The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

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Re: The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

Post by RandomGuy96 » Sat Apr 13, 2013 1:45 pm

He can't "go full power". He can't change his power level at all. He was extremely surprised that the Earthlings could.
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
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Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Re: The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Sat Apr 13, 2013 1:49 pm

RandomGuy96 wrote:He can't "go full power". He can't change his power level at all.
Then what did he & Vegeta do when they powered up? I think that they can suppress their power to a degree.
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Superman is, and always has been, a symbol for truth, justice, and upstanding moral fortitude–a role model and leader as much as a fighter. The more down-to-earth Goku has no illusions about being responsible for maintaining social order, or for setting some kind of moral example for the entire world. Goku is simply a martial artist who’s devoted his life toward perfecting his fighting skills and other abilities. Though never shy about risking his life to save either one person or the entire world, he just doesn’t believe that the balance of the world rests in any way on his shoulders, and he has no need to shape any part of it in his image. Goku is an idealist, and believes that there is some good in everyone, but he is unconcerned with the big picture of the world…unless it has to do with some kind of fight. Politics, society, law and order don’t have much bearing on his life, but he’s a man who knows right from wrong.

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Re: The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

Post by Saiyan Prince Vegeta » Sat Apr 13, 2013 1:53 pm

DBZGTKOSDH wrote:But taking the "Goku X Vegeta" as a multiplication doesn't make sense. The Potara are magical items made by the gods, while scouters & battle power numbers are created by aliens. The BP numbers symbolize one's power, but his power is not a number. So, it's completely illogical for Vegetto's power to be "73.273.832 X 72.993.098", because the Potara & the nature of ki are not related with numbers. The numbers are just a way to symbolize ones power.
I said in my previous post that I don't follow Vegeta X Goku, but I follow it being "closer to multiplication." :)

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Re: The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:06 pm

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DBZGTKOSDH wrote:But taking the "Goku X Vegeta" as a multiplication doesn't make sense. The Potara are magical items made by the gods, while scouters & battle power numbers are created by aliens. The BP numbers symbolize one's power, but his power is not a number. So, it's completely illogical for Vegetto's power to be "73.273.832 X 72.993.098", because the Potara & the nature of ki are not related with numbers. The numbers are just a way to symbolize ones power.
I said in my previous post that I don't follow Vegeta X Goku, but I follow it being closer to multiplication. :)
Oh, I see, sorry, I misunderstood you.
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Superman is, and always has been, a symbol for truth, justice, and upstanding moral fortitude–a role model and leader as much as a fighter. The more down-to-earth Goku has no illusions about being responsible for maintaining social order, or for setting some kind of moral example for the entire world. Goku is simply a martial artist who’s devoted his life toward perfecting his fighting skills and other abilities. Though never shy about risking his life to save either one person or the entire world, he just doesn’t believe that the balance of the world rests in any way on his shoulders, and he has no need to shape any part of it in his image. Goku is an idealist, and believes that there is some good in everyone, but he is unconcerned with the big picture of the world…unless it has to do with some kind of fight. Politics, society, law and order don’t have much bearing on his life, but he’s a man who knows right from wrong.

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Re: The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

Post by Saiyan Prince Vegeta » Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:29 pm

It's fine, don't worry about it. :)

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Post by Kamiccolo9 » Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:55 pm

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Re: The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

Post by rereboy » Sat Apr 13, 2013 6:05 pm

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RandomGuy96 wrote:He can't "go full power". He can't change his power level at all.
Then what did he & Vegeta do when they powered up? I think that they can suppress their power to a degree.
What the Earthlings call suppressing their power is more like hiding their true power deep within themselves, to use only when necessary.

Saiyans and other races typically don't do that. They don't hide their power. They simply use it or don't use it.

As a result, the scouter is able to pick up a Saiyan's true power even when the Saiyan is not using it (if he doesn't suppress his Ki like the Earthlings). But it can't pick up an Earthling's true power unless they reveal it, because its too well hidden.

Earthlings also can sense power from a distance, like scouters do. However, Earthlings are not machines, so they work a little different. Earthlings rely more on something like instinct, while scouters rely on science. As such, regarding opponents that can't suppress their Ki, Earthlings can sense them without much trouble, but unlike scouters they are much more precise in their estimates when the opponent actually starts using their power, which sometimes surprises the Earthlings if their previous estimates were lower than the current ones. On the other side, Earthlings sometimes can estimate that an opponent who can suppress his ki is actually hiding large reserves of power. In other words, it can be simultaneously more accurate then scouters and less accurate than scouters. Its funny that way because its based on feeling and instinct.

As for powering up, that's basically a routine for focusing the effectiveness of their power. When Earhlings do it, they also typically stop suppressing their power, besides starting to focus the effectiveness of their power. Beings who don't suppress their power just start to actively use their power and focus their effectiveness.

