>the strange foreign knight has fused Western and Eastern

>>49481739
It's a trick.
Eastern and Western styles when it comes to practical combat aren't actually that different because the basic physics of human beings and material strength are universal, so if he's truly unbeatable he's using some kind of magic or (more likely) he's a powerful supernatural being in disguise under all the armor.

>>49481739
>felled by a lucky arrow

gg no re desu senpai

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>>49481739

>>49481760
This. Eastern martial arts don't magically change biokinetics.

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>>49483444
>gets trips and yet he's never heard of chi energy

>>49483444

What if they did, though?

>>49483444
How little you know gaijin-kun ufufufufu

>>49483444
Aren't martial arts in general all about manipulating biokinetics?

High school was a long time ago but did he only have one arm?

>>49481739
Nice try fluffy, but you're missing an arm.

>>49483457
Chi isn't real.

>>49483499
The catboy cut it off at some point with his penis sword, I think.

>>49484132
Man goku gon whop yo ass

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Watch much Inuyasha there OP?

I still don't understand what that fluff was. It bleeds when damaged.

>>49481739
Ha ha Tiber septim is dead

>>49483485
You really think that eastern and western martial arts are so different, don't you? It's an easy trap to fall into, so I don't blame you. If you expand your understanding of martial arts from around the world, both east and west, you'll see it's not so much the case.

>>49483457
Soooo cheating with magic. You're not exactly disagreeing with me here.

>>49483467
Were that the case, we're looking at a pretty crazy setting, where reality adjusts itself to what people in general think to be the case, which would have pretty far-reaching consequences. Probably has a pretty crazy belief-based magic system. That could be an interesting setting.

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>>49481739
>the party Rogue just shoots him anyway

>>49484307
It's obviously a large, fluffy, and very lazy fox.

>>49484403
>Soooo

What are you, 14? Take your reddit faggotry elsewhere.

>cheating with magic. You're not exactly disagreeing with me here.

But it ain't.

>>49484132

There are a hundred martial arts masters across China and Japan that can demonstrate it.

>>49484132
Say that to my face not online and see what happens.

Clearly it won't be Chi

>>49484490
None of them have been able to demonstrate the existence of Chi under laboratory conditions.

Being able to do cool supernatural shit just from being good at Kung-fu is a cool concept, but don't pretend its real.

>>49484274

Too many arms, delet this.

>>49481739

Is that Knight Sesshoumaru?

>>49484448
Can you really call yourself an undefeatable martial artist if you don't even know how to parry bullets yet?

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In an otherwise mediocre game the armour designs of the Alonne Knights and Sir Alonne were really cool, I loved that weird east meets west aesthetic.

>>49484516
>>49483457

Take your mental illness back to /x/

>>49481739
More knights should wear fur, that's swag as shit.

>>49484490
Alright, let's say the game system in question has chi. How does that differ from magic? Both are fueled by an internal force that requires training to unlock and improve. Chi isn't really any different from magic. Same essential thing, different name and fiddly bits.

Soooo, cheating with magic. Still ain't disagreeing with me. :)

>>49481739
>no one here recognizes that this is Sesshomaru from Inuyasha

Guess we know where he went after the series ended

>>49484985

In actual Chinese stuff, Chi is distinct from Magic. All magic draws from Chi, but not all uses of Chi are magic. Part of the point of the idea is that many uses of Chi are completely natural and taking care of your Chi is a good thing for the health of anyone.

>>49481739

Sounds fucking awesome actually.

Fuck contrarian hipster edgelords 'muh gritty practical fantasy grim and gray LOL'. Mix the kungfu with chivalry and create the greatest warrior.

>>49485024
Apparently it's inspired by the character but isn't literally him. The artist who drew OP's pic has a gallery full of nice character designs

http://kekai-k.tumblr.com/

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>>49485075
>http://kekai-k.tumblr.com/

He's the Guild Wars concept artist

>>49485415
This guy convinced me to buy guild wars 2.

>>49485415
He must be terribly saddened by that game's inability to live up to his renderings.

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>>49485415
Fuck me this guy is amazing.

>>49485476
The ironic thing is, he has a VERY distinct style and they're basically killing themselves for not following it.

Also he drew the Charr as standing upright.

Fuck Arenanet for the slouch.

>>49485543
I like the slouch. I just wish it didn't make every set of pants look goddamn ridiculous.

>>49485543
He probably drew them that way because they stand upright. GW2 was made by a bunch of interns who never even played GW1.

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>>49485692
Explain these from the wiki, then?

>>49485692
>who never even played GW1
And I weep every day for this.
Never again will we have the fun of Ritualists or Dervish post-update.

>>49485415
>come at me bro

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>>49484572
Pimpin' knights are best knights.

>>49485801
Why is Arbiter a furry now?

>>49484490
No, what they demonstrate is incredible reconditioning of the human body to accept physical stress. There's no "spiritual life energy" involved.

