That Guy with a Halberd [Archive] - Page 4 - Giant in the Playground Forums

NamonakiRei

2009-06-22, 05:55 PM

I suppose the halberd guy will turn out to be the head of the IFCC or somethig.

No! He is a paragon of virtue and goodness! :smallfurious: He is a spring of morality and honor! If something, he will be a great captain among captains or a god among gods!!:smallfurious: Kiddin'. I'm not THAT fanatist.

Nah, seriously, we're not THAT exagerated:smallwink::smalltongue:. But he IS an important character! He MUST be! There's an acute rational reason behind this! No, seriously! ...why are you looking me like that?:smallfrown::smalltongue:

GreatWyrmGold

2009-06-24, 09:13 AM

Removed because I have shared my opinion.
I mean, TGwaH is a once-appearing character (I think). He should have done something more than sorta contribute to a joke.

Random832

2009-06-24, 09:19 AM

This is the dumbest fanclub I have ever heard about.

And you posted in this thread just to say that; what does that make you?

The Blackbird

2009-06-24, 10:23 AM

This is the dumbest fanclub I have ever heard about.

*Waits for thread members to destroy comment*
*Grabs popcorn*

Oh, he removed it, good for him.

Nevitan

2009-06-24, 10:40 AM

*Waits for thread members to destroy comment*
*Grabs popcorn*

Naw, it's best just to wait for Roland, or one of the other mods, to deal with the post. Easier to avoid flaming this way.

zach12376

2009-08-28, 09:53 PM

Wow, I havent been on the forum for like FOREVOR!:smallfrown:
Now I have to go to school intwo days, so it's not like I'm going to be able to get on much....

I haven't read the stories yet, probibly wont ever, but I'm sure their great.

Tannhaeuser

2009-08-29, 02:37 AM

All right, we all know that That Guy is an awesome Guy -- but is it absolutely certain that what he is With is A Halberd? I have no intention of being slighting of our hero, and I will grant that I may well be out of touch, being an old First Edition type, myself, who learned the polearms out of Unearthed Arcana -- but doesn't a halberd always have a spear point on top? His weapon seems not to have one. How can one be sure that he is not TGWALA (That Guy With A Lochaber Axe) or TGWAVG (That Guy With A Voulge-Guisarme) or TGWAGGGVG (That Guy With A Glaive-Guisarme-Glaive-Voulge-Guisarme -- hang on, I think I'm drifting into the wrong comic).

I will always support That Guy With The...Whatever, and I know that in Arms and the Man, the man counts for more than the arms, but it would be nice to know that a trusty weapon really is trusty and not going around under false pretences. Please, set my mind at rest.

srbrunoaf

2009-08-29, 11:21 PM

Hey I tried to read the entire post, but it's too long... Read a lot, tough...
I like the GwaH, and I plan to join the fan club, if I may...

But...

Has anyone saw what I just saw:

TWO GWAH (not the magenta one) ARGUING!
At 452, panels:
1st GwaH (right-handed (does it mean anything?)): 3rd, 4th.
2nd GwaH (holding two-handed): 8th.
GwaH (left-handed, may be the 2nd or a 3rd GwaH): 14th, 15th and 16th. (probably our man, quiet, not spoking, unfortunatelly this guy is overrun by hobgobs! Does he survive?)

I didn't find the promised list of all GwaH appeareances, but this one should definatelly be there!

mr.fizzypop

2009-08-29, 11:43 PM

zql

2009-08-31, 01:26 AM

you have my halberd!

Puns de León

2009-08-31, 01:48 AM

I had posted a list of appearances. I'll see if I can find it...

EDIT: Here it is:

121a(bonus comic in No Cure for Palidon Blues)
-263
-286
-287
-320
-368
-377
-403
-420
-421
-422
-423
-432
-438
-440
-452
-454
-501
-524
-523(magenta GwaH)

Those are all of the sightings from the numbered comics, but he's also in SoD on pages 27 and 28(you actually can't see the upper half of him though, but hes holding a polearm, so I assumed it was him).

It hasn't been updated in a while, so it's probably missing a lot.

Doesn't this just affirm that the halberd is was a very popular weapon in the Azure City military? A little less than half the soldiers seem to be wielding them. All or most of the guards certainly seem to have them. All in all, you have over 20 GwH there.

Incidentally, what's this magenta GwaH? At first glance, I don't see any halberds in #523.

Belkarsbadside1

2009-09-30, 05:31 AM

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
We're not yet dead.

marc

2009-09-30, 11:40 AM

I love That Guy with a Halberd (or Guisarme-Voulge or whatever). Please bring him back Giant!

Holyhatred

2009-10-20, 09:34 AM

huh, i never thought a ensemble darkhorse could get made out of nothing like this guy was.

