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shield throwing?? 0_o

Postby Voodoo » Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:42 pm

I was watchin a video last night and someone took their shield and captain amaerica style threw it and hit someone else in the head. Is that legal? :eyes:
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Postby Caleidah » Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:08 pm

It's not illegal, but you're kind of a * if you hurl a shield at someone discus style.

There is kind of an off-style that people call Punch & Pie, where you fight with a short red and a punch shield. One general tactic of it involves tossing the punch shield at your opponent and switching to fight with two hands on the red. That is not a full throw, though.
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Postby Sir Anastasia » Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:26 pm

lol...our guys love to "drop" that punch with a horizontal toss too. I think really throwing it is obviously illegal and certainly should not be undertaken with a cored shield.
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Postby Tails » Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:38 pm

Caleidah wrote:It's not illegal, but you're kind of a * if you hurl a shield at someone.

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Postby Tyranastraz » Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:12 pm

I know for a fact that throwing cored shields is very dangerous.

I used to throw my shield, a 4x3 foot with a LOT of padding and a core, in a nice, vertical manner so that the padding would hit the person I was fighting, especially when the shield was killed.

Another guy decided to use my shield while I was out of town, threw it like a * frisbee, and busted another guy's nose and gave him a black eye. I had 3 1/2 inches of straight padding with another inch of open cell.

Light tosses=good distraction
Captain America Frisbee throw=hospital trip

A marshall is likely to kick you out if you did that.
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Postby Voodoo » Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:42 pm

Forsure, I wouldn't do it cuz I'd rather not give up the defence of my shield, but I was it n was like, *? Lol. Yea, the guys at dunharrow used to throw their shield as a distraction, lol. It works >:(
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Postby Tyranastraz » Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:55 pm

Oh, don't get me wrong, it is a GREAT distraction. A few square feet of foam flying at you gets your attention. It's just that I've seen how some people throw them, and that's just not safe.
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Postby Voodoo » Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:37 pm

Lol, yea, flat throwing seems fine, just captain America style is a bad idea, lol
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Postby Voodoo » Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:44 pm

"People have been swinging at me for years, but they always seem to miss".
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Postby The Great Gigsby » Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:33 am

Tossing or kicking a shield as a distraction is acceptable if not a waste of energy and kind of rude if it's not your gear.

As for the captain america, I only ever see it done in a "guys, wouldn't be funny if I ...?" context when fighting with close friends or when you really want to rage on someone and don't care about the consequences. One of those scenarios is clearly not okay.
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Postby Sir Anastasia » Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:44 pm

Renegade wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EnF2oKYB7s&feature=youtube_gdata_player
It's 55 seconds in


?:(

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Postby The Great Gigsby » Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:59 am

You're no fun. :neutral:
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Postby Ignatius » Fri Dec 14, 2012 10:14 am

Dude, that's Western Wars. Take nothing you see at Western Wars as ok anywhere else and you might be ok. That was Juicer and Kargos. They're roommates and very special individuals. Do nothing they do. Ever.
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Postby Sir Anastasia » Fri Dec 14, 2012 12:49 pm

I did laugh a lot when I saw it was Juicer. It was a pretty awesome throw. Why are we programed to love violence? But yeah, writing the check for the insurance companies makes you no fun :cry:
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