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If you were to get into a fight, regardless of who starts it, which would you fight (see poll), assuming the other guy will play by his own rules?

Second option.

I'm not much of a fighter myself, but my neighbourhood in Hamburg saw a lot of ugly confrontations. I learned enough to know that playing by the rules will land you in hospital if it really is serious.

So keep the knuckleduster in one pocket, and something else in the other, and hope you won't have to use them.

As I said in the other thread, if I can keep the other guy from hurting me without damaging him to bad, I will, but if I feel like I can't, better him in the hospital then me.

The best ending to a fight for me would be for the other guy(s) to run away.

If the guy was a jerk, you go for the full out jaw breakin'.

The best ending to a fight for me would be for the other guy(s) to run away.

Being a pacifist when it comes to fighting, I have a better way of ending a fight: winning an award of a few hundred thousand dollars in a lawsuit. Why inflict a week's worth of physical pain when you can extend it to mental and financial pain that lasts for years on end?

Most I've met dont want to fight me

Most I've met dont want to fight me
Now Now. No need to be Mr. Toughguy! There is ALWAYS someone bigger!

Unless, of course, you mean because your so damn nice, in that case, I owe you a beer! ;)

Being a pacifist when it comes to fighting, I have a better way of ending a fight: winning an award of a few hundred thousand dollars in a lawsuit. Why inflict a week's worth of physical pain when you can extend it to mental and financial pain that lasts for years on end?

It's not about inflicting pain on them, it's about avoiding pain and damage to me. I'd rather not get my face kicked in then get my face kicked in and get money for it.

2nd ... better he than me

If you were to get into a fight, regardless of who starts it, which would you fight (see poll), assuming the other guy will play by his own rules?
Depends on the situation...

If i am defending my home, nation, girlfriend, friends, family etc. I would use full force and show no mercy.

If it is like a barfight over some stupid thing that does not really matter I would use enough force to protect me.

I would not enter a fight if I was in the wrong.

Now Now. No need to be Mr. Toughguy! There is ALWAYS someone bigger!

Unless, of course, you mean because your so damn nice, in that case, I owe you a beer! ;)


I dont look for trouble,either. There is always someone biggger, or tougher. I think my confidence and experience handling people shows. I havent been in a "fight" in a long, long time.

I dont look for trouble,either. There is always someone bigger, or tougher. I think my confidence and experience handling people shows. I haven't been in a "fight" in a long, long time.
I was ALMOST in one last week. My neighbors heroine addict ex showed up while I was there, and he was gonna kick her new boyfriends ass, so I stuck up for the dude. I felt bad, being that there was a noticeable size difference.

Other than that, it's been about 5 years, I'd guess. Like I said, I hate fighting. I'd much rather be drinking! :D

Like I said, I hate fighting. I'd much rather be drinking! :D

Here here!

I would not enter a fight if I was in the wrong.
Especially bar fights tend to creep up on you though...and then you are just not ever wrong. How could you be - 10 beers prove you da man anyways! :D

I'd pick the second option, but that's all wishful thinking. at 5'2 and 115 lbs, I'm just lucky i can run really fast :D yay for natural survival skills. although it is to be said in my favor that my friend sean, who's 6'4 and 250, couldn't give me a noogie when i dared him to try.

i am pretty feisty.

Especially bar fights tend to creep up on you though...and then you are just not ever wrong. How could you be - 10 beers prove you da man anyways! :D
True, thats why beer in a bottle is such a good investment right. :)

"What kind of fight do you prefer?"

The one called, "Forrest Wins!" :D

Especially bar fights tend to creep up on you though...and then you are just not ever wrong. How could you be - 10 beers prove you da man anyways! :D
Truer (is that a word?) words were never spoken! I once saw a guy start a fight because some chick kissed her boyfriend, and some other dude was sure she did it "just to piss him off."