Dexteros

2009-10-23, 09:03 PM

Totaly in! GwaH forever, also i cant belive i read through all these pages SOO many but i made a background for avatars for GwaH fanclub members its two halberds crossed!

http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/ss127/dexteros/th_bardhalberds.png
thats my bard guy, (PS i want to be GwaH head bard person!) so what do you think should it get used?

Raging Gene Ray

2009-10-24, 01:29 PM

I mean, TGwaH is a once-appearing character (I think). He should have done something more than sorta contribute to a joke.

You don't understand how memes work, do you?

DragonBaneDM

2010-01-01, 05:12 PM

Would building him in 4e be an insult?

Cause I know a kickass polearm fighter build...

TriForce

2010-01-01, 06:24 PM

dragonbane the necromancer?:P

DragonBaneDM

2010-01-01, 06:44 PM

Hahaha, actually it's my campaign name. The final boss is Tiamat, they're currently Level 21. :)

TriForce

2010-01-01, 06:49 PM

thats not what i meant mate :) i mean that your reviving a threath thats been dead for a while now (and lets hope it stays dead)

Flarp

2010-01-10, 06:10 PM

thats not what i meant mate :) i mean that your reviving a threath thats been dead for a while now (and lets hope it stays dead)

TVTropes link disagrees.

The Blackbird

2010-01-10, 06:22 PM

Would building him in 4e be an insult?

Cause I know a kickass polearm fighter build...

Polearm build that's 3.5? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124868)

Hatman

2010-01-10, 07:07 PM

i want more worms in this strip.
everyone should have worms!

Niesra

2010-01-10, 10:14 PM

thats not what i meant mate :) i mean that your reviving a threath thats been dead for a while now (and lets hope it stays dead)

I managed to read most of this thread when I started posting about half a year ago and somewhat kept up with its progress. It's gotten cold (or "died") and been revived more than once. When the regulars stopped posting everyone else followed, and when they came back some of the rest did as well...less every time, with more time elapsing between posts (starting at only a couple of days at a time and ending in, as of right now, months). As it happened with the That Guy With a Halberd writing contest thread, a moderator might close this one. Until then, it might be fun to keep reviving it...I think the last post actually about TGWAH was posted a couple of months ago...anyhow...

As far as the magenta TGWAH goes, I never quite figured out if one actually appears in the comic (I never found him myself), if it was created by this Thread, or if it refers to right handed guys with halberds (lower cases intentional) since TGWAH is said to be left handed (i.e. in http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0452.html it is a right handed guy with a halberd that encourages Azurites to leave (panel 4); whereas TGWAH, left handed (the three panels before the last) is shown awaiting the hobgoblin army with a serene and stern expression that denotes his stoic nature u____u.)

Tannhaeuser

2010-01-11, 07:35 AM

Perhaps someone should set up a GwaH shrine offsite, in order to keep from annoying the infidels people who are not fans. It would have to link back to the comid, of course. Then all the fan-fiction and fan-art could be collected in one handy on-line codex.

I still wanna know why his halberd doesn't have a spike on top.

Apparently the Japanese for "halberd" is "hoko." H'okay...

Oooohaloophole

2010-01-12, 01:15 PM

Excuse Me mat I donate 10000 GP in Order to join this most kickass of Fanclubs? That or 300 Slaves for Making an altar.

yop

2010-01-13, 03:26 AM

As far as the magenta TGWAH goes, I never quite figured out if one actually appears in the comic (I never found him myself),

The magenta one, usually named "the other Guy with a Halberd" or toGwaH, is the nemesis of our beloved tGwaH and is shown in the 7th panel of strip #533 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0533.html). His belt is magenta, which makes him a traitor to Azure City and his rightful ruler, Lord Hinjo! :smallwink:

Jarin_G

2010-01-13, 06:50 AM

toGWaH is obviously pure evil. . . and must be destroyed. . . by the rightious GWaH! :biggrin:

Niesra

2010-01-13, 11:44 AM

The magenta one, usually named "the other Guy with a Halberd" or toGwaH, is the nemesis of our beloved tGwaH and is shown in the 7th panel of strip #533 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0533.html). His belt is magenta, which makes him a traitor to Azure City and his rightful ruler, Lord Hinjo! :smallwink:

Wow, you have quite an eye...I never would have seen that...(please note he's right handed u_u)

Excuse Me mat I donate 10000 GP in Order to join this most kickass of Fanclubs? That or 300 Slaves for Making an altar.

Slaves, definitely the slaves (long term planning ftw...yet again, I'm not in charge of these things...so nvm).

Lix Lorn

2010-03-12, 05:34 PM

(Joins club)
(Donates multiple scantily clad alternate versions of self)
;P
All hail TGwaH!

Ranger Mattos

2010-03-12, 11:29 PM

*joins club*
I will give you nothing, except cheers for TGwaH!

