Archery

[TheArmyGuy]

Why don't we have an archery thread it's completely badass and cool.
Archery
It's that one sport in which you use a curved stick with a piece of string to shoot sticks at targets.
I'm pretty sure almost every game in existance has some form of bow and arrow in it, so most of you are
probably aware what it looks like. Except you'd get bruises all over if you'd use it like you do in videogames.
Bows come in many different shapes and sizes, such as:
Recurve bow
Badass bow, just an upgraded version of the classic bow with curved tips.


Longbow
Bow for English and Scottish people. It's made for long ranges.


Compound bow
Way less badass, mostly for stupid pussies that can't aim for stuff. Forbidden at the olympics because IT IS FOR SISSIES AND IT'S EASY. Has very small baby limbs. Uses pulleys for more power.


Archery has existed since the dawn of mankind. It was used to slaugher stuff. Now it's just legal in a few parts of the world (including America) to hunt with it. because it's so badass the animals suffers and bleeds to death in the most cruel way imaginable.

Stuff you use in real life that you don't use in games that would cause bruises:
Fingertabs
Used to not break your fingers when pulling the bowstring.


Chest protector
Used to not tear your clothes apart when firing with loose clothes


Armprotector
Used to not rip open your bow-holding arm when misfiring


Sight
No you don't get a magical hovering cursor the arrow always flies into with pinpoint precision


All in all this is way more badass then stupid flintlock pistols. Arrows are way cooler and obviously the best thing out there. All of the above stuff costs money though and 12 good arrows will cost you up to $250. A good bow goes all the way up to $1800 total for limbs and centerpiece. So the sport isn't much practised.
Discuss archery stuff and badassery related to it in this thread.

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[Uncle Bengs]

well obv u like archery cus u like men

[Kevdude]

I tried archery IRL once. It was pretty cool. Never took it any further

[TheArmyGuy]

well obv u like archery cus u like men

no
go back to blocktim

[carolcat]

archery seems like a really cool sport, too bad they don't have any classes near where i live. i only have a plastic bow and arrow set that my mom made who knows how long ago.

[TheArmyGuy]

I have the luck there's a sponsored archery community literally acorss the street.

[Port]

why am I better at archery in real life where you have to account for wind, friction, arrow weight (gravity), string pullback, etc. than in video games where you pretty much click to fire something at exactly the center of the screen

[?]

Most people(fat nerds) who like archery only think it's cool because the hunger games movie.

[TheArmyGuy]

why am I better at archery in real life where you have to account for wind, friction, arrow weight (gravity), string pullback, etc. than in video games where you pretty much click to fire something at exactly the center of the screen

Because of the same reason my dad sucks at most fps because he's with a shooting community, you take the actual things into account when in the game, and you are used to checking before firing.

Most people(fat nerds) who like archery only think it's cool because the hunger games movie.

The things they do with a bow in the hunger games (or lord of the rings for that matter) have yet to be approached by any actual archer in the world.

[Port]

Because of the same reason my dad sucks at most fps because he's with a shooting community, you take the actual things into account when in the game, and you are used to checking before firing.

games need better to use their physics simulation systems

[TheArmyGuy]

games need better to use their physics simulation systems

People would complain how it's too realistic. Sort of like how they're complaining games aren't realistic enough right now.

[Port]

you have to account for wind, friction, arrow weight (gravity), string pullback, etc.

on another note why am I so loving good at stuff like this
I mean literally it's like my brain does space-station-launch class movement prediction in a few ms

[HellHound]

If I had it in school I would end up shooting one of the douche bags I must call classmates in the forehead with it.

[TheArmyGuy]

on another note why am I so loving good at stuff like this
I mean literally it's like my brain does space-station-launch class movement prediction in a few ms

Don't you ANCHOR your shots?

If I had it in school I would end up shooting one of the douche bags I must call classmates in the forehead with it.

Here it isn't even accounted for as a weapon and you are allowed to open-carry it on the street as long as the string is in detached mode.

[HellHound]

Here it isn't even accounted for as a weapon and you are allowed to open-carry it on the street as long as the string is in detached mode.

Like, I would shoot them in the head without any regrets whatsoever.