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Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Kafein on September 08, 2013, 12:39:42 am
I always wonder, how do people manage to have such disregard for their own physical integrity.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Daunt_Flockula on September 08, 2013, 01:01:50 am
I wish the game itself was such a funny experience as well. I played it back in the day and all I can say is that it is near impossible to score a smooth uninterrupted parkour run longer than 10 seconds or so. So much hope gone to waste. The clunkiness kills it all. I hope they come up with a proper sequel someday.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Rumblood on September 08, 2013, 02:30:56 am
I always wonder, how do people manage to have such disregard for their own physical integrity.
I can see that you are a glass half-empty kind of guy.
How about, how do people manage to have such regard for their physical ability. Some people have it and know it, others always doubt themselves and doubt kills.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Gmnotutoo on September 08, 2013, 03:33:08 am
I can see that you are a glass half-empty kind of guy.
How about, how do people manage to have such regard for their physical ability. Some people have it and know it, others always doubt themselves and doubt kills.
I can see that you are a glass half-empty kind of guy.
How about, how do people manage to have such regard for their physical ability. Some people have it and know it, others always doubt themselves and doubt kills.
Well, I have some self-confidence when it comes to other skills but come on, a single slip at the wrong time and you're dead, your physical aptitude doesn't really matter if you are unlucky.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Grumpy_Nic on September 08, 2013, 12:03:19 pm
dont like parkour. maybe because the ones I see doing it are hippie guys, same as these slack-liners. lying around all day and asking working people for money.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Grumbs on September 08, 2013, 12:20:46 pm
I always wonder, how do people manage to have such disregard for their own physical integrity.
I think some people forget the danger simply because they didn't have any accidents yet. That plus a bit of ignorance. Same with cars, people just don't think about the consequences
Personally I'd be kind of pissed off to see a guy running around on a building above me, with shit that could fly off like rocks or if he fell
People die every day doing stupid shit, just you aren't going to see that on youtube
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: LordBerenger on September 08, 2013, 03:02:40 pm
Well, I have some self-confidence when it comes to other skills but come on, a single slip at the wrong time and you're dead, your physical aptitude doesn't really matter if you are unlucky.
When it comes to the physical, you make your own luck. You work within tolerances. Step out of those tolerances, and you have created the potential for what someone would call an accident. There is no accident, simply someone operating outside of their boundaries. Some have fine-tuned their boundaries to the point that would appear to be insanity to those who have not.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Kafein on September 08, 2013, 09:20:42 pm
When it comes to the physical, you make your own luck. You work within tolerances. Step out of those tolerances, and you have created the potential for what someone would call an accident. There is no accident, simply someone operating outside of their boundaries. Some have fine-tuned their boundaries to the point that would appear to be insanity to those who have not.
I can very well understand that but it still doesn't protect you from events outside of your control. Like a loose tile on a roof.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: zagibu on September 08, 2013, 09:27:43 pm
I don't think a loose tile on a roof would be a serious problem for a trained parkour athlete.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Rumblood on September 08, 2013, 11:02:24 pm
Yeah, well, he didn't just decide "Oh let's run over some roofs" one day, then went out and did it. There are years of training behind that.
Eh, I knew a lot of kids who did this kind of stuff, almost naturally. My brother and his friend climbed from one floor to another ten stories up to get into some girl's room because her parents wouldn't let her hang out with boys. When parkour videos got popular, they started doing that, too. They weren't gymnasts, or even especially athletic, but I never saw them slip, and neither of them wound up in the hospital for it. Call it luck, but I believe there's definitely people with innate talent for that kind of thing.
I think one sprained an ankle from a two story jump, but still, I thought it was impressive that nothing broke.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Clockworkkiller on September 09, 2013, 03:38:14 am
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
- Hunter S. Thompson
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Torben on September 09, 2013, 03:57:00 am
just short of flying... I am in aw of the beauty of life just now...
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Butan on September 09, 2013, 05:15:53 am
I dont know for you, but first I though it was mirror's edge 2, then RL footage, then mirror's edge 2 again, then I read your comments and understood it is RL footage. I still have doubts though.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: LordBerenger on September 09, 2013, 09:06:49 am
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
- Hunter S. Thompson
Almost sigworthy
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Prpavi on September 09, 2013, 11:46:26 am
Awesome, just pure Awesome.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Sir_Hans on September 10, 2013, 01:08:30 pm
Great Hunter S. Thompson quote!!! :D
Also, I think this video belongs on this thread :mrgreen: Enjoy.
2:07 :shock: That looks so god damn painful... words cannot express...