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>>49488033

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>>49488342

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This thread has a disgusting level of weaboos in it.

If the east is so superior, why did the West sodomize it and force it to suck on opiates for several centuries?

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>>49488536
I see a limited amount of weabooness, just that Chi guy.

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>>49488033

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>>49488033
>knights
>thinking they are the real /fa/ motherfuckers

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>>49488612
>tfw only gay men are allowed to be /fa/ nowadays
Republicanism was a mistake.

>49481739
>the strange foreign anon has fused opfaggotry and greentext to become utterly undefeatable in shitposting

>>49484270
What does this even mean.

>>49488536
The West is currently totally unable to even put a dent into the east returning the favour.

Checkmate, atheist.

>>49488960
What. China is as always, balanced upon a knife's edge and their unification could easily tumble into chaos and rebellion if pushed too far. America remains the single most powerful nation on Earth with the most powerful economy as well, which isn't going anywhere any time soon. Europe's in a bit of a poor state but they'll probably shake themselves out of it in a couple decades. Japan meanwhile is royally fucked and their population is expected to start dying off unless they either reproduce finally or take in immigrants. South Korea's doing good but even despite having ludicrous military superiority over the Norks will suffer horrendous losses in lives and economic strength if the Norks get to fire off all their artillery at once. SEA is a joke that only exists because of American gunboat diplomacy as otherwise China will try to swallow them up.

East isn't doing shit.

>>49489052

At the same time increasing economic inequality in America is going to become unsustainable and if the middle class keeps taking the hits it has been, who fucking knows. However, increased minimum wage in some states is showing signs of lower turn, so unemployment hopefully will fall, and as wages increase, so will spending. There's still many issues that need to be addressed, such as environmental practices (tapping our resources for all they're worth is going to fuck us going forward), police reform, and reining in the financial sector.

>>49481739
I got it anon, you can't wait for Nioh, but let me tell you: buying a ps4 ain't worth it.

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>he tries to slash my armor with a cutting weapon
>bang him on the head with a hammer
gg no re

>>49489349
Not to stop your power fantasy, but there is plenty of piercing and blunt weaponry in asian martial culture.

>>49489358
>implying that fuckboy would disgrace himself to hold a club

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>>49489349
>fused Western and Eastern styles
Enjoy being Mordhau'd by the pommel of a Japanese katana forged from steel that was folded over a thousand times and can break directly through the armor of a Sherman tank.

>>49489375
The mordhau and half swording are literally the katanas of westaboos. Nothing exceptionally difficult or awesome, just practical in the right situation, but with names and looks that make westaboos feel elite by knowing them.

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>>49489427
>The mordhau and half swording are literally the katanas of westaboos
Which explains why someone who mixes Eastern and Western fighting styles would do it. He's already mixing the fighting styles purely for the cool factor anyway.

>>49489358
> implying a weeb would use anything except for a katana

>>49489358
Does he look like he's using any of that?

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>>49489437
>>49489375
man that piece of wood and leather really looks like it would hurt

>>49489532
>Papyrus
diaf whoever made that
Sincerely, a graphic design geek

>>49489562
>implying it isn't essential for that late 2000s RPG blog aesthetic

>>49489589
>2016
>A E S T H E T I C
>buzzword

>implying I'm not so tired i don't even know what I'm typing

fuck this shit you win this round or something

I love you /tg/ never change

>>49489608
>aesthetic is a buzzword now
kill yourself

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>>49489052
>>49489315
Let's go FACTS over EDGE here for a sec.

- China wasn't mentioned
- it can't be China he's talking about because "we" didn't sell Opium to China for "several centuries". The Portugese involvement clearly doesn't count because they're catholics and according to the Brits themselves, they a) only pushed for 144 years and b) they only sold the opium directly for some 57 years of that period. The actual phase of legalized british opium imports was even shorter than that, it only lasted for 47 years.

Means that for 97 years, the British basically were content to be the Columbians of their day, with about 10 years of them using free trade-arguments and force of arms to force the Chinese into quitting the persecution of opium trade, followed by said 47 years of legalized drug trade.

Overall, British reliance on Opium came about because during that period of 144 years, they had shit for industry and couldn't produce anything worth anyone's time.

>>49481739
Enjoy breaking your katanas on platemail I guess.
He doesn't even have a dirk/stiletto, what a chump.
Guess it's no surprise he lost an arm trying to fight like that.

>>49489816

Aside from being an asshat, he's essentially right about America's current place as being the most powerful Superpower... At least for now. Russia and China are getting ready to knock us down, since we are definitely showing weakness.

I'm the second guy you quoted, and I'm not sure what this has to do with my post. Though, based on how I worded the opening, I can see how it looks like I was continuing a train of thought.

>>49489674
People have been misusing it all fucking year. It kind is a buzzword among the less loquacious.
>>49489608
On the other hand that's a proper use of the word, so go take a nap buddy, we'll still be shitposting when you get back.

