Ninjas or Pirates

[Torlock]

Not necessarily, that was just generally what happened. O ccasionally your lord could also disown you, and that was another way a samurai could become ronin.

[AiRlocked]

the only way you could get revenge on somebody by killing them if you were ordered to or it happened durring war

[Laharl]

Ninjas relied on stealth and trickery. They didn't win by fighting hand-to-hand. Ninjas didn't fight with katanas. I'm sure they COULD, but they didn't because Katanas are large. They'd use the japanese equivalents to daggers and short swords (kunai and wakizashi, respectively). That'd be like pitting a guy with a dagger against a guy with a zweihander.

Also, on pirates. A lot of the pirates as we look at them were ex-navy, and England had the best Navy in the world at that time. We portray them as drunken louts, but a lot of that has to do with people writing negative stereotypes about them, sort of like the Catholic Church did with the Pagans oh so long ago. I guarantee that most pirates were pretty brutal and could fight very well, because their lifestyle needed that to be the case.

Basically, it's a really stupid arguement because we can't compare the two. Both were considered the bottom of bottom in their respective societies, the scum of the earth.

So basically, I'm going to go with ghost pirate, because they're cooler than robot ninjas.


OH, and because it's so relevant to this thread:

http://www.drmcninja.com/

[xDdRmAnIaCx]

Ninjas > Pirate because Ninjas are just so cool. I've never seen a ninja I didn't like, and pirates are so eughgh.

[Afrobean]

This topic also came up in my school.

The general concensus was that a ninja could kill the pirate stealthily before the pirate would see it coming. However, if the ninja went head on, the pirate would probably win.

[xDdRmAnIaCx]

Good point... Ninjas aren't exactly known for hand - to - hand combat.

[locomotion]

Ninja are more skillful in sneaky attacks
Pirates are better on head to head combat

[AiRlocked]

pirates are more...rambunctious and dont really have any formal training, if its in there face, they just go at it with a knife ar a sword

[The_Q]

If that isn't enough reason to go pirate, I dunno what is.

Q

[FluorescentArmy]

Ninjas.

They are just way cooler. I would rather live my life killing unknowing people than running around on a horrible ship and starve to death or be hung. And yea, ninjas rule.

[AiRlocked]

pirates are more...rambunctious and they dont have any formal training, if it gets in their faces, they just go at it with a knife or a sword


....wthfgdt.....i always mess up my damn posts because i am being attacked with sissors but this time it wasnt my fault thet it posted itself twice without me doing anything to it

[The_Q]

Pirates have what is known among pirate aficianados as "pirattitude."

And that is why you do the pirates.

On this note...ARRRR!



Q

[lord_carbo]

Pirates freaking own ninjas. I'd side with a guy who gets drunk all the time over some dude who wears black tights.

[AiRlocked]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sNcx-z_0Eg&search=ninjas%20of%20the%20night

[evilbutterfly]

I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!

gj

And HVAM, you have to know the difference, you're AZN LOL! But seriously, easiest way to put it: Samurais = Japanese version of Europe's knights, Ninjas = Japanese criminals that knights hate and tried to kill. Knights and samurai were all honorable and such, whereas thieves and ninjas were mercenaries and assassins that were only out for profit, revenge, or some other silly thing that caused them to do a lot of crime and show no mercy. And as for samurai vs ninjas, it depends on where/how they fight. Ninjas could easily pick off samurai in sneak attacks, but one on one a samurai would dominate any ninja. That's why ninjas used throwing stars (which were more likely thrown into the ground as traps while escaping than thrown at people) and smoke bombs and such.

But anywho, pirates suck. Anybody who says pirates also sucks. Ninjas have always been the best and always will be. No type of sailor could ever beat any type of stealth assassin in coolness, ever.