"UWM’s vision is to create a large-scale sport and entertainment experience where martial artists can compete against each other with real weapons, with an objective measure of who would have won in a real combat situation"
Well the one with the gun would have won in a 'real' combat situation (what does that mean, anyway?) How is he going to score an icepick to the eye vs a baseball bat swing to the shoulder? While the latter is painful, it's a lot less debilitating than the former.
While I think there are many legitimate uses for an armor like this, and I'd love one to integrate into our training, building a spectator sport out of this isn't going to be one of them. What people like about the UFC is the same thing some people like about cycling over car races - it's not about getting from point A to B, but doing so purely using unleveraged physical abilities.
Are you really saying that people dueling with samurai swords in high tech armor that provides 3D visualization of damages have no entertainment value because the stats aren't realistic enough?
They have too little entertainment value for a too small market, yes - not necessarily because they're not realistic enough, just that people don't get very excited watching a counter on screen go up. I realize one could say 'soccer goals are just a counter too', I dunno nor do I have the inclination to really formulate a theory on why I feel this won't work - let's come back to this post in 3 years and we'll see what the market thought about it. I'm not going to invest in Ultimate Samuraisword Championship, LLC, that much I know.
But hey I didn't buy BTC 3 years ago either so what do I know.
It seems difficult to characterize a bicycle trip as "using unleveraged physical abilities". I go much faster on a bike than I can on my raw physical prowess. If the bike isn't there to add leverage, what do you have it for?
Well my expression was a bit unfortunate, I'll agree. And car races are big business too, just a different business than cycling. We'll see - while I think it's useful tech, I just don't see much future in the uses promoted in the article.
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"UWM’s vision is to create a large-scale sport and entertainment experience where martial artists can compete against each other with real weapons, with an objective measure of who would have won in a real combat situation"
Well the one with the gun would have won in a 'real' combat situation (what does that mean, anyway?) How is he going to score an icepick to the eye vs a baseball bat swing to the shoulder? While the latter is painful, it's a lot less debilitating than the former.
While I think there are many legitimate uses for an armor like this, and I'd love one to integrate into our training, building a spectator sport out of this isn't going to be one of them. What people like about the UFC is the same thing some people like about cycling over car races - it's not about getting from point A to B, but doing so purely using unleveraged physical abilities.
Still, cool tech.
Are you really saying that people dueling with samurai swords in high tech armor that provides 3D visualization of damages have no entertainment value because the stats aren't realistic enough?
I can't believe nobody here thought about (role)playing with this kind of thing instead of watching some crappy event on TV. Paintball for swords!
They have too little entertainment value for a too small market, yes - not necessarily because they're not realistic enough, just that people don't get very excited watching a counter on screen go up. I realize one could say 'soccer goals are just a counter too', I dunno nor do I have the inclination to really formulate a theory on why I feel this won't work - let's come back to this post in 3 years and we'll see what the market thought about it. I'm not going to invest in Ultimate Samuraisword Championship, LLC, that much I know.
But hey I didn't buy BTC 3 years ago either so what do I know.
It seems difficult to characterize a bicycle trip as "using unleveraged physical abilities". I go much faster on a bike than I can on my raw physical prowess. If the bike isn't there to add leverage, what do you have it for?
Well my expression was a bit unfortunate, I'll agree. And car races are big business too, just a different business than cycling. We'll see - while I think it's useful tech, I just don't see much future in the uses promoted in the article.