>>49489938
>At least for now. Russia and China are getting ready to knock us down,
Russia's economy is on the fritz and China is struggling to become a healthy consumer state. They aren't even going to knock Europe down unless the immigration crisis REALLY fucks them over.

Which knowing Europe these days, it will.

>>49489938
>Russia
Quite literally Putinland. It's a third world tier dictatorship, especially in the sence that when the dictator falls (due to death, illness or even a coup), the entire country falls into chaos. There are more than a few oligarchs in Russia who aren't pleased with Putin's national order, who would be more than happy to throw things around should he stop being Russia's Great Leader for whatever reason.

>China
Depends on how they handle the transition from producing knock-off products en masse to a modern economy that relies on the middle class. Being commies, I doubt this'll go well or bloodlessly. And add to that the fact that China is so polluted, they won't have any domestic drinkable water by 2030.
http://fortune.com/2012/12/14/2030-chinas-coming-water-crisis/

America's greatest threat isn't China or Russia, it's whether or not it's able to maintain the petrodollar through sheer bullying. Ghadaffi and Saddam were removed because they attempted to undermine the petrodollar.

tl;dr: BRICS is a joke on stilts.

>>49490056
>>49489974
>>49489938
Please go back to /pol/.

Alternatively, shoot yourselves for bringing your shit into /tg/.

>>49490069
>Please go back to /pol/.
After you go back to /reeee/ddit.

>>49490069

Rude. We weren't even being racist or xenophobic.

Wait. Shit we're talking about politics and that's still /pol/ isn't it? Well shit. Fuck it, I guess I'm done then, because no way do I want to go to that cesspool.

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>>49484115
'Tis but a flesh wound.

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>>49484274
>lose left arm
>start wearing armor on that arm
>don't bother armoring your remaining limbs

Demons are fucking retarded

>>49490092
Never been. Nor have I been to tumblr, facebook, or any social media outide of twitter for my QM's purposes. That why you people are such obnoxious, thoughtless, self-involved assholes. If you acually gave a fuck about /tg/, you'd keep /pol/ in the trash where it belongs instead of all over /tg/.

Quests, /wst/, and ERP were all better than this shitspewing stupidity.

>>49490124

That show was retarded.

>>49490124
It's to make up for the weight difference.

>>49489375
Okay, what animu is this.

>>49490156
Virgin Witch Maria.

>>49490124
Well isn't that fluffy thing part of him?
Like it's fluffy demon armor.

>>49488612
I've heard somewhere that they used codpieces so big they were considered obscene, but the Emperor decided to let them be because he wanted them to have some liberty in their short lives.

>>49490188
>codpieces

Nah, their choice of fabric and feathers were breaking sumptuary law within the HRE, but Max told people to not bother them, because they're dying in droves every campaign anyway.

>>49484566
PLus fighting Alonne was a highlight in a mediocre game.

>>49490133
>Quests, /wst/, and ERP were all better than this shitspewing stupidity.
This.

Politics discussions don't have to go to /pol/ or even resemble what happens there, but they can't stay here.

Maybe you guys could find or create a political discussion club or something. Get yourselves a good healthy outlet for it. There certainly seems to be interest for it these days. Just putting an idea out there.

>>49490188

Yeah, nah.
As >>49490721 says, it wasn't the cod pieces, it was just that they wore incredibly expensive, clothing. See how their clothes use about three times as much fabric as it actually needs? That's the time period's version of bling. That amount of showing off your money was seen as sinful.

>>49488536
well, the opiate thing was just china, and that was just severely underestimating the enemy and a failure to modernise their military fast enough. Doesn't really have anything to do with kung fu.

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>>49483457
>thinks he knows magic but can't even get dubs

>>49481739
Prepare to be inundated with faggots that will tell you they know, for absolute certain, that no knight could learn anything from anything eastern ever becaise nips are gay and etc etc etc some shit about brittle metal and not using a shield/sidearm.

>>49483457
>magic is real
>doesn't understand placebo
kek

>>49488634
Well, I mean. It's because they're /fa/ggots.

>>49485463
My condolences

>>49481739
>>49481760

The trouble is it's seen as dishonourable for a western knight to attack someone who hasn't drawn their sword.

So when someknight aijutsu's another knight with a zweihander and resheaves it before the two halves of their opponent has even fallen to the floor there's not much anyone can do about it without breaking chivalry and losing their daily healing powers.

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>>49493705
>Thinks he knows dubs but doesn't get any.

>>49494676
But Iaijutsu, if one were to actually fight with it, is designed almost entirely around counterattacking. And the real philosophy behind it is training one's body and mind to be patient and thoughtful.

The whole "unsheathes katana, slices you in half" thing comes from anime and vidya.

