[OOC] [Ranked] 2 v 2 battle! Reapers Vs Champions; A Dance of Blades!

[GreivousKhan]

Typically reacting speed means how fast one reacts... hyper analysis/perception is something else, but whatever.

[DJAtomika]

Well sigh. It's like I'm not actually all that great.

Oh wait.

I'm not.

[ImportantNobody]

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The mons pubis sits right above the groin...

@GreivousKhan

Hmm...so the groin is basically just the muscles over the pubic bone (and skin and stuff but you know what I mean; no organs involved). So her muscles and the bottom of the pubic bone would still be in tact upon taking such a hit, so I guess that would be enough to hold her together. That would actually be good for her if she turned into a human projectile. If she split into two parts then the force of her impact would instantly turn twice as weak...I think...even though it doesn't make too much sense due to all of the force still going into the person as planned, just in two parts. Together the forces would add up to the same, but that doesn't really seem to matter as much if both hit is twice as weak, it's much less dangerous than getting hit with one twice as strong force.

Well sigh. It's like I can never get gud at this.

@DJAtomika

You will with practice. Just look at me!...err...look at someone who is now good! But I think you have potential.

[MelonHead]

Typically reacting speed means how fast one reacts... hyper analysis/perception is something else, but whatever.

@GreivousKhan

True, I got the definitions mixed up a little. Reflex is the act of reacting to a stimulus, how fast you read that stimulus is processing.

Still, we can just assume the character is as fast as necessary to compensate for above human speeds.

[DJAtomika]

Well I guess I should get to posting soon.

[MelonHead]

Well I guess I should get to posting soon.

@DJAtomika

Still got a day to think

[DJAtomika]

@MelonHead cause, see, my previous post detailed that she basically dashed past Judgement once she landed and attacked during the dash.

But you just no-sold that which kinda infuriates me that I can never make a hit that actually connects cause if this brute is also lightning fast like Itsuki is then it's quite an unfair match up.

[MelonHead]

@MelonHead cause, see, my previous post detailed that she basically dashed past Judgement once she landed and attacked during the dash.

But you just no-sold that which kinda infuriates me that I can never make a hit that actually connects cause if this brute is also lightning fast like Itsuki is then it's quite an unfair match up.

@DJAtomika

You can't make a hit because you're putting your character in bad situations, even rolling under Judgement's sword would have been more suitable than jumping over it and placing yourself at the mercy of gravity. This is ranked, you don't get away with making critical mistakes. Get Vordak to judge if you feel my response was unfair.

[DJAtomika]

Well he'll probably rule in your favour anyway so I'm just better off doing less stupid things and being stupid in general.

[MelonHead]

Well he'll probably rule in your favour anyway so I'm just better off doing less stupid things and being stupid in general.

@DJAtomika

He will probably rule in my favour, because Vordak has a pretty good idea of what is realistic in a sword fight from what I read in my duel with Sathanas a while back, jumping over people's swords just wasn't done at all historically, and though this is a powered fight T1 reduces everyone to roughly equal terms, so human experience is still valid. Though as Khan has already hinted you have a fairly obvious escape open to you, it's hardly checkmate.

[DJAtomika]

I guess.

Anyway I have an idea of what I want to do but it'll have to wait. I need sleep, sadly, but I'll get my post up before the time limit expires.

[DJAtomika]

Actually I didn't want to risk it so I went with the idea I had in my head.

[MelonHead]

Can you explain how she 'with a quickness' sped up how quickly she fell to the floor to avoid Judgement's attack?

[GreivousKhan]

Maybe she took speed? :O

I actually never read Melon's post so I assumed he used the momentum of his first swing to rebound around, stopping a swing part way and going the complete opposite direction (even if the individual is insanely strong) and still catch her seems a bit iffy to me due to how inertia in sword mechanics work. Though Judgment would still need to estimate Itsuki's trajectory based on her size, weight, and jump to accurately predict when and where to swing behind him. Don't know if advanced tactical skills like that are within his ability. Vordak can decide if he would have guessed right or not. Or not as DJ seems to be accepting that he did. (I think)

Still, I think DJ missed the part though where Melon meant to intercept before he hit the ground. So his post is assuming he's already on the ground from what I read.

