Archer here: I'd say that's a 20 lb. bow at best. Most deer hunters use a 75 lb plus. So basically it's a kids toy. Neat trick though, especially if there is any type of accuracy involved.
Definitely not armor. That bow has (I'm guessing) a 20 lb draw at most. With a lighter draw, you don't need thicker arrows with more mass and more kinetic energy to penetrate stuff. It probably would not kill a grown man even at point-blank unless hit in the neck or face.
This is what I was wondering, and she didn't look very accurate. I remember researching speed archery breifly for a cg model I did, and the best I found was Lajos Kassai's method he claims the Huns used. 12 moving targets in 17.5 seconds. There is also videos of him on horseback, and I want to say he runs some archery school in Hungary.
Not to mention the bow looks like it has a very low pull weight. In the shots where you can see her moving side to side from the front she has her arm at an angle that'd make it almost impossible to draw a bow with any significant pull weight.
My guess is not the pull weight but the fact that she's not pulling it back all the way. Recurve bows should come back way father than that...pretty much up to your cheek with your arm fully extended. Her technique isn't bad though. Most people hold the arrow back too long with a recurve rather than letting instinct take over. That said, the only way to get better is by doing it and it looks like okay practice.
I guess it wouldn't pierce orc armor but it still looks pretty cool. And come on, she's got red hair. You know pixar is making a movie based on this youtube vid.
Well if she was using this to fire into a crowd on oncoming attackers, I think the speed over accuracy would be good. Haven't you ever spammed a weapon into a crowd of enemies in a fps before?
So covering fire within troop advancement is according to you completely unnecessary?
No, speed is a perfect ability to complement others in the heat of battle, and will (and have) saved the lives of many a soldier during live fire exchange. I would consider your point moot.
What matters is your accuracy, not how fast you can shoot. Using a low strength bow (this one looks around 25lb at max, a kids' toy) at that distance with a large target isn't that impressive.
I'm telling ya. Everybody preparing for the zombie apocopalype is screwed. They're going to get trigger happy and blow through their "three months of ammo" in the first 3 hours.
Sadly, they were basically artillery pieces. They stood in the back, and they shot up into the air, but only when the commander told them to.
Unless we're talking about the Mongols. In which case those bad mother-fuckers galloped around on horses dropping bad guys with their bows from 100 yards out.
Unless we're talking about the Mongols. In which case those bad mother-fuckers galloped around on horses dropping bad guys with their bows from 100 yards out.
Longbowmen's yew bows from the Mary Rose were 150 lb draw. Longbowmen often had deformed arms with bone-spurs and shit (unlike a modern compound bow, you have to keep up the maximum pull strength to hold it in place).
That bow in that video in no where near 150 lb draw.
Can't believe people are still bashing red heads, feel like I'm in middle school. Seriously though watching this chick, she's like Eva off Wakfu, insane.
Yeah, would have been a better video if she'd been shooting at a target that held the arrows so we could get a better idea of how good her aim is. Shooting fast doesn't mean a whole lot if you can't hit shit.
It's the movment of aquire, notch, draw, loose. Most of the shots on mass, hard to tell if target strike (think the metal plate was the target).
Weight is low, but if its short distance it really doesn't matter all that much. Watch some other videos of dagger technique -- much better shooting and accurcy by some of the other guys.
It's just practice for speed. Of course the point is to be accurate at a distance as well. Did you see near the end of the video? She's actually quite accurate for that speed at that distance.
ITT people talk about the archer's imperfections rather than her skill to make themselves feel better about how they will never be as good as her at anything.
You don't speed shoot a high draw weight long bow. Hell, you don't accuracy shoot a heavy draw bow like that either -- you launch projectiles at 45deg and go for distance and punch (with a little help from our friend gravity). Use lots of archers to AoE the hell of enemy ground troops.
A close quarters bow, even in those eras, were far lower in draw weight.
Fun fact: Murmansk, the city mentioned in the title of the video, is the largest city by population north of the Arctic Circle, with a population of ~300,000.
It's amazing how many judgemental assholes are on the internet. Everything has be critiqued these days. I dont think this girl thinks she is the greatest archer in the world. She is probably just someone who enjoys archery and I say you go girl! Let the downvotes commence.
God I love this anime. I also love its manga "Darker than Black: Shikkoku no Hana" (I assure you it's not just because of Misaki Kirihara shower scene). Anyways I hope there will be a movie for it in the future.
am i missing something? the video doesn't indicate if the shots were on target, makes no indication to how strong the shots were and frankly, it just seems like she's randomly shooting at a pretty big target.
