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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2022 7:03:49 GMT
Bolushi run this gauntlet with a standard hunting knife. All animals are average-weight males unless otherwise specified... 1. Bobcat (2) 2. Serval (2) 3. African wild dog 4. 100 lb sea otter in hip-deep water 5. 100 lb African leopard 6. Female wildebeest (350 lbs) 7. 200 lb sub-adult female lion
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2022 7:14:53 GMT
Well as a 292lb 6'2 male with a knife I'm quite confident that despite being terrified and flailing I could kill the bobcats and servals. I'd have to get myself together.
I'd beat the wild dog in a cage but it would butcher me to death in the open. If we're assuming a cage match where I can physically engage my opponent then I would kill the wild dog and take a very nasty bite likely to my arm that shears flesh. So that's not good.
Well, the water is nice to rinse all the blood off of me. I don't know how good otters are but it's an otter... I hope I could win but my pain tolerance might run out and I'd be rolling in pain. I don't know but I'll assume I pass...
The leopard gets me to the ground and mauls me to death. I would try to square up and grab it to get it to the ground but I'd just get tackled and then overpowered or get raked to hell. Plus I only have one arm, I have a knife but that can only do me so much good. I may be able to kill the leopard but I really wouldn't count on it. I could stab it while I'm on the backfoot and make it a draw.
Everything else kills me.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2022 7:17:36 GMT
Unlike you tough rednecks I am not a good combatant.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2022 8:32:45 GMT
Unlike you tough rednecks I am not a good combatant. No that's alright, I intentionally started with an overly-difficult gauntlet as I wanted to make sure I went well above most people's general threshold in order to get a sense where your limits were for future gauntlets. It's interesting to hear you talk about what happens during the fight, you're good at that, in some aspects of it better than I am. We all bring some unique perspective or talent to the table. Besides being a fun exercise to run ourselves through a hypothetical gauntlet or hearing someone else run their gaunlet, I feel there is also a learning aspect to it: What are these animal's capabilities compared to people like grown men or (like yourself) young teenagers? How a fight between these particular animals and a person would play out? Stylistic considerations? ... etc. I learn something everytime you or anyone else writes about that stuff, while also being fun to hear. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2022 8:48:59 GMT
Bolushi btw 6'2" at 13, you should be well overtaking Lincoln before your done. What is the expected adult-height for a 6'2", 13 yo boy? When you reach 6'4" let me know and I'll post it on my newsfeed! 
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2022 16:43:05 GMT
Bolushi btw 6'2" at 13, you should be well overtaking Lincoln before your done. What is the expected adult-height for a 6'2", 13 yo boy? When you reach 6'4" let me know and I'll post it on my newsfeed! Haha. I'm not sure, my growing has slowed down. 6'3-6'4 sounds like a reasonable ''finish line''. I can't wait to walk into my room and get my head knocked off my shoulders by the ceiling fan. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2022 22:57:16 GMT
Bolushi btw 6'2" at 13, you should be well overtaking Lincoln before your done. What is the expected adult-height for a 6'2", 13 yo boy? When you reach 6'4" let me know and I'll post it on my newsfeed! Haha. I'm not sure, my growing has slowed down. 6'3-6'4 sounds like a reasonable ''finish line''. I can't wait to walk into my room and get my head knocked off my shoulders by the ceiling fan. Around your age and through highschool I was friendly with a guy in my grade that was like you, tall and big like that. In highschool he topped out at 6'6" and probably 300 lbs, basically the biggest guy in our grade. He was big, boisterous and gregarious and laughed a lot, and as such a big bloke had a great "army voice" for shouting commands. As an adult Matt moved to the UK where he ended up working in television. But while he was consistently big all the way through his childhood years, he ended up a tall 6'6" skinny bloke, totally different body shape/leanness to his whole pre-adult years. I never imagined the guy would ever be a lean guy, but his adult shape became completely different, lean body, lean face, just a lean tall guy. Not actually underweight or anything, just properly and healthily lean. But in school boy the guy was a tank. I wouldn't say mordibly obese, but probably obese. Which isn't noteworthy by itself, but on a 6'6" frame you're talking about a rather big person. |
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