Orcish Sizes And Roleplay Battles

[Agith 224]

The video wasn't made to determine who will win in a fight between an orc or a human, it was just shown as an example of different combat styles. Orcs aren't as fast, or agile as a human, so even if they do have reach advantage, it doesn't matter that much. I do believe in most cases, an orc would win in a 1v1 with a human, but the original poster is saying they will basically win 100% of the time and easily destroy any human(kinda PG). Some humans could be trained to fight like Oberyn, and defeat a giant. the halflingvshuman comparison is kinda dumb considering many factors.

 

Eh, you're arguing size = speed and tactics. It is a transfer of logic and perfectly rational. Does that make it true? No...That's the point. 

[Madezz_ 1]

Alright...what we are stating is it much harder to beat an orc in 1 on 1 hand to hand combat because of our height advantage and weight... nd that humans and other races should not think they are capable of doing outragous combat style that they would not be abled to do on a 8ft 9 ft dude... yea sure they can fight us but its gonna be a long rp fight.. and if they slip up they will be crushed immediately

[Parading 302]

Eh, you're arguing size = speed and tactics. It is a transfer of logic and perfectly rational. Does that make it true? No...That's the point. 

 

What point are you referring to with this?

[Sneaky 189]

If you want to agrue with speed and agility of a professional sports player compared to a 8 foot tall Orc. Linemen in the nfl are on average 6'3 and above. Most are still slow on terms compared to linebackers and corners. In the NBA Dwight Howard and Roy Hibbert are still slow getting up and down the court with size and weight you are still slowed, it's hard to run at a fast speed while caring a lot of weight, even if it's just muscle. Orcs would still be extremely slow compared to a human.

[Agith 224]

What point are you referring to with this?

 

The point is that the statement that speed is directly correlated to size is silly, of course there is more to it than just that. However you stating because humans are smaller, they are more agile, doesn't makes sense in itself. That's what you're implying by stating humans are inherantly faster. Elves are bigger than humans. They're faster still. Usain bolt for example, the fastest man alive is 6'5''. The average NBA player? 6'7''. THe reason anything taller is slower, is because humans aren't built to be taller, we get lanky. Orcs don't, they are scaled, rather than stretched. A human at 7 feet is stretching his limits, his body can't keep up because it's not meant to. An orc isn't built the same. Their bodies can keep up with that. 

 

It's the same reason that a bear can run at 45 MPH. No one thinks bears are fast either, until they get clobbered by them. Bears are 10 feet tall and weigh more.

[Parading 302]

The point is that the statement that speed is directly correlated to size is silly. That's what you're implying by stating humans are inherantly faster. Elves are bigger than humans. THey're faster still. Usain bolt for example, the fastest man alive is 6'5''. The average NBA player? 6'7''. THe reason anything taller is slower, is because humans aren't built to be taller, we get lanky. Orcs don't, they are scaled, rather than stretched. A human at 7 feet is stretching his limits, his body can't keep up because it's not meant to. An orc isn't built the same. Their bodies can keep up with that. 

 

It's the same reason that a bear can run at 45 MPH. No one thinks bears are fast either, until they get clobbered by them.

 

Things that weigh more tend to move slower, if I'm not mistaken. Especially things shaped like humans... Also, pretty sure orcs, especially ologs, have always been RP'd as slower than most races. It makes it less PG to, one race shouldn't be the master of all combat. Need to have some con's.

[V0idsoldier 1139]

No...Ologs have always been around 13 ft tall. Goblins are 5-6 feet, orcs are 7-9 usually (It's been this way since Aegis)

 

Orc's have been over playing their height since Aegis, yes. Wiki confirms that an average orc is around 7 feet. Orcs rping at 9 feet at playing orcs wrong. Wiki also confirms max height for ologs is about 12 feet.

 

A 7 foot meat head is nothing to **** with but it isn't impossible to beat in one on one combat

[Neri 3590]

Orcs would be slower than humans if you go through a realistic physics angle, but you have to remember that Orcs consume huge amounts of energy when they do things, much more than a human does. They eat a ton to make up for this.

 

What does this mean? It means Orcs move pretty much as fast as a human does, although they have a lot of momentum that works both for them and against them at times.

[Agith 224]

Orcs would be slower than humans if you go through a realistic physics angle, but you have to remember that Orcs consume huge amounts of energy when they do things, much more than a human does. They eat a ton to make up for this.

 

What does this mean? It means Orcs move pretty much as fast as a human does, although they have a lot of momentum that works both for them and against them at times.

 

Yep...Burst speed. Just like a bear

[Catarrh 720]

Orc's have been over playing their height since Aegis, yes. Wiki confirms that an average orc is around 7 feet. Orcs rping at 9 feet at playing orcs wrong. Wiki also confirms max height for ologs is about 12 feet.

 

A 7 foot meat head is nothing to **** with but it isn't impossible to beat in one on one combat

 

The wiki doesn't say they average at 7 feet. It says they range from 7 to 9 feet. So, no. They're not playing their orcs wrong, because the wiki says they can. If anything, they average 8 feet. Here's a copy/paste of what the wiki says about their size: "Their size and musculature set them apart from all other races of Anthos, sometimes considered giants, ranging from seven to nine feet." Here's a link to the full orc wiki if you'd like to read it http://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/Orcs

[the 1 bow 1112]

Not saying you're wrong, but humans are quicker, and may use more tactics in 1v1 combat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyOw7ScY4F4

 

Oberyn was faster. How did that turn out?

 

But seriously it got frustrating with the amount of generic fearless humans that thought they could tackle a 10ft orc (with olog blood for any nit pickers) metorphorically and literally. Yeah hes slow and killable but you wouldnt be totally cool with him charging at you. You'd piss yourself. Not *dodges with a blank expression, slicing his sword along the orcs back*. 

[leave me alone 995]

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[Varsatorul 18]

I like how everyone assumes that all humans are tactical geniuses and are more agile. Unless the human in question trained to kill orcs specifically I don't think he would win as easily. Also not all humans have combat training to a degree that they can kill orcs.

[mmat 7460]

[brotherpig123 38]

Aesthetically pleasing list of pro's and con's.

 

The pro's of humans:

- Enduring

- Strength in numbers

- Adaptable to environment

 

The pro's of orcs:

- Larger, stronger.

- Trained to be a warrior from young age

- Bloodlust fuels them.

 

The con's of humans:

- Smaller, weaker

- May not have been honed in combat from adolescence.

 

The con's of orcs:

- Tired easily

- Few numbers

- Anger can get the better of them