Hermione Gainser Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Given the site we're on, can we not make the challenge to deadlift a Wookiee*?*Anyone thinking of posting that Wookiees are not real, please don't. They clearly are. They were in all those documentaries about space people.I second that motion. Any objections? I hear no objections. :gavels: motion passed. Quote "I'm just going to remember to not eat like an asshole most of the time" - MoC three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: one must squat.- Brobert Frost Half-Elf Warrior | Current Challenge New Battle Log | Old Battle Log Special thanks to AkLulu for drawing my awesome avatar! Link to comment
Book Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 How much does a Wookie weigh? They're *gulp* tall. Quote Character and Epic Quest! Current Challenge Battle Log Link to comment
m00se Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 How much does a Wookie weigh? They're *gulp* tall.According to Wookieepedia, the males are 2.2 metres tall and weigh about 125 kilograms. Thinking it through with that information, deadlifting one shouldn't be too hard (they have lots of hair to grab on to). They're also fairly placid so they might even let you try.Perhaps bench pressing one would be a more apt challenge. Quote Link to comment
Hermione Gainser Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 I need a new avatar with a wookie in place of the bear. Quote "I'm just going to remember to not eat like an asshole most of the time" - MoC three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: one must squat.- Brobert Frost Half-Elf Warrior | Current Challenge New Battle Log | Old Battle Log Special thanks to AkLulu for drawing my awesome avatar! Link to comment
adampm Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Can we eat the bear after we bench press it? Never had it and it might be tasty. Quote Link to comment
Book Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Hey, this could be our new unit of measurement.125 kg is about 275 lbs. We would want a nice, big warrior one, so round up to 300 lbs. (Or... we could make it 314.15927.... nah, never mind)So, for example, when Spezzy did her max deadlift, that's 350/300 = 1.17 wookies. Maybe if you added up all her sets and reps, for the whole workout she may have lifted 20.63 wookies, etc. Quote Character and Epic Quest! Current Challenge Battle Log Link to comment
aj_rock Posted March 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 I think it should be a combination of Wookies and Ewoks. Don't wanna use too many decimal places nao.BUT TO THE TOPIC AT HAND.Yes, the idea of the rainbow braid was just that the guy would hate that based on who he is. Same as how some guys might enjoy innuendo from prison inmates. Hey, I don't judge. The point was HE'D not enjoy it.Right behind yah Bruce. Although I think we'd have to google bomb the muthaf***a to get his attention. Quote Why must I put a name on the foods I choose to eat and how I choose to eat them? Rather than tell people that I eat according to someone else's arbitrary rules, I'd rather just tell them, I eat healthy. And no, my diet does not have a name.My daily battle log! Link to comment
HughMannity Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 The great thing is that I think if anybody tried anything like this here, they would be shot down before it got even half that far.Indeed. And as it should be. Quote Link to comment
HughMannity Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Given the site we're on, can we not make the challenge to deadlift a Wookiee*?Just as long as you remember that it's best to let the Wookie win. Quote Link to comment
PenelopeRevelry Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 ((That is disgusting. He should be banned from competitions for a year. Quote Goals 2012: Lose 22kg; run City to Surf in under three hours, no walking; finish New Rules of Lifting for Women; complete 3rd year of degree; get job or internship in an art gallery, museum or auction house. "Let me have humility, an awareness of my own ignorance and fragility, and contempt for nothing but the insolence of those who condemn me." Petrarch Blog. First challenge. Link to comment
WizardTrip Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Right behind yah Bruce. Although I think we'd have to google bomb the muthaf***a to get his attention.Count me in on helping get the douche's attention! Quote Level 6 Wizard of Beer Warrior STR 21.25 | DEX 5.75 | STA 7.75 | CON 3.50 | WIS 9.50 | CHA 3.25 Twitter | Epic Trip | Current Challenge Previous Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 *the warrior formerly known as icedtrip and former dothraki god of thunder furyan* Link to comment
shutterpillar Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Thats so disgusting. (p.s. I am totally down for Wookie unit of measurement.) Quote "resistance is futile." Link to comment
Book Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 (p.s. I am totally down for Wookie unit of measurement.)(I don't think it'll catch on, but I'm making at least one post where I use it to report my lifts.) Quote Character and Epic Quest! Current Challenge Battle Log Link to comment
Guest Snake McClain Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 I think it should be a combination of Wookies and Ewoks. Don't wanna use too many decimal places nao.BUT TO THE TOPIC AT HAND.Yes, the idea of the rainbow braid was just that the guy would hate that based on who he is. Same as how some guys might enjoy innuendo from prison inmates. Hey, I don't judge. The point was HE'D not enjoy it.Right behind yah Bruce. Although I think we'd have to google bomb the muthaf***a to get his attention.I'm seriously thinking of busting out my video camera and challenging him. Not even a joke. It wouldn't take much to get his attention. Between twitter and YouTube it would probably be easy. Thing is if he decodes to turn it into a flame war then the whole thing is over but I guess he still loses and looks like a tool. Quote Link to comment
Pat G Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Make your retribution something you can stay aloof from Bruce, degenerating into a flame war will just let the guy vent even more and think he's won somehow. Quote "Strength is the cup. The bigger the cup, the more you can put in" - JDanger Link to comment
Damy Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Yeah, this. Considering his actions, he has clearly stopped giving a shit about what people think or say about him. Complaints should be adressed directly to capcom and those stupid bystanders. Quote My art: http://damon1984.deviantart.com/gallery/ Link to comment
Rosie Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 What a massive tool. He looks like the type of guy that thinks he's god gift to women because he's spent a disproportionate amount of his life hitting buttons in a fighting game and give him the right to say what he wants to women. I haven't watched the video but I don't think I want to, I might end up punching the screen. Quote [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Twitter Blog Attributes: Strength (STR): 3 Dexterity (DEX): 1 Stamina (STA): 4 Constitution (CON): 2 Wisdom (WIS): 3 Charisma (CHA): 2 Link to comment
