maveritchell Posted January 29, 2006 Author Share Posted January 29, 2006 Likely invented in China, the crossbow played a significant role in European medieval warfare and is still used today. likely european you can't believe everything that is on wikipedia, and you certainly can't assume that the chinese were the first people to invent it, note that the western civilization was oblivious to the the eastern civilization until Marco Polo explored that area. Likewise, it is accepted as fact that the Chinese invented fireworks, pasta, gliders, and numerous other things. The idea is that if it is accepted as fact, then it would have no trouble being implemented into games as such. As was apparently the case in that Age of Empires game, so it could be here. I don't see a computer game as a rellivant source I never said it was, my dear dgd1788. I was saying that it being in another computer game was a byproduct of it having been accepted as fact. Regardless of the actual validity of one stating "crossbows were invented in China," if that statement is generally accepted, it is free to be used as a "fact" - at least one true enough to be put in a game with magic and monsters, and the like. :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgd1788 Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Likely invented in China, the crossbow played a significant role in European medieval warfare and is still used today. likely european you can't believe everything that is on wikipedia, and you certainly can't assume that the chinese were the first people to invent it, note that the western civilization was oblivious to the the eastern civilization until Marco Polo explored that area. Likewise, it is accepted as fact that the Chinese invented fireworks, pasta, gliders, and numerous other things. The idea is that if it is accepted as fact, then it would have no trouble being implemented into games as such. As was apparently the case in that Age of Empires game, so it could be here. I don't see a computer game as a rellivant source I never said it was, my dear dgd1788. I was saying that it being in another computer game was a byproduct of it having been accepted as fact. Regardless of the actual validity of one stating "crossbows were invented in China," if that statement is generally accepted, it is free to be used as a "fact" - at least one true enough to be put in a game with magic and monsters, and the like. :wink: I think we can repose now, and I am very sorry that I did not understand you at the time of my first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myweponsg00d Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Yeah well...the baker is holding bread, and we can't hold bread. Maybe this is a hint that we are going to be able to equip our awesome bread. One can only hope. Need assistance in any of these skills? PM me in game, my private chat is always ON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylantheskater Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Very good observation. Cant wait to see what it is:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehChekt Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Yeah well...the baker is holding bread, and we can't hold bread. Maybe this is a hint that we are going to be able to equip our awesome bread. One can only hope. that baker looks somewhat like Fat Tony from the bandit camp... Who cares if you wear a santa hat..... That's no achievment. Who cares if you can have 520M, if you have no friends, as well as no reason to play Runescape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonimu Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 A forum mod on the future updates forum locked a thread at 1:15 forum time and said that all those items are already in the game... right now it's on the first page... Losers...Are you blind or ignoring me on purpose?Even though I sometimes side with religious people in some debates, I no longer consider myself religious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakka102 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 the one on the right is just wearing what looks like skeletal armor and a cape with a hood. The one on the left looks like it's wearing the rogue armor. Don't really see much of a reference to ninjas in this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellcrusher5 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 You need 2 hands to shoot a bow not carry it. Some people are really smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arizark Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 the sword the guy is holding doesnt look anything like a asian sword to me looks like a weak lil thing too me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barihawk Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Likely invented in China, the crossbow played a significant role in European medieval warfare and is still used today. likely european you can't believe everything that is on wikipedia, and you certainly can't assume that the chinese were the first people to invent it, note that the western civilization was oblivious to the the eastern civilization until Marco Polo explored that area. the islamic civilisation made contact with the chinese before the first crusade (in the 12th century), where they may have found that crossbow. Then the crusade and the islamic settlment in corduba could easily have exposed the information to the europeans. i'm not saying this is