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Do nets actually work on human beings?
Posted on 9/12/20 at 1:40 am
Posted on 9/12/20 at 1:40 am
Let me start this by clarifying that I'm not talking about gigantic nets. I totally understand that I could be entrapped in a fishing net with a few dozen tuna whether I want to or not. I'm talking normal sized nets that one human being could reasonably throw onto another human.
I've been watching a lot of gladiator films/TV shows with the boys. In the "Spartacus" television show, gladiators frequently use nets as a way to attack other gladiators. I'm pretty sure that this attack was also used in the film "Gladiator", but definitely not by any of the good fighters like Maximus or Commodus.
It doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Every time it's shown in one of these programs, the guy getting "captured" by the net is clearly acting like he's in trouble instead of simply removing the net, which takes like two seconds. The "victim" can also run away from the attacker while removing the net. The nets could also very easily be knocked to the ground via sword, axe, club, trident, etc... It seems like every gladiator that is taking a net into battle is just wasting 50% of his arms.
Were nets ever actually used in history in human-to-human combat? In the aforementioned "Spartacus" show, there's a dude that sucks in combat with a sword, so the black guy that runs shite tells him that he needs to train with a trident and net. Was he being serious in saying "this is the best chance you have", or was he just basically giving him a rubber duck and trident to fight with because he knows that nets are retarded and he wanted the guy to die?
Also, all of this applies to late 19th century European explorers in Africa with the gigantic butterfly nets trying to catch protagonists/children/anything but butterflies. Cartoons made these people out to be dastardly foes, but what can they do to a human being that they capture with the net? Any kind of struggle will make capture impossible.
I've been watching a lot of gladiator films/TV shows with the boys. In the "Spartacus" television show, gladiators frequently use nets as a way to attack other gladiators. I'm pretty sure that this attack was also used in the film "Gladiator", but definitely not by any of the good fighters like Maximus or Commodus.
It doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Every time it's shown in one of these programs, the guy getting "captured" by the net is clearly acting like he's in trouble instead of simply removing the net, which takes like two seconds. The "victim" can also run away from the attacker while removing the net. The nets could also very easily be knocked to the ground via sword, axe, club, trident, etc... It seems like every gladiator that is taking a net into battle is just wasting 50% of his arms.
Were nets ever actually used in history in human-to-human combat? In the aforementioned "Spartacus" show, there's a dude that sucks in combat with a sword, so the black guy that runs shite tells him that he needs to train with a trident and net. Was he being serious in saying "this is the best chance you have", or was he just basically giving him a rubber duck and trident to fight with because he knows that nets are retarded and he wanted the guy to die?
Also, all of this applies to late 19th century European explorers in Africa with the gigantic butterfly nets trying to catch protagonists/children/anything but butterflies. Cartoons made these people out to be dastardly foes, but what can they do to a human being that they capture with the net? Any kind of struggle will make capture impossible.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 1:51 am to Rebel
A leprechaun in a (fairly large) human-sized net is more akin to a human being caught in a fish net.
But it's a fair point. I should have clarified that nets that are on the ground and pick a human up via a system of levers, pulleys, weights, etc... is a perfectly acceptable capturing tool.
But it's a fair point. I should have clarified that nets that are on the ground and pick a human up via a system of levers, pulleys, weights, etc... is a perfectly acceptable capturing tool.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 1:52 am to THRILLHO
They do if I hit you with a net then run up and smoke your arse with my sword.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 1:55 am to THRILLHO
Ate a brownie and smoked a bowl tonight. I'm still not on your level..
Posted on 9/12/20 at 2:00 am to THRILLHO
A big net would get heavy quick and if it could completely cover someone, it would suck trying to get out of it
Posted on 9/12/20 at 2:05 am to THRILLHO
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he guy getting "captured" by the net is clearly acting like he's in trouble instead of simply removing the net, which takes like two seconds
In those 2 seconds, the guy can run up and stab the other guy.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 2:14 am to THRILLHO
The guys with the nets generally were not trying to net the body of the other fighter. They would throw it towards the others legs/feet to entangle them, then pull them to the ground.
Most of the ones to use nets also used a long spear, or trident, and would stab them with it from a longer distance then what a sword could reach.
Most of the ones to use nets also used a long spear, or trident, and would stab them with it from a longer distance then what a sword could reach.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 4:22 am to THRILLHO
Weighted nets will be troublesome. Like some guy said more at feet but a large net from above could be difficult
This post was edited on 9/12/20 at 4:25 am
Posted on 9/12/20 at 4:30 am to THRILLHO
You do know its illegal to capture girls this way right?but since the thread is now a few hours old any luck?
This post was edited on 9/12/20 at 4:32 am
Posted on 9/12/20 at 4:37 am to FLObserver
I love folks that smoke pot. It makes my insomnia much more enjoyable
Posted on 9/12/20 at 6:15 am to eScott
I'd like to see that whole video, LOL.
Side note.
My Grandparents lived in Chauvin. They had some neighbors that were wild. Like 7 boys and 3 girls. One day they were cast netting each other in the yard. One of the leads from the cast net hit a kid over his eye and laid him out, he was bleeding like crazy. So maybe a cast would work?
Side note.
My Grandparents lived in Chauvin. They had some neighbors that were wild. Like 7 boys and 3 girls. One day they were cast netting each other in the yard. One of the leads from the cast net hit a kid over his eye and laid him out, he was bleeding like crazy. So maybe a cast would work?
Posted on 9/12/20 at 6:20 am to THRILLHO
Dad always said, don’t bring a net to a gun fight.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 6:27 am to THRILLHO
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A retiarius (plural retiarii; literally, "net-man" in Latin) was a Roman gladiator who fought with equipment styled on that of a fisherman: a weighted net (rete (3rd decl.), hence the name), a three-pointed trident (fuscina or tridens), and a dagger (pugio).
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The retiarius was routinely pitted against a heavily-armed secutor. The net-fighter made up for his lack of protective gear by using his speed and agility to avoid his opponent's attacks and waiting for the opportunity to strike. He first tried to throw his net over his rival. If this succeeded, he attacked with his trident while his adversary was entangled. Another tactic was to ensnare his enemy's weapon in the net and pull it out of his grasp, leaving the opponent defenseless. Should the net miss or the secutor grab hold of it, the retiarius likely discarded the weapon, although he might try to collect it back for a second cast. Usually, the retiarius had to rely on his trident and dagger to finish the fight.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 6:28 am to CHEDBALLZ
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One day they were cast netting each other in the yard
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Chauvin
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