>>49484132
Good goy, don't pursue mastery of yourself to the point body and spirit are one and the same. It's all lies after all!
Here, drink this Diet Coke and do crossfit, it's all you need to be healthy.

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>>49489052
>America remains the single most powerful nation on Earth with the most powerful economy as well
>America
>powerful
>America
>economy

>>49494676
All the bets are off against musselmanns and other heathens and in war, nobody really cares in general.

>>49495308
Look, the USA is the one of the two continental Empires that's currently still doing better than the other.

Why did this thread became /pol/ shitting ground

Its about weebs and antiweebs
Why are you fags talking about modern usa politics

>>49493848
>Prepare
Way too l8 m8

>>49495420
because le ameiriccckaa numbner onne xDDDdddD

>>49495420
/pol/kids don't have much self-awareness

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>>49495388
>America
>continental
>America
>empire
>America
>better

>>49490056
China's economic inequality is absolutely brutal. The rise of the middle class represents a dangerous divide between urban and rural areas, with the ruling oligarchy not being able to support both at once if they're rapid growth slows or stops.

That's why they push the single Chinese identity and myth of cultural continuity so hard.

Nevermind the possibility of minority rights gaining traction as concepts such as "fairness" come into play. They're already pushing corruption theatre hard as fuck to start whitewashing how many party members and their friends and family got rich off of exploiting the citizens.

As always, watch the money. Money is leaving China and being invested in NA, SA and Africa actually.

>>49495420
Because a few years ago a few autists decided /pol/ was the lesser of two evils compared to /wst/, look at where we are now

>>49495582
What's so bad about work-safe torrents?

>>49495308
Meme post all you want, it's not going to unmake America

>>49495601
Absolutely nothing and there never was

>>49495601
They're referring to the "weekly smut threads" that were on this board a while ago. Erotic fiction about dragons or whatever.

>>49495608
>everyone who disagrees with me is meme

good argument

>>49488634
I've been curious about that. Before the French Revolution era, it was cool for men to show off their calves and try to be sexy and shit. But even though empire fashion didn't last beyond Napoleon, suddenly men weren't supposed to be sexy. What happened?

>>49495623
So they'd rather have boardwide shitposting instead of a self-contained thread that can be hidden? Yep, sounds like autism

>>49495693
>using the autism meme invented by a brit manlet cuck tripfag on /v/ in 2009

get out

>permacucked permavirgin idiot basement millennial nerds still whining because their blatantly rule-breaking smut threads finally got banned on this BLUE BOARD

epic

>>49495707
I meant clinical autism

>>49495739
>still using the /v/ meme

out

>>49495727
>buzzwording
>defending the concept of blue boards on a place that asks you to be +18 to post

How does it feel to be a walking posting cancer?

>>49495770
>everyone who disagrees with me is buzzwords

great argument

>using the cancer meme invented by /b/

get out

>>49495762
Define meme for me, anonmus

>>49481739
So...
He grabs their wrists a lot when he's not backhanding them with a shield?

>>49485692
There were always a mix of of charr upright and hunched. All the casters stood upright, all the martials were hunched.

>>49495781
>permacucked
>permavirgin
>basement
>millennial

Literally buzzwords my man. Now go breath some helium in a bag.

>>49495830
>LITERALLY everyone who disagrees with me is buzzwords, because I said so. I am law. Allahu akbar. Syria is for the Kurds. Great White Islamic Persian Empire will rise again. Allahu akbar. Allahu akbar. Allahu akbar.

superb argument

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>>49485056
This. Imagine-
>Cavalry charge is followed wagons of kung fu masters
>Just before calvary collides, masters fly into the air
>Calvary smashes into enemy and wheels off, dropping coils of rope tied to saddles
>Kung fu masters land and do more damage
>Just before the rope is fully uncoiled the masters jump onto it and ride it out of battle
>Rinse
>Repeat

>>49495693
WST didn't contain the /pol/ people. This is a weird non sequitter. WST was about being pervy and linking to erotic fanction or whatever. You know what is supposed to contain the /pol/tards? /pol/.
Being that this is /tg/ and politics can be an interesting facet of ttrpgs, or have influence on world building, some political/philosophical discussion is good. These shitheads literally spamming /pol/ memes need to be banned though.
>>49495783
A thought or idea that spreads through a cultural consciousness much like a virus. Something that spreads from person to person without their consent.

>>49495672
English fashion was a mistake.

>>49495783
A peculiar sickness of the English-speaking mind, easily comparable to the cooties.

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>>49481739
>implying I can't just shoot him with whatever gun I have lying about nearby
>implying I couldn't just cut him in two with the mounted gun on my car
>implying I won't just hit him with my fucking car for shits n' giggles despite having enough guns to fuel another african civil war

Another life lost to the wasteland. Assuming it survives the pancaking, what goods could I get in trade for his sword?

>>49496509
about a pound of coke and some beans

>>49496509
>being that guy

>>49496572
>everyone who disagrees with me is that guy

good argument

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>49496509
The knight rolls to bisect your truck.