true, however it is completely possible either it is possible or it is impossible and we do not know anything until we ask a professional historian, the internet is quite deceiving sometimes. no, i know the islamic civisation made contact with the chinese in the 12th century, and i know they had a settlemnt in corduba - what i meant was that i don;t know if this is the way it happened - this is just a way it could have happened ok, I understand now The Islamic people were not the first. China traded Rome in 70 AD along with other Western kingdoms after the introduction of the Silk Road. *Is a History major, and is specializing in Asian History* My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. -Sir Arthur Wellesley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maveritchell Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 A forum mod on the future updates forum locked a thread at 1:15 forum time and said that all those items are already in the game... right now it's on the first page... Unless that crossbow is a highly stylized version of a regular crossbow, it's not in the game. And the only place, in-game, a similar sword can be seen is in the hands of Al-Haraknu (sp?), the NPC on the Port Phasmatys docks. Nothing like the boys upstairs saying "no" to make me think "yes." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limdogs Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Of course we all know our bolt rack selling friend is a sign of eastern lands to come. There is a reference from ghost ahoy that refers to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smavey Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Chu ko nu! (if anybody played age of empires 8) , chu ko nu's are chineese really inacurate full auto crossbows! This would be an original upgrade too! its runescape... not age of empires :) (or another game like that) Hey you never know, these chukonu's could have 50 hp and 14 attack in rs as well :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambaldi Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 although i would hope to have more armour than that when using them, would have no chance to defend myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 All its going to be this week is the game rooms update and hopefully the new mid level slayer monster :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kudos6969 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 can i state the obvious as your all thiking to hard. the guy second from the right holding the seercull bow is from the dag kings, hes wearing range armour. just as the person in the skelatol is holding a staff because that armour is for mages and it is practically the same stats as splitbark, so stop going on about useless history a realise that the person in mage armour is holding a staff. A staff that we have yet to see. quick overview of the picture. the monk is doing soemthing mystical, the guy in apron is holding hammer, rogue has a knife type wepon (what a surprise a rogue dosnt have a 6ft sword) the girl next to the rogue using a spear looks obvious, baker with bread, warrior with sword, mage with staff, farmer with pic fork, ranger with a bow and fisher with a fishing rod. do i win the obvious award GWD solo drops: Armadyl Hilt sold at 63.5m - (More to come hopefully) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unitedite Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Yes, he's holding a seercul bow that magically floats in front of him :roll: If you zoom in on the picture you can clearly see that it's a cross bow. If you can't see it then adjust the contrast on your monitor. In a little hilltop village they gambled for my clothesI bargained for salvation and they gave me a lethal doseI offered up my innocence, I got repaid with scorn"Come in'', she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barihawk Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 can i state the obvious as your all thiking to hard. the guy second from the right holding the seercull bow is from the dag kings, hes wearing range armour. just as the person in the skelatol is holding a staff because that armour is for mages and it is practically the same stats as splitbark, so stop going on about useless history a realise that the person in mage armour is holding a staff. A staff that we have yet to see. quick overview of the picture. the monk is doing soemthing mystical, the guy in apron is holding hammer, rogue has a knife type wepon (what a surprise a rogue dosnt have a 6ft sword) the girl next to the rogue using a spear looks obvious, baker with bread, warrior with sword, mage with staff, farmer with pic fork, ranger with a bow and fisher with a fishing rod. do i win the obvious award No, you don't. It's obviously a crossbow if you adjust the contrast of the image. We know what the Dagonnoth armor is...thats been in the game much longer than the Kings. And Katana's are only 3 feet long, not 6 (we can not all fulfill your obsession with Sephiroth, sorry) and Wazikashi's even shorter (which is what most people think the Rogue is wielding). All its going to be this week is the game rooms update and hopefully the new mid level slayer monster Rolling Eyes Tell me one place in this entire topic that says that this would happen this week. The topic is saying "please let it be Eastern Lands!" in reference to the new picture posted on Runescape.com. You obviously did not read the topic and just assumed he meant "Please let this week's update be the Eastern Lands". My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. -Sir Arthur Wellesley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_xer0x Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 you can tell their something with the woman, its obviously a seercull insired cross bow, meaning its basically the shortened version of the seercull with the rest of what makes a cross bow a cross bow, if you invert the colors its a little easier to see the hand held parts and her left arm. In the inverted picture, it's almost as if the bow thing is floating... Dare I say bowsword? