Power Scaling Is Cringe

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  • @gotenkstempest45
    @gotenkstempest45 Рік тому +4232

    No way you just said fodder guts is more interesting than Peak Goku 💀💀 that’s why he was r@ped as a kid couldn’t be Goku

  • @nikolasmazzella8590
    @nikolasmazzella8590 Рік тому +6292

    Goku has canonically died. Garfield hasn't even bled

    • @arx3516
      @arx3516 Рік тому +733

      Garfield can also beat Goku in a eating contest.

    • @DarthBHorse
      @DarthBHorse Рік тому +510

      actually in the short movie Garfield's Nine Lives he dies several times but is ultimately re-incarnated into god. so he still wins even if goku could hurt him

    • @fourthmatchflame
      @fourthmatchflame Рік тому +139

      @@arx3516 goku, kirby, and garfield in an eating contest, who wins.

    • @NINTENDOEDITZ
      @NINTENDOEDITZ Рік тому +189

      ​@@fourthmatchflameKirby easily 💀

    • @fourthmatchflame
      @fourthmatchflame Рік тому +33

      @@NINTENDOEDITZ you see i think its a closer fight considering kirbys so smol.

  • @barryallen2240
    @barryallen2240 Рік тому +9134

    Powerscaling mfs realizing they exist outside of a story (they are outerversal)

    • @bignstuff
      @bignstuff  Рік тому +1452

      😱😱😱

    • @denkerbosu3551
      @denkerbosu3551 Рік тому +905

      Unironically an argument with a version of Superman where he became so powerful he "heard the voices beyond" aka the raders lmao.

    • @kingj9664
      @kingj9664 Рік тому +285

      ​@@bignstuff Call me crazy or gooby goober all you want I personally still enjoy power scaling videos and stuff. Although you are right so I'm gonna take it too seriously it's just be only used for fun. How do you feel about what if videos just curious

    • @bignstuff
      @bignstuff  Рік тому +437

      I enjoy a good "what if" from time to time, it can definitely be fun to speculate on alternate story paths

    • @kingj9664
      @kingj9664 Рік тому +45

      @@bignstuff Appreciate the reply man and I really did enjoy the video

  • @theking8347
    @theking8347 Рік тому +481

    Early Christian missionaries in Scandinavia claimed that one stumbling block in converting the Norse to Christianity was that they kept asking if Jesus could beat Thor in a fight.

    • @irex4720
      @irex4720 Рік тому +88

      Now I want someone to power scale this

    • @CutoutClips
      @CutoutClips Рік тому

      ⁠@@irex4720Thor low-diffs Jesus, but Jesus keeps resurrecting. Meanwhile, Thor is fated to die during Ragnarok, so eventually Jesus wins.
      Some may argue that Jesus could call upon the power of Yahweh who they will claim is omnipotent, and therefore he wins, but actually Yahweh couldn't even beat an army with iron chariots in the Old Testament, so claims of his omnipotence are overstated.
      Jesus does have the advantage of being able to calm storms, so Thor's lightning powers might be ineffective, but Thor still has a massive hammer and superhuman strength.
      The only chance Jesus has of winning without relying on his resurrection powers and waiting for Thor to die to Ragnarok is if his transmutation powers are able to work on Thor's body directly, or if he can curse Thor like he cursed the fig tree. If his magic is effective, he could, for example, turn Thor's blood into wine, which would kill him instantly. Jesus's healing powers demonstrate that his abilities can be used on humans, but it's not clear if Thor would be able to resist such attacks using his own magic. I think he would be able to.

    • @Ash_Wen-li
      @Ash_Wen-li Рік тому +105

      They literally have this convo in Vinland Saga

    • @TheLetterJ-c8n
      @TheLetterJ-c8n Рік тому +23

      Of course he could because Thor is a fallen angel.

    • @mekingtiger9095
      @mekingtiger9095 Рік тому +78

      Dayum, I see that the practice of nerding out about scales of power is a much more ancient practice than I initially thought it would be.