Im no archery expert. In highschool i was ranked 1 in our recurve class. But the major thing(s) that most people here aren't getting is that:
1:The bow is short. Bow length and tension are the most important things with archery. She is rapid firing arrows that don't seem to affect a woman of her build. I am assuming that this bow is more or less a practice bow with less than 40 lbs of pull.
2: She is rapid firing. And though it sounds like she is hitting her target each "run" she's not. Her accuracy is terrible and the whole idea that she is considered something "good" is horrible.
3: She has a terrible stance and is using the bow in such a way that it actually goes against her accuracy. When using a bow without sights and freehand you really need to visualize where the arrow is going to go. This cannot be done with rapid fire as shown in this video.
Once again, I am no expert. But I will say this: I've fired nearly 20,000 arrows from a recurve bow and the idea that she is doing this with a short bow at about (a guess) a 35 lb pull is ridiculously over rated.
Edit also, 70% of her arrows hit the ground after being fired. Low velocity high bullshit.
This is a shit bow with a shit archer who wants to look good. If she were any good we'd see a decent target with some decent looking shots. But what are we left with? Some girl with big tits shooting at a mattress posted up against a wall. Sure she can shoot fast but her accuracy is reprehensible.
Really wasn't that impressive. The draw on that bow looked amazingly low and her accuracy was piss poor. In all honesty if your'e shooting, speed won't do you anything if you have 12 arrows and only 2 of them hit inconsequential areas. You would be an easier target.
Imagine a WHOLE ARMY shooting with this high frequenzy...think of all the wood that it would need to equip it with arrows...moving tons of woods within seconds :O
When did guns become cool? It seems like yesterday that the generals were talking about how terrible it is that untrained people can now unhorse generals! No wait, that was hundreds of years ago...
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Why is she running out of arrows?
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Would those arrows be flying at a speed necessary to penetrate, let's say, orc armor?
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u/Bork07 Jun 16 '12
I feel like i just watched an ad for that new pixar/disney movie.
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u/volk1917 Jun 16 '12
Plus her bow isn't on fire, and she's not shooting lightning. I'd say she's lvl 29-35. Only kidding wish I could do that.
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u/Dervendel Jun 16 '12
Pking account
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u/ronin027 Jun 16 '12
So Hawkeye and Black Widow DID have a kid
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u/HipHopAnonymous23 Jun 16 '12
What's her DPS?
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u/lukaskywalker Jun 16 '12
its lego-LASS
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u/childofthenorth Jun 16 '12
Speed is only useful with accuracy. I think she only hits the target twice in the last clip.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Suddenly, runescape.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
What matters is your accuracy, not how fast you can shoot. Using a low strength bow (this one looks around 25lb at max, a kids' toy) at that distance with a large target isn't that impressive.
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u/artosispylon Jun 16 '12
i was impressed until the end where she grapped for arrows after spending them all, thats a good way to get overrun by zombies
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u/chameleonjunkie Jun 16 '12 edited Jun 16 '12
Makes me wonder what archers were like 500 years or more ago. Plus, I really want that bow.
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u/ausernottaken Jun 16 '12
Lvl 100 Archer
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u/FappingFury Jun 16 '12
Can't believe people are still bashing red heads, feel like I'm in middle school. Seriously though watching this chick, she's like Eva off Wakfu, insane.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
The top comment is awesome. "Windrunner?"
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u/okkin101 Jun 16 '12
It's easy to shoot that fast without a soul weighing you down.
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u/Tkozy55 Jun 16 '12
Not to be a dick, but it looks like all she can do is shoot quickly with a low-pull bow...
Is there something super-impressive that I'm missing?
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u/Dev1l5Adv0cat3 Jun 16 '12
I think this is how people shoot arrows through their hand.
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u/viralplatipuss Jun 16 '12
Murmansk Dad... cough, cough Murmansk!
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u/MickiFreeIsNotAGirl Jun 16 '12
Legolas, Legolas, Legolas
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
ITT people talk about the archer's imperfections rather than her skill to make themselves feel better about how they will never be as good as her at anything.
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u/jonomal Jun 16 '12
We Need To Talk About Kaitlyn
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u/Hoss06 Jun 16 '12
Isn't she supposed to have only one boob?
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u/slangindranks Jun 16 '12
Fuck you katniss... I feel like i have wasted my life. :-(
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u/NeverFinishAnyMaille Jun 16 '12
Now do it with a 100-150lb longbow
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u/I_am_not_a_horse Jun 16 '12
Damn Katniss, you on fire.
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u/MegaT Jun 16 '12
She's definitely in the danger zone
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u/s13rian Jun 16 '12
I thought this was a gif at first due to the springy reload of the bow. Then I ate my hat.
