What's your favourite Dragonball race?

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What's your favourite Dragonball race?

Post by Vegeta Jr » Fri May 16, 2008 11:41 am

Human
Saiyan
Human/Saiyan Hybrid
Namekian
Alien (Freeza's race)
Mutant (Members of the Ginyu Special Force corps.)
Animal (Oolong, Puar etc)
Android/Cyborg/Bio Creature (The Jinzoningen)
Anything else i missed

For me it's Namekian, they have some downsides but those just make them better fitted to be fighters.

The ability to regenerate would be pretty handy indeed, they can continue to fuse with each other, they are not limited to a one time one person deal. I love the character designs, especially for Dragonball online, green is my favourite colour. :)

Imagine Piccolo continued to fuse with every Namekian alive, he would be so much more powerful than Goku it would be funny. He could throw up loads of eggs and just fuse with them, this would take a while though but imagine he did this throughout the course of the series.

Post what race is your favourite and why, just a bit of fun.

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Post by Saiyavenger2941 » Fri May 16, 2008 11:52 am

What? Don't like Saiyans! You RACIST!

Kidding, of course, but I'm pretty sure some idiot is gonna seriously post something like that in this thread.

Anyways, I've gotta go with the Namekians as well. Sure, there's loads of disadvantages to being a Namekian, but, in a way, the pluses outweigh the minuses.

And by the way, even though my favorite character is half Saiyan, I seriously think they're overrated. Of course, Vegeta is to blame for my thoughts on this, but...
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Post by Kid Trunks » Fri May 16, 2008 12:08 pm

I'll be predictable and say my favorite race is the saiyans and saiyan hybrids.

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Post by omegacwa » Fri May 16, 2008 12:28 pm

Yeah, I'll be lame also. I pick Saiya-Jin, as if that were a real race, I think that's the race I should have been.

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Post by Vegeta Jr » Fri May 16, 2008 12:30 pm

Nice to see people's views but would you mind telling us why you like them so much?

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Post by Kid Trunks » Fri May 16, 2008 1:56 pm

Vegeta Jr wrote:Nice to see people's views but would you mind telling us why you like them so much?
Ok. Reasons why I like the Saiyans best:

1 - The hair lol.
2 - Super Saiyan levels look cool.
3 - Saiyan armor, like what Vegeta wears when he first comes to earth.
4 - The zenkai power up is interesting, and gives them an enormous advantage over other races.
5 - Vegetto.
6 - Trunks is a Saiyan :D .

Basically, I don't like freaky looking aliens, I prefer my characters to look human. And the Saiyans basically are humans, except superior to earthling humans. And they look cool with tails (not that I care much for the oozaru transformation).

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Post by Anonymous Friend » Fri May 16, 2008 11:04 pm

Saiyavenger2941 wrote:What? Don't like Saiyans! You RACIST!

Kidding, of course, but I'm pretty sure some idiot is gonna seriously post something like that in this thread.

Anyways, I've gotta go with the Namekians as well. Sure, there's loads of disadvantages to being a Namekian, but, in a way, the pluses outweigh the minuses.

And by the way, even though my favorite character is half Saiyan, I seriously think they're overrated. Of course, Vegeta is to blame for my thoughts on this, but...
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Post by JAPPO » Fri May 16, 2008 11:27 pm

Wtf there's only one race: Asian. Duh.
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Post by Rocketman » Sat May 17, 2008 12:49 am

Saiyan, definitely, with Namekians as a distant second. Nameks get bumped down because we really only see Piccolo as the example.

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Post by The Time Traveller » Sat May 17, 2008 1:11 am

Saiyan/Hybrid/Mutant/Namek/Dimentional beast that has Potara'd with anther one of my kind, my power would be maximum!

Oh yeah, this isn't what race you'd be.

My favourites are the animals, like the Owls that wear hats or... Sabre-toothed tigers that steal and wear hats.

Hat animals.

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Post by SaiyaMel » Sat May 17, 2008 4:46 am

SAIYANS




Namekians

























Other races in the DB universe...

SaiyaMel=world's #1 Saiyan-fanatic!
Just Saiyan...

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Post by The Time Traveller » Sat May 17, 2008 5:31 am

JAPPO wrote:Wtf there's only one race: Asian. Duh.
Heheheh, Thats like in England, there's only two races, English and Foreign.

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Post by USSJed » Sat May 17, 2008 6:37 am

My favourite is humans, no one ever gives Tien the credit he deserves, and if everyone on Earth trained to Tien's level, SSJ3 Goku is going down.
Wow, unreal, my gosh....This is amazing! I feel incredible! Yes Yes Yes Yes! I can win, I feel great, I can do this eyah!
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Post by Raki » Sat May 17, 2008 10:16 am

Humans. Why you say? It's because before Raditz shows up, just about everyone is considered to be one, even Goku.
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Post by Rocketman » Sat May 17, 2008 11:03 pm

USSJed wrote:My favourite is humans, no one ever gives Tenshinhan the credit he deserves, and if everyone on Earth trained to Tenshinhan's level, SSJ3 Goku is going down.
Uh, no. No, he wouldn't. They might could ruffle his flowing locks. Maybe.


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Post by Velasa » Sun May 18, 2008 12:54 am

...... *looks at board. raises an eyebrow*

Nameccians. Have been since the very beginning... and I could probably go on for a while about why. Basically I love everything about them, and the vast majority of Nameccian characters I've met through the years. They're just so much more compelling to me in basically every way, especially the young desperate men trying to get a hold of their lives.

After them, humans. I'm not really fond of the sayiajin as a race because of how badly they hack everything.
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Post by Metalwario64 » Sun May 18, 2008 12:56 am

My favorite race in Dragon Ball Z was the one between Piccolo and Goku in the episode where they are in the driving school. Good times!
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Post by Saiyavenger2941 » Sun May 18, 2008 1:29 am

Metalwario64 wrote:My favorite race in Dragon Ball Z was the one between Piccolo and Goku in the episode where they are in the driving school. Good times!
THIS ANSWER WINS ALL.

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Post by eienmic » Sun May 18, 2008 1:44 am

My god, I would hate to be a Namek-seijin (is it Namekian? Namecian? I have no idea how it should be spelled). C'mon people, could you ever REALLY live without intercourse? I think that single disadvantage just kills the whole deal. Heck, even artificial humans can do the deed and pop out babies a la 18.

I'll go ahead and say that I'd be a full blooded Saiyan because then I would never need a haircut for the rest of my life.
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Post by Jerseymilk » Sun May 18, 2008 3:49 am

eienmic wrote:My god, I would hate to be a Namek-seijin (is it Namekian? Namecian? I have no idea how it should be spelled). C'mon people, could you ever REALLY live without intercourse? I think that single disadvantage just kills the whole deal. Heck, even artificial humans can do the deed and pop out babies a la 18.
Yes but the fact that they're asexual and likely don't have sexual organs also means that it's highly unlikely they have any hormones or sexual urges. It's not like they know what they're missing. So it's an inaccuarte assumption for you to put them on a level with just say, priests who have those things and yet must remain celibate.

Oh and incidentally to remain on topic, Namekians for me! 8)
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