Originally Posted by Lev (Post 1037218)

I'm developing fire gauntlets (gauntlets that can be engulfed in flames for extended periods of time) and we are going to spar with them on, we've already tried using leather gloves but those overheat in around 25-30sec even in frigid weather.

Originally Posted by Magus (Post 1037192)

The steel gauntlets should have sharp ridges on the knuckles? Okay, Fifth, that does sound pretty awesome, let's throw that in there.

These boxers need to quit being such pussies, jeez. You ask a UFC fighter to fight in a back alley steel gauntlet brawl and all they ask you is, "Stainless steel okay?"

Originally Posted by Magus (Post 1037197)

Yeah, Cestuses all the way (Cesti?). People can wear helmets since head blows aren't even allowed just in case of accidents. The only question now is what to call our new sport.

Originally Posted by Fifthfiend (Post 1037175)

Boxing takes the spectacle of two men beating each other to death and removes all the visceral thrill of violence and bloodletting and replaces it with people spending two decades developing brain damage. It's like NASCAR if the car crash took twenty years and then the driver gets out of the car and shakes and slurs his speech until you're so fucking depressed you can barely breathe. It's "violence" for people who can't actually stomach violence so they make people inflict long-term permanent mental debilitation on each other to spare themselves the sight of a dude breaking his knuckles on a guy's forehead.

Originally Posted by Kyanbu The Legend (Post 1037225)

Lev, will you ever stop being awesome?

This is one of the coolest ideas I've heard all week and I really want to see this in action.

Originally Posted by Fifthfiend (Post 1037226)

Three or four more rounds of reflexively lashing out out like this and you'll finally be ready to admit that you're a fan of terrible things with no justification. http://www.nuklearforums.com/images/icons/icon13.gif

Originally Posted by Lev (Post 1037255)

First I need to video the swordchucks, there's a good chance it'll happen this sunday as I made some connections last week for the camera and have some strings I can pull now.

http://www.labsafety.com/images/xl/A...i_LB23488Z.jpg

This is about what the gloves will look like, the main use will be making ridiculous firetools usable as may I remind you, swordchucks burn your hands just by using them at the moment.