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From: James Poppe <azweepay@********.COM>
Subject: Re: Card Comment / The Melee Discussion
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 13:37:27 -0500
<HEAVY snippage>

> ooohhh you are so wrong!!! just because you are big only means you eat
> more. i have seen plenty of fights where the little guy kick the
> living crap out of a guy that out weighed him by at least 110 lb.. if
> you dont believe i can give you his address. big troll decker all
> though he may be big is not going to be skilled in fighting where a
> faster more knowledgeable elf merc. is going to know how to fight,
> counter and attack at the right moment. i am sorry to say it would be
> troll-ca-bobs at the elfs house tonight. big just means that big. not
> that they can fight. yes it may mean if he does hit you it will hurt
> some. look at it this way have you ever seen a fight in basketball.
> not much damage, now look at hockey those guys can fight.
> ok so here it is basketball player 6'4+/240lbs. fighting hockey player
> 5'11/190lbs. who you going to put your money on. i know where my would
> go.

Well, lets look at a situation that had SOME relevance... the Ultimate Fighting
Championships.
The VERY first one had an American Sumo champion (named "Tiny" something or
other) who weighed in at over 400 pounds. HE took on a svelte fighter,
(displicine and name eludes me) who probably gave up well over 200 pounds.

ANYWHO, Tiny got his butt royally whupped. Size is important, but speed is
more valuable.

So said Troll Decker who be in drekloads of trouble if the Elf merc decided to
geek the Troll. I will add that with his size, the Troll would probably only
need to catch the Elf once and the table would be turned. The Elf can't
deliver a great deal of damage with each of his blows (momentum, mass, sheer
strength, etc.), but he'll be able to land far too many.

<resume lurk mode>

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