Is there a problem with crushing your opponent utterly

[bunbury]

I love how MYSTERYFENCERX's profile states that one of his interests is "to prevent stupid people from overtaking this world".

Besides which, MYSTERYFENCERX, you're embarrassing the 17 year olds. Change your profile to 12 and then start up again.

[FoilyDeath]

There is little worse than losing a bout 15-0. It can be very discouraging. Especially if they are younger. I do toss freebies out, but ONLY if I'm about to win 15-0. There is a world of difference between losing 15-0 and 15-1.

Win a team match 45-0, then come back and you can see what crushing people is really about:P
Only ever managed that once, but I have never been so bloody pleased in my entire life...even if I was 10 at the time or so:P

[HDG]

you forget one thing I DONT CARE. I mean im not trying to gather attention or anything. I was just asking questions, which is kinda what this site is about. SO if you experts of this site think it's annoying to help out younger fencers (which by the way i thought was what this site is all about) you dont have to read my threads aight and thats that.

f.y.i. i dont care if people like me better on the net. I post what i think and if thats a problem you can put me on your ignore list. I never really did anything meanspirited or have been a jerk on any of my post if not provoked first.

Thats all i have to say about that

The thing is the three threads you have started have all, in fact, been three different efforts to brag in the guise of questions. Now I don't give a rat's a@@ about other people's spelling or punctuation here, but telling us that you:

1. like to crush others… but would like to know that it's okay;
2. like to do showy / cool moves for their own sake… but would like to know that it's okay;
3. are cocky… but would like to know that it's okay

This is not the best foot to put forward.

To give your actual thread its proper respect; I've crushed and I've been crushed. If it's an outcome, well, that's part of life. If it is a goal (versus merely wanting to win), that's pathological -- Conan the Barbarian quotes notwithstanding.

[sabreteur]

What if I'm living to hear the lamentations of their menfolk after I've slaughtered the womenfolk?

You might be confusing lamentations with a chorus of "Ding Dong..."

/me ducks and runs for cover.

[MyrddinsPrecint]

You might be confusing lamentations with a chorus of "Ding Dong..."

/me ducks and runs for cover.

No, silly, that's what I hear when I lose. When the other people lose, it sounds more like "Oh dear God, I'm so embarrassed".

[epeeinacup666]

from MYSTERYSFENCERX:

Is there a problem with crushing your opponent utterly

No...heh-heh-heh!

[Zilverzmurfen]

Is there a problem with crushing your opponent utterly

Only if you need to make a thread about it, asking if it's ok.

[VorpalCat]

Only if you need to make a thread about it, asking if it's ok.

And she crushes him FTW!!!

[Joe biebel]

One of the things I tell kids or "newbies" when I bout against them (usually after) is that "When you get touches on me, they will have been earned. I never give them away." I want them to be able to depend on me to give them a "measurement" of where they are in their skill level.

Last year I fenced one fencer, for the first time, that was bigger, stronger, faster, basically better in every way (except I'm better looking) than me, on the best day of my life. He beat me 15-5 with most of my touches being scored after he had 14 points and "knew" that he had me. I believe I would not have scored a couple of them, if he had not let me. Now, I fenced that match realy well and would liked to have taken some solice in the fact that I did as well as I did. I was not able to.

I'm not everyone and I'm sure everyone would act and react differently to being "given" touches or giving touches. Some would be thankful. I would not. I just go by the rules and fence each touch vigorously, with the best effort I can muster. I do as well as I do and leave the gift giving to others.

One other thing to think about. If you are not "utterly crushing" your opponant, you are probably spending too much time on the strip wearing yourself out. If you can run off 5 or 10 or 15 touches in seconds, as opposed to minutes, you'd be crazy not to. Save the energy of keeping distance for 6 minutes for the matches against the opponents that might try to "utterly crush" you.