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On 19 Jan 1996, Rob Fox wrote:

> I dunno about you, but Warcraft is pretty much war to me. And by the way, 
> medival combat was pretty much banging on each others armor until someone 
> strikes a lucky hit, and runs his opponent through. 
> 
>                                                            -RF-
	Not that many people had armor that could withstand "banging on 
each others armor" Armor of that quality was very expencive, available 
only to royalty. 
	If you did happen to run up against such a heavly armored foe, 
(I'm assuming that you are not royalty) then the best option would be to 
unseat him. Once on the ground the heavly armored foe would be unable to 
stand or fight. At this point there were two options. 
	1. kill 'em (either roll them upside down into the mud, or bang 
on their helms with lead slegehammers for a few miniutes)
	2. take them hostage and get a kings ransom. (or a prince's 
ransom or a lords ransom etc...)

	I don't claim to be an expert on medevil warfare, (I don't even 
claim to knoe how two spelll! 8-) But I certanly haven't heard of any wars 
where armored men stood in place and banged each other with swords untill 
one of them died. 

Disclaimer: Warcraft is fiction. Any resemblance to any persons, places, 
or actual warfare are coincidental. Furthermore blah blah blah.....
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