Re: [Official!] Project Horizons Comment Crew Chat thread.

[Frost]

Listen, America. You have a problem.

Stop fucking with the AR-15 platform, goddammit !

Bro, that's like saying "stop building shit with Legos. Follow the instructions and build exactly what's on the package. Being creative is Doing. It. Wrong."

[Harmony Ltd.]

But tell me, can you do the following with an AR-15 ?

[Harmony Ltd.]

^ "Love Lego ? Play Minecraft, it will cost you far less money and space."

[Frost]

Well, I can tell you that whatever you build with an AR is going to be at least somewhat useful

[Harmony Ltd.]

... This remind me I haven't used my bow in ages. I wonder if the string is still good or if I should replace it.

[Frost]

... This remind me I haven't used my bow in ages. I wonder if the string is still good or if I should replace it.

Recurve or compound?

[Harmony Ltd.]

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

[Frost]

Cool. I wouldn't mind getting a bow. Especially one of those kick-ass compound ones.

Problem is the lefty ones tend to be a bit pricier

[Harmony Ltd.]

I've had numerous occasions to try compound bows, and I've found that I very much prefer using a "normal" bow like mine.

The compound DO have a lot of power, but they are also heavy (which much more of a deal breaker than with firearms I'd say given how one has to weld a bow for it to be effective), and hard to control : they release a lot of "punch" in a very short timeframe - kind of like recoil, but it's more about the vibrations.

Also, one thing you have to know when using a bow, is that there's no magic as to where the "energy" for the shot come from : your arms. Meaning that the more powerful the bow, the more efforts you'll have to give it. Sure compound use pulleys and other force-multiplication mechanisms, but they still take a bit of effort to use.

So unless you want to hit at full force a target more than 75 meters away, most of the time you'll be better served by using a "normal" bow which you'll have had time to get used to, and which ballistic you'll have assimilated.


Basically, from my own experience, compound bows offer a flatter trajectory, but they are harder to control and a bit more tiring to use.

[Harmony Ltd.]

To moderate what I said, compound aren't bad, I just personally prefer "normal".

[Frost]

I've not used either, so I'll trust you on that. Me being the gun nut I am, I would probably start out on a crossbow anyhow

[Harmony Ltd.]

Always wanted to try one, but from what I've heard they are a pain in the ass to reload.

At least I think it's the closest I can come to owning a "firearm" without having to own a license or signal me owning a gun to the Authorities. That and ammunitions are easier to re-use [*].


[*] : I remember having at one time used the same arrows for my bow for several years, shooting them dozens of time a week, every week.

[Frost]

You ever find yourself here in Fuckin' 'Murica, I'll have to take you to a range.

[Harmony Ltd.]

Funny anecdote :

I have done archery for, like, five years, but it has been years since I did any (I stopped doing it in High School, because fuck school...).

A few month ago, I went to the local shooting club, to test the sport and see if it interested me. By shooting club, I mean it's not exactly firearms, but pellet guns and rifles (of that kind : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_gun#Pneumatic ).


So, my first essay of a "carabine". At ten meters, I shit you not, I consistently managed a grouping of an inch with a dozen shots. I'll let you calculate what that mean in angles and shit because I'm too lazy for that.

Let's just say the instructor had difficulties believing me when I said I was a beginner. Apparently I have the "shooter's instinct", whatever that mean.


But more seriously, yeah, I'd take you on that offer.

[Frost]

Air guns are a bit different than firearms, as you're fighting recoil, but at the same time you have more weight stabilizing the gun. I tend to be wicked accurate (even though I tend to dump my magazines in around ten seconds) with 9mm and .45 ACP, .40 S&W I'm alright with.

My brother has two compound bows, but to the best of my knowledge he's never competed with them.

[Harmony Ltd.]

I never tried competition. Don't like competition in general : I do sport for fun, not for recognition.

[Frost]

I also intend to study something like Krav Maga or a similar martial art at some point.

[Harmony Ltd.]

I liked Aikido very much the 6 month or so I did it. Though it's maybe a bit too... "pacifistic" for you.

I chose it specifically because, nominally, it's a martial art with no "attack" move, only defensive ones.


I found it really relaxing to practice, at least. Good stress reliever.

[Frost]

>no attack move

Yeah, that's not exactly my style.

[Harmony Ltd.]

Well, it's a bit more complex than that, but yeah, probably not your style. A radically different philosophy than Krav Maga to say the least.

[Frost]

I tend to solve confrontations a bit more.... Assertively, so there's that.

Given that I'll be joining the Army within the next few months, I hope this doesn't come off as sociopathic or anything

[CamoBadger]

I tend to solve confrontations a bit more.... Assertively, so there's that.

Given that I'll be joining the Army within the next few months, I hope this doesn't come off as sociopathic or anything

Sir, 50% of the Army is at least a little sociopathic.

[Ironmonger]

And discussions like this are partly why I love this forum.

[Frost]

I tend to solve confrontations a bit more.... Assertively, so there's that.

Given that I'll be joining the Army within the next few months, I hope this doesn't come off as sociopathic or anything

Sir, 50% of the Army is at least a little sociopathic.

Oh alright then. So I don't have to pretend to not be.

[Quotidian]

The only member of the Army I know personally is my uncle, and he's pretty much a sociopath. He also taught me how to shoot a handgun at like age ten, so... yay sociopaths?

Unrelated topic time!

How's everyone doing tonight? Weirdly enough, I'm doing pretty good. I've finally cracked my writer's block, Stormfront is progressing slowly but surely, I'm getting back into decent shape, and I've finally got my school shit together enough to feel sort of confident about this semester.

So... yay?

[Frost]

Is Stormfront on FiMFiction by any chance? This is the first I've heard of it.

[Stringtheory]

Is Stormfront on FiMFiction by any chance? This is the first I've heard of it.

I can answer that, no it is not on FiMfiction yet, right now it's based out of a forum thread here, and currently has two chapters

[Frost]

I'll read it at some point in the near future, then

[OneMoreDaySK]

Um...:

Not judging yet.

[CamoBadger]

Who wants to play the song game? Great, where does this song fit?

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