Then there was the time when I was 18 and I stole this guys girlfriend. As we were leaving, he waved, so I stopped the car and jacked him up against the wall. (yeah, I know, strange fuckin story) We eventually became friends, and I apologized, and NO, I don't drink and drive anymore, I was 18, lay off! GEEZ!
*runs away crying*

The one where I poke five or six holes in my opponent's chest and run off.

Depends. If I knew the other person had very little chance, i'd just try to prove that they couldn't win - no point in beating someone to a pulp if there's no need and you can prove your point without causing excessive damage. If the other person was as strong or stronger than me, i'd go all out.

I used to get into a lot of fights when I was younger - I blame the fact my ultra christian headmistress used to make me out to be some out of control kid because I was an atheist and came from Yorkshire yet had highest reading age in my year group. Self fulfilling prophecy and all that. Haven't being in a fight i've initiated for years now though. About 9 months ago a gang of 5 chavs attacked me, one with a plastic pipe, and I managed to give one a bloody nose and another a bust lip. I may have gotten my head cut open with the pipe, but against those odds I think I did pretty well :)

The one where I poke five or six holes in my opponent's chest and run off.

...poke? and what exactly is your weapon of choice? o.O

...poke? and what exactly is your weapon of choice? o.O
Ever hear of the pen being mightier than the sword.

Joke.

Fights, havent been in a fight that wasnt more than horsing around in over three years. The last one was at a concert where I somehow incurred the wrath of this guy and his three friends. Still not sure what I did but they felat the need to rip my shirt and punch me in the head. I grabbed the lead guy and ran his face along an iron divider, kinda like when your a kid and you drag a stick along a fence. Granted the momentum his friends gave me when they tried to jump on top of me helped this out.

I don't think it broke his jaw, but I wouldn't have cared if it did.

...poke? and what exactly is your weapon of choice? o.O

Rapier of course, or anything else pointy. A sharpened screwdriver is a bitch up close.

Rapier of course, or anything else pointy. A sharpened screwdriver is a bitch up close.

Sharpened? I would've thought a screwdriver was plenty handy on its own, especially when it comes to poking holes in people.

I'd start with 1 and move on to 2.

Only an idiot or a closed-minded simpleton would choose options 1 and 3.

If the fight is serious, you have to go all-out.

Sharpened? I would've thought a screwdriver was plenty handy on its own, especially when it comes to poking holes in people.

If it were a large one you'd want to sharpen it.

I'm 5'9 171lbs, i might be short but im have alot. Small size makes you disaportanant in strength. I deep squat well over 400 lbs and bench around 250lbs, so im pretty thick. I have some expierence with fights and know some definite things about them. A stand up fight is a joke, it gives ridiculous advantage to the guy with the longer reach. Me, im not talking about jumping ppl, tho i been known to do that from time to time, but I like to fight in situations where i can get in the first punch. Momentum is everything in a fight. Also, being small, I can get in close where taller guys are least effective. Honestly, if its a real fight, do what you need to and win. Spit in their eyes, gouge the eyes, through dirt in their face, kick em in the knees, punch at the throat and behind the ears, smash em in the head with an ash tray, beat em with a chair, or keep a roll of quarters in ur coat just in case, you just gotta play to win. Dont be afraid to hurt, but when their down for good, let em be, kicking a guy after hes unconscious is just plain not sporting.

A stand up fight is a joke, it gives ridiculous advantage to the guy with the longer reach. Me, im not talking about jumping ppl, tho i been known to do that from time to time, but I like to fight in situations where i can get in the first punch. Momentum is everything in a fight. Also, being small, I can get in close where taller guys are least effective.

Shorter guys seem to panic when a tall guy uses his elbows like Muay Thai and can get inside on them.

I prefer fights that allow only nipple-twisting and ass-slapping.


Edit: Unless there happens to be riding crops available.

Given my physique, I don't think I could win, well, anyone in a fair fight. Therefore, were I forced to fight, I wouldn't fight fair.

Only an idiot or a closed-minded simpleton would choose options 1 and 3.

