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[Mlamlah]

I seem to stand corrected.

[Scelly9]

PTW

[kerlc]

But the Extend-o-Batons aren't designed to kill. Only incapacitate.

Which is kind of cruel when you think about how every Viking dreams of an honourable death in combat.

[Tellemurius]

But the Extend-o-Batons aren't designed to kill. Only incapacitate.

Which is kind of cruel when you think about how every Viking dreams of an honourable death in combat.

we can always replace them with horseman's picks if you want

[kerlc]

Dunno, I'd kind of preffer the crueler option...

[MonkeyHead]

The mounted riot units usually carry 3 to 4 ft long aluminium batons, painted bright red. I have seen them in use. I was in Cardiff during the 1999 Rugby World cup, and a slightly drunk Australian fan was making suggestive comments about the female officer on the horse and how she liked to "look after it" if you know what I mean, before trying to climb on the horse and dismount the officer. This quite frankly scary rod/staff was produced from a holster mounted behind the saddle, and with one firm clonk on the top of the head, down he went. Granted, its not a sword, but with a bit of effrot a fatal wound to the head should be more than possible.

[Loud Whispers]

But the Extend-o-Batons aren't designed to kill. Only incapacitate.

Which is kind of cruel when you think about how every Viking dreams of an honourable death in combat.

Good gods. The only army in the world where not killing them demoralizes them!

[Mlamlah]

But the Extend-o-Batons aren't designed to kill. Only incapacitate.

Which is kind of cruel when you think about how every Viking dreams of an honourable death in combat.

Good gods. The only army in the world where not killing them demoralizes them!

That kind of reminds me of some of the crazier celtic battle strategies. Like taking off all your clothes and painting your naked body blue and going to battle that way. It's kind of the ultimate insult. "fuck you, i'm not afraid of you, and to prove it i'll leave my balls an open target for you."

[Loud Whispers]

That kind of reminds me of some of the crazier celtic battle strategies. Like taking off all your clothes and painting your naked body blue and going to battle that way. It's kind of the ultimate insult. "fuck you, i'm not afraid of you, and to prove it i'll leave my balls an open target for you."

It wasn't really a battle strategy so much as when Winter came around they would roll around being naked and such to prove how tough they were. Then battle shows up, and well, they're already naked, why bother?

The Celts were awesome. Don't listen to Roman Historians who say they were barbarians, the Romans didn't find all their torture and massacres barbaric - they found the fact that they did it in the names of their Gods to be barbaric!

[Tellemurius]

But the Extend-o-Batons aren't designed to kill. Only incapacitate.

Which is kind of cruel when you think about how every Viking dreams of an honourable death in combat.

Good gods. The only army in the world where not killing them demoralizes them!

That kind of reminds me of some of the crazier celtic battle strategies. Like taking off all your clothes and painting your naked body blue and going to battle that way. It's kind of the ultimate insult. "fuck you, i'm not afraid of you, and to prove it i'll leave my balls an open target for you."

Vikings had a comparable version to that only they added hallucinogenic mushrooms to the mix increasing the fun factor by 3 folds.

[kerlc]

That kind of reminds me of some of the crazier celtic battle strategies. Like taking off all your clothes and painting your naked body blue and going to battle that way. It's kind of the ultimate insult. "fuck you, i'm not afraid of you, and to prove it i'll leave my balls an open target for you."

It wasn't really a battle strategy so much as when Winter came around they would roll around being naked and such to prove how tough they were. Then battle shows up, and well, they're already naked, why bother?

The Celts were awesome. Don't listen to Roman Historians who say they were barbarians, the Romans didn't find all their torture and massacres barbaric - they found the fact that they did it in the names of their Gods to be barbaric!

Barbarism is a relative term. Most of the people Roman Historians dubbed "barbarians" had a very rich historic and cultural background along with well-defined societies and management systems were so awesome it made the historians jelly.

[Zrk2]

"Quisque est barbarus alio."
"Everyone is a barbarian to someone."

I read somewhere that the Celts that Caesar fought were actually developing along a path quite similar to that of Rome a couple centuries prior.

[Sergius]

Eh, barbarian literally meant "not a roman / greek".

Sure, they used it pejoratively, but anything was an excuse. "Oh look at those uncouth barbarians, they use the churned fatty portion of cow milk to cook, instead of the pressed oily contents of olives."

[MonkeyHead]

Those flag things? I didnt realise they were functional - I thought that they were there as some kind of badge or standard identifying who they were fighting with/for.

Oh, and they are called Sashimono, though there are a few basic subtypes.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Those flag things? I didnt realise they were functional - I thought that they were there as some kind of badge or standard identifying who they were fighting with/for.

Oh, and they are called Sashimono, though there are a few basic subtypes.

Nah, greatorder is thinking about something else. They were more like parachutes then flags, and were worn only when mounted (so that they would billow out). But like him I can't remember the name of it...