Rolled 18 + 1000000 (1d20 + 1000000)

>>49496602
Whoops, messed that one up. Forgot the modifiers.

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>>49495862

Did somebody say "buzzswords"?

>>49496590
>argument
Is that what you think this is?

>>49495308
>When translating for legal documents always use the legal, official name of a place. Not, the conventional name.

America is the conventional name, we are talking in a conventional sense, not a legalistic sense. Curb your autism.

>>49496547
Make it pork n' beans and I'll take it.

>>49496572
>Fighting fairly in the apocalypse
Get fucked. Only two kinds of people walk into the waste wearing stupid shit like that: crazy folks, and crazy folks with skill. I'm not waiting to find out which is the case

>>49496602
Fucker cut off a piece of my bumper!

>>49496509
Not sure which would be edgier, the sword, or you.

>>49496962
The sword only has one edge

>>49496962
Me by a mile. I'm basically playing a /k/ubist that's fueled by drugs and petty vendettas. Also
>defending shitty "unbeatable" characters.

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>>49496602
UN SARRACIN!

>>49481739
That's obviously a dog demon named sesshomaru

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>>49490056
China is weird.
On one hand, the state capitalism means there is some large scale advancements in the economy.
On the flip side?
1. Nothing was done to avoid polluting on expansion, so there is tons of it, to stupid levels. All they had to do, was to filter a few early buildings and maintain the trend

2. The new upper class doesn't like being in China. There is a massive Chinese wealth flight, because the Chinese don't like the peasants and the corruption.
And they are wealthy enough to not trust The Great Government, meaning they want out

3. China still hasn't gotten around dealing with the fact its a third world country. The definition is that you can leave the cities, and live in the middle of the countryside, but without that being a danger to your or your childrens education or morale.
You don't even need to go that far from the economic zone of Beijing to find a 1800 century countryside, malnourished from lack of selective development
The law system is underdeveloped too, which will create huge problems as China advanced more and more

4. China economy might crash once their middleclass gets large enough, or might not(automated factories, working regulations).

>>49496868
>using the autism meme invented by /v/

get out

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>>49485415

>>49493663
kung fu got completely wrecked by both boxe and karate though

>>49497178
When?

>>49496630
Is that from Warhammer 40KKK?

>>49497353
As soon as the cultures met and ever since, search it for yourself.
Kung fu is not a practical system.

>>49497152
Wow I remember this thread.

>>49484985
>Magic
>Internal forces

Have you read, like, anything in your life?

>>49495308
Remind me who has the greatest GDP, buying power, and single most powerful military on the planet?

Oh right, USA.

>>49497453
>implying GDP is a meaningful measure of economic health and strength
>implying America isn't the single biggest liar on the planet about their own GDP
>implying America's military isn't an obsolete and inefficient bloat mess staffed by fat HS dropouts and coked up homeless people

O

O i am laffin

O

>>49496509
>Implying a cavalry charge wouldn't flip your technical High Crusade style
>Implying you'll be able to fight back when we set your truck on fire with your own extra gasoline
>Implying you won't burn to death in a steel cage while we offer up prayers to the One True God

overpriced varmint rifle except made of plastic and also it jams

lmao
lmao
lmao

"america"
lmao

>>49497485
>armchair economist
>armchair political scientist
>armchair general
>implying you're not a basement dwelling NEET who learned everything he knows from watching taiwanese claymation shows.

>>49497485
So are you a Yuropoor butthurt about being irrelevant or a third-worlder butthurt about being fucked by us at some point?

>>49497513
anime is literally an american invention, outsourced to the KEKOLD NATION of japan, LOYAL BRAINWASHED IDIOT PET-NATION to america, as a means of culturally enslaving and CONDITIONING the american people by proxy through the media machine. kill yourself

>>49497550
>everyone who disagrees with me is europe
>everyone who disagrees with me is third world

epic argument my /b/rother
allahu akbar
syria for the kurds
white KKKurdish islamo-syrian /b/rother power legion united scientology allahu akbar

>Americans aren't allowed to recognize the failure of their own country. I refuse to believe it. I pull the wool over my own eyes. MEDIA MACHINE FUCK ME HARDER DADDY

laffo

>>49497393
So you're not even going to try?
Sheesh, I remember when trolling used to mean something. You punks nowadays don't even know you're born

>using a shitty katana when a saber is longer, more flexible and faster in every regard.
There's a reason why sabers were the longest used weapon by european armies, hell they still are a symbol of a officer in many countries including USA.

>>49497607
Never lost a war!1

>>49497665
>using a shitty saber when a leafblade is literally the best of both worlds

>>49497690
You wouldn't be even able to get into striking range with it. The only hard counter for a saber is a rapier.

>>49497665
I bet a katana could even bi / sect my post before I finished typing it.

