart, until it rains blood [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to steel is the coinage of : -I kept backing up and since Jakal rushed by You to attack me, I assumed he would be between me and you with You coming up behind him, so with any luck, you would perhaps chop his head off at the same time that my blade sunk into his eye. I liked that idea. Anywho... I continued to shuffle away and my right held shield would swing out like the opening of a door, its face hopefully slapping against the outside of your right arm, stopping that backhanded strike half way through its intention and allowing my to keep backing away safely.- (10/24/14 17:15:32 ) - || Jakal || -Probationary of Sulport- [-Arena-] Is watching a clash of steel or dancing with death upon the golden sands where heroes fall and Legends are born. says to .V O L S T A G G of S U : My eyes widened seeing this my head would turn to my right side cocking my head over to my right shoulder and feling the knife grined against my left side helmWhile I steped to my right side 2 steps as well --THE END-- RESULTS- Jakal disemboweled and dying. Krul dismembered and bleeding, probably to death. Volstagg uninjured. Given the fact that there was NO TIME LIMIT on this open combat, I expected much MUCH more out of Jakal and Krul. I was exteremely disappointed in both of their effort. Bad defense gets you killed, and both of you had plenty of time to read Volstagg's posts, figure out what he was doing and defending yourselves. KRUL- Again, you left yourself in a completely useless position with your saber. Again, you completely forgot about your shield and repositioning it and fought the entire fight with it blocking your view. What is worse is that you HAD a shield, and he went to chop your hand off and you tried to parry it with that same arm? If you used your shield at all, for something besides a blinder, you might have lasted another round. JAKAL- You really need to put much more time into a post that is easy to see in your minds eye and that of the judges and you REALLY don't want to counterattack unless there is an obvious opening, which, against a skilled opponent, won't usually happen. I pretty much said everything else I could in the breakdown. Hopefully you guys put in the time to get better at this. Otherwise you are going to be getting cut to pieces when someone decides to play for keeps. Every man in Sulport is expected to pull their weight and to know how to fight. You both need to get on this shit before you have to do it for real. |
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| VOLSTAGG of the NORTH | Oct 26 2014, 03:33 PM Post #3 |
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Thank You Herzog for the swift Judgement. Thank You Men for the blood on my sword! Thank You Women for wagering against Me! |
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| Krul | Oct 27 2014, 04:17 AM Post #4 |
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Thanks to you Herzog for the swift judgement and the sound advice given thanks Volstagg for the lesson learned thank you Ladies for the faith you placed in us, it was a pity you lost |
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