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KMC Olympics: Archery
The Archery bracket is posted below. Only the top five may compete.
The rules:
-This is a contest of pure skill in the field of archery. All characters are restricted to the same non-magical equipment. (Designed, mind you, to allow for the character's full physical strength, but still accessible to characters without super-human strength.)
-The targets are placed a full mile down range, and painted with the classical red on white consecutive circles and bullseye.
-No powers, no other equipment, no jumping, or unorthodox firing.
-This is not a poll.
Who takes gold?
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Last edited by ScreamPaste on Feb 21st, 2010 at 11:30 PM
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Video for Shinon. (The red haired archer who shoosts the rope with relative ease.) In the English version, I think I remember him saying something about "No hesitation".
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She can aim and shoot in the time it takes to process the thought and her arrow will hit true. Something like that. Can not remember what the book said. It was when she shot at Arthas when they first met, if someone has the book.
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Sylvanas is the leader of the undead faction in WoW Crazy good shot, as shown in those screens that Miria posted.
She's an undead Elf who can shoot very accurately very quickly. Also, she's hot.
I'm all for Link though. (Everyone knew this.)
Twilight Princess:
-pegs an inch thick pole at ridiculous distance.
-wins a shoot out with piles of targets
-shoosts enemies from far enough away to be invisible
-shoosts many a rope
Wind Waker:
-Shoosts a Wind god inside his own personal cyclone which can throw you and your boat across the ocean if you come close, through the walls of wind.
-OoT:
-While on horseback, scores perfect on the gerudo archery track to win the huge quiver.
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"She drew and fired, drew and fired, almost quicker than thought" - RotLK
Judging by what I have heard, Sylvanas would take this. She bested the Scourge archers with no effort and all, and Scourge archers has hit running targets from nigh miles away. On record, Sylvanas is the greatest archer in Warcraft.
In the scans provided by Phantom Miria, Sylvanas is far away enough to be merely a dot in the distance, which indicate a distance of at least a mile. From this distance, Sylvanas could fire four arrows at virtually the same time and each one of them hit several slim, moving tentacles without fault. She was not even motivated, she just happened to come by and decided to help bring down the beast.
Beyond that, Sylvanas was able to take aim on Arthas while he rode Invincible and fire across the Undead forces and, had Arthas not destroyed the arrow, would have hit him right between the eyes. Right between the eyes is however a feat she has provided us in Warcraft: Ghostlands, where she took aim and brought down a gargoyle in a single shot, the arrow piercing its stone head right between the eyes.
After turned undead, Sylvanas became an even better archer and she hit Arthas on their next encounter. In their previous one, Arthas reacted to the arrow and split it in half with his blade. This time, he lacked the capability:
"It impaled his left shoulder, piercing through his armor as if it were as flimsy as parchment, adding a fresh type of agony. He was confused for an instant- Sylvanas was a master archer. She couldn't possibly miss a fatal shot at this distance" - RotLK
Most of those feat apply to a lot of archers, even in real life. Sylvanas is on an inhuman league, being able to hit the tentacles presented in the scans.
When it comes to hitting the Wind God, it seems to me like it was strength at shot that hit him and not skill. If the arrows pierced the wind that throw boats around, it is not so much skills as strength. Furthermore, an arrow take less volume than a boat or an elf, move faster and is designed to pierce air. With a good enough arrow and high enough strength, you can pierce all from walls of wind to walls of stone and hit the target behind.
In perspective, it is more likely by logic that an arrow can hit the Wind God than a boat or a person is able to physically reach it.
Seem to me like Link has perfect aim on targets standing still. Sylvanas so far has not shot anything standing still, so we have no way of knowing how good she is at that. Which, to me, makes the winner of this obvious. Even if the range between Link and the pole(s) is farther than Sylvanas and the tentacles, her feat count for more, since she hit with four arrows pretty much at the same time, and her targets were moving while roughly as thick as a common wooden pole.
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Actually, most of those feats are entirely impossible for a normal human. :P I'll agree striking through the cyclone was as much strength as skill, but no arrow fired by a man would ever have a chance, in either scenario.
No human would ever be able to shoot an inch thick pole from the distance Link did, either, or even see it. Which reminds me, if I recall correctly Cylone guy is amazed Link could even see him when Link shoots him, let alone hit him with a series of arrows. This shows that it would take skill to pull the shot off. (I should mention that the diety in question was at the very top of his personal cyclone, just beneath the clouds.)
The shooting many a rope thing was also understated, but it is true people can do this, just not with the range and precision that Link can.
He's shot many moving targets in his long career as a perpetual teenager
Both Sylvanas and Link are very impressive shots. It's hard to really eyeball the distance between Link and the pole, but the pole is very high up on the opposite end of a canyon which Link is at the bottom of, and near the end of. Lemme see if I can get some screens.
Keep in mind, even if Link's aim were only perfect against a still target, the ones at the end of the shooting range aren't exactly going to run away.
Screenshots:
The cyclone in question, with quote from an impressed diety. (please log in to view the image)
The pole Link shoosts. Note that the camera is closer to the pole than Link is, and he is not in the shot. (please log in to view the image)
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The moon and stars aren't just shades of lead
But you wouldn't know as you rest your head.
That Link could see the Wind God had nothing to do with his archery. Perception contribute in archery skills, but it does not define. It is an external factor.
The distance between Sylvanas and the beast can easily be compared to the distance between Link and that pole, since Sylvanas was nothing but an barely distinguishable form in the distance, much like that person by the pole.
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KMC Olympics: Archery
Feb 21st, 2010 11:18 PM
Crazy good shot, as shown in those screens that Miria posted.
