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Zmaster07

Zmaster07

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Sorry for the lack of patience Xen, it's just that your posts are like gold to me. I can't get enough of them. Besides, the first thing you want to get when you write something is criticism so that you can improve on it.

22-Jan-2013 05:08:41

Azigarath

Azigarath

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Thanks for taking the time to reread my recreation Xen. Like Zmaster, I don’t get criticism much either. I’ll be sure to think about what I can improve on, too. Hopefully I’ll get better when the next assignment comes along.

Oh, and I forgot to add feedback about the other two guys, I should do that, too. As Xen mentioned, Zmaster made many improvements from his last bio, which is always a nice thing to see. In the past, I have given others heavy criticism, and then as they continued their stories, they got so much better that I felt proud of them (almost). I wonder how Ender got the eyeglasses though. The “derobing” was absolutely awesome, though, that is a mini masterpiece. I don’t think fictional Arabic peoples would have anything besides black hair and brown eyes, however, Turks sometimes have blonde hair and blue eyes even today.

Yam made a good bio, and I could not help but wonder what if Yam’s and Zmaster’s characters somehow were thrown into one story, that’d be interesting for sure. I found it a bit odd that Yalthus would be a fictional Spaniard, seeing as he comes from the desert, a people based off Muslims, but then again southern Spain used to be under Moorish control, so I suppose it makes sense anyways. "Jump through the pillars, horsey!"

Oh, and well done to everyone so far, and thanks to Xen for taking the time for setting up his thread.

23-Jan-2013 00:51:33 - Last edited on 23-Jan-2013 00:55:51 by Azigarath

Azigarath

Azigarath

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Ah, action scenes, my specialty. Although this is not advised by forum rules, may I suggest a few things myself? First, I am tired of reading “he was a young man/woman, and highly skilled with a sword” in a fantasy novel, only to see in later pages use of a sword in ways unrealistic, inauthentic, and, at best, ridiculous. I am also sick of seeing pathetic examples of combat when I play video games or see trailers of them such as in RuneScape, Skyrim, Warcraft, and everywhere else.

Below I have some links (just fill-in what needs, or copy-paste the title into the command line on youtube) showing how medieval fights really occurred, and I highly suggest you all to watch through all of them before using the description “he/she was a great user of the sword”. There are links and the upload’s title. Note that different swordsmanship is required when one wears plate armour or is unarmoured. There is also a link about medieval wrestling and unusual siege engines. The last link is a demonstration of a great sword and its capabilities.

And for god’s sake, there is no such thing as plate armour designed to match a woman’s figure -.- and why on earth would a woman wear such an armour that reveals her cleavage? Do you know how easy it would be to become killed if such armour was worn?

Anyways:

http://***.youtube.***/watch?v=TtNZQBc4RpE&feature=related
Longsword Techniques - Receiving Strikes on Flat

http://***.youtube.***/watch?v=ov_iVrHy4_A
CAS Hanwei - 2010 Blade show - John Clements *is*orical European Swordsmanship

http://***.youtube.***/watch?v=7Ijy8Ky_vrI&feature=related
15th Century fighting demonstration

http://***.youtube.***/watch?v=bWISsk0cy74&feature=fvwp&NR=1
Messer Techniques from Talhoffer

http://***.youtube.***/watch?v=-TzdtyMC7ek&feature=related
Fencing with five different medieval weapons

25-Jan-2013 00:21:16 - Last edited on 25-Jan-2013 00:47:08 by Azigarath

Azigarath

Azigarath

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http://***.youtube.***/watch?v=wR7RlwSGj50&feature=related
Rediscovering the Chinese Long Sword

http://***.youtube.***/watch?v=G4k-vjdeZO4&feature=related
SwArta Harnischfechten

http://***.youtube.***/watch?v=lvkPLvoH1vI&feature=related
Twirch Ringen (Updated)

http://***.youtube.***/watch?v=jAAFczOyLVo&feature=related
Military Designs from Talhoffer's Medieval Combat Manual

http://***.youtube.***/watch?v=_hfLZozBVpM
Two Handed Great Sword

Zmaster, I do not think that a previous bio must be used, but it could be. (awaits Xen's reply, as I don't know)

25-Jan-2013 00:22:02

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