Ten Coolest Swords in Geekdom....
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Posted on: 2011-08-21 02:00 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
Cool list, although I might have been tempted to add Blade's sword and the katana sword from Highlander, but they are as much about the people wielding them as they are about the sword 
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Crap list.
The only sword i really didn't know much about was the #4 slot Stormbringer and their excuse is "the character is cool"
Sorry but that list should be more like...
Zangetsu
Buster Sword (movie and regular version)
Sword of Omens
Excalibur
Masamune (Chrono Trigger)
Murasame (if you're a geek you should know this is the opposite of the masamune)
Masamune (Sephiroth's Sword)
Squall's Gunblade
Dragon Dagger (and Sword of Darkness combo or alone ^.^)
Master Sword
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Originally Posted by Sevenpenny
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Um. Voltrons sword?
I prefer my geek swords to come from literature rather than video games. Nice to see the Swords of the Cross on there.
And don't dis Stormbringer in all it's forms or it'll feed on your soul.
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Smell's to much of final fantasy, can't possibly be any good swords in there.
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Originally Posted by Durakken
Crap list.
The only sword i really didn't know much about was the #4 slot Stormbringer and their excuse is "the character is cool" Sorry but that list should be more like... Zangetsu Buster Sword (movie and regular version) Sword of Omens Excalibur Masamune (Chrono Trigger) Murasame (if you're a geek you should know this is the opposite of the masamune) Masamune (Sephiroth's Sword) Squall's Gunblade Dragon Dagger (and Sword of Darkness combo or alone ^.^) Master Sword |
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Not about literature or not... those swords just aren't that geeky. |
Originally Posted by Father Xmas
I prefer my geek swords to come from literature rather than video games. Nice to see the Swords of the Cross on there.
And don't dis Stormbringer in all it's forms or it'll feed on your soul. |
And the comment about stormbringer... the reason it was put on the list they think they character is cool, not the sword. Notice that the murasame isn't a game geeky sword but a sword geek sword as even though it in most games it almost never has any importance...
Caladbolg is another sword that is in a lot of games but is almost always used as the weakest special sword.
My list ism ore about geek recognizability and pure geekiness...
Literary swords i don't consider really geeky cuz literature isn't really geeky...
Many of these swords aren't as cool as they are iconic. Never heard of the stormbringer, but yeah, that's cool. And if manga is included in this list (looks like there was) then there is no right answer.
No Sword of Riva? I mean, how many swords have a sentient pommel stone of incredible power that fell from the stars and was polished by a god? The large sword itself was forged of Meteoric Iron that fell from the sky and had a hero guided by a dream to where it landed. The magic of the orb that's the pommel stone renders it lighter than regular weapons to wield, and ignites the blade in blue fire when wanted.
Just not enough love for the Belgariad 
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I don't know much about a bunch of those... |
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10) Any Hatori Hanzo blade (The Bride, Bill, Budd – Kill Bill)
9) Your father’s lightsaber (Luke Skywalker, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) 8) The Vorpal Sword (Alice Kingsley, Alice in Wonderland) 7) The Swords of the Cross – Amoracchius, Fidelacchius and Esperacchius (Michael Carpenter, Karrin Murphy, Shinto and others, Grave Peril and others by Jim Butcher) 6) The Ebony Blade (Dane Whitman, the Black Knight The Avengers) 5) The Sword of Gryffindor (Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and others by J.K. Rowling) 4) Stormbringer (Elric, The Dreaming City and others by Michael Moorcock) 3) The Sword of Omens (Lion-O, ThunderCats) 2) The Swords of Power and Protection (He-Man and She-Ra, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, She-Ra, Princess of Power) 1) Excalibur (Arthur, King of the Britons) |
Also, I have to ask: No Soul Edge/Soul Calibur?
To not have heard of Stormbringer, to me, is like saying you never heard of Bilbo or King Arthur.
The only sword in that list that would have even considered ranking higher than Stormbringer is Excalibur.
Literature not geeky? Kid, you have no clue how foolish you are for posting that.
I must really be getting old.
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Originally Posted by MajorPrankster
To not have heard of Stormbringer, to me, is like saying you never heard of Bilbo or King Arthur.
The only sword in that list that would have even considered ranking higher than Stormbringer is Excalibur. Literature not geeky? Kid, you have no clue how foolish you are for posting that. I must really be getting old. |
Also from what is said Stormbringer is a D&D thing so considering D&D sucks in my opinion why would i or anyone who doesn't care about D&D know about it...also when's the last time you've seen a cosplay of it ^.^
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The books about Elric and Stormbringer are written by Moorecock, which it says in the article (reading comprehension must not be geeky either) but are referenced in the D&D rule sets because of how cool Stormbringer is.|
Originally Posted by Durakken
Reading is not geeky. Geeks do it, but that in itself is not geeky.
