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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 7591604" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>No, I <strong>didn’t</strong> say that objects like that cannot be thrown accurately. I was responding to:</p><p></p><p></p><p>To which I responded that professional baseball players mis-throw balls every day. Sometimes, they do so with alarming <strong>inaccuracy</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Those are people who have been training <em>decades</em> to throw balls accurately, and they still screw it up. An infielder trying to throw on the run to first base has a largish target- a space @8’ tall and 14’ wide- because the first baseman is actively trying to catch the ball. And still, balls go sailing into the dugouts, bleachers and other parts of the field.</p><p></p><p>Because of time pressure- something also present in combat- inaccuracies are introduced.</p><p></p><p>Now, imagine trying to hit a man-sized target that <em>doesn’t</em> want to be hit.</p><p></p><p>And going back to the Guinness throwing video, look at the person who was thrown. Did he look like he landed in a way conducive to success in melee?</p><p></p><p>(FWIW, I don’t really believe in “winning” internet discussions, so shelve that concept.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 7591604, member: 19675"] No, I [B]didn’t[/B] say that objects like that cannot be thrown accurately. I was responding to: To which I responded that professional baseball players mis-throw balls every day. Sometimes, they do so with alarming [B]inaccuracy[/B]. Those are people who have been training [I]decades[/I] to throw balls accurately, and they still screw it up. An infielder trying to throw on the run to first base has a largish target- a space @8’ tall and 14’ wide- because the first baseman is actively trying to catch the ball. And still, balls go sailing into the dugouts, bleachers and other parts of the field. Because of time pressure- something also present in combat- inaccuracies are introduced. Now, imagine trying to hit a man-sized target that [I]doesn’t[/I] want to be hit. And going back to the Guinness throwing video, look at the person who was thrown. Did he look like he landed in a way conducive to success in melee? (FWIW, I don’t really believe in “winning” internet discussions, so shelve that concept.) [/QUOTE]
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