100 Men VS 1 Gorilla: Who Wins?

[Felipe_Gewehr]

I can imagine the Gorilla simply picking up a man by one leg and using them as an improved club to beat other men. If it (when) the man gets ripped apart by the repeated bashing, the gorilla can simply pick another man and repeat the process.

In a weird way, I imagine it would kinda look like Sauron in the fellowship of the ring movie intro where he sends soldiers flying with his mace swings. I truly dont think numbers alone can make the men win - not a 100 men, at least.

 

[wsj515]

I can imagine the Gorilla simply picking up a man by one leg and using them as an improved club to beat other men. If it (when) the man gets ripped apart by the repeated bashing, the gorilla can simply pick another man and repeat the process.

In a weird way, I imagine it would kinda look like Sauron in the fellowship of the ring movie intro where he sends soldiers flying with his mace swings. I truly dont think numbers alone can make the men win - not a 100 men, at least.

What is happening with all of those other men when the 1 guy is getting picked up? How does the gorilla have space to even swing their arm, after committing to picking someone up?

The gorilla is never going to be able to generate force after the first couple guys - the real life frame data + physics just don't work out.

Again, I think its possible that more people die or are seriously hurt from collateral damage in this scenario than from the actual gorilla.

 

[Felipe_Gewehr]

What is happening with all of those other men when the 1 guy is getting picked up? How does the gorilla have space to even swing their arm, after committing to picking someone up?

The gorilla is never going to be able to generate force after the first couple guys - the real life frame data + physics just don't work out.

Again, I think its possible that more people die or are seriously hurt from collateral damage in this scenario than from the actual gorilla.

I'm thinking if they try to jump in the gorilla like in a rugby match, the gorilla is massive enough to just roll around/lay on his back/jump and crush most of those pilling up on him, therefore freeing him up again and giving some space for maneuvering and whatnot. There is a physical space limit on how many men can actually engage the gorilla at once (I very much doubt it is more than 15 people at once), so there's that too. The gorilla is not fighting all 100 men at once, he is fighting smaller recurring waves of them. As for if 15 men at once can incapacitate a gorilla, this is conjecture at this point, but my instincts say no.

 

[Eldriken]

I don't think a gorilla could manage to do anything if 100 people dogpiled it. Will there realistically be a scenario where all 100 people are literally dogpiled on top of it? Nah, very unlikely. It's just if you try and think of it actually happening, what could it really do about all that dead weight on it? Say the average weight across all 100 men is 150 pounds each. That's 15,000 pounds right there, which is seven and a half tons.

Hell, the weight of the people on top of everyone would probably end up crushing the life out of the men below as well.

I honestly think people could go in circles all day with this scenario. It probably all depends on how everyone decides to look at it and from what angles they're doing so from.

As @wsj515 said: there will be collateral damage. It would be impossible for that to not be the case, you know?

I simply feel that sheer numbers will win this battle.

 

[wsj515]

I don't think a gorilla could manage to do anything if 100 people dogpiled it. Will there realistically be a scenario where all 100 people are literally dogpiled on top of it? Nah, very unlikely. It's just if you try and think of it actually happening, what could it really do about all that dead weight on it? Say the average weight across all 100 men is 150 pounds each. That's 15,000 pounds right there, which is seven and a half tons.

Hell, the weight of the people on top of everyone would probably end up crushing the life out of the men below as well.

I honestly think people could go in circles all day with this scenario. It probably all depends on how everyone decides to look at it and from what angles they're doing so from.

As @wsj515 said: there will be collateral damage. It would be impossible for that to not be the case, you know?

I simply feel that sheer numbers will win this battle.

I stand by my take that the gorilla is actually less dangerous than the crowd crush when killing the gorilla. People just don't like this answer because its way more simple and boring.