Guest Snake McClain Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Make your retribution something you can stay aloof from Bruce, degenerating into a flame war will just let the guy vent even more and think he's won somehow.See that's my problem. I'd want to make it personal...which it is. I need a PR man for something like this. Lol Quote Link to comment
Book Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Thats so disgusting. (p.s. I am totally down for Wookie unit of measurement.)Yup, I did it! I used the Wookie as my primary unit of measurement in the first entry in my workout blog. (And, I don't mind bumping this issue... This kind of tool deserves to have his idiocy brought up again and again) Quote Character and Epic Quest! Current Challenge Battle Log Link to comment
unicornassassin Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 I'm seriously thinking of busting out my video camera and challenging him. Not even a joke. It wouldn't take much to get his attention. Between twitter and YouTube it would probably be easy. Thing is if he decodes to turn it into a flame war then the whole thing is over but I guess he still loses and looks like a tool.DO IT! DO IT! DO IT! DOOOOOOO EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!You will be my hero forever. Quote [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] “If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.†-Thomas Edison "I'm only at about 35-40%, and I'm surprised as eff." -unicornassssin Fitocracy! [thread=16121]My Challenge Thread[/thread] Link to comment
Guest Snake McClain Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 DO IT! DO IT! DO IT! DOOOOOOO EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!You will be my hero forever.If I do this I need a solid un-rebukable script. I will need a very specific line of dialogue (most of which I can do myself). I just want to be sure he can't come back and make me look like the bad guy. Anyone want to help with this? Or am I a bad guy for wanting to do this? Hard to say. Quote Link to comment
PenelopeRevelry Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 If I do this I need a solid un-rebukable script. I will need a very specific line of dialogue (most of which I can do myself). I just want to be sure he can't come back and make me look like the bad guy. Anyone want to help with this? Or am I a bad guy for wanting to do this? Hard to say.I think it would possibly give him more attention... It would be better to do something to help change the culture. He only did this because he knew, or thought he knew, that no one would stop him. What the hell was everyone else in the room doing? Have the organizers committed to implementing changes to how these things are run, and what is acceptable behaviour? How is the community responding to this? Has anyone organized a program to start shifting the culture?I believe this sort of work would be better than calling him out. An effective response would need to come from his peer group, not some random on the internet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Goals 2012: Lose 22kg; run City to Surf in under three hours, no walking; finish New Rules of Lifting for Women; complete 3rd year of degree; get job or internship in an art gallery, museum or auction house. "Let me have humility, an awareness of my own ignorance and fragility, and contempt for nothing but the insolence of those who condemn me." Petrarch Blog. First challenge. Link to comment
GreenEyesBright Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Lots of girls game online. We just use uninteresting gamertags and leave the mics off. Totally kills the flood of naked picture requests along with the "add me on fb" messages. I like the wookie measurement. I should get a cardboard cut out of one and cover it up with black squares representing 5 lbs. Every time I can lift more reveals more of the wookie. Theres an interesting conversation piece for my living room. Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk Quote Wake Your Dreams... Link to comment
JPanda Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 This sucks that this happened. I've got a number of mixed emotions on this. I've been an avid gamer (online/multiplayer in particular) for most of my life, and have been heavily involved in the fighting game community. On the one hand I have to applaud everyone in this thread who are offended, disgusted or both at the actions of this person. I'm happy to see so many decent individuals here. Yet another reason why I'm growing to love this community more and more. On the other hand I understand there is a time and place for EVERYTHING. In most sports it's okay to talk crap, smack, or noise to people, opposition or otherwise. In some cases, even butt-smacking is accepted ("Good Game!"). Obviously you can't go around smacking peoples asses and saying good game, but in certain situations, it's just accepted. I can understand where he's coming from in his defense. In online games, and especially the fighting game community in particular, smack-talking is not only a staple, but is a much more vulgar affair than in other arenas. All that being said, I think this guy is a completely unprofessional person, with a sense of humor that I care nothing for. I do think that this is being blown way out of proportion, seeing as how Miranda was not even the person who brought up the notion of sexual harassment. Everyone jumping to her defense exacerbates the problem as well. She's an adult, she can defend herself if she needs to. On more than one occasion I've sat back and watched my girlfriend hold her own in a male-dominated fighting game tournament and setting (both in banter and actual game playing). I'm not a white knight here to protect my fair princess from hooligans. I'm a king, she's my queen, and we act thusly. And to the people that believe that he needs some sort of extravagant punishment: Just stop. It's unnecessary and counter-productive. What he needs is to do is really take into account how this situation is going to affect his life. He might make the decision to make the proper adjustments to his attitude, outlook, and overall being in order to become a better individual. We just have to prepare ourselves for the just as likely chance that he simply does nothing, and continues to be the person he is. You can't force someone to be better, to change their negative attitude into a positive one, or to be coerced into a different outlook. Everyone who is signed up here should know that more than anyone.EDIT: I want to fireman carry a Wookie. Quote My FitocracyMy FacebookMy PSN: Judo_PandaMy SteamID: Astroboi Link to comment
Book Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 I'm sorry, but I refuse to accept that in order to play in the online fighting gaming community, a girl should just take the sexual harassment and stop complaining. And you *might* not want to start giving orders to people around here. Not very polite.People generally express their dissenting opinions in a more respectful way. Quote Character and Epic Quest! Current Challenge Battle Log Link to comment
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