Also from what is said Stormbringer is a D&D thing so considering D&D sucks in my opinion why would i or anyone who doesn't care about D&D know about it...also when's the last time you've seen a cosplay of it ^.^ |
Were it not for D&D and other pen-and-paper RPGs, CoH would not be here I would wager.
To be a good geek, a ton of reading is required, both fiction and non-fiction. If you think watching movies and youtube makes you a geek, your geek card will not get you far in my world.
Cosplay is has little to do with anything but popularity and just because something is popular, does not mean it is of good quality.
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I really have to disagree with their #1 choice. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
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I only read why it was included in the list as that's the important part. |
Originally Posted by MajorPrankster
The books about Elric and Stormbringer are written by Moorecock, which it says in the article (reading comprehension must not be geeky either) but are referenced in the D&D rule sets because of how cool Stormbringer is.
Were it not for D&D and other pen-and-paper RPGs, CoH would not be here I would wager. To be a good geek, a ton of reading is required, both fiction and non-fiction. If you think watching movies and youtube makes you a geek, your geek card will not get you far in my world. Cosplay is has little to do with anything but popularity and just because something is popular, does not mean it is of good quality. |
As far as D&D playing a role in the evolution as a key point in RPGs does no mean it's not trash and just because something is trash doesn't mean you don't respect what it did for whatever. And like you said about popularity... being a key point doesn't make it quality either.
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Where, exactly, did I mention D&D was a quality rule-set? Oh, I did not.|
Originally Posted by Durakken
I only read why it was included in the list as that's the important part.
As far as D&D playing a role in the evolution as a key point in RPGs does no mean it's not trash and just because something is trash doesn't mean you don't respect what it did for whatever. And like you said about popularity... being a key point doesn't make it quality either. |
You missed the entire point.
Modern geekdom is completely based around literature and owns some major props to pen-and-paper games, all of which require reading.
To imply that reading literature is not part of a geeks main focus, as you have, is uninformed to say the least.
You sound like a guy that works for my company who think that if a movie or TV show is not in color, it's not worth watching and that reading is 'too slow' of a means of communication.
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This was my first thought.|
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Also, I have to ask: No Soul Edge/Soul Calibur?
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What's cooler than a huge, flesh covered sword with a giant eyeball on it?
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Originally Posted by demobot
i really have to disagree with their #1 choice. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
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The Highlander katana should certainly be on there, and those that are 8-6 can pretty much just go away.
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Originally Posted by Coin
Cool list, although I might have been tempted to add Blade's sword and the katana sword from Highlander, but they are as much about the people wielding them as they are about the sword
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Originally Posted by Demobot
I really have to disagree with their #1 choice. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
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Originally Posted by Durakken
Reading is not geeky. Geeks do it, but that in itself is not geeky.
Also from what is said Stormbringer is a D&D thing so considering D&D sucks in my opinion why would i or anyone who doesn't care about D&D know about it...also when's the last time you've seen a cosplay of it ^.^ |
And what does cosplay have to do with anything?
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Horryd - Myriam - Dysquiet - Ghyr
Vanysh - Eldrytch
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D&D merely absorbed Moorcock's Elric books the same way it did Tolkien's and Howard's. Incidentally, Moorcock's fantasy setting for them inspired its own long-running pen-and-paper RPG, which was named, naturally, Stormbringer.|
Originally Posted by Durakken
Also from what is said Stormbringer is a D&D thing so considering D&D sucks in my opinion why would i or anyone who doesn't care about D&D know about it...
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The list has a decided lack of Sting (and I personally prefer ye olde Rankin-Bass design to that of the Peter Jackson films).
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The list has a decided lack of Sting (and I personally prefer ye olde Rankin-Bass design to that of the Peter Jackson films).
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As soon as I read the title, my first thought was, "Either Stormbringer or a lightsaber has to be #1." In terms of sheer badassery in fantasy, no sword can hold a candle to Stormbringer. And for science fiction, it's the ultimate laser sword uber alles.
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ok, disliking the inclusion of that hattori hanzo blade but not the hanjo masamune. the "historical" Hanzo was a military tactician who preferred the spear over the sword, and is occasionally portrayed as a ninja in pop culture. the hanjo masamune was an actual legendary sword that is a national treasure in japan, and has shown up consistently in video games and manga(particularly square jrpgs). he could even add the cursed muramasa blades. or the kusanagi, the sword susano took from the tail of orochi and one of the 3 three imperial treasures of japan.
edit: also, if we are adding swords from recent pop culture things like kill bill, the master swrod from the legend of zelda has been around long enough(technically it was not in the nes or original gameboy game, but has been in since link to the past), has an iconic enough appearance and has had a broad enough influence in games to be pretty important.
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I am sure that this will create some feedback and a list of other swords that should have been included......
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