Scythes

[Souplex]

Badasserey is what makes weapons badass. That is why it goes Axe family > Polearm family > Cossbows > Catapults > Morning stars > War hammers > Swords > Longbows > Daggers > Miscleaneous siege engines > Short bows > Slings > Improvised weapons (Scythe goes here) > Unarmed.

Edit: So according to wikipedia warsythe is basically another name for a glaive. sallright, glaives are awesome. But they aint scythes.
Edited*

 

[Najos]

Badasserey is what makes weapons badass. That is why it goes Axe family > Polearm family > Cossbows > Catapults > War hammers > Swords > Longbows > Daggers > Miscleaneous siege engines > Short bows > Slings > Whatever you manage to pickup (Scythe goes here) > Unarmed.

Your order confuses and astounds me.

Edit: I'm pretty sure the "war scythe" is the INVENTION of the glaive.

 

[Souplex]

I am not talking about how effective they are in all situations I am just talkin bout how badass they are.

The thing a scythe by definition is a tool for reaping grain. Therefore warscythes are not scythes and scythes can not be effective weapons!

HA VICTORY BY TECHNICALITY!

 

[The Iron Ninja]

I am not talking about how effective they are in all situations I am just talkin bout how badass they are.

Anyone arguing that a sythe couldn't be used as a weapon should stand in a line infront of angry farmers weilding said sythes. Any object can kill you given enough time. If You can smother someone to death with a pillow, I imagine it's fair to assume being hit in the head with a peice of metal wont be that healthy either.

I think we were reffering to effective weapons.

Nice work

 

[Souplex]

Those are two seperate quotes, one refers to my order of badasserey the other refers to the topic originally.

 

[The Iron Ninja]

Fair enough. You do realise that a sythe is a polearm though right? And therefore it's pretty high up on your list of Badassery.

 

[Souplex]

A polearm by defintion is a weapon on the end of a very long stick. Scythes were not originally intended to be a weapon. And the scythes stick is midsized. Therefore they fall under improviesed weapons. *Edited*

 

[The Iron Ninja]

A polearm by defintion is a weapon on the end of a very long stick. Scythes were not originally intended to be a weapon. And the scythes stick is midsized. Therefore they fall under whatever you manage to pick up

I could "manage to pick up" a rocket launcher if one was around. is it less badass than a sling?

Edit: Also axes were not originaly intended to be a weapon either. (remember wood? we used axes to chop that stuff, it was pretty useful for neolithic man, since you can't cut down trees with a spear)

 

[poleboy]

Badasserey is what makes weapons badass. That is why it goes Axe family > Polearm family > Cossbows > Catapults > War hammers > Swords > Longbows > Daggers > Miscleaneous siege engines > Short bows > Slings > Whatever you manage to pickup (Scythe goes here) > Unarmed.

I'm sorry, how is killing someone with your bare hands the least badass way to do it? >:/

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

I am not talking about how effective they are in all situations I am just talkin bout how badass they are.

The thing a scythe by definition is a tool for reaping grain. Therefore warscythes are not scythes and scythes can not be effective weapons!

HA VICTORY BY TECHNICALITY!

Overturned on another technicality. 'Reaping' is much more badass than 'Chopping'.

 

[Souplex]

While suceeding with something lower on the list makes you more badass for being able to suceed with it I was reffering to the weapons natural badasserey.

It is essentially the Mr.T vs Superman argument of badasserey.

 

[Altorin]

lol

badassery

this thread just keeps getting better and better

Bottom line - a scythe can and will kill you.

if you bring a scythe to a gun fight, you deserve to die

Scythes generally have really sharp points, and a decent amount of weight to it. The blades may be a little flimsy when compared to that of a sword or axe, but it's enough to stick into you and not come out until you're dead, even if it breaks with one blow, it was one blow too many for your pathetic human body.

bottom bottom line - if someone thinks it looks cool (and it does), then let them live with their delusions of awesomeness. It does no harm to you to have someone make believe that a scythe is the ultimate human killing device right under anthrax and a crayola pencil (thanks Joker)

 

[The Iron Ninja]

Are war sythes still in the mix?

 

[Altorin]

truthfully, I don't think they were what the OP had in mind, and I think other then the name, they share very little actual resemblance to the farming implement, but feel free to rant on it all you like

 

[The Iron Ninja]

Well technically they have as much in common as war axes (what the opening poster claims is the most badass) does to an axe used to chop wood. So Unless we're comparing the farming versions of all these weapons I think you'll find swords will end up at the top of the list, since they are one of the few weapons developed specifically for war

 

[JJDWilson]

You could make a war scythe. Twist the blade up by 90 degrees and hey presto, you have a simple halberd.

That is what a war scythe is. They call it a scythe but in essence it is more of a halberd or kwan dao.

 

[Altorin]

I'm not going to argue with you.

I certainly wouldn't want to come in contact with someone wielding a scythe. I don't care if it's not designed to kill people. Neither is a boulder.

 

[The Iron Ninja]

Yeah... I wouldn't want to come into contact with someone weilding any kind of weapon (I get anxious around people with BB guns)
The badassery is really down to the dude (or Dude-ette) that weilds it

 

[Souplex]

The weapon is more of a plus x badasserey as I have already stated.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

If someone comes at you with an axe, they're deranged.
If someone comes at you with a gun, they're dangerous.
If someone comes at you with a scythe, they're so far gone for not using any other better weapon, that they're automatically badass.

You've got all the power of a bo-stick, the blade of a scimitar and there's no way in hell you're gonna take it from him or get within his sweep range without taking a hit.

Of course, if you run into a corridor, he's fecked.