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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by ABED » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:41 pm

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Unexplained things in the new timeline created by the split
-why were the Android twins stronger and less hostile than their original future versions(especially since all versions of other villains like Cell, Babidi, Dabura and Zamasu were the same)
-why did Goku get sick later than the original timeline
Not unexplained - it's the butterfly effect.
The butterfly effect works to explain Goku but why does Cell burying his ass in a wasteland or Trunks killing two people Gero was unaware of change anything at all.
The butterfly effect. The whole point of it is that some small change causes big effects that are hard to predict.
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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by Kanassa » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:43 pm

OLKv3 wrote:atatatatata
Is that really the sound people make when punching each other? Or is that an anime-only thing?
When Super apparently shoves Goku down our throats:

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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by 8000 Saiyan » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:45 pm

Kanassa wrote:
OLKv3 wrote:atatatatata
Is that really the sound people make when punching each other? Or is that an anime-only thing?
Bruce Lee did it and Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star does it.
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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by ekrolo2 » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:59 pm

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Doctor. wrote: Well, Vegetto Blue didn't last an hour either nor did SS3 Gotenks. Who's to say Super Vegetto lasted the full amount?
He's not even using the full power of regular SS, what the hell is eating his stamina?
I don't think it has anything to do with stamina. Just that too much power output wastes fusion time. Same principle as transforming into SS3 somehow wastes the time you're allowed to stay on Earth.
Ye but SS3 and Blue are draining forms, regular SS isn't and Vegetto isn't even putting out his whole SS strength to beat Boohan. Plus, if a dicking around Super Vegetto is too powerful to last the whole hour, how does the Zamasu arc one even exist since his Base is probably way above his old SS self.
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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by DragonBallKing » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:59 pm

8000 Saiyan wrote:
Kanassa wrote:
OLKv3 wrote:atatatatata
Is that really the sound people make when punching each other? Or is that an anime-only thing?
Bruce Lee did it and Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star does it.
Nozawa does a similar battle cry for Goku but I don't think its atatatatata.
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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by MaskedRider » Fri Aug 25, 2017 4:15 pm

People who throw terms like fan-art or fanfiction tier. I understand why but it can be applied to anything someone doesn't like much like how edgy lost all meaning to legitimately criticize designs / characters that are "just cuz" to mean "thing I don't like."

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Re: Things that grind your gears

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MaskedRider wrote:People who throw terms like fan-art or fanfiction tier. I understand why but it can be applied to anything someone doesn't like much like how edgy lost all meaning to legitimately criticize designs / characters that are "just cuz" to mean "thing I don't like."
For instance?
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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by ekrolo2 » Fri Aug 25, 2017 5:10 pm

ABED wrote:
MaskedRider wrote:People who throw terms like fan-art or fanfiction tier. I understand why but it can be applied to anything someone doesn't like much like how edgy lost all meaning to legitimately criticize designs / characters that are "just cuz" to mean "thing I don't like."
For instance?
It gets thrown around for basically any form or concept that's come from new DB material since BoG.
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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by OLKv3 » Fri Aug 25, 2017 7:08 pm

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8000 Saiyan wrote:
Kanassa wrote: Is that really the sound people make when punching each other? Or is that an anime-only thing?
Bruce Lee did it and Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star does it.
Nozawa does a similar battle cry for Goku but I don't think its atatatatata.
She does it for both Goku and Gohan. It's most noticeable in any DBS Gohan fight, since for some reason his fights have the rapid fire fist punches the most

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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by FortuneSSJ » Fri Aug 25, 2017 7:13 pm

8000 Saiyan wrote:
Kanassa wrote:
OLKv3 wrote:atatatatata
Is that really the sound people make when punching each other? Or is that an anime-only thing?
Bruce Lee did it and Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star does it.
Some JoJo characters do it too.
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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by Dbzfan94 » Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:09 pm

Kanassa wrote:
OLKv3 wrote:atatatatata
Is that really the sound people make when punching each other? Or is that an anime-only thing?
Yeah, in Super they use it every single time they're punching really fast, especially Nozawa. It's really annoying after a while

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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by MaskedRider » Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:13 pm

ekrolo2 wrote:
ABED wrote:
MaskedRider wrote:People who throw terms like fan-art or fanfiction tier. I understand why but it can be applied to anything someone doesn't like much like how edgy lost all meaning to legitimately criticize designs / characters that are "just cuz" to mean "thing I don't like."
For instance?
It gets thrown around for basically any form or concept that's come from new DB material since BoG.
This pretty much.