>>49497726
What is that, a joke?

>>49497690
leaves don't have blades, you're thinking of grass.

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>implying politics are relevant in the face of entropy

It'll all be dust one day. Why do you even care?

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>>49497875
Because in the meantime I'm alive and politics affect me.

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>>49497875
Put on a brave face my man.

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>>49497875
Because by paying attention I can find locations with the highest ratio of emotionally vulnerable young girls that will be willing to make a contract and become a magical girl.

Which i can then exploit to stave off entropy.

>>49497922
>a change in impotent talking heads
>affecting anyone

>>49497922
Do they really, though?

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>>49497950
>pretending to be something I'm not

Although I guess I can't avoid that since I'm pretending to exist in any but the most technical sense.

>>49498031
No machine runs forever, Kyubey.

>>49497654
It's your loss, enjoy staying ignorant of well known facts.

>>49497950
The stereotype exists because the emo faggots whining about the pointlessness of it all far outnumbers the #yolo faggots out there enjoying life.

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>>49498258
I can see why that'd be. Most people, when they learn something doesn't actually matter, just stop doing it.

Only, when you come to the conclusion that life itself doesn't matter, the only alternative is death.

This is when you get the emo trap - the inherent instinct to avoid death clashes with the desire to abandon life.

Those who move beyond it into #yolo territory either actually did see some value in life all along, or have managed to convince themselves that life not mattering ITSELF does not matter. And it's not just about KNOWING that on an academic level, either - it's about being CONVINCED of it on an inherent level, to the point where it becomes a part of you.

And there are precious few who could ever do that. So the rest are trapped in an endless loop of craving death, but being unable to embrace it. This leads to emo territory, where they end up either stuck there forever or pulled out on a chain made of drugs.

>>49490056
>>49489974
>>49489938
I love political talks on 4chan. It's 80% accurate information and 20% random nonsense.

And that 20% is the red pill that separates the /pol/ from the news connoisseur.

>>49497364
Yup

>>49497393
>>49497178
I take it you've never heard of Master Ip Man then? Kung Fu master during the Japanese occupation of China, who later trained motherfucking Bruce Lee?

>>49498942
Of course, his greatest achievement being able to spar with karatekas and boxeurs unlike all other kungfu masters.
Also he's shrouded in legend.
We see modern wing chun turn into kickboxing in competitions.
And Bruce Lee is a fucking actor, his whole stick was adding boxe full range punching and tae kwan doe high kicks as well as may other martial arts bits to make the system more versatile and cool looking.

Fact is europeans in the XIX and XX centuries were thoroughly unimpressed with chinese martial arts, armed and unarmed, and even in modern day ufc showed them to be crap.

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>>49497491
So long as I don't go soft, it matters not.

>>49495788
>grabs their wrists
Is that when he pulls out his gun?

>>49481739
Where is his fedora?

>>49501161
haha epic reddit meme my epic /b/rother

>>49498942
Wing chun isn't king fu, and they will be the first to tell you that. They don't share many similarities; wing chun is about constantly sparing and is a popular street fighting style in Hong Kong along with boxing or kickboxing.

King fu is mostly bullshit, and you might as well hype up capoeira.

>>49495672

The proximate cause was Beau fucking Brummel. (I have a time machine I'm killing him before Hitler) Though it's not entirely fair to blame it on King George IV's ex-fuckboi. I also think that the cheaper it got to produce textiles, the harder it gets to show off with vibrant colors, slashed cloth, ruffles, frills and the like, and so people shifted to paying attention to minute variations in cut and style and things like is the suit bespoke, made to measure, or off the rack.

>>49484566
>mediocre game

That's not DaS3 though.

>>49497393

>Kung fu is one style

Shut up retard.

>>49481739
Why does he look like the Soul of Cinder?

>>49488536
Have you forgotten of the mongols?
Umayyid Caliphate?
The Ottomans?

>>49484403
That setting is Mage the Awakening.

>>49499095
>Fact is europeans in the XIX and XX centuries were thoroughly unimpressed with chinese martial arts
I doubt it, especially with the French and British being orientalist as fuck. Hell, Savate (sometimes called French boxing) is entirely inspired by Chinese/Vietnamese martial arts. That's not exactly being "thoroughly unimpressed", considering immitation is the highest form of flattery.

>>49502735
(Some forms of ) Japanese and Thailandese martial arts were and still are respected and imitated, Chinese (before bruce lee made them popular) not much. First hand accounts from the XIX century described them as "unscientific".

>>49501749
All of kung fu and wu shu is not practical, there is no secret about it. Even if some styles are more open about it than the others.

>>49501712

DS3 might not be as good as DS1 or Bloodbourne, but it's still miles better than DS2.

>>49501759
>faction whose greatest achievement was conquering china (and who never reached western europe)
>two middle eastern factions both of which were pushed back by europeans, the latter victims of the same british imperialism as the chinese
You sure defended the far east there.

