Who won Goku and Piccolo's first fight?

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Re: Who won Goku and Piccolo's first fight?

Post by 90sDBZ » Thu May 03, 2018 4:06 am

Here's the thing. If it wasn't a Tournament then Goku likely wouldn't have let his guard down during the count, so Piccolo wouldn't have had the chance to blast a hole in him from behind and Goku would have won anyway. And Goku allowed Piccolo to hit him for free earlier after Kami's earlier interference, so that wouldn't make any difference.

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Re: Who won Goku and Piccolo's first fight?

Post by ABED » Thu May 03, 2018 6:44 am

KBABZ wrote:
RandomGuy96 wrote:
KBABZ wrote:Okay, but that was after the match was officially declared over.
That isn't what this thread is about.
Okay, but how many times have we had a combatant down and out only to be restored by a Senzu Bean given to them by Krillin or somebody else? Gohan would have almost certainly died by Recoome's kick, and Cell would have lost a LOT quicker had Goku not given him the Senzu Bean.
Where'd you get that idea?
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Re: Who won Goku and Piccolo's first fight?

Post by KBABZ » Thu May 03, 2018 7:01 am

ABED wrote:
KBABZ wrote:
RandomGuy96 wrote: That isn't what this thread is about.
Okay, but how many times have we had a combatant down and out only to be restored by a Senzu Bean given to them by Krillin or somebody else? Gohan would have almost certainly died by Recoome's kick, and Cell would have lost a LOT quicker had Goku not given him the Senzu Bean.
Where'd you get that idea?
Could you be more specific? Which idea?

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Re: Who won Goku and Piccolo's first fight?

Post by ABED » Thu May 03, 2018 8:16 am

That Cell would've been defeated sooner had it not been for the senzu. What makes you think Gohan could've defeated Cell prior to going SSJ2?
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Re: Who won Goku and Piccolo's first fight?

Post by Logania » Thu May 03, 2018 4:26 pm

He'd spit out 18 in one hit and not two I guess lol
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Re: Who won Goku and Piccolo's first fight?

Post by KBABZ » Thu May 03, 2018 7:07 pm

ABED wrote:That Cell would've been defeated sooner had it not been for the senzu. What makes you think Gohan could've defeated Cell prior to going SSJ2?
Well I didn't mean quite like that, but I think that, for example, Gohan punching Cell back to Semi-Perfect form might have outright killed him because he had less energy.

Come to think of it, Cell would have had less energy and might not have been able to make the Cell Jrs... so... was Goku right in giving him a Senzu?

Anyway, back on the fight itself, Piccolo was weak enough that I think he might have died had Goku not given him a Senzu (if he thought Piccolo would live, why give him the Senzu in the first place?).

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