Graymayre

2010-03-13, 12:27 AM

Wow, after my year long hiatus I did not expect to see this at the top!

It's great to see that the love of TGwaH is still going strong. :smallsmile:

What is good in life Halberders?

Lix Lorn

2010-03-13, 01:11 PM

Explosions! Adult films! Adult FICTION! Adult Fiction involving explosions!

icastflare!

2010-03-13, 01:30 PM

so this is the guy with halberd thing I have heard so much about

*joins club*

calm down lix, that could lead to awesomeness or EPIC FAIL depending on how you phrase that

Lix Lorn

2010-03-13, 02:11 PM

What do you mean? That combo cannot be beat.

Ranger Mattos

2010-03-13, 07:15 PM

Except by a copy of that combo that involves TGwaH.

Graymayre

2010-03-13, 07:31 PM

Except by a copy of that combo that involves TGwaH.

Guys I just got a brilliant idea.

guys

seriously guys

what if, we add a halberd that explodes.

and he, like, hit people with it.

And they exploded.

icastflare!

2010-03-13, 07:37 PM

Guys I just got a brilliant idea.

guys

seriously guys

what if, we add a halberd that explodes.

and he, like, hit people with it.

And they exploded.

oh.................my.....................god

best idea in the playground

Lix Lorn

2010-03-13, 07:39 PM

Nuhuh!
A Halberd that makes things explode OR FALL IN LOVE.
<3
I'm getting weak. (Swoons)
NEW MEME: Everyone's Gay/Straight for TGwaH!

icastflare!

2010-03-13, 07:42 PM

Nuhuh!
A Halberd that makes things explode OR FALL IN LOVE.
<3
I'm getting weak. (Swoons)
NEW MEME: Everyone's Gay/Straight for TGwaH!

i hate to say it but we might just need to make our epic quest to /b/

The Blackbird

2010-03-13, 08:04 PM

Guys I just got a brilliant idea.

guys

seriously guys

what if, we add a halberd that explodes.

and he, like, hit people with it.

And they exploded.

Yes, were totally doing that.

Dragero

2010-03-13, 08:39 PM

I......i.......what?

Beowulf DW

2010-03-13, 09:01 PM

Guys I just got a brilliant idea.

guys

seriously guys

what if, we add a halberd that explodes.

and he, like, hit people with it.

And they exploded.

There's a game I have that involves "Mech-Halberds"...

The Blackbird

2010-03-13, 09:04 PM

There's a game I have that involves "Mech-Halberds"...

Does said game also include Electro-axes, Energy maces, and Plasma bows? (http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0001.html)
Ten foot laser pole?

Beowulf DW

2010-03-13, 10:58 PM

Does said game also include Electro-axes, Energy maces, and Plasma bows? (http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0001.html)
Ten foot laser pole?

No.

Said game had archers firing arrows three times their own size, a swordsman whose weapon was forged out of time/space, and a red-headed witch who called on dead people to zap her enemies with lightning bolts the size of skyscapers.

The Blackbird

2010-03-13, 11:07 PM

No.

Said game had archers firing arrows three times their own size, a swordsman whose weapon was forged out of time/space, and a red-headed witch who called on dead people to zap her enemies with lightning bolts the size of skyscapers.

Huh.

And said game is?

Lix Lorn

2010-03-14, 04:41 AM

Awesome.
At a guess.
And nothing is worth /b/

Ranger Mattos

2010-03-14, 11:30 AM

Guys I just got a brilliant idea.

guys

seriously guys

what if, we add a halberd that explodes.

and he, like, hit people with it.

And they exploded.

A most excellent idea.

Lix Lorn

2010-03-14, 11:32 AM

I prefer mine. XD

Beowulf DW

2010-03-14, 02:08 PM

Huh.

And said game is?

Tales of Phantasia.

Lix Lorn

2010-03-14, 02:26 PM

I have heard a lot about that series. XD

The Blackbird

2010-03-14, 07:31 PM

I have heard a lot about that series. XD

As have I.
[/offtopic]

So...How bout those exploding (matchmaking) halberds...

Beowulf DW

2010-03-14, 08:05 PM

As have I.
[/offtopic]

So...How bout those exploding (matchmaking) halberds...

Do they use gunpowder?

Must they be reloaded?

Graymayre

2010-03-14, 08:20 PM

Do they use gunpowder?

Must they be reloaded?

The earliest personal guns were actually long tubes with a crow's beak end (type of polearm blade). You would fire your shot and use the weapon to slash or stab at people

Belkarsbadside1

2010-03-14, 08:35 PM

Do they use gunpowder?

Must they be reloaded?

Who cares? lets just call it magic.

Beowulf DW

2010-03-14, 09:02 PM

The earliest personal guns were actually long tubes with a crow's beak end (type of polearm blade). You would fire your shot and use the weapon to slash or stab at people

...I just had a weapongasm.

