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Greatest Warrior of All times
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Poll Question: Your Greatest Warrior of All times
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13 [12.26%]
4 [3.77%]
2 [1.89%]
3 [2.83%]
18 [16.98%]
8 [7.55%]
5 [4.72%]
17 [16.04%]
12 [11.32%]
4 [3.77%]
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    Posted: 21-Oct-2007 at 11:35
I prefer the NO Answer Warrior who reduces everyone to dispear by not answering any questions.

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Originally posted by xi_tujue


have we been watching 300

our guys killed all your guys from a distance Tongue

But seriously

You should include the jedi aswel

you can only choose a warriors from certain periods and compare them.


Why do you say that? It's the common logic that you need more courage to feel the last breath of the enemy in your face rather than shoot from distance and run(not with your own feet of course...)

Where are your guys now, really?Tongue Killed by a close distance?

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They are speaking of effectiveness of the warrior, not their courage.

I'd have to say knights.
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i voted gladiator because warrior is singular, and any gladiator who won many many fights and won his freedom must have been supremely gifted in one on one combat, many of the choices the soldiers relied upon comrades and comrades relied upon them, but gladiators were for the most part relied upon themselves and there singular ability.
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What about the Roman Legionnaires? Yes, they were no match for cavalry, but cavalry was no match for pikes, pikes no match for siege type weapons (eg. catapult, mangonel, etc.). Everything has its weaknesses!

The Legions had discipline (until the start of the Decline),  courage, solidarity, and they conquered a large empire and held it for centuries!
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I answered Knights, although eastern warriors like the Jannissaries, Mamluks and Hashshashin are awesome.  A Knight is the most diverse of the options listed here---he could be fighting on horseback or on foot, with lance, sword and shield or longsword, warhammer, battleaxe etc.
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No Spartans? No Janissary?
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Hoplites because they demonstrated that quality was better than quantity on the fields of Marathon, Thermopylae, Arbela, and many more.
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But then again, I think ol Chuck would take em all
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  Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-May-2008 at 20:05
I voted 'assassin' based on the notion that a skilled assassin picks the time and place of battle where he or she is statistically extremely unlikely to lose.
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Chuck Norris probably.Cheers (I couldn't resist..sorry)
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Chuck Norris probably.Cheers (I couldn't resist..sorry)
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Bruce Lee kicked his ass in Game of Death !!!
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The byzantine Kilbanophoros hands down


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Greatest warrior of all time is whichever one managed to manipulate his/her enemies perfectly to do what he wanted them to do without ever having to fight.

Hence, the greatest warrior of all time doesn't exist.


Edited by TheARRGH - 07-Aug-2008 at 22:33
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Thats cowardly politics (sneer).


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Originally posted by Count Belisarius

Thats cowardly politics (sneer).


No, it's what the best warriors understand;
Only fight if you have to, and if possible, make sure you don't have to.

It's what every competent self-defense teacher will tell you, and have fun calling them cowards!

The ideal situation for the true warrior is one in which he never has to use his skills for anything other than exercise or practice.
Who is the great dragon whom the spirit will no longer call lord and god? "Thou shalt" is the name of the great dragon. But the spirit of the lion says, "I will." - Nietzsche

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another taoist Sun Tzu fan.no more lectures,go out there,show us some blood,fight,fight!!!!!Tongue
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Originally posted by Batu

another taoist Sun Tzu fan.


No, just someone who cares more about survival than about showing off for the sake of gratuitous machismo.

Originally posted by Batu

no more lectures,go out there,show us some blood,fight,fight!!!!!Tongue


I have an allergic reaction to jail time.

However, given the right circumstances...Evil%20Smile
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Originally posted by Feanor

Cavalry archers win hands down.



Oh god, not this debate again...

Anyway, here's my pick(s)...


Originally posted by TheARRGH

I have several picks, actually.

First, in the Americas--the warriors of almost all of the various societies in Mexico during and shortly after the spanish occupation. Emphasis on the Mexica and the various cultures collectively (and pejoratively) known as the Chichimecs. Also, the Mapuche of chile and the Seminoles of the florida region were viewed (rightfully so) as particularly tenacious combatants.

There are some absolutely INSANE stories from spaniards about these people. Things like one warrior holding off two horsemen for over an hour, taking away one's lance, and fighting with it for another hour until being shot by a crossbowman. Like an enemy stabbed with two lances and continuing to hold off four opponents. Like arrows fired with such force they went through a horse's metal head armor, it's head, two thicknesses of mail and buckskin armor, and into a rib cage. Like an almost obscene level of courage and discipline, and a tenacity and ferocity that apparently suprised even veteran warriors from combat with the turks, who were considered absolutely deadly at the time.

Granted, a lot of the stories are probably exaggerated. Some of them could easily be outright lies. But even so, the picture that gets painted is one of truly deadly and skilled warriors--not just savage yelling steretypical barbarians, but shockingly disciplined, trained, inventive, and brutal combatants--and this was through the eyes of the people who conquered them. You've done something right if the people you eventually LOSE to are that impressed by your abilities.

In the Mediterranean, the Roman Legions. Disciplined, effective, almost mechanically precise. I'd consider their parthian enemies quite high on the list, as well. And during the Byzantine era, the Goths were...shockingly effective. They learned thir lessons well, ultimately.

In africa, the Zulu empire's warriors under Shaka. UNEQUIVOCALLY.  The nubian cavalry the Carthaginians used is a definite, as well--very, VERY highly regarded. The military of the egyptians, before being eclipsed by other powers, was very good.

In asia...well, it's big place and I don't know that terribly much about it. Probably too many to list, although the rajputs were apparently quite good, and I admire the mongols.

In australia, the Kangaroos. And the Saltwater crocodiles. And the snakes. And the spiders. Hell, even the SHEEP. And the people. ALL OF THEM.

Uh...that's all for now. Maybe I'll think of some more.


How many "best___" threads do we have now?
Who is the great dragon whom the spirit will no longer call lord and god? "Thou shalt" is the name of the great dragon. But the spirit of the lion says, "I will." - Nietzsche

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