I am wondering though if Judgment is using two hands for his swing. One would probably assume two hands, but his use of the opposite side of his blade( which is an odd choice as simply adjusting his wrist would have actually been quicker.) would suggest one handed. (resulting in a very awkward grip at least as far as I can picture in my head.)

[MelonHead]

Actually Khan you're falling for the common misconception that two handed swords are inherently huge cumbersome weapons that you have to swing in a huge arc, when in actuality they were used for fairly quick movements for chopping apart pikes. Judgement is simply swinging the weapon to hurt his opponent and then drawing the blade back the other way without turning it around, which is a common technique for longswords because they are dangerous on both edges.

A quick google search would have quickly provided you with this 'One normally strikes with the true edge, but using the false edge greatly enhances one’s versatility and reaction speed. A follow-up strike can be made faster because no time was needed to turn the sword around.'

Judgement has no need to calculate some intense striking point, if you look he's aiming for almost the exact point he aimed for in the first place, as the end result was his target in almost the exact same spot, just milliseconds from hitting the ground. All jumping in the air really served was to avoid an initial strike with far more effort than it would take to just move the sword back into his opponent's path, this time without such mobility.

Imagine paddling a boat, Judgement's hands are basically following that motion.

[GreivousKhan]

Actually Khan you're falling for the common misconception that two handed swords are inherently huge cumbersome weapons that you have to swing in a huge arc, when in actuality they were used for fairly quick movements for chopping apart pikes. Judgement is simply swinging the weapon to hurt his opponent and then drawing the blade back the other way without turning it around, which is a common technique for longswords because they are dangerous on both edges.

A quick google search would have quickly provided you with this 'One normally strikes with the true edge, but using the false edge greatly enhances one’s versatility and reaction speed. A follow-up strike can be made faster because no time was needed to turn the sword around.'

Judgement has no need to calculate some intense striking point, if you look he's aiming for almost the exact point he aimed for in the first place, as the end result was his target in almost the exact same spot, just milliseconds from hitting the ground. All jumping in the air really served was to avoid an initial strike with far more effort than it would take to just move the sword back into his opponent's path, this time without such mobility.

Imagine paddling a boat, Judgement's hands are basically following that motion.

@MelonHead

The fact he's cutting the wall in front of him gave the impression he's striking with more weight than necessary. It would be easier if one know what grip he's even using.

What they are a talking about is a quick parry, not spinning around such as Judgment did, if you have ever held a sword before you would realize that swinging like that would cause you forearms to lock and knock into each other. It would have been easier and quicker if her just reversed the grip so he ended up using the same edge he was cutting with. It would actually hold allot more strength and speed to it.

[MelonHead]

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The fact he's cutting the wall in front of him gave the impression he's striking with more weight than necessary. It would be easier if one know what grip he's even using.

@GreivousKhan

No, I mentioned that he was close enough that the point of his weapon may just scrape the wall, which is the likely scenario as his weapon is more than likely forged from some divine metal, definitely harder than stone.

[MelonHead]

Nope, article pretty clearly states it's talking about striking with the false edge of a Longsword, which is the equivalent for someone like Judgement.

[DJAtomika]

Oh, misread.

Anyway I was assuming that Itsuki would hot the ground long before the sword comes back around, cause the way I see it, once judgement did the first swing all she did was hop up very slightly and tuck her legs into her chest, curling into a sorta ball. Not extremely high up into the air but just enough to hop over the sword and then almost immediately land by re extending her legs so they hit the ground pretty much immediately.

Which is why, in my post before this, I already had her back on solid ground and dashing past Judgement before you no sold that.

[MelonHead]

So you accuse me of no solding whatever that means, and then say my character is incapable of moving a sword less than a foot through the air before someone who jumps at least three feet off the ground lands?

Vordak, you'll have to rule this, as DJ has effectively voided what I said happened without actually carrying out any different actions to effect the scenario.