Had a chance to sling into a farm field of new soybeans coming up in fairly freshly plowed, but dry ground.

Got the rocks launched on a flat trajectory out about 200 yards, ....which is pretty good for me, and should impress (older) chicks my age.

BUT even better!  When the rocks landed they still had enough energy to skid and bounce another (maybe) 50 ft.  This sent up a nice little cloud of dirt fragments and dust "out there in the distance".   Very impressive!

Thought you younger tigers might like to know  ;D

mgreenfield

Way a head of you. When we are at the lake, I sling in front of all the hot chicks. What really inpresses them is when their boyfriends try to throw as far as I sling. They look like "Pothethic Girly Men" when they throw.

....another reason to affirm that "Slinging Rocks"!  ;D  mgreenfield

um....slinging to meet chick....uh.....I gotta go on a completely unrelated matter.....

*Grabs sling and walk out door*

Make sure your technique is good, otherwise you'll wind up with a "vertical shot" and as everone ducks and watches the sky for a falling rock, they'll be less than impressed. ;)

Oh yeah, I know what those are like.  The first couple of days I started slinging I thought I was going to take down a low flying plane cause alot of my shots were going straight up.  

gee, all i manage to do is terrify passing mountainbikers down at the stream bed.....

It's an interesting idea, but I think I'll stick to charm, chocolates and lunch.  I'd probably suck so bad that girls'd just leave.

You guys are going about this all wrong...

The trick is to teach the girls to sling. (arm around babe) "see you have to swing the sling just like so..." Then after THEY humiliate their boyfriends by out-throwing them, and the aforementioned leave in huff, you can sit back and turn on the charm.  8)

...all should take off hats & stand at respectful attention as they read chick-impressing recommendations of Matthias!!     ;D    

mgreenfield, ....whose ancient ears rejoice to hear new wrinkle in chick-impressing game.

I'll vouch for the effectiveness of Mathias' idea!

Justin

A number of rather horrible slinging-related double entendres leap to mind, but, in the intersests of good taste, I shall refrain.

I must say, that Matthias´ idea sounds very nice :D

pity I already can sling ;-)

But on the other hand, I could need some good advice... ::)

;D

Willeke

Quote:

A number of rather horrible slinging-related double entendres leap to mind but, in the interests of good taste, I shall refrain.

i met a lady whilst out walking
with my sling held in my hands
if she shows me her split pocket
i will let her see my glans

sv

    sv! Please, control yourself!! :o                                                  
         This is a family forum!  :o  (   ;D  )                                      
         Now, then......As far as "impressing chicks" is concerned, I confess to being quite dubious. Most people don't even know what a sling is! ( Obviously we slingers have a lot of work ahead of us.  :P )
Unfortunately, I suspect that most people will just think we are aweful NERDS.  ???                                                                
         Many years ago, when I was in high school, my twin brother and I were out one night about 9PM with a small telescope. As there are trees around here, to look at certain parts of the sky we had to put the telescope out on the sidewalk in front of the house. Well, we had been observing for about 5 minutes when two girls walked down the street and passed by us. When they got close and saw what we were doing they both started laughing!   ??? :-[ :( :'(                    
         Obviously they thought we were NERDS. And..........they were entirely correct.                                                                              
         Oh, well.......                                                        .......Dan  

It's okay to be a nerd because brains always owns brawns!
Example:

Nerds grow to be influential leaders, jocks grow to be athletes.

Nerds buy sports teams and thus own jocks.

As for the impressing chicks Mathias' idea sounds most effective. Add that technique with some tricks from Tint and girls become as attracted to as a paperclip is attracted to an MRI machine.

Wow, now I feel slightly awkward for  being a celibate preist, I stopped trying to impress anybody like that a long time ago

Loki

"Whilst"????  Nobody says "whilst" anymore :P

dont forget the behind the body tennis teacher style hug why showing them how to sling.
this i have used already works quite nicely lol

LOL SV, that poem is quite possibly the greatest one I have ever heard, slinging related or otherwise! Nice work!Of course, only slingers will get it, but if you recite it to a girl and she blushes, you know you're looking at a female slinger. Sort of a slinger mating call, if you will. Another trick I think would work would be the holding of her hand showing her how to hold the finger loop and clutch the knot. This could also work with female slingers and male students.

I wouldn't bet on winning over any hotties with a sling. My wife is a pretty cool chick. She's gone with me to car shows, strip clubs and the firing range. She likes knives and muscle cars, dogs and horses. Plus, she's an old D&D geek. Even she rolls her eyes at me when I talk about slinging.

I'd love to see one of you guys prove me wrong, though ;)

Frank

the girls are always impressed when i whip a stone way out away, but i have not yet had the chance to try out some of the "techniques" mentioned here.

