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Use a shotgun to FIGHT a spider the size of a big tv, or a tank to fight a spider the size of a city block?
- Thread starter Spring-Loaded
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That bitch would be dodging bullets. I'm not fucking with it.
1) Movement speed does not directly equate to reaction speed. 2) Tank shells are pretty fucking fast. 3) OP specifically says the building sized spider is slow. it ain't dodging shit.
I'd take take the tank option.
A spider the size of a TV would jump on your face like a facehugger before you could even react, let alone aim a shotgun.
Also I'm not fighting any of these things, I don't care if it's the premise and if I have a tank. I'm running away and hiding like Tom Cruise in War of the Worlds. It's at least way easier to see (and hear) a monster the size of a city block coming.
Also those little fuckers in Cloverfield were way more dangerous to the average human than the biggie.
I don't know how to drive a tank and I don't want to accidentally blow away someone's house, so I'll go with the shotgun on the big spidey.
From some physics stuff I learned a while back, small fast creatures don't retain their speed if you were to enlarge them, so I think I'd have a good chance of defeating it with the shotgun- especially if it was topped up with shells and had a good stock/grip/[insert stats that mean good handling for shotguns]/etc.
From some physics stuff I learned a while back, small fast creatures don't retain their speed if you were to enlarge them, so I think I'd have a good chance of defeating it with the shotgun- especially if it was topped up with shells and had a good stock/grip/[insert stats that mean good handling for shotguns]/etc.
in either case both die on their own without you needing to lift a finger because scaling a small creature up makes it much weaker if we're talking real physics. Ants and other insects are only able to be that proportionally strong because they're super small, they'd die under their own wait scaled up even 5x because of the square cube law. And if that didn't kill then they'd overheat from their own metabolism, or suffocate because they lack a proper circulatory system
hah, obviously. All types of science about them being crushed by their own weight or not having enough oxygen in our atmosphere to support the size...
...but I'm pretty sure in this hypothetical scenario we need to suspend belief SLIGHTLY.
I really need to watch this again. Exactly what I had in mind when I read the OP.
Kinda seems fucked either way. TV sized spider would be incredibly fast and hard to tag. City block sized spider would probably crush a tank.
At least the tank gives me an illusion of safety. I'd feel waaaaay too vulnerable against a TV sized spider in the flesh. I'm an arachnophobe and probably would be paralyzed with terror either way lol.
At least the tank gives me an illusion of safety. I'd feel waaaaay too vulnerable against a TV sized spider in the flesh. I'm an arachnophobe and probably would be paralyzed with terror either way lol.
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Wait... but does its speed/agility scale? Because if it does in the case of the TV spider, then wouldnt it for the Block sized spider in this situation? A block sized spider with maxed out dexterity and and STR would be absurd. I would still take the TV spider and try to funnel it through a doorway. A shotgun has a nice spread.
I feel as though the TV sized spider is by far the scarier of the two.
A spider looming over the skyline would be terrifying, but it'd be so far-removed from what's scary about regular spiders (speed and unpredictability) that it'd fall into the same category as any other giant monster.
A spider with a 65" leg span? That motherfucker would maintain everything that's unnerving about ordinary spiders, but combine it with the ability to knock you over and dig its fangs into your eye sockets. That spider has the upper hand in scaring you into freezing before shooting, and then being much faster and more dangerous than you are.
I'll take the tank.
A spider looming over the skyline would be terrifying, but it'd be so far-removed from what's scary about regular spiders (speed and unpredictability) that it'd fall into the same category as any other giant monster.
A spider with a 65" leg span? That motherfucker would maintain everything that's unnerving about ordinary spiders, but combine it with the ability to knock you over and dig its fangs into your eye sockets. That spider has the upper hand in scaring you into freezing before shooting, and then being much faster and more dangerous than you are.
I'll take the tank.
In that case I'm camping in one room like CoD with the shotty pointed at the door.
I thought it did. It's creepy but not as scary otherwise. A dog sized slow moving spider is like a zombie, easily taken care of. If it's still fast and scurrying up walls, then it's challenge time. Same with the big one, I want it to be fast otherwise what's the point, it's just a big bio tank. It's gotta be fast enough to pose a challenge to be scary otherwise it's just target practice. Just imagine a spider the length of an average 18 wheeler but with it's normal agility coming after you.
The TV-sized spider is still only the size of a large-sized dog or like a ten-year-old child, both well known for their susceptibility to shotgun fire. I have no clue how many tank shells it takes to kill a thing the size of a city block.
And i get training to operate the tank??
As long as it's a newer tank and I can operate it FULLY by myself - it's tank time. I know where the highest parts of my city are and a block sized spider aint staying hidden long. I'd park up and tag that fool with shots for miles before it could even get to me and even then i can still ram it's legs even without cannon shots. Machine guns to the eyes and shit. Plus if i lose i'm most likely getting insta-crushed or something. Better than slowly drained like fuckin frodo or something.
Shot-gun would be bad either though. I'd just spend all the time it was using searching for me setting up my house as a death trap. One hallway covered with knives or spider poison and nets and shit with me at the other end with a shotty. Boompow shows over, nice try bug breath!
nice thread good stuff.
Like, look at this shit:
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Scale that up and you're dealing with something that moves almost faster than your eye can track. Shit will get behind you like an anime villain before you can even react. A TV sized spider would pounce and kill every single person in this thread.
This is a no win scenario, because you ain't killing a kaiju sized Kumonga Jr. with a tank either lol.
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Scale that up and you're dealing with something that moves almost faster than your eye can track. Shit will get behind you like an anime villain before you can even react. A TV sized spider would pounce and kill every single person in this thread.
This is a no win scenario, because you ain't killing a kaiju sized Kumonga Jr. with a tank either lol.
With the tank you can run away and let the military deal with it. I live in a relatively remote area so I probably wouldn't need to worry about collateral either.
Assuming the spider is scaled up magically and maintains its relative speed strength etc for the TV sized spider, there's no chance of winning with a shotgun.
Tank it is.
Assuming the spider is scaled up magically and maintains its relative speed strength etc for the TV sized spider, there's no chance of winning with a shotgun.
Tank it is.
The answers to both these scenarios totally depends on if it's one of those cute, fuzzy jumping spiders.
Definitely the shotgun. I can barricade myself upstairs and just wait for it. It's hard to miss with those things.
What makes people think that the TV sized spider would somehow attack them. I don't think that even at that size you would seem like a prey to them, and usually spiders are super still until disturbed. The thing is you gotta absolutely hit it with your first shot. Once that shit starts moving you're in trouble.
TV Spider is a horrific situation, especially if it's aggro. If you don't hit it on the first shot and take off at least two legs, you're done.
City Spider is so large as to be comical, but TV Spider would win by default.
I just could not. Not on any day ending in Y.
NOPE.
City Spider is so large as to be comical, but TV Spider would win by default.
I just could not. Not on any day ending in Y.
NOPE.
I'll pass out as soon as I see it and die either way because I have a HUGE bug and spider phobia to the point where I have legit panic attacks, but I'll go with the Tank in the hopes that the tank will provide me with a little bit of protection while I'm unconscious.
I'm still fucked though.
I'm still fucked though.
The TV-sized one. Considering the relative strength of a spider, a city-blocked one would be OP beyond belief.
