A Warrior's Soul?

[zen5887]

This thread is nothing but a dick waving contest.

I missed a couple of posts, but I'm pretty sure you're the first one call for a measurement.

Your first post mostly about how fast you can kill someone and how many weapons you can use. Then you go on and ask what everyone things about the 2012 thing (a question that has been asked a lot here). The way I see this is "Hey guys, so I can kill someone in less then five seconds, that's how great I am. Oh what does everyone think about the end of the world?"

Then a fair few people replied with stuff like "Yeah man I totally agree, One time when I did something for the first time I rocked at it and now I'm better then everyone else"

Pointless bragging over the internet.

 

[Mikelland]

I think that, if we're theorising about what kind of "souls" we have, I would have the philosophers soul. I'm a thinker, i think all the time and it never stops. I think in ways most people don't, at least most people that I have met. Not as glamourous as fighting side by side with Norse deities or swinging a blood-encrusted giant axe hither and thither flaying limbs as you complete its astral path but at least I shall be sipping tea and writing nice things about whichever side wins and forces me to write nice about them.

Having said that though i'm naturally very agile, with a slim frame and a good power:weight ratio and an odd natural aptitude for firearms. My first time clayshooting I shot 10 out of 10 without missing a single one, and once shot down two with one shot. My brothers far better than me though. He is, I think a natural hunter.

 

[KungFuMaster]

This thread is nothing but a dick waving contest.

I missed a couple of posts, but I'm pretty sure you're the first one call for a measurement.

Your first post mostly about how fast you can kill someone and how many weapons you can use. Then you go on and ask what everyone things about the 2012 thing (a question that has been asked a lot here). The way I see this is "Hey guys, so I can kill someone in less then five seconds, that's how great I am. Oh what does everyone think about the end of the world?"

Then a fair few people replied with stuff like "Yeah man I totally agree, One time when I did something for the first time I rocked at it and now I'm better then everyone else"

Pointless bragging over the internet.

I crave your indulgence, then, sir, to let me clarify my point. First, I'll ask you to step outside of any kind of beliefs you have and allow me to postulate two points as "truths". Still with me? Here we go.

1. Yes, my "ninja-ness" is offical and true, but was never meant as a "hey, look at how huge my cock is!" type of statement, and I apologize if that's how it was perceived, but it seemed to me that if my OP was along the lines of *Topic* "A Warrior's Soul" *OP* "I think I have one, discuss", that no real discussion would have ensued; and even as it stands, I only wonder how many other people among our unique community feel the same, or at the least, can empathize.

2. While I am not worried about 2012, I am too aware of world politics to not be worried about some type of "end of the world" situation happening in my lifetime, which scares me to no end, other than for the simple reason that I might actually have to step up and implement said skills in defense, and preservation of, everyone I love, because the thought of failing my mother, father, wife, daughter, etc. is almost too much to bear when I know I could make a difference.


Honestly, to boil it down, what it amounts to is that I feel I would be one of those that would survive Armageddon, Ragnarok, or whatever you want to call it, (and not because I'm "that awesome", I just don't think I would qualify for the rapture) and, scared shitless as I would be, I would take up arms as necessary and carry on, simply for the fact that I know how.

The question being, do you think that, you too, are one of those people? Do you think that those type of people even exist? Or have I simply had too many gin drinks and S.M. Stirling novels in one night?

Mikelland knows what I'm getting at.

 

[Meta Like That]

An internet forum for gamers may not be the most appropriate place to try to convey this. It just gives peeps like zen more fire to wave it off as he did. Not rightfully so, but certainly understandable. I blame it on the stigma. "A gamer who believes he's a warrior? What next, a supermodel who thinks they can be president?" And what's more is that this is probably the most inappropriate time in the US (or UK) to describe yourself as such, even if you are in the military. We can't see anybody face-to-face here, so what is the point?

Well the point, as if anyone really gives a shit, is that it doesn't matter that you're a gamer, posting on a forum, because that's not the entirety of who you are. And if it is, then you'll probably wave the notion of something like this off.

You don't fence. You don't shoot guns. You don't get into fistfights to protect your own. But is it really prudent assuming someone can't do these things, whether they had to or not?

Again, this falls under personal experience and the fact that this is a gaming forum. And as far as I can tell, nobody really knows anybody here. So it's easy to think that if someone here said they could do those things, they're bullshitting. Sitting in front of a desk at 3am, typing away with nothing better to do. So you call them out on it.

*sigh* You know what? Screw it. I'm tired. Good day, sir.

 

[cuddly_tomato]

Again, this falls under personal experience and the fact that this is a gaming forum. And as far as I can tell, nobody really knows anybody here. So it's easy to think that if someone here said they could do those things, they're bullshitting. Sitting in front of a desk at 3am, typing away with nothing better to do. So you call them out on it.

Agreed.

It doesn't even have to be online. I have a relative, he was into martial arts from an early age. He collects swords, knives, crossbows, martial arts books, the lot. He is a completely qualified martial arts instructor and spent his whole life fostering this image of himself as some kind of Dragonball Zesque super fighter. He believed it all too. All his mates looked up to him as some kind of ultra hard case. Right up until his late thirties he pulled all this off!

Until he slept with a particular woman. Being the local Karate Kid, he had no fear of her boyfriend.

