Yes, I remember how many of those posters proved their points very well... things like "I think knights are cool, have bigger and better swords and use sheilds and would kick samurai arse..." Very well proven... :S
I don't know... I think typing out a huge summary of what my cross cultural term paper, with the facts included is quite enough proving for me. At least I don't think that steel sucks compared to iron, or for some reason shields made of wood and rusty iron can block forged steel blades or iron armor can deflect razor sharp steel swords. And I its enough to say that iron swords that rust and with which a blade is carved out with a whetstone is inferior to a steel blade that has its razor sharp blade forged into the structure of the sword and hence doesn't wear and is much sharper than a filed down glorified butcher knife is to start with. Some of that is just common sense. If you'd like some scientific detail on steel forging, you could look up a Scientific American article written about Damascus forging techniques that scientifically analyze the structural superiority of folded steel.
Like I said, its fairy tale knowledge that was brought into the debate. Theres no such thing as a knight in shining armor because iron rusts, and it rusts and dents alot faster than you polish it when you're in the field.
If I weren't willing to dispel some ignorance, I wouldn't spend an hour of 2 of my time typing those essay legnth history lessons.
As you can see, I'm not so generally concerned about my own personal respect level from others, as so much as the whole societal respect system has gone down the tube, respect being given in the wrong directions. People don't give the same respect they used to, and hence the people deserving of higher levels of respect don't get it. In the new age idea of everyone is equal, I'm starting to see an ironic idea in general populace that their ignorance is still equal to knowledge. In the words of Scott Adams, "Since when did ignorance become a valid viewpoint ?"
Same thing goes for here. I've played all the FE games, and given you a general break down of the gameplay and story. What do you want me to do ? Waste my time taking screenshots of every aspect of the game ?
I don't know... I think typing out a huge summary of what my cross cultural term paper, with the facts included is quite enough proving for me. At least I don't think that steel sucks compared to iron, or for some reason shields made of wood and rusty iron can block forged steel blades or iron armor can deflect razor sharp steel swords. And I its enough to say that iron swords that rust and with which a blade is carved out with a whetstone is inferior to a steel blade that has its razor sharp blade forged into the structure of the sword and hence doesn't wear and is much sharper than a filed down glorified butcher knife is to start with. Some of that is just common sense. If you'd like some scientific detail on steel forging, you could look up a Scientific American article written about Damascus forging techniques that scientifically analyze the structural superiority of folded steel.
Like I said, its fairy tale knowledge that was brought into the debate. Theres no such thing as a knight in shining armor because iron rusts, and it rusts and dents alot faster than you polish it when you're in the field.
If I weren't willing to dispel some ignorance, I wouldn't spend an hour of 2 of my time typing those essay legnth history lessons.
As you can see, I'm not so generally concerned about my own personal respect level from others, as so much as the whole societal respect system has gone down the tube, respect being given in the wrong directions. People don't give the same respect they used to, and hence the people deserving of higher levels of respect don't get it. In the new age idea of everyone is equal, I'm starting to see an ironic idea in general populace that their ignorance is still equal to knowledge. In the words of Scott Adams, "Since when did ignorance become a valid viewpoint ?"
Same thing goes for here. I've played all the FE games, and given you a general break down of the gameplay and story. What do you want me to do ? Waste my time taking screenshots of every aspect of the game ?