This might seem dumb but im bored and have nothing to do...if you were to choose who would win in a fight between drummers? Vinnie Paul or Mike Portnoy I know who would win -cough- Mike -cough-

Is it a game of fisticuffs?

im stupid so im gonna say fisticuffs (high school kid here)

Right.

How in any way are you prevented from knowing what fisticuffs means by being in high school? I realize the quality of education is terrible, but you do have reading comprehension, right?

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i have never ever heard that term so...am i supposed to automatically know something that i have never heard of? whoa this subject went down the pisser...but seriously...people right away think u know everything...but ive never heard of that term before...seriously...im sorry im not "with your lingo"....

I knew what fisticuffs meant before I was in high school...

It means a fight. A proper fight... you know, with fists? FIST-I-CUFFS.

Vinnie would definately win. Mike would be like "I'm not going to fight you, Vinnie, we've known each other for too long!" And Vinnie would be like "Pussy...." BAM!!!

i figured as much...but i didnt want to sound stupid but i ended up doing so....see when i say a normal fight thats what i say "whoa is there a fight going on?" sorry for seeming like an ass...it was just a harmless question and people started bashing me for not knowing something ive NEVER in all my life heard....o well....if u guys want to keep this post going by all means....

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Vinnie would definately win. Mike would be like "I'm not going to fight you, Vinnie, we've known each other for too long!" And Vinnie would be like "Pussy...." BAM!!!

lol...

There is nothing wrong with you not knowing what it means. It would be easy to find out, being that you are on the internet and have a world of knowledge at your fingertips, but that's beside the point. I simply thought it silly that you said you were a high school kid, as if that somehow would prevent you from knowing. It isn't exactly forbidden knowledge, or something you would have to go to an institution of higher learning to study.

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Vinnie would definately win. Mike would be like "I'm not going to fight you, Vinnie, we've known each other for too long!" And Vinnie would be like "Pussy...." BAM!!!

LMAO!

Baldrick, what begins with "Come here" and ends with "Ow"?

Oh, [/hijack].

Vinnie would be old and decrepit before Mike stopped working long enough to fight him.

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And the winner is?

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There is nothing wrong with you not knowing what it means. It would be easy to find out, being that you are on the internet and have a world of knowledge at your fingertips, but that's beside the point. I simply thought it silly that you said you were a high school kid, as if that somehow would prevent you from knowing. It isn't exactly forbidden knowledge, or something you would have to go to an institution of higher learning to study.

I understand where your coming from....sorry if i made myself sound like a complete tard...i'll try to obstain from being a tard

Mike doesn't stop working long enough to get in a fight with anyone.

all i gotta say to those google results are... BULLSHIT. Portnoy would beat the ever loving crap out of Vinnie Paul. Just cause Vinnie plays "Metal" and people say Portnoy is more Prog doesn't mean that he can't whoop the ever loving crap out of Vinnie Paul. It's really about age, speed, and stregnth... Who is older vinnie or Mike? Then you gotta see who is in better shape. last time I checked Vinnie Paul is fat and Portnoy is mad skinny compared to that dude. So I think Portnoy wins (what I said and was later quoted in PROGnostications)"Hand Down!". But that probably wouldn't happen... but it's fun to guess.

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Ok fanboy....time for your pills.

Ahem. Vinnie might have a pinch more -- in the built up anger department; I think we know what I mean.

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Ok fanboy....time for your pills.

LOL I know... i gotta calm it down a little. Whatever though.

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Vinnie might have a tad more built up anger; I think we know what I mean.

+ lots o booze = teh win

Tale of the tape:

These are just guestimates (that means, I have no idea what I'm talking about)

Mike "ert my ass & Balls" Portnoy
Height 5'10
Weight 180
Righty

Likes to pretend he is a boxer by wearing boxing cape after shows.

Vinnie "Fucking Hostile" Paul
Height 5'8
Weight 215
righty

Known to wear big belt buckels.

Injury report:
Mike Portnoy -tendonitis of the right arm...this will effect his power.
Vinne paul-massive hearing loss...won't hear the sneak attack coming.

Lets get it on!!!!

Vinnie "Fucking Hostile" Paul
Height 5'8

you might be giving him a few inches. i was talking to him at a bar in austin about a year ago and i was taller than him. and i'm not even 5'8"

I never got the image of them actually fighting in my head when I read this, I imagined it more of two kits about 50 paces apart and them whipping sharpened sticks at each other. Give it more of a gentleman's duel kind of feel.

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Ok fanboy....time for your pills.

LOL I know... i gotta calm it down a little. Whatever though.

Why bother, you're very amusing.

By the way, that Google Fight is a bit distorted since it doesn't look for the string "Vinnie Paul", it looks for documents that include the words Vinnie and Paul, not necessarily in conjunction.


EDIT: [url="http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=%22Mike+Portnoy%22&word2=%22Vinnie+Paul%22"]Check this out[/url]

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My take on it goes like this:

Mike "ERT" Portnoy
5'6", 168lbs, righty (sometimes switches)
Facial hair - constantly changing

Vinnie "DOMINATION" Paul
5'7", 217lbs, righty
Facial hair - racing stripes with goatee

Round 1:
Vinnie Paul comes out strong in the first round with a flurry of heavy, blistering double bass patterns hoping to get it over with quickly.
MP counters with trading 2's and 4's that keep him in the fight.

Round 2:
VP keeps coming strong at MP with a brutal onslaught of pounding pocket thrash.
MP confuses VP just before the bell when he switches to a rapidly developing pattern that alternates between 7/8 and 19/16.
VP is saved by the bell.


Round 3:
VP seems to be fading a bit as MP continues to confuse him with moves such as "The Shrink and Grow" and "The Instrumedley".
Suddenly VP makes a comeback with his patented move called "Bass Blast from Becoming Beats Your Balls Bloody"
This time it's MP that gets saved by the bell.


Round 4:
FINAL ROUND
Despite his strong showing at the end of the 3rd round, VP is obviously winded now and Portnoy takes control. VP tries to keep pouding away, but MP does "The Dance of Eternity" and avoids the heavy blows.
MP continues to pepper VP with bits and blasts of Prog Power.
VP still somehow holds his own, despite the complex and confusing patterns thrown at him by MP.

DING DING DING DING

The decision goes to the judges:
The MP forum scores the bout 7,000 to 1 for MP.
The Pantera/Damageplan contigent scores it 1,000,000 to 0 for VP.
The Modern Drummer polls score the fight 2,000,000 to 1,000,000 for MP.

Final results:
MP - 2,007,000
VP - 2,000,001
The winner by a margin of 6,999
Michael "ERT" Portnoy!

P.S. - I suck.

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Dude, Portnoy may be skinnier than Vinnie, but it doesn't make sense why that would give him an advantage. Vinnie isn't exactly a blob or anything. Weight can be a "massive" advantage.

Gotta go with MP. I mean he has that cool boxing robe with "IRON MIKE PORTNOY" written on it. So with a name like that you know he has to have some mad boxing skills.

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Gotta go with MP. I mean he has that cool boxing robe with "IRON MIKE PORTNOY" written on it. So with a name like that you know he has to have some mad boxing skills.

OR, that he had money enough to order a custom made boxing robe... I'd go for Vinnie on this one... Him or Big Val

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