I met my current girlfriend at a party where I walked behind her and drew a finger across her throat. She promptly criticqued my method, so we sat down for a little session of discussion on the proper method of throat slitting. After bringing up the fact that I could kill someone with a sheet of paper, we began the discussion of how to kill someone with a golf ball. I was sadly, at that time, not yet a slinger. So we decided to force it down the target's throat.

It was a year (during which she was usually not allowed to talk to me) before we actually entered a relationship. We haven't been together long, but on one of our little outings we were at a beach near her house and I bombarded the bay with beach stones. Taught her how, and she did pretty well.

During staff training at camp, I used some free time to make a braided sling on one of my first nights. While trying it outside the craft shack, two of the foreign girls came walking by and asked what I was doing. They had seen me from further up the trail. I told them I was trying a new sling and promptly sent one whipping into the underbrush. They sort of clung to each other and walked away, muttering to the effect that I was someone they would definitely want to be friends with. Definitely not enemies. My hobbies have an unusual effect on most people. I sometimes get through with a practice session to realize that the conversation that -had- been going on has been replaced by a wide-eyed audience. Same goes for when I do trick shots with my recurve.

imagination, wit and complexity - welcome on board.

sv

Heeeey i play D&D right now :(

I converted an old D&Der to Risus. He was astonished that an entire character sheet could be fit on an index card. He also likes the fact that you can run through a session in as little as a half hour. Once we had a free hour, and we made three new characters and ran through a session I came up with entirely on the spot, using a map of the camp as a basis. They searched one building, got backpacks, searched another, got in a fight with a gang of ratmen, won, then went to scout another building where they were hearing some noises and aroused some Minotaurs, who the Irish Buddhist Monk of the group tried to negotiate with. It was at this point that we ran out of time. The original group consisted of an Irish Buddhist Monk (The DnDer), an Anglo-Irish ex-SAS officer, and an Irish linguist, thief, and electrician. Then I went and made my character for a one on one session with the DnDer... A philosophical ex-Green Beret Sniper, cynical daywalker, and novice Shadowmancer. Great fun.

i don't know if i should kiss you or hit you  :o googled it and i'm in love  :o its no d&d but its hilarious :D

It's a wonderful system. It can be as loose or as tight as the GM and players wants it to be. Serious, goofy, however you like it; But the important thing to remember is, my character sheet is an index card. DnD can require something in the neighborhood of four sheets of letter paper, front and back, depending on the character's complexity. (In this case, a half-dragon drow monk.)

wrote on Jul 4^th, 2006 at 7:03am:

Heeeey i play D&D right now :(

So do we. The Mrs. (Elven Druid) and I (Dwarven Barbarian) play with a couple of buddies every other week. I've been a D&D geek since first edition. I'm just saying that even hot geek chicks have their limits. ;)

Frank

i have always been proud to be a D&D/WoD/general rpg "geek" Risus is defently to join that family ..after i adjust it a teensy bit :P

You don't cut someones throat by drawing your knife across it. :-X

i know :P you would get a nice cut but thats it personally i would stab into it then pull the knife to the right or left That should work don't you think ? ::)

also i would like to add for all the rpg freaks here on the forum there is a free rpg ring out there on the net :o for all who know cool for those who don't here's a link

http://www.rpglibrary.org/main.php?showcat=Games

has anyone heard of Guild wars

Yeah got it it ain't bad but it will Never live up to pen and paper rpg's i'm afraid  :-[ i got sick of being killed off by monsters that gave me No exp..the creators of the game forgot that the more monsters there are the more dmg you take in very little time....

MMORPGs and PVP online games are my thing.

Planetside

dark age of camelot

diablo

diablo 2

diablo 2 lord of destruction

earth and beyond

lineage 2

SWG

Runescape

city of heroes

city of villains

world of warcraft

And, when it comes out....
World of Warcraft, The Burning Crusade

I'm sure there are at least 2 or 3 that i missed, but I will think about them, and the list will keep growing... and growing, and growing, and growing, AND GROWING, AND GROWING...


AND GROWING!!!!!!

wrote on Jul 7^th, 2006 at 11:45pm:

MMORPGs and PVP online games are my thing. Planetside dark age of camelot diablo diablo 2 diablo 2 lord of destruction earth and beyond lineage 2 SWG Runescape city of heroes city of villains world of warcraft And, when it comes out.... World of Warcraft, The Burning Crusade

Ok, I gotta ask.  Do you play them all now? Or was it from one time to another?  I mean, I can only imagine how much you pay in fees for online gaming.  I have played a few over the years.

Meridian 59

Ultima  Online

Everquest

City of Heros.

(but only one at a time....and none currently.)


--Kristal

i use to be into runescape.  then i remember when it was so cool when the graphics went 3d decent.  that was monumental for me.  then summer came and runescape was lame.  so there you go.

I've actually started playing WoW a couple of days ago, I gots me a level 12 Undead Warlock. Quite a fun game, I hope it just gets better as I level up.

