Return of the Most Important Poll EVER

Started by Chairman Kaga June 21st, 2004 8:31 AM
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Samurai vs. Cowboys...who would win?

Kairi

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CKlet me tell you something. This is a Pokmon board, thusly 90%of the people will pick the answer related to Japan, last time ninjas, now Samurai. ;p
Seriously, I dunno...guns cold be pretty effective though I'm not sure all the Samurai armor/honor/fighting styles so I guess I can't say?

Chairman Kaga

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Eh, you're right =P If you want you can delete this and I'll make something a bit debatable :P

But in the meantime, I was hoping this one would focus on swords and armor vs. firearms, thus making it easily debatable, but maybe I'm wrong :P

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Well, cowboys don't exactly train do they? So there's a fighting chance for the samurais. However, the creation of guns was what kicked out those means of physical combat used by the samurais, so the cowboys have an equal chance too.

I kind of like these polls, hehe....
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Yeah, I'm going to have to be the biased one and pick the samurais--and it's not because of my interest in Japan and its culture. I agree with Jordan on the basis that cowboys aren't...trained...they're just wild, shooting machines on horseback, lol. ^_^; Samurais have fighting strategies, tactics, and styles that help them in any given situation during combat. The only advantage the cowboys have is the cavalry in general. And that's my two cents...^_^


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Heehee, I'm probably gonna be the only one going with this, but I say go th comboys. LONG LIVE TEXAS!!!!!! Well, they got the guns and stuff, and back in the Old West you had to be really good with guns and everything to survive, so I'm thinkin not every single part of the samurai is armored, thusly they can lock in on that part, and when the bullt penetrates, they come in for the kill :P. I seriously don't think I could be more wrong :P

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I'm going to have to go with Samurais. Although cowboys have an advantage because they have a gun that they can use to attack them from a far distance, Samurais are so swift and fast that they could probably dodge the bullets. Also, once the samurai gets close enough to use his sword, then the Cowboy is a goner.

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Cowbays...they train themselves to be master gunwielders. Wit hall his armor on, a samurai wouldn't be able to doge a bullet headed right for his weak points.

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Sams can't dodge bullets...no one on the face of the earth can dodge bullets. Bullets move so fast that you:

A) Cannot see them. And if you can't see what your dodging then you might as well stand still

B) Cannot psyically move your body quick enough to move your body out of the way

C) No amount of Sam armor could possibly hope to block even the weakest gun cowboys use.

Beside, cowboys are very accurate, and could kill a samurai before it gets close to them. And the closer a sam is to a cboy the easier it is to hit them...

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That's what I said...but really now, swords can't beat guns. Just because they do in videogames all the time and in movies doesn't mean you can hide the facts. A gun is always stronger than a sword...fin

And if a cowboy can precisely hit a bottle then they can pwn a samurai...

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Mm. The only person who can dodge bullets is Superman. XD; Anyway, back on topic... x_X Samurai's move slowly AND faster than Cowboy's. Not to mention some Samurai's are erm ... agile and such making it easy to use "The Element of Surprise" But if they would go on direct draw I'd say Cowboys have the more chance. @[email protected] It's a draw either way. {Get it? Draw as in draw your guns? XD; I kill me}

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What happened to the original thread? Anyway, my vote goes to the samurai. I can't really comment why, as I know virtually nothing about both them except that one carries swords and one carries guns. And swords are just cool (as if you expected a Zelda Scribe to say otherwsie?), and their Japanese which is a plus.

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That's because, as Kairi pointed out, this is more of a Japanese-oriented forum... meaning most of the people voting in this poll are biased to Japanese style options.

=3 Myself included. Although... I did choose samurai based on the fact that they have armor, and although it may not be the greatest, samurai trained long hours to wield their swords properly. If they were in a sheltered location, they could easily win, I would guess, as I believe they also trained to do well in silent combat. =o I'd have to actually educate myself more on the subject before making a proper guess, though. But that doesn't stop me from voting.[/biased opinion on something she knows nothing about X3]


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I say Cowboys, I mean they could have that pistol up and have a hole in you before you could blink. And all they have to do is shoot for the head and there goes the Samurai before he could get close to the Cowboy.

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