Well, obviously i'm new, now wait, calm your genitalia, no need to put your pants down. I'm not really that good at pivot, really i just started it in march 2 2015 ("Bitch this aint no journal!" "Yo calm your tits m8!" "thats sexist" "how? men can have tits too...") yet i can't seem to get tired of watching pivot, and still have fun trying my best not to make a fuckfest, (i'm aloud to say these many "sailor words" right? i really don't know, nor do i give a fuck) and this website is a whole different thing, though i don't understand why most of the weapons RHGs use are swords, really why is that? does this site have a sword loving fan base? and it give me the orgasms when i see people with exaggerated weapons, like giant laser shooting techno hammers 'n shit, that type of thing really interests me, and it takes me some time to stop scrolling down the character list and checking out some Dapper Dan motha fuckas,
well, feel free to argue in the comments about who's a dipshit and what not like neanderthals, Happy Wank Stains.

Quote from Veir

Shuttup and take your fishy stick you pleb.

Here's a helpful guide to the forums:
http://forums.stickpage.com/showthread.php?53289-New-to-the-forums-Check-out-this-complete-guide!
and I strongly recommend reading the rules if you haven't already:
http://forums.stickpage.com/showthread.php?79221-StickPage-Official-Rules-(Updated-24-07-15)

yes i have, i don't wanna rank up enough warnings to be banned in the first week, ive seen that before

That was an... unconventional introduction! Welcome to the site! Have fun, follow the rules, learn to animate yadda yadda yadda you know the drill.

To answer your question, swords are the most versatile and easy to animate weapons. So they are a pretty popular choice. The more bold use gunswords.