Jet Li

11/15/2005 9:59:37 PM

the longbow has been wildly overrated

it wasn't new weapon by any means and composite bows were more powerful per draw weight

like with swiss pikemen, what mattered was the men, not the weapon

and bow was far less important in european warfare than the pike

11/15/2005 10:13:33 PM

no way dude. i played age of empires. those longbowmen were one of the better race-specific units.

11/15/2005 10:19:19 PM

video games aren't the best place to learn about history

11/15/2005 10:23:40 PM

THEY TOTALLY SHOT AN INCH FURTHER THAN REGULAR ARCHERS...DOES THAT MEAN NOTHING TO YOU?!?!?!

11/15/2005 10:57:40 PM

Quote :

"Most influential weapon in history"

starvation

11/16/2005 12:10:27 AM

yeah, i'm gonna have to agree with the AK people

i mean, those things cost like $0.58 a piece to mass produce

i can't imagine a conflict in the last 20-30 years where AT LEAST one side's forces are not using AK's

11/16/2005 12:14:34 AM

racism

or did i just blow your mind?

11/16/2005 12:27:46 AM

The correct answer is Vin Diesel.

Vin Diesel only has 2 speeds: Walk and Kill

[Edited on November 16, 2005 at 12:55 AM. Reason : 1]

11/16/2005 12:43:27 AM

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"Jet Li"

ahahhahahhahaha

11/16/2005 12:45:56 AM

11/16/2005 12:50:14 AM

as the question is worded i'd have to go with A-bomb, because it has influenced every single major altercation since it was invented,

11/16/2005 12:52:17 AM

Nah I'm just kidding, the real answer is OMG ZERG RUSH!!1ONE

11/16/2005 12:53:53 AM

i'd probably go with atomic bombs, but that's just me.

11/16/2005 1:00:34 AM

as i said, as the question is worded i think a-bomb is the best, but if you change the question just a little, it could be ruled out

11/16/2005 1:02:48 AM

Nun- Chaku

originally created for slinging rice seeds. Til' one chinamen thought it was cool to knock the shit out of one of his helpers with it.

11/16/2005 1:11:29 AM

hahaha

11/16/2005 1:12:44 AM

Trebuchet

Sick medieval motherfuckers' would sling dead, infested horses over castle walls to infect populations.
Thats fuckin awesome!!!!

11/16/2005 1:16:26 AM

Stick-with big ass rock on the end

This primative looking weapon was used in the film braveheart. Dude got hit over the head with it, and he had protective head gear on, and he still got fuckin obliterrated!!!

btw, does anyone know the name of that weapon??

11/16/2005 1:25:06 AM

that would be a mace, of some sort

11/16/2005 1:28:42 AM

Maxim Gun

11/16/2005 1:31:00 AM

what about just iron in general? or steel?

11/16/2005 1:36:07 AM

11/16/2005 2:10:00 AM

Lethal Weapon 2

11/16/2005 2:11:59 AM

GLOBAL WARMING

11/16/2005 2:25:17 AM

IGNORANCE

11/16/2005 2:28:15 AM

sex

11/16/2005 3:40:18 AM

easily

11/16/2005 3:48:29 AM

atomic bomb.

11/16/2005 4:30:20 AM

Quote :

"sunshine and puppies"

11/16/2005 8:13:05 AM

Quote :

"i had a professor that argued the most important invention in warfare was the stirrup"

Which professor? I think I had him too. Did he teach technology in history?

11/16/2005 9:51:28 AM

^ A lot of historians say that.

I think the most influential weapon is the suicide bomber.

11/16/2005 11:55:53 AM

television

11/16/2005 12:09:32 PM

hm...i cant remember. it might have been prof. carlton

11/16/2005 1:14:15 PM

11/16/2005 1:26:34 PM

Dawn of the Nuclear Age.

We now have 100% capability to exterminate ourselves and apparently everyone in this thread is overlooking the massive dump of shit we'll be in if a terrorist detonates one in a major city.

11/16/2005 1:35:12 PM

the tongue

11/16/2005 1:37:47 PM

The threat is there, surely enough. But how much effect have they really had? Yes, they've prevented numerous conflicts, and ended one, but I think weapons that are never used pale in comparison to weapons that have conquered 3/5th of the planet.

11/16/2005 2:39:15 PM

Quote :

"Nun- Chaku originally created for slinging rice seeds. Til' one chinamen thought it was cool to knock the shit out of one of his helpers with it."

those weren't invented by the Chinese

they came out of Osaka

11/16/2005 2:39:22 PM

China will ruin any civilizations shit early in the game w/ their special horsemen.

11/16/2005 3:57:57 PM

Haven't been used yet.

Because they only need to be used once.

11/16/2005 4:32:47 PM

Quote :

"English longbow"

I agree 100%. If you don't think so, go reread a bit of history. Guns never changed the course of the world. Comparing shit like settling the west or invading S. America doesn't come close to the wars where the longbow dominated entire armies.

11/16/2005 4:39:07 PM

EX-LAX

11/16/2005 4:39:30 PM

^^ I don't agree with your choice, but I agree with your reasoning.

The winner needs to be a weapon that profoundly changed history; not one that simply revolutionized combat. A weapon that enabled a civilization to do something that changed history forever.

Hence,

Mongolian mounted archer.


English longbow is Eurocentric.

11/16/2005 4:44:33 PM

OK OK

WAR.

11/16/2005 4:54:58 PM

the photon torpedo

11/16/2005 5:05:44 PM

It's an absolute tragedy that this thread is dead

http://www.brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=306026&page=1

[Edited on November 16, 2005 at 5:09 PM. Reason : .]

11/16/2005 5:06:21 PM

teh borg

11/16/2005 5:26:43 PM

Quote :

"those weren't invented by the Chinese they came out of Osaka"

wrong again. Okinawa

11/16/2005 5:32:24 PM

Quote :

"The winner needs to be a weapon that profoundly changed history; not one that simply revolutionized combat. A weapon that enabled a civilization to do something that changed history forever."

thats pretty much the reasoning behind the stirrup. before its invention, it was just infantry. with the stirrup, it lead to cavalry and knights, to name just a couple variations of troops, that ultimately changed the face of war AND led to the domination of europe for a couple hundred years or so.

11/16/2005 5:36:56 PM