  • @ion_force
    @ion_force Рік тому +321

    Anything Marvel or DC always devolves into "X hero went 10 gorillion times faster than the speed of light, while Y hero only went glomtillion times faster than the speed of light" like they can comprehend these absurd numbers in any way. And then like you said, they ignore all nuance or plot convenience, cool factor, illogical moments, etc.

    • @mekingtiger9095
      @mekingtiger9095 Рік тому +56

      Worse still, Marvel and DC (but *specially* DC) discussions devolve into "Superman crossed the boundaries of peepee-poopoo transfartversal realm of existence and non-existence, thus going beyond the concepts of space and time and by consequence transcending beyond the very concept of speed itself which becomes irrelevant!"
      And no, I'm not making this up. Sort of... the foul language is obviously inaccurate, but the rest is pretty much on point almost word by word with certain scaling channels. Which I mean, are they wrong? Eh, technically not because DC is just THAT ridiculous and stupid. Is it still internally incoherent to the point of making little logical sense narratively that it becomes hard to take such feats as seriously as scalers do? Yes, yes it is.

    • @specificocean4176
      @specificocean4176 Рік тому +56

      ​​@@mekingtiger9095 "gamora sucked on thanos's left ballsack and became so powerfull she could kill gods by quuefing in their direction" this right here is how absurd the comics get, and ofcourse people will take the strongest version of the character no matter how garbage it is

    • @Spider-Man_234
      @Spider-Man_234 8 місяців тому +14

      @@specificocean4176 I get your point but why her father bro 😭

    • @Loruthefan
      @Loruthefan 5 місяців тому +6

      ​@@specificocean4176batman who tries too hard

    • @happydapper8395
      @happydapper8395 3 місяці тому

      so if character A survived a Nuke because the author thought it was "cool" for them to survive it but then character b just shoots a gun at his pinky and he just falls over and dies him survivng a nuke shouldnt matter because "cool factor?"

  • @AlonzoTompkins
    @AlonzoTompkins Рік тому +4533

    The worst I’ve encountered is the group of people, a small but very vocal bunch, that think the quality of the media is dependent on how strong a character is. They’ve sunk so much time into “versus debates” that they lack the ability to judge media correctly and only care about if their character can crush a building by looking at it too hard or something.

    • @aghitsaplane4262
      @aghitsaplane4262 Рік тому +953

      This is unironically the modern shonen anime community

    • @RizaLazar
      @RizaLazar Рік тому +61

      hello mr strange journey

    • @daraghokane4236
      @daraghokane4236 Рік тому +204

      just tell them main character is God who turned human so he could understand there struggles you can say that for every character in fiction Mr Simpson yes house monk so that makes them all universal

    • @RizaLazar
      @RizaLazar Рік тому +52

      @@daraghokane4236 Haruhi Suzumiya

    • @BONECA-S3XU4L
      @BONECA-S3XU4L Рік тому +8

      I like your pic

  • @satanus_369
    @satanus_369 Рік тому +3001

    "Oppenheimer created the atomic bomb so he's at least City to Island level. Newton discovered and harnessed gravity so he's at least Small Planet level."
    This is literally how powerscalers sound

    • @noobking2335
      @noobking2335 Рік тому +439

      if they had your intelligence.

    • @TheKoopaKingBowser
      @TheKoopaKingBowser Рік тому +90

      @@noobking2335damn bro.

    • @randomguy8976
      @randomguy8976 Рік тому +258

      @@noobking2335 mf got hurt and burnt a poor lad that got in his way by accident

    • @shingekinokyojinbiteszadus7265
      @shingekinokyojinbiteszadus7265 Рік тому +16

      Fr

    • @Eye_Of_Odin978
      @Eye_Of_Odin978 Рік тому +169

      I mean, Oppenheimer if he was equipped with his own bomb WOULD be City to Island level, though.
      You're not really making the point you think you're making because the comparison to Newton merely quantifying the existing force we'd all known and naming it "gravity" isn't at all the same to building a bomb.
      Like what even is this comparison?

