Queensberry Rules Swordfight

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Queensberry Rules Swordfight

1EndofDiskOne
Jun 24, 6:20 pm

A1: No striking below the belt, eh? Well, then, my belt shall be closer to my armpits than my navel, by Jove!

A2: Indeed? Then I shall also lift my spiked belt well above my, uh, tail?

A3: Uh, what if I wear a unitard sans belt? Can I axe you that question?

2EndofDiskOne
Jun 24, 6:23 pm

Did you know that the original Queensberry rules were actually silent about strikes below the belt? I guess a fight in 1871 could have legally included as many shots to the goolies as you could manage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquess_of_Queensberry_Rules

3RobertDay
Jun 24, 6:50 pm

I think there needs to be a proctologist on standby for the after-fight.

4GSSex-noob
Jun 24, 10:38 pm

>2 EndofDiskOne: I did not know that.

Human here just needs to expand/relocate his belt to serve as a bikini top and he's safe.

Ax-man is suffering from no shield, and the dorkiest-looking outfit. Still, if his shirt's armor, he might be pretty effective. Just swing through some of the human's leg tendons.

5AndreasJ
Jun 25, 4:43 am

Axe guy looks to be wearing bronze scale armour, which should be quite heavy, but also good protection against as sword.

The multi-spiked helmets look positively dumb, though; well suited to deflect what should have been a near miss onto your head.

The skull among the spare weapons on the lower right is a nice touch.

6TorMented
Edited: Jun 25, 11:01 am

♫ One day he strode around the berm,
The guys so numerous they did swarm;
One chance to smite him on the thigh.
The devil take that blue-tail guy.
Jimmy crack corn, I don't care ... ♫

7EndofDiskOne
Jun 25, 12:49 pm

Also, our Ginger Hero needs to either stick or twist when it comes to his coiffure: Will it be a side parting, or will you grow it out into full hockey flo? The combination right now is pretty bad.

8bam2001
Jun 25, 6:47 pm

There's a belt you really don't want to wear while doing jumping jacks.