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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by Zeru14 » Sat Aug 26, 2017 12:54 am

Kanassa wrote:
Zeru14 wrote: -why were the Android twins stronger and less hostile than their original future versions(especially since all versions of other villains like Cell, Babidi, Dabura and Zamasu were the same)
How do we know Dabura and Zamasu were the same strength as they were when they were encountered in the original timeline? Future Zamasu was definitely stronger considering he holds himself well against Goku and Co despite Goku utterly humiliating him in the original timeline fight.
Well power scaling logically varies for different versions of Cell, Team Babidi and Zamasu. For Future Imperfect Cell it depends on how many people he absorbed, as the Imperfect Cell that time traveled absorbed a hell of a lot of people, for Future Team Babidi and Future Zamasu they appeared at a later date in Future Trunks timeline so they might've been stronger because of more training and battle encounters. However for the Android twins they appeared in the same year as their original future versions, but were stronger for some reason, and their personalities were different, which is inconsistent with the other villains who all acted the same no matter which timeline they came from.

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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by Kanassa » Sat Aug 26, 2017 1:10 am

Zeru14 wrote:
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Zeru14 wrote: -why were the Android twins stronger and less hostile than their original future versions(especially since all versions of other villains like Cell, Babidi, Dabura and Zamasu were the same)
How do we know Dabura and Zamasu were the same strength as they were when they were encountered in the original timeline? Future Zamasu was definitely stronger considering he holds himself well against Goku and Co despite Goku utterly humiliating him in the original timeline fight.
Well power scaling logically varies for different versions of Cell, Team Babidi and Zamasu. For Future Imperfect Cell it depends on how many people he absorbed, as the Imperfect Cell that time traveled absorbed a hell of a lot of people, for Future Team Babidi and Future Zamasu they appeared at a later date in Future Trunks timeline so they might've been stronger because of more training and battle encounters.
Yes, so why are you saying that they should be the 'same'?
When Super apparently shoves Goku down our throats:

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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by ABED » Sat Aug 26, 2017 7:05 am

Terms like "ass-pull" and "head canon". As if we needed new terms for concepts that already existed.
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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by Baggie_Saiyan » Sat Aug 26, 2017 5:40 pm

When people still insist on watching an illegal shitty live stream, when subs and HD are available almost imminently. It is ridiculous. Like it is going to the local store, and just stealing a loaf of bread and then coming back an hour later and then paying for it. Then even ignoring all that the issue that people's perspective of the episode is skewed cuz the stream is shitty and they aren't getting the clarity several comments like "so much better in HD" I mean well obviously. Why I stopped watching the likes of Geekdom101 rushed episode "reviews" just to get that YT monayyy, (regardless of what he says there isn't another reason why).

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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by ProtoTrunks76 » Sun Aug 27, 2017 10:36 am

Everybody's always like "Yamcha sucks; he got killed by a Saibaman. lolol"
And, I'm just here like, "I'm sorry, what?"
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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by ABED » Sun Aug 27, 2017 11:00 am

Everybody's always like "Yamcha sucks; he got killed by a Saibaman. lolol"
And, I'm just here like, "I'm sorry, what?"
I'm unsure what any of that proves.
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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by ProtoTrunks76 » Sun Aug 27, 2017 11:12 am

ABED wrote:
Everybody's always like "Yamcha sucks; he got killed by a Saibaman. lolol"
And, I'm just here like, "I'm sorry, what?"
I'm unsure what any of that proves.
To quote another user on this site...
"~'Yamcha sucks because he got killed by a Saibaman! hurr-de-durr'~

So, does Goku suck because he was one-shot by Radditz?
Does Vegeta suck because he was utterly curb-stomped by Zarbon AND Recoome?
Does Cell suck because he was nearly cornered by #16?
Does Master Roshi suck because he couldn't dodge Chi Chi's helmet-blade thing?
Does King Kai suck because he was no match for the likes of the Saiyans?
Does Trunks suck because he did worse against a Cell Jr that Piccolo did?
Does Gohan suck because he couldn't even beat Dabura?

....didn't think so."
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Re: Things that grind your gears

Post by Onibaku » Sun Aug 27, 2017 11:22 am

ProtoTrunks76 wrote:
ABED wrote:
Everybody's always like "Yamcha sucks; he got killed by a Saibaman. lolol"
And, I'm just here like, "I'm sorry, what?"
I'm unsure what any of that proves.
To quote another user on this site...
"~'Yamcha sucks because he got killed by a Saibaman! hurr-de-durr'~

So, does Goku suck because he was one-shot by Radditz?
Does Vegeta suck because he was utterly curb-stomped by Zarbon AND Recoome?
Does Cell suck because he was nearly cornered by #16?
Does Master Roshi suck because he couldn't dodge Chi Chi's helmet-blade thing?
Does King Kai suck because he was no match for the likes of the Saiyans?
Does Trunks suck because he did worse against a Cell Jr that Piccolo did?
Does Gohan suck because he couldn't even beat Dabura?

....didn't think so."
I dont know how ur comparison correlates with Yamcha and Saibaman case. Also, almost everyone you stated is vastly stronger than Saibaman. I think you just drawing blank points

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