Lix Lorn

2010-03-15, 05:21 AM

Give me one/several. Nao.

Asta Kask

2010-03-15, 05:23 AM

Axe-gonnes or weapongasms?

Lix Lorn

2010-03-15, 07:57 AM

Axe-gonnes. XD Weapongasms are easier to acquire.

Coplantor

2010-03-15, 08:01 AM

God, it's been an awful lot since I last checked this thread. It's an awesome thing that this thing is still going! Just for the record, I'm going to use a mysterious halber warrior as an NPC on my next DnD ampaign, because TGwaH is THAT awesome.

P.S: What happened with TOGwaH?

The Blackbird

2010-03-15, 03:47 PM

Ranger Mattos

2010-03-15, 03:54 PM

So will I. Now.

Lix Lorn

2010-03-15, 05:16 PM

When/If i run a campaign, i will too. ^_^

Dvandemon

2010-03-15, 05:56 PM

Exploding Halberd...AWESOME! So i'm thinking of drawing a guy named SGwaG (Some Guy with a Guisarme) what would he look like? This is my personal tribute to TGwaH

Lix Lorn

2010-03-15, 06:21 PM

Aaaawesome. XD Make him Orange.

Graymayre

2010-03-15, 07:20 PM

A Playgrounder by the name of Geiger Counter was gracious enough to make me a Warhammer style GwaH:
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/074/0/6/Warhammer_avatar_small_by_Count_Geiger.jpg

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/073/c/8/Warhammer_avatar_large_by_Count_Geiger.jpg

It is so beautiful... I feel like I'm about to faint.

Dvandemon< I would think he'd be the polar opposite of GwaH. He (she?) would probably have a red color scheme and be an evil twin to him.

Lix Lorn

2010-03-15, 07:23 PM

Uh. Isn't that essentially TOGwaH?

Graymayre

2010-03-15, 07:26 PM

Uh. Isn't that essentially TOGwaH?

His good, but wild, brother who doesn't play by the rules then?

Lix Lorn

2010-03-16, 04:55 AM

Yes.
...I am suddenly reminded of giggles.
:elan: Oh, so they're brothers, but rivals too!

Bongos

2010-03-16, 11:16 AM

Yes, bring back the halberd guy. Best OOTS character by far.

Beowulf DW

2010-03-16, 11:45 AM

To tell the truth, I'd be happy if we never saw GwaH but instead just heard about him from time to time.

i.e.

Goblin Commander: "What's the hold up?! You were sent to secure the North gate an hour ago!

Goblin Soldier: "We need more goblins! The first wave was massacred!"

GC: "There were 100 soldiers in that wave. How many Azurites are we facing?"

GS: "Just one: that guy with a halberd over there."

Lix Lorn

2010-03-16, 03:53 PM

That WOULD be awesome. XD

Darakonis

2010-03-16, 04:24 PM

Headline: Sweden Proclaims That Guy with a Halberd National Hero

Crowds gather in reverence.

Men moved to tears.

Watch it here (http://en.tackfilm.se/?id=1268775315518RA65).

Peace,
-Darakonis

Niesra

2010-03-18, 09:05 AM

[@Darakonis
One word: EPIC]

As for the exploding Halberd, I think we might be able to incorporate mini-bombs in the pole and a launching device which would be triggered in the handle (or, as someone said, just use magic and call it a day).

To tell the truth, I'd be happy if we never saw GwaH but instead just heard about him from time to time.

i.e.

Goblin Commander: "What's the hold up?! You were sent to secure the North gate an hour ago!

Goblin Soldier: "We need more goblins! The first wave was massacred!"

GC: "There were 100 soldiers in that wave. How many Azurites are we facing?"

GS: "Just one: that guy with a halberd over there."

Lol, that would be pretty funny actually (and sounds like a plausible OOTS joke...I doubt it would ever be that explicit though, I might augment:

GC: Oh for God's sake...If I had a nickel for everytime an overused meme messed up this campaign--

GS: Uh, what's a meme? And what the heck is a nickel? :smallconfused:

GC: ...
Nevermind, just bring out the zombies.

GS: Uh, I think we only have ghouls, sir

GC: Shut up ¬_¬

natural_one

2010-03-21, 07:37 PM

I just read through all of this and I love the idea of the Halberd character. I swear allegiance to this club.

Graymayre

2010-03-22, 09:29 AM

I just read through all of this and I love the idea of the Halberd character. I swear allegiance to this club.

Welcome! Grab a banner and start proselytizing! :smallbiggrin:

Graymayre

2010-03-25, 07:52 PM

My friends, it is time to unite and show the forums our power!
Go to this thread and vote for GwaH week! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8153345#post8153345)

With an entire week dedicated to him there's no way the giant can ignore us! :smallamused:

Be sure to put your vote red and bolded.