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pure_fett Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 i have to agree with the guy that said it was a staff, why would jagex put a range wep with someone thats wearing skele armor, c'mon its not like jagex to mix and match, ESPECIALLY sence all the other ppl are holding what you would think, baker is holding bread and fisherman is holding a rod not meaning to flame but it goes against the flow of the other pictures that it is placed with. :roll: not to mention it kinda looks like the zammy symble right? i mean if jagex put up pictures of all the barrow armor i.e. dharok with his g ax and gunthan with his warspear, dont you think ahrims would have his staff, instead of him having kirils xbow? and yes thats a good analogy cause EVERY OTHER PERSON in that pic is wielding what you would think goes with his class. i'm sick so im not up to checking my spelling but thats just what i thought when i saw the pic oh yah, and Age of empires ownd, my dad still plays that game :twisted: i don't play psykick anymore... i play 2ed: "pure fett" 26081 to get 99 herblore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bflat0 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Likely invented in China, the crossbow played a significant role in European medieval warfare and is still used today. likely european you can't believe everything that is on wikipedia, and you certainly can't assume that the chinese were the first people to invent it, note that the western civilization was oblivious to the the eastern civilization until Marco Polo explored that area. the islamic civilisation made contact with the chinese before the first crusade (in the 12th century), where they may have found that crossbow. Then the crusade and the islamic settlment in corduba could easily have exposed the information to the europeans. i'm not saying this is true, however it is completely possible either it is possible or it is impossible and we do not know anything until we ask a professional historian, the internet is quite deceiving sometimes. no, i know the islamic civisation made contact with the chinese in the 12th century, and i know they had a settlemnt in corduba - what i meant was that i don;t know if this is the way it happened - this is just a way it could have happened ok, I understand now The Islamic people were not the first. China traded Rome in 70 AD along with other Western kingdoms after the introduction of the Silk Road. *Is a History major, and is specializing in Asian History* Alexander the Great and those before him had eastern contacts... but non of this has to do with rs what soever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scougre Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 i got to agree with psykick its more likely to be a staff then a crossbow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adimadaru Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Chu ko nu! (if anybody played age of empires 8) , chu ko nu's are chineese really inacurate full auto crossbows! This would be an original upgrade too! W00t!!! i used to make huge armys off those guys and then put Those long bow dudes on the other side of a big wall and let them shoot to death :D I'm not sure about the wall thing though, could have been a river to. What can I say? I'm a rebel, like Ché Guevara. What the hell is Ash doing while Team Rocket says their rhyme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trunksrs Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 i got to agree with psykick its more likely to be a staff then a crossbow Thats what I was thinking. I kinda looks like a bow floating in front of him, where a crossbow would be down along the arm. Or it could be a new kind of axe. (Pic from BudK, not RS related, just and idea what it might look like.) Look, if your mom still drops you off at school, you ain't gangsta, pull up your damn pants!3 down, 7 to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 i have to agree with the guy that said it was a staff, why would jagex put a range wep with someone thats wearing skele armor, c'mon its not like jagex to mix and match, ESPECIALLY sence all the other ppl are holding what you would think, baker is holding bread and fisherman is holding a rod not meaning to flame but it goes against the flow of the other pictures that it is placed with. :roll: not to mention it kinda looks like the zammy symble right? i mean if jagex put up pictures of all the barrow armor i.e. dharok with his g ax and gunthan with his warspear, dont you think ahrims would have his staff, instead of him having kirils xbow? and yes thats a good analogy cause EVERY OTHER PERSON in that pic is wielding what you would think goes with his class. this man speaks the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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