  • @Filip077
    @Filip077 Рік тому +1651

    if i hear "massively faster than light" one more time im gonna lose it

    • @doohickeyhandy758
      @doohickeyhandy758 Рік тому +306

      I'd rather read 'he can really move" or "as fast as plot" than MFTL+++ ultra (not infinite I swear)

    • @funnybones98
      @funnybones98 Рік тому +26

      @@doohickeyhandy758nah that's a fallacy bro

    • @doohickeyhandy758
      @doohickeyhandy758 Рік тому +161

      @@funnybones98 fuck 'fallacies' let people have fun if they're genuinely trying to have fun.

    • @funnybones98
      @funnybones98 Рік тому +102

      @@doohickeyhandy758 i was making fun of powerscalers saying infinity is a fallacy

    • @doohickeyhandy758
      @doohickeyhandy758 Рік тому +58

      @@funnybones98 I know. Just giving my op-

  • @gottthhaaa429
    @gottthhaaa429 Рік тому +1472

    "Authors don't care about powerscaling" Finally someone said it

    • @pedro_6120
      @pedro_6120 Рік тому +90

      I'm not saying that power scaling is nesesary, but an author needs to be consistent to make a good story and power scaling makes it all easier. So yeah powerscaling is important.

    • @gottthhaaa429
      @gottthhaaa429 Рік тому +192

      ​​​@@pedro_6120It's still fact though, there are even other authors who doesn't even like talking about powerscaling, even if there's consistencies in power levels, the author is just gonna put a power up to a character or make the character stronger to make sure they will win. Even strategy for a character. It's a matter on how they will win. For example, denji beats makima, stan pines beat bill cipher. Those villains was stronger than them yet they still find a way to defeat them, i'm sure if people debate who would win without any of this event, the outcome would not be the same as their respectable series, unless of course their just mindlessly fighting

    • @crayola7954
      @crayola7954 Рік тому +44

      ​@@pedro_6120Then one piece and Jojo is not a good story, seriously i've seen inconsistencies that's happening in the story yet they still manage get away with it, even fans admit it lol

    • @pedro_6120
      @pedro_6120 Рік тому +16

      @@gottthhaaa429 of course, I see your point, but there is always a hierarchy and that, even if you don't think about it is powerscaling, measuring a character at their strongest to see who is weaker or stronger. And of course strategy is an important part, but do you really think denji at the start of CSM could kill makima, of course not. It took not only physical but mental growth to achieve that. At its core powerscaling can be incredibly simple, character A is at a higher rank than character B so he should scale higher unless proving or stating otherwise.
      Sorry if I sounded mean in my first coment, I didn't mean it to sound like that.

    • @GeorgeDCowley
      @GeorgeDCowley Рік тому +1

      @@pedro_6120 Also, there are cases like that One Piece character who can no longer break something.

  • @theodorehodbor5080
    @theodorehodbor5080 Рік тому +436

    Powerscaling is even more of an insane nightmare when characters of particular settings have multiple, inconsistent authors like in Star Wars or Warhammer 40k. In books and comics Darth Vader is like a planetary-level threat able to drag ships out of space while in the movies he gets fucking owned by being shocked a little too much. Similarly you can have your average Space Marine be gunned down by a few squads of soldiers with laser guns in one book then in another you can have your average Space Marine literally wipe an entire army just by himself.
    Actually quantifying their abilities in a fair manner is borderline impossible in those cases because supporters will point to their strongest moments while detractors will just point out their weakest ones.

    • @Markcus003
      @Markcus003 Рік тому +9

      i know right.

    • @RedSunUnderParadise
      @RedSunUnderParadise Рік тому +22

      Tbf, most 40k weapons that are standard issue to guardsmen are fucking broken and I ain’t even talking about their artillery.

