After watching a stirring knights in armour movie, I was wondering what was the skill content in jousting. Assuming both lances were the same length (were they?) was the skill in actually hitting the shield or horseman, or was it trying to stay on ones horse after a hit. It also occurs to me that both the hitter and hittee would feel the same force, so both might fall off? A very heavy knight would seem to have a bit of an advantage.
But only until the pterodactyl shows up.
Link that will explain the basic idea behind jousting and contests of skill in the middle ages.
How many of you out there just got Whooshed? Raise your hands.
Mort (who did not get whooshed, and was quite happy to find that MAME knows just what I am talking about.)
Why am I suddenly hungry for ostrich eggs?
Oh dear lord…Am I THAT OLD?? I immediately got the pterodactyl reference…
I’m going to change my depends…
Raises hand…
Regards,
Shodan
For the Whooshed:
“Joust” was an old video game. Knights on flying ostriches duking it out over lava pits. If you piddled around on one level too long, a pterodactyl would come along and join the fun - making things much more difficult.
Mort (who doesn’t really feel like an old geezer, but has apparently slipped into geezertum unawares."
thnaks for the link welby. From reading the link and a few others I guess while there may have been a lot of skill, it was certainly a very dangerous sport, especially if one lost
http://www.shockwave.com/sw/content/joust
For those so inclined. Man I love this game.
Note- takes a few minutes to load.
This page explains the scoring system (of the original version, that is).