It doesn't, really. It actually gets worse and worse and more infuriating. I had a lvl 33 hunter at one time, and I got to the point where I hated the game so much I gave my copy away to a friend who wanted to play. Paid 40$ for the game and 41 for each month. I can think of so many better ways my money could have been spent, like making slings.

Lol, i like WoW, its fun. and a few more to add to my list that i remembered...

Everquest

Everquest 2 (or something like that)

Horizon

P.S.- anyone who thinks runescape has good graphics needs to be put in a mental hospital!

OH! sorry...

No i dont play them all at once. My first MMO was the original diablo (horrible game by todays standards but it was what i could get back then)
I started playing when i was.... 7 i believe... And this has led to a long fun life :P ::)

actually slingwolf i still consider the diablo games to be one of the best rpgstyle games to come into existance... next to divine devinity ofcourse :P

::) we are geeks. from girls to games in one smooth move ;D

OMG  :o your right *drops onto his knees yelling NOOOOOOOOO*

Eh.... I accepted it a long time ago, im a MMO gamer and im happy with my life!

I've been wanting to try Guild Wars, anyone played it before that could tell me how it is... and how much it might cost (US cash)

personally mate i would go for a pen and paper system if i was you :P loads of rules to memorize (if you buy one and all that) but you can do more. try that net ring i put up it has some Really good ones

My ex just lent me Rune. I am excited for viking combat!
Haven't played WoW in forever since I dont actually own it :-[
Geeks impress some chicks! :P

wrote on Jul 10^th, 2006 at 4:24pm:

personally mate i would go for a pen and paper system if i was you :P loads of rules to memorize (if you buy one and all that) but you can do more. try that net ring i put up it has some Really good ones

I'm a pen and paper guy. Half the fun is hanging out and talking with friends. I've got a buddy who plays Warcraft and I keep trying to get him to try D&D. No luck so far. Maybe one of these days.

Frank

Keep at it silver  ;D He'll crack and after that he wil never go back to pc rpg's

I'm 14... at this generation, if i try to do pen and paper with anyone, its worse that the idiot i am now :P

Its sad but its just the way it is for me... I like pen and paper but ive never actually gotten to MAKE anything with something like that or something

I'm telling you, Risus is good. GURPS is ok, if you want more crunchiness, but I don't have much experience with that system. Risus is as simple as you can get and still have rules.

yup MD is right wolf you Should try a lite system first and then if you feel like it go for a bigger system

slingwolf, find a bunch of old guys that still do pen and paper if you want to try  ;D

wrote on Jul 14^th, 2006 at 11:05am:

slingwolf, find a bunch of old guys that still do pen and paper if you want to try  ;D

Old guys? Hey, I resemble that remark. ;)

Frank

You "resemble" that remark? :P ???

Nah, the kids still use pen and paper.
My friends do LARPing D&D.
And just plain D&D!

hmm i think the term would be resent that remark ;D

and so do i :o i'm only 20 you know and i do d&d wod And about every free system i can find :P lol

I'm wth Silver, and I don't even know what da heck you guys are talkin about! :-[         Now, impressing Chicks. That's something I can understand. 8)

we're talking about pen and paper rpg games big like dungeons and dragons  ;D

Yeah, I had no clue what you all were on about. But impressing "tha ladees", that's a subject I can stick with! *suddenly feels like he needs a mental bath*

"Mental Floss"! :-[

Yum!

Yeah.... somehow, my user got deleted..... Not sure how or why. I didn't do it.

Anyways, I've been thinking of making a supplement for Risus. And one of the races, or cultures, or whatever (Not wholly decided on that score....) will be heavy duty slingers. Class-based. Almost medieval. The peasant/archer class uses clay shot, the nobles use quartz shot with a drilled core of lead. I've had other ideas for fantasy sling shot; crafted granite, lead-filled (and basic) quartz, rune-enhanced shot of various materials, and slings of various lengths, including whip-slings, netted slings, and braided slings.

that sounds really cool.

btw, your account was probably deleted by accident in this manner:

cleanup

it is reply # 5

Thanks siguy! Interesting that posts and info just carried through when MD signed up again. That's good to keep in mind! You're probably the only member that has a signup date 5 day prior to the first logged post!

Matthias

I actually had to hunt down the avatar again, and retype my title.... I'm surprised that my earlier posts show up under my registered name again.... It's interesting. With about 10 posts or so, I display as having three.

sorry to hear that MD really am.. on a brighter note since i discoverd the free rpg ring i have become intrested in making my own rpg lite system (Some of it is "stolen" from other systems to my great shame but most of it is own invention ;D)

I met a beautiful woman walking her dog in the woods and I offered to show her how to cast a sling, she accepted and we spent an hour or so slinging stones into the water. She then produced a flask of brandy which we gulped greedily and watched the sun set over the lake.
True story.................wish I'd remembered to ask for her number :'(

Unbelievable!!! :P