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>>49503526
>First hand accounts from the XIX century described them as "unscientific".

>>49503775
Primary sources motherfucker, smug anime girls don't trump them.

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>>49504228
But can confused anime girls shed light on what "unscientific" is supposed to mean? And what a "scientific" martial art looks like?

>>49497533
>>49497557
Lol, guy is so mad at America he can't even talk straight. Sad! Feels good to be part of the greatest empire on earth currently.

>>49484490
>/tg/ is not a hivemind!
>you just have to have the same opinion and type the same as everyone else

>>49504260
Ask 19th century british people.
They obviously were referring to their techniques being inefficient, based on false assumptions. By contrast western fencing had been using math and geometry for centuries.

>>49505623
>By contrast western fencing had been using math and geometry for centuries.

I'm not sure how much the Brits would know about that though. They were pretty mad about both the Spaniards and the French existing after all, and those are the two big European proponents of using geometric principles to teach fencing.

>>49485415
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CANT FIND THE FRISBEE

>>49503775
Because in Karate, and a lot of Eastern martial arts, because of the Buddhist roots, there its SHITLOADS of Breathing Techniques.

So instead of learning to breath trough hardships, you learn to breath via training. And that looks weird to mathfags.
Also a lot of the counter throws in Judo, just like Wrestling: They look weird if you don't consider how leverage and momentum works

>>49506257
Both england and scotland had very prolific fencing masters in sidesword, broadsword and military sabre as well as bayonet and pugilism, you're completely clueless.
Being as effective as possible in real life scenarios was always a priority what with the commonplace duels.
Now contrast that with shit based on mystical energy that doesn't exist and teaching students wrong on purpose so you have the secret technique that (supposedly) crushes the system and other idiocies.

>>49507337
Except Karate and Judo/Jujitsu were respected and considered scientific, and they came to inspire stuff like bartitsu.
it's the chinese spiritual arts that failed to perform

>>49508815
>Both england and scotland had very prolific fencing masters in sidesword, broadsword and military sabre as well as bayonet and pugilism, you're completely clueless.

You can have that without using french or spanish models of "scientific" geometric fencing, is what I'm saying. Like pretty much everybody in Asia.

>>49504371
haha epiKKK white islamic epic anonymous /pol/ KKK legion white syria islamo kurdish syria white anonymous epic legion hacker scientology jews did the bank xD KKKKKKKKKKK

kill yourself, /utg/ faggot

>>49508864
>it's the chinese spiritual arts that failed to perform
Thats sorta a given when a lot of the Chinese stuff is "fancy shit you do as a civilian"

>>49498942
Nothing in the movie actually happened m8. Surely this is a ruse
>all these posters spouting kung-fu and wing chun memes
Is /tg/ unable to distinguish between games and real life?

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>>49481739
I'm imagining a kind of horse archer that can also pull off a good lance charge. Kinda quirky but Flavius Belisaurius managed to conquer both North Africa and Italy with troops like that serving as his elites so I guess it's pretty effective.

>>49481760
True. Comparing techniques between like weapons suggests that they're like 90 percent identical. Most of the differences are matters of priority.

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>>49481739

>>49481739
I wear my plate and hit him in the face with a warhammer. Done.

>>49495666
Says the guy with no argument to stand on

>>49515072
>everyone who disagrees with me has no argument

good argument

>>49501751
Because the SoC has very generic looking armor, in terms of shape, only the finer details make it more unique.

>>49501712
This guy gets it.

>>49503559
This is objectively wrong. DS2 tried to be better than 1. DS3 tried to deepthroat DS1 as hard as possible because Hackazaki was back at the helm. It is literally the easiest Souls game and only exists to be Dark Souls: Prepare to Remember Edition.

>>49515079
>Never posted an argument just buzzwords and laughing at the imaginary issues of the US rather than any of the real ones
>Responds with "good argument" whenever anyone calls his bullshit

>>49515156
>everyone who disagrees with me is buzzwords

great argument

>>49515176
>I still have no argument and will only respond one way since I have no argument

Pretty much expected.

>>49515183
>everyone who disagrees with me has no argument

you're like a broken record my man

Man, I forgot how much I love the internet. All you have to do is say "America" and watch as the retards come out of the woodwork to go out of there way to attempt to shit on it.

Then because all of the Anti-US retards are here the hardcore USA USA motherfuckers show up and just make the US look bad.

>>49515217
>Americans are literally not allowed to say anything bad about their own country

why does this meme exist

>>49515243
>saying anything bad
>in any way the same as the retards saying how america is le worst country on earth because le reasons with no actual backup to their argument

>>49515265
>using the "le" meme invented by reddit

get out

>>49515192
Bait some more, my friend. Come back when you have an argument to stand on and not just memes.