    • @RedSunUnderParadise
      @RedSunUnderParadise Рік тому +4

      @@vceisdead
      I recommend Elder Scrolls: Redguard the Graphic Novel.

    • @RipRLeeErmey
      @RipRLeeErmey Рік тому +20

      ​​@@RedSunUnderParadise Right like everyone loves to make fun of Lasguns while forgetting that if they were dropped into any other fictional world they'd be power weapons.

    • @RedSunUnderParadise
      @RedSunUnderParadise Рік тому +15

      @@RipRLeeErmey
      Here here. Lasguns, In addition to being Borderlands pattern Legendary Guns with bullshit range and power, can be recharged via mere heat alone(in some instances, most of the time, some guardsmen just chuck the lazpacks into fires and it works) in addition to having over 300-400 plus shots.

  • @hdckighfkvhvgmk
    @hdckighfkvhvgmk Рік тому +1112

    To me this feels very similar to shipping in a fandom sense. Powerscaling or asking "who would win at their absolute best" is fine at it's core, but it seems to always invite a ludicrous amount of toxicity when discussions about it actually happen.

    • @kingjiggle4th789
      @kingjiggle4th789 Рік тому +276

      Powerscaling is just shipping for guys

    • @ulforcemegamon3094
      @ulforcemegamon3094 Рік тому +32

      @@kingjiggle4th789 yes

    • @maninanikittycat4238
      @maninanikittycat4238 Рік тому +85

      they're two sides of the same coin

    • @beakslololol4347
      @beakslololol4347 Рік тому +52

      ​@@kingjiggle4th789who said guys cant ship

    • @M-B17
      @M-B17 Рік тому +116

      @@beakslololol4347They can by all means, but it’s less common because of gender roles. Ya know? The classic “girls into romance, guys into violence”. It’s terribly toxic on both sides, two sides of the same coin.

  • @natanaelalvarez4754
    @natanaelalvarez4754 Рік тому +592

    power scaling is at it's most interesting and least toxic when people are interested in portraying characters accurately and coherently, rather than trying than trying to justify their favorite character being stronger than everything else.

    • @OmniversalInsect
      @OmniversalInsect Рік тому +9

      And only when the characters are in the same universe (or multiverse ig)

    • @natanaelalvarez4754
      @natanaelalvarez4754 Рік тому +27

      @@OmniversalInsect I think you can compare characters from different universes you just need more concrete numbers to compare since you can't derive a chain of scaling.

    • @ArmedandDangerous918
      @ArmedandDangerous918 Рік тому +7

      i hate batman but he is absolutely destroying goku kid

    • @CaptainJacobKeyes
      @CaptainJacobKeyes Рік тому +10

      I don't take match ups as seriously as power scalers do with stupid math, I just take what lore we are given, what their possible capabilities are in an unbiased way. I love halo and I would prefer the master chief to doomguy. This is because master chief is a better written character who can be relatable whereas the doomslayer has the emotional relatability and potential of a brick. But realistically, while the master chief more or less saved humanity from the covenant, he is still only a human supersoldier who is lorewise just as killable as any other Spartan, but the doomslayer is canonically an unkillable demi god that literally cannot be destroyed. It is a standing joke that the doomslayer killed thousands of demons with his shotgun and then he found some ammo for it. The doomslayer would wipe the floor with master chief.

    • @natanaelalvarez4754
      @natanaelalvarez4754 Рік тому +11

      @@CaptainJacobKeyes if someone if bringing up cardinals and bullshit like that the person you are talking to is just trying to overwhelm you with terms. Occasionally scalers might make a calc just to understand something that might not have direct statements but most of what you've described is actually applicable to a lot what makes sense in power scaling. Ultimately it's just a hobby, a different way to talk about your favorite series and characters, I don't think scalers take themselves too seriously but they do make an