My friend would go to all the computers and do this..

Just looked it up and found out. And Gaben also said this.

"Valve CEO Gabe Newell said that if the new Steam program that allows users to sell mods instead of just giving them away for free turns out to be bad for gamers, the company will ditch the idea."

Source:
www.gamespot.com/articles/gabe-newell-says-valve-will-dump-paid-mods-if-they/1100-6426893/

I think it's time for everybody in the FJ community to fucking kill themselves for not getting the full story and for jumping on a bandwagon thanks to a shitstorm of false hype.

My writing project is about giant crystalline beasts, the clone of an imprisoned god, and prosthetic limbs made out of animal parts. I don't think the readers are going to give a shit if these are wrong or not.

...you... sir are right, i hadnt considered that.

One: You're the first person to use the word 'Katana' in this entire thread.

Two: Is the only point of reference that people have for swords Legend of Zelda and Japanese Animation? There was a bunch of movies a while ago called Pirates of the Caribbean, ever seen it? They had this neat little thing called a Cutlass, those were a nice piece of kit. Then there's the Chinese Dao, big front heavy fucker that was good for chopping. Watch a Jackie Chan movies, there's about a fifty-fifty chance you'll see one some time. Next there's the Rapier which was made most famous by The Three Musketeers and it's various reincarnations, recently the series currently running on the BBC. You know what all those had in common? They're all single edged weapons.

Three: Fuck yeah on your point about spears though. More useful, less cost, and you're not going to cut yourself if you put more distance between your hands during close combat. I'd also add axes to the list of under appreciated blades, though the Lord of the Rings movies did increase their popularity with the Gimli character.

That is all.

I'm gonna disagree that the width of the blade makes any damn difference when it comes to blocking. Your taking two flattened shafts and banging them together, one's not magically going to move through the other one just because one is wider or thinner. You could use a damn knitting needle as long you get your metal between you and the opponent's. And at least you don't have to worry about accidentally cutting yourself on your own sword if you put a hand higher on the shaft to block a considerably heavy blow... which is also less of a worry with a single-edged blade.

Point Single-Edged

Though thinking about it, that's only true for slashing attacks. Blocking against thrusts does give the edge to a wider sword... if only because the wider sword protects a larger area from being ventilated. I mean, you don't block a thrust with a sword, do you? You either use an actual shield or you parry that shit.

Half Point Double-Edged

And of course you wouldn't use the edge of the blade to block, that'll send all that work grinding a nice edge straight into the shitter. That's like... what, right behind 'how to grip' and 'how to swing' on the list of lessons for how to not kill yourself with a sword? Although... come to think of it, is some idiot does just keep blocking with the edge, they just have to turn the blade around and they get a brand new edge to play with.

Point Double-Edged

Wait, let me tally up the scores here.

1, Single-Edged
1.5, Double-Edged

Hold up, that wasn't supposed to happen. Uhh... smokebomb!

One: You're the first person to use the word 'Katana' in this entire thread.

Two: Is the only point of reference that people have for swords Legend of Zelda and Japanese Animation? There was a bunch of movies a while ago called Pirates of the Caribbean, ever seen it? They had this neat little thing called a Cutlass, those were a nice piece of kit. Then there's the Chinese Dao, big front heavy fucker that was good for chopping. Watch a Jackie Chan movies, there's about a fifty-fifty chance you'll see one some time. Next there's the Rapier which was made most famous by The Three Musketeers and it's various reincarnations, recently the series currently running on the BBC. You know what all those had in common? They're all single edged weapons.

Three: Fuck yeah on your point about spears though. More useful, less cost, and you're not going to cut yourself if you put more distance between your hands during close combat. I'd also add axes to the list of under appreciated blades, though the Lord of the Rings movies did increase their popularity with the Gimli character.

That is all.