>>49515277
>using the "america is the worst" meme invented by reddit

No you

>>49515289
>implying reddit isn't sucking hard on the flaccid, syphilitic cock of dead old man america

nice disinfo shill

>>49515333
>implying anything pro-america in anyway isn't downvoted to oblivion outside of certain subreddits

Do you actually have any idea what you're talking about? Because so far, doesn't seem like it.

>>49515289
>everyone who disagrees with me is bait
>everyone who disagrees with me is memes

the record
it plays the sound
and then send it back
and send it back and send it back and send it back and send it back and send it back and send it back and send it back and send it back and send it back and send it back and send it back and send it back and send it back and send it back

>>49515347
>I have no argument so I will continue to post this instead of ever actually posting an argument
>No really I'm not the retarded one, he is!

>>49515360
>everyone who disagrees with me has no argument

... and send it back and send it back and send it back ...

I came to this thread for art of cool east meets west knights. Why have you failed me, /tg/?

>>49515366
>I will continue to acknowledge that I posted nothing of substance and that the other person is a broken record and not me

You know, being wrong really doesn't help your case here.

>>49515378
Because someone said the word America so the retards came out of the woodwork, as is par for the course here.

>>49515384
>everyone who disagrees with me is wrong

10 send it back
20 goto 10

>>49515406
>IF I KEEP REPEATING IT MAYBE IT WILL BECOME TRUE HA HA HA HA DEATH TO AMERICA

>>49515416
whoa there, partner, you were the only one here who ever said "death to america"

if a nation is bad, why kill it, when you can make it great again?

>>49515436
Yeah OK Mr. America is The Worst. Whatever you say. I'll leave you to your anti-american hugbox then. You clearly have no interest in actually posting anything to backup your initial point so fuck it. Who even cares anymore.

>>49515400
It didn't use to be. We used to be better than this. You can still see it in a lot of the posts, I'm fairly sure it's just a few idiots shitting up this thread. I'm not sure if I should report some of the worst offenders or if that'll cause more trouble than it solves. For example >>49509840 is definitely a case of garbage outside of /b/ if ever I saw one (at least without an obscene picture), but I'd rather the whole thread not get nuked and I'm not sure it's worth the risk.

>>49515469
America is very polarizing for no reason what so ever. If someone ever brings it up, as I mentioned above, we'll get retards like the guy you linked popping up to shit on everything. Then after a bit you get the people who somehow manage to be the embodiment of the Deep-South hick show up and be super fucking racist towards anyone who isn't born in the US. Then everything just goes to shit from there.

>>49515469
>everyone who disagrees with me is garbage outside of /b/

fuck off with this meme already

>>49515515
>He's defending the drivel that guy was posting

Or was it you posting that trash? Probably the second one. You're the reason there is never any honest discourse about the issues the US has.

>>49515451
america will never be great again unless we acknowledge our failures

you are actively working against america's best interests by promoting the MEME MYTH that there is nothing wrong, and everything is just sunshine and lollipops, return to your homes, citizens, there is nothing to see here

>>49515539
>everyone who disagrees with me is the same person

you just can't stop speaking in memes, can you

>>49515548
I'm promoting no such thing. There is plenty wrong. However you are posting absolute bullshit and backing it up with nothing but memes. YOU are the problem. Not me.

>>49515564
Well excuse me for assuming that there is only one person stupid enough to try to actually excuse the kind of trash that was in >>49509840

>inb4 it somehow counts as legitimate arguments about what is wrong in the US

>>49515515
The post you linked to is the only one I had made in this thread, and I'm not really sure who the post I linked to is trying to disagree with; it just looks like pure gibberish to me plus telling someone to kill himself, which also belongs in /b/. I don't intend to post in this thread any further, as I have nothing to add, but I'd like it if people who do have something to add, like >>49512710 or >>49508815 or >>49508864 didn't have to share a thread with people who can't put a semi-coherent sentence of more than three words together. Seriously, I can't glean anything from that junk except that he strongly dislikes somebody and I'm honestly not sure who, other than the guy he's responding to, nor do I care.

>>49481760
This. The training manual with longswords and the training manual with the katana are literally identical. They have the moves in different orders but the strokes and movements themselves are exactly the same. Even judo has a lot of similarities to how we think knights were trained to wrestle because both parties ran into the problem of the armor being frequently tougher than the weapons used to crack it.

>>49515767
>plus telling someone to kill himself, which also belongs in /b/
no it doesn't

>>49515578
YOU are the memer
YOU are the broken record
YOU are the tobyfox dot com shill
YOU are the media machine master jew
YOU spread your memes, your myths, your MEME MYTHS
YOU sell the mountain dew black
YOU are the mafia don of the idiot cancer liberal undermeme IRC
YOU are the gay french alaska nazi millennial
YOU are the idiot fag stupid californian communist greenpeacer faggot jew hipster mohawk faggot
YOU are the cancer mutant tumblrgender freak circus abomination interracial tranny cuckold australian
YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU