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Old December 9th, 2010, 04:08 PM   #1
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Viking Berserker VS a Han dynasty general


who will win on a one on one fight?
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Old December 9th, 2010, 04:10 PM   #2
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Probably the Viking because he's tougher, meaner and has a war axe. But it would be cool to see battle between Vikings and an ancient Chinese army
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Viking would chew him up and spit him out.
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Viking 100%, Chinese 16.67%???
That can't be right....
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Beserkers drugged themselves before going into battle in order to get into a sort of trance to butcher their enemies mercilessly.

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Beserkers drugged themselves before going into battle in order to get into a sort of trance to butcher their enemies mercilessly.

Badass.
I've read about this, but I never could find out what the drug was. I've come across spectulaton that it was a natural steroid. Do you know what exactly they used?
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From what I have read, people are still unsure whether it was a drug, getting drunk or working themselves into a frenzy that produced berserkergang
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From what I have read, people are still unsure whether it was a drug, getting drunk or working themselves into a frenzy that produced berserkergang
I saw on some documentary that they thought it was something they chewed that made them only see red or something. It just turned them into singleminded aggressors. Very similar to what some tribes did in Africa.
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Do you remember the name of the documentary? That sounds interesting.
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I've read about this, but I never could find out what the drug was. I've come across spectulaton that it was a natural steroid. Do you know what exactly they used?
Unfortunately I do not know what drug exactly they used. I will research that
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