If the fight is serious, you have to go all-out.
You insult my Honour!
*slaps*
*Eye gouges*

Well I think you are all pussys, because me and mymbro never need an excuse to fight. And I'm not talking about sissy fights even, one time we tied our legs together, and fought until one gave up, or got ko'd

I'd pick the second option, but that's all wishful thinking. at 5'2 and 115 lbs, I'm just lucky i can run really fast :D yay for natural survival skills. although it is to be said in my favor that my friend sean, who's 6'4 and 250, couldn't give me a noogie when i dared him to try.

i am pretty feisty.

Crazy beats big, most of the time

I'm 5'9 171lbs, i might be short but im have alot. Small size makes you disaportanant in strength. I deep squat well over 400 lbs and bench around 250lbs, so im pretty thick. I have some expierence with fights and know some definite things about them. A stand up fight is a joke, it gives ridiculous advantage to the guy with the longer reach. Me, im not talking about jumping ppl, tho i been known to do that from time to time, but I like to fight in situations where i can get in the first punch. Momentum is everything in a fight. Also, being small, I can get in close where taller guys are least effective. Honestly, if its a real fight, do what you need to and win. Spit in their eyes, gouge the eyes, through dirt in their face, kick em in the knees, punch at the throat and behind the ears, smash em in the head with an ash tray, beat em with a chair, or keep a roll of quarters in ur coat just in case, you just gotta play to win. Dont be afraid to hurt, but when their down for good, let em be, kicking a guy after hes unconscious is just plain not sporting.

Crazy and skilled is just plain dangerous, and definatly has my money over big.

Bitch fight

The dirtiest fight there is

Where is the option for "pie fight"?

I always carry some sort of weapon with me outside of school so most often that's a deterrent if you show whoevers confronting you your knife,brass knuckles etc. in school I hardly ever get in fights because my friends always have my back

It also means that if they want to fight you, they have to bring in a serious weapon of their own to fight you with. So you get a serious injury instead of the cuts and graises of a normal schoolyard fight.

If attacked, total response to end the threat as swiftly as possilble. there is no such thing as overkill.
If not attacted then don't be starting anything.

Break his jaw, no question. In my neighborhood people are usually one of two things: those who can fight, or those who get the crapped kicked out of them. And if you can fight, you gotta end the fight fast before the other guy's brothas jump in.

Luckily, I had an old man that got me into Chun Kuk Do and taught some of his old boxing techniques from when he was boxing in the Army. Around here, if you get into a single fight, showing that you know how too, people won't mess with you as often unless they have three or more others with them. But thankfully, I got friends of my own who will jump in at the drop of a hat.

It also means that if they want to fight you, they have to bring in a serious weapon of their own to fight you with. So you get a serious injury instead of the cuts and graises of a normal schoolyard fight.

that's true,I have been stabbed before,but I still prefer scaring people off instead of having to stab them or break their nose.I'm an easy person to get along with.most of the fights I get in are over either money,the way I dress or what I believe in

I'm a biter.

I smell bullshit

Option 2, of course. A much wiser man than me (Teddy Roosevelt) said it best: "Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft. "

I'm not looking for a fight, and I'll work to avoid one if possible, but once it's on...it's on.

I like fighting

All my martial arts teacher have told me to go for a broken bone. Punching is alright to put your opponent off balance, but nothing ends a fight like a wrist lock.

I don't fight.

Where is the option for "You think I'm stupid enough to actually stay and fight? I'm going to chuck some stuff at the other guy then leg it."?

Screw fighting. I might get hurt!

I fight to incapicate and increase force as necessary.
I'll keep it to what he uses, unless he pisses me off, then its up and through the walls

All my martial arts teacher have told me to go for a broken bone. Punching is alright to put your opponent off balance, but nothing ends a fight like a wrist lock.

Or a good kick to the front of the knee. Then you can just walk away, because chances are they arn't ganna run after you :)