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peasants watching the same 2 guys crash into each other at full speed. (Centurii-chan) (media.piefed.zip)
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[–] EinMensch@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago

There were many different variants of jousting. While trying to knock each other off the horse was one of them, it wasn't the standard. More commonly you would try to break your lance on the opponent, with different scoring depending on where your lance hits.