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: zagibu on September 10, 2013, 10:56:11 pm
4:12 and 6:41 are definitely worse. Those might make you paraplegic if you are unlucky. Also, the one who jumped into the trashcan...it looks as if he hit his neck straight on the edge of the can. He could be dead.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on September 10, 2013, 11:01:48 pm
I don't think a loose tile on a roof would be a serious problem for a trained parkour athlete.
You don't think it's possible one of those bricks' mortar is old, or crusty and it chips away as he lands on a section of masonry? I sure as hell wouldn't be putting my life in the hands of a mason who may or may not have done a proper job. That's what I kept thinking as he was jumping onto a ledge...sure he might be able to recover from loose sections of something that he falls on, but you can't control every variable. One loose rock or piece of masonry and you could easily fall to your death.
That can go for anything in life though, and I'm not advocating we all walk around in bubbles and only eat, sleep and go to bed to avoid any risks. You need to enjoy your life (I have and still do some pretty risky things to my health, but I believe the reward outweighs the risk), but at the same time, I don't see the point in jumping from one building to the next, it seems so reckless.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: zagibu on September 11, 2013, 12:58:45 am
You don't think it's possible one of those bricks' mortar is old, or crusty and it chips away as he lands on a section of masonry? I sure as hell wouldn't be putting my life in the hands of a mason who may or may not have done a proper job. That's what I kept thinking as he was jumping onto a ledge...sure he might be able to recover from loose sections of something that he falls on, but you can't control every variable. One loose rock or piece of masonry and you could easily fall to your death.
That can go for anything in life though, and I'm not advocating we all walk around in bubbles and only eat, sleep and go to bed to avoid any risks. You need to enjoy your life (I have and still do some pretty risky things to my health, but I believe the reward outweighs the risk), but at the same time, I don't see the point in jumping from one building to the next, it seems so reckless.
No, i meant that even if a trained parkour athlete would step on a broken tile, he'd not fall in most cases, because his reflexes are good enough to balance the slip out.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Nightmare798 on September 11, 2013, 04:06:22 pm
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
- Hunter S. Thompson
however, one wrong step would cut your journey rather short.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Grumbs on September 11, 2013, 05:52:50 pm
No, i meant that even if a trained parkour athlete would step on a broken tile, he'd not fall in most cases, because his reflexes are good enough to balance the slip out.
I care less about the safety of a guy jumping around on buildings than the guys below that the stuff (and his body) might fall onto.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Rumblood on September 11, 2013, 06:22:18 pm
Also, I think this video belongs on this thread :mrgreen: Enjoy.
(click to show/hide)
2:07 :shock: That looks so god damn painful... words cannot express...
Hey watch this! I saw a guy do it on the internet...."AuuuGGhh...Oh god my baaccckk"
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: zagibu on September 11, 2013, 06:35:23 pm
Bah those parkour dudes are so featherlight a regular human wouldn't even notice them hitting him.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Kafein on September 11, 2013, 06:37:16 pm
This is silly but each time I see real people falling and their immediate reaction to pain and shock, which is pretty much the same as ragdolls, it makes GTA4 seem not that unrealistic after all.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Ikarus on September 11, 2013, 06:52:30 pm
am already curious bout part 2, t´was a nice game visitors can't see pics , please register or login
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Vibe on September 12, 2013, 12:38:56 pm
Yeah, really liked the first Mirror's Edge
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Sniger on September 14, 2013, 01:11:08 pm
its the danger and risk taking that gives you the kick. its the andrenalin junkie trip. parkour is like basejumping, parachuting and what not.
yeah its risky. yeah you can die. but thats exactly what makes parkour fun for some people. i totally dig it eventhough im not doing parkour. i use to downhill MTB alot (as much downhill i could here in flat shit contry denmark :p) and yeah i did crash ALOT and yeah i did rape my poor corpse of a body BUT it was a kick and if i would still be doing it today if i had my bike. (fu thief)
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Kafein on September 16, 2013, 12:36:44 am
its the danger and risk taking that gives you the kick. its the andrenalin junkie trip. parkour is like basejumping, parachuting and what not.
yeah its risky. yeah you can die. but thats exactly what makes parkour fun for some people. i totally dig it eventhough im not doing parkour. i use to downhill MTB alot (as much downhill i could here in flat shit contry denmark :p) and yeah i did crash ALOT and yeah i did rape my poor corpse of a body BUT it was a kick and if i would still be doing it today if i had my bike. (fu thief)
Well, you can get a great adrenaline shot with things like bungee jumping, which are not all that dangerous and don't really depend on what you do.
Title: Re: Mirror's Edge Parkour
Post by: Taser on September 16, 2013, 05:19:39 am