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Re: The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

Post by RandomGuy96 » Sat Apr 13, 2013 7:55 pm

Bojack's crew vs four cell juniors.
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Re: The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

Post by dbzfan7 » Sat Apr 13, 2013 9:54 pm

RandomGuy96 wrote:bojack's crew vs four cell juniors.
I think I have to side with the Cell Juniors. Bojacks crew can win if they can team up on them and destroy each one at a time.
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Post by Saiga » Sat Apr 13, 2013 11:11 pm

I'm also going to side with the Cell Juniors. Gokua was easily killed by Super Saiyan Trunks, who should still be weaker than a Cell Junior.
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Re: The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

Post by Kaboom » Sat Apr 13, 2013 11:32 pm

Yeah, Bojack's flunkies' specialty seems to be teamwork against a stronger opponent. In one-on-one or group-vs-group battles against foes possibly stronger than them, they're not going to fare as well.
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Post by RandomGuy96 » Sun Apr 14, 2013 2:03 am

I'm also going to side with the Cell Juniors. Gokua was easily killed by Super Saiyan Trunks, who should still be weaker than a Cell Junior.
Kogu was basically the Raditz of the group though. Piccolo could've easily tooled him, while Bido and Zangya seemed to stronger than Vegeta and Trunks.

What about Bojack's crew vs 3 Cell Juniors, since Kogu's basically dead weight? Or Bojack's crew vs 2 Cell Juniors?
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Re: The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

Post by Pantalones » Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:07 pm

They could possibly beat the two Cell Junior team, though they might still have a lot of trouble with three of them. Depends on whether or not they can regenerate (and how well), I guess. This is assuming the other three of Bojack's gang are still weaker than Cell Juniors despite being stronger than Gokua and Vegeta/Trunks, anyway; the strongest I could really see them being is about equal to a Cell Junior, since the Bojack movie pretty much mirrors the Cell Games (minions beat up weaker fighters, Gohan can't bring himself to fight very well, only a few of the others are keeping up with the minions, Gohan goes SSj2 and kills every remaining minion plus the boss himself.)

If the kids have the same ridiculous regeneration as Dad, Bojack's gang would probably lose horribly against any more than two at a time; they'd need to gang up on them to pull off a blast powerful enough to overcome that kind of regeneration and destroy them, and with three or four Cell Juniors around that wouldn't be possible.

If they only have Piccolo-esque regeneration that eats up huge quantities of their energy and can't bring back their heads, Bojack's gang has a much better chance, though they'd still be outmatched against four Cell Juniors due to Gokua being so much weaker than the other three that Trunks (who could only barely keep up with a Cell Jr. for a little while) managed to kill him easily.

If the kids can't regenerate, I could see Bojack's gang beating two Cell Juniors without too much trouble, three with a decent fight, and four after an epic battle that probably would result in Gokua dying and maybe one or two others being at least moderately injured in the process.

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Re: The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

Post by RandomGuy96 » Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:42 pm

I'd go with the Cell Juniors in three vs four.

Kogu is fodder, the Raditz of the group, so he gets one-shotted by a Cell Junior. Zangya seemed to be about on par with Trunks in their brief struggle, and Trunks was a good bit below a Cell Junior, as he was barley keeping up with one that was playing around. Bujin and Bido, I'm not sure, but I assume that at best they're both Cell Junior level. Those stunning wire things could be a problem, but it doesn't work as well when your enemy and you have the same number of fighters. That, plus the Cell Juniors techniques and regenerative abilities I think would let them win.

With two, Bojack's crew would probably win, as Bido can simply square off against one Junior while Zangya, Kogu, and Bujin work together and do that wire stun thing on the second. After its dead, they can repeat it on the other Junior, who Bido should be even with.
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Post by Kamiccolo9 » Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:27 pm

Raditz vs two Saibamen.
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Post by rereboy » Mon Apr 15, 2013 7:53 pm

Raditz is killed. The Saibamen have pretty much the same power as him. He is a better fighter than them, which is why he would most likely win against just one despite their power being pretty much equal, but against two at the same time, he would be overwhelmed.

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Post by Kaboom » Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:03 pm

In just a clash of raw power, the Saibaimen would most likely take Raditz out. Picture two 100% Freezas fighting Super Saiyan Goku. But Raditz is smarter and presumably more skilled than any given fast-grown little plant monster, so he might still be able to win. I'd say the Saibaimen would win something like 2 out of 3 times.
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Post by RandomGuy96 » Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:07 pm

Raditz is 1500 and the Saibamen are 1200 each. With power that close, two would be more than enough to overwhelm him. Even one would at least be able to draw him, as one was able to suicide bomb and kill Saiyan Saga Yamcha, who was just as strong as Raditz, and Raditz was demonstrated to be an arrogant type who doesn't finish his enemies off when he should.
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Post by MDSTSSJ » Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:52 pm

Kamiccolo9 wrote:Raditz vs two Saibamen.
Raditz win because he knows about Saibaman and his techniques. Besides, knowing how strong they are, surely he fight them seriously.

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Post by TheMightyOzaru » Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:29 pm

1 saibaman turns Kamikaze and the other one is left standing. Saibamen win.
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