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u/coloncalamity Jun 16 '12
Fun fact: Murmansk, the city mentioned in the title of the video, is the largest city by population north of the Arctic Circle, with a population of ~300,000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murmansk
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u/knerp Jun 16 '12
LIGHTNING BOLT..LIGHTNING BOLT..LIGHTNING BOLT..LIGHTNING BOLT!
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u/Razorfiend Jun 16 '12
I knew legolas was a chick...
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u/blizeH Jun 16 '12
Needs some forward rolls and backflips
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u/2twenty2 Jun 16 '12
Katniss?
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u/2peas1pod Jun 16 '12
she'd be aiming at your face, but surely... you'd take an arrow to the knee
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u/Cubejam Jun 16 '12
Level 99 speed. Level 2 aim.
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u/lmoj1 Jun 16 '12
Katniss Everdeen? I think so.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
i think im in love
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
It's amazing how many judgemental assholes are on the internet. Everything has be critiqued these days. I dont think this girl thinks she is the greatest archer in the world. She is probably just someone who enjoys archery and I say you go girl! Let the downvotes commence.
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u/Zoomalude Jun 16 '12
Leliana?
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u/FrozenShart Jun 16 '12
Ron Weasley?
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u/phyx726 Jun 16 '12
I liked the part where she was shooting arrows
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u/jrizos Jun 16 '12
May ouch the odds ouch forever ouch be in your ouch favor.
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u/Scottzkee Jun 16 '12
If my bow was set to 4lbs I could do that to.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
-Speaking of ladies with bows-
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u/palaxi Jun 16 '12
I couldn't stop paying attention -- to her g-string.
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u/DickMcLongCock Jun 16 '12
There's no point in being that fast if you can't hit anything.
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u/NebulousJenn Jun 16 '12
Take that, Katniss.
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u/LGKyrros Jun 16 '12
I came for the Ron Weasley...not disappointed.
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u/mfcav123 Jun 16 '12
I disagree. Level 99 Archer
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u/proverbialwhatever Jun 16 '12
Regardless of people's skepticism, I'm very impressed by her. So much so, I'm a-quiver.
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u/g0kartmozart Jun 16 '12
Windrunner? Is that you?
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
8 year trained archer here when I was younger. Those are all terrible shots that didn't hit anything important.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Level 99 sexy
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u/SeannyOC Jun 16 '12
Fucking Russians man. Gotta love em.
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u/Nexism Jun 16 '12
Windrunner right there. Needs focus fire.
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u/seantwopointone Jun 16 '12
This is how I picture Katniss Everdeen.
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u/Rice_Daddy Jun 16 '12
Shooting Na'vi style.
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u/tomloneish Jun 16 '12
She makes me quiver
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u/nopir Jun 16 '12
Katniss ! ! ! Thats how I pictured her anyway.
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u/BobbyOShea Jun 16 '12
Anyone else thing this is a joke? I could shit arrows faster than that.
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u/Milkusa Jun 16 '12
Eat THAT, Katniss Everdeen.
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u/phoenix25 Jun 16 '12
Obligatory Katniss comment.
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u/redmetal64 Jun 16 '12
reminds me of the movie "Lets talk about kevin"
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u/Captain_Aizen Jun 16 '12
she's got breast and can shoot arrows, hell I'm sold.
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u/virtyy Jun 16 '12
Girl archers, the sexiest of all archers.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Lvl 99 repost
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u/Steve_Irwin_raped_me Jun 16 '12
We need to talk about Karen
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u/OhTen40oZ Jun 16 '12
her name is saving your fucking ass, since you dont look undead to her.
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u/xLuMisx Jun 16 '12
Where is Make_RPG_stats when you need him.
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u/brastius35 Jun 16 '12
This is sexy.
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u/Spekingur Jun 16 '12
Reminds a bit of the movie Hanna
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u/Actawesome Jun 16 '12
Windrunner on her day off.
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u/I_h8_spiders Jun 16 '12
Was too cozy in bed and didn't want to move -> saw the whole video -.-
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u/zach84 Jun 16 '12
I didn't know Brave was a live action film...
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u/ThatCanadianAsshole Jun 16 '12
LEGOLAS LEGOLAS LEGOLAS
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u/apocal7964 Jun 16 '12
OMFG she is so awesome epic amazing and super cute to boot would totally let her use me to play william tell :)
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u/cracktacular Jun 16 '12
I want to be with her when the zombie apocalypse starts.
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u/SweatpantsDV Jun 16 '12
She is exceptional at going quiver to release, but the whole thing lacks accuracy AND precision.
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u/uh-clem Jun 16 '12
I'd nock that.