The boyfriend who wasn't into martial arts, who never collected weapons, but who really was a nutcase. The kind of guy you can't threaten, intimidate, punish, or deal with reasonably. Who wouldn't let things go, would break windows, would find you when you were walking around and attack you, even if he thought he would "loose", and throw paint all over your front door.

My relative had to relocate 120 miles away.

Every single "warrior soul" I have ever known (and I have known more than a few) shit themselves and run away when a certain point is reached.

 

[paasi]

Warrior soul...?

...no.

Warmonger/dreamer perhaps, but not a warrior soul. Warriors fight when they have to, you're just a glittering eyed battle romaticist who feels fluffy comfort when imagining himself in place of, say, King Leonidas. My opinion & advice to you is: sort your priorities.

ah, yes, i'd consider myself as more of a unbiased-philosofer-soul

 

[000Ronald]

While I don't belive in the idea of reincarnation, I do belive people are born with certain traits that give them a natural inclination towards one thing or another.

I don't know what I am, but several people have described me as a natural leader, and a few have even gone to say I could be a hero someday (one of them was my grandfather, a vietnam veteran). That being said, I know I couldn't trust myself in a position of leadership, because if I'm too smart for my own good, I'm too smart for everyone's good.

Apologies Abound

Sidebar; I've only met one person I would describe as having a warrior's soul. Knowing him, I don't think it's something a person should brag about.

 

[Dread_Reaper]

I could go on about how amazing I am at Taekwon do or bs on about how I was a roman warrior in a past life which explanes why I am so great at swords. Pointless.

You're like that guy who comes into a room of people playing Rock Band and tells them not to have fun because they're not real musicians. Don't be that guy.

-Dread_Reaper

 

[Khedive Rex]

Remember the "end of the world" that happened just over 9 years ago, 2012 is just the new Y2K.

As I recall, science was/is behind both.

actually 2012 is the year that the Aztecs and Mayans believed that the world would end. no science behind that.

How so?

well the Mayans and Aztecs believed out of religion and sun gods an whatnot that the world would end in 2012, science was only behind y2k because they thought that computers didn't know how to count years.

I thought that their calendar was supposed to end based on scientific astronomical observations (add the point that many astronomers today are predicting weird things occurring as well).

You'll forgive me, mentions of astrology always draw my attention.

The Mayans did base their calendar on astronomical observations. That observation is, namely, the speed at which the solar system travels between astrological houses. It happens once every 2000 years-ish. The last one would have been right around the B.C/A.D change over when we moved from Aries to Pisces. We're up for another one soon as we move from Pisces to Aquarious.

Is the world going to end because we've moved into a different astrological house? No. Obviously not. And if you want prove of this, study some Aztec and Mayan mythology. Both civilizations claim to have persevered through 3 or 4 "Ages of the World". December 12, 2012 was just the next boundary between ages. They didn't expect the world the end, they just expected it to be different.

Speaking astrologically, there are some changes you can expect from entering a new age, however, astrologers who tell you the world is going to be stormed by an army of hell-hounds ect. need to stop calling themselves astrologers. The changes you can expect are all behavioral and mostly pretty minor. You can think of them as societal movement from a Piscean mind-set to an Aquarian mind-set. And heres the best part, you probably will not notice the change in your lifetime.

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Now then to respond to the actual thread, it'd be easy enough to say I have an astrologer's soul after the above explaination, but I don't think that's entirely correct. I believe in reincarnation but I also believe you are supposed to do something new with each life, because if you're not learning it's hard to see the point. That being said, it's possible you were a warrior in a past life but focusing on it, or trying to do it again, is probably pointless.

People tell me I'm a born diplomat. I have a comanding presence, I'm good with words, I understand people, I understand politics and I can generally get along with everyone. However, I feel like I've already run through my diplomatic life. Doing it again isn't going to make me more persuasive or more easy-going; it's going to be a waste of time. It'd be like taking a class in introductory math when you already know calculous. On the other hand, if I went and did something crazy and different which required me to harness new skills and new talents then I'm going to grow as a person and have more abilities and knowledge at my disposal.

That's my view of the universe anyway.

So, in summary, you might have a warrior's soul but you should try running for public office. Avoid pursuing your strengths, you already have them.

 

[cuddly_tomato]

Warriors fight when they have to, you're just a glittering eyed battle romaticist who feels fluffy comfort when imagining himself in place of, say, King Leonidas. My opinion & advice to you is: sort your priorities.

You might appreciate this...

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[Drake the Dragonheart]

cuddly, you made my day, that is awesome
I don't know if there is a such thing as a warrior's soul. Well I believe there could be such a thing. I do believe however, there is a such thing as fighting spirit, which might be similar to what the OP mentions.

Everyone in their right mind avoids crazy people. They are called crazy people for a reason.
The guy cuddly describes who forced his relative to move sounds like someone who just wants to watch the world burn!

I feel calling anyone who has related with what the OP expressed a "Warmonger" is really doing a disservice to martial arts. Martial arts highly stresses discipline, courtesy, and respect, or at least the any of the martial arts I have known do so. One of the most important lessons I learned when I first started learning Muay Thai is that a warrior's true skill lies in his ability to avoid or solve conflict.
I like learning about medieval warfare, I regularly participate in SCA (essentially simulated medieval combat), and I strongly enjoy both learning about and practicing martial arts. I also enjoy Tai Chi. Also, while I believe that violence can be used for good, it should ONLY be used as an absolute last resort.