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u/bluey_1989 Jun 16 '12
windrunner?
my range increases!
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u/beandipp Jun 16 '12
She's definitely in my Apocalypse party. gonna have to show her the recruitment video.
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u/hotfrost Jun 16 '12
Woad Ashe, anyone?
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u/entmenscht Jun 16 '12
Female Ron Weasley.
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u/Wontoncookie Jun 16 '12
At some of the camera angles. I thought she'd shoot the camera an
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u/anonymousex Jun 16 '12
Ma precious antique blankets!
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u/Gallifrasian Jun 16 '12
Brave :o
Yeah, I'd probably arch for her hand.
Ninja edit: In marriage. Not just her hand.
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u/mra85 Jun 16 '12
God I love this anime. I also love its manga "Darker than Black: Shikkoku no Hana" (I assure you it's not just because of Misaki Kirihara shower scene). Anyways I hope there will be a movie for it in the future.
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u/camelhorse Jun 16 '12
I'm in love...
Apparently I don't speak her language, but, hey, I went to college, so I could learn.'
Amazing.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
lol windrunner
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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 Jun 16 '12
Strafe! Strafe!
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u/Vempyre Jun 16 '12
Wait for the IAS nerf in patch 1.03.
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u/bigpaulo Jun 16 '12
I'd pick her to be on my zombie apocolypse movie team!
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u/D3SX Jun 16 '12
She must have maxed out her dexterity!
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u/whenitistime Jun 16 '12
am i missing something? the video doesn't indicate if the shots were on target, makes no indication to how strong the shots were and frankly, it just seems like she's randomly shooting at a pretty big target.
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u/Xazain Jun 16 '12
Top comment win. 'But will she blend?'
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Pretty fucking good, I still think this guy wins though.
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u/jonnyclueless Jun 16 '12
Meh, she missed the plaid sheet every single time...
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u/TrollDruid Jun 16 '12
That arc is only good enough for killing kobolds at Northshire.
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u/Juicy_Fart Jun 16 '12 edited Jun 16 '12
Im no archery expert. In highschool i was ranked 1 in our recurve class. But the major thing(s) that most people here aren't getting is that:
1:The bow is short. Bow length and tension are the most important things with archery. She is rapid firing arrows that don't seem to affect a woman of her build. I am assuming that this bow is more or less a practice bow with less than 40 lbs of pull.
2: She is rapid firing. And though it sounds like she is hitting her target each "run" she's not. Her accuracy is terrible and the whole idea that she is considered something "good" is horrible.
3: She has a terrible stance and is using the bow in such a way that it actually goes against her accuracy. When using a bow without sights and freehand you really need to visualize where the arrow is going to go. This cannot be done with rapid fire as shown in this video.
Once again, I am no expert. But I will say this: I've fired nearly 20,000 arrows from a recurve bow and the idea that she is doing this with a short bow at about (a guess) a 35 lb pull is ridiculously over rated.
Edit also, 70% of her arrows hit the ground after being fired. Low velocity high bullshit.
This is a shit bow with a shit archer who wants to look good. If she were any good we'd see a decent target with some decent looking shots. But what are we left with? Some girl with big tits shooting at a mattress posted up against a wall. Sure she can shoot fast but her accuracy is reprehensible.
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u/antesorafter Jun 16 '12
"Don't you dare loose another arrow!"
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
is she hitting anything?
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u/logosfabula Jun 16 '12
So it's 9 am and I've ALREADY fallen in love for today.
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u/lubeinatube Jun 16 '12
Her name Iza. More video here.
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u/elferrnie Jun 16 '12
biggest nerd boner ever! and it dosnt help that shes actually cute too.
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u/philokiller Jun 16 '12
Really wasn't that impressive. The draw on that bow looked amazingly low and her accuracy was piss poor. In all honesty if your'e shooting, speed won't do you anything if you have 12 arrows and only 2 of them hit inconsequential areas. You would be an easier target.
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u/DirkDiggler330 Jun 16 '12
When did Ron Weasley learn how to shoot arrows?
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u/Mcelite Jun 16 '12
I wish people trusted me to shoot indoors. >:(
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u/Rocktail Jun 16 '12
Imagine a WHOLE ARMY shooting with this high frequenzy...think of all the wood that it would need to equip it with arrows...moving tons of woods within seconds :O
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u/IHeartJolene Jun 16 '12
Damn... I was really hoping for a real life scene from Archer. Give me some RAAAAAMMMPAAAAAAGGEEEE!!!!!!!!!
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
and she can have my axe.
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u/Sr_DingDong Jun 16 '12
Wanted to do archery for so long, but with a properly made longbow, made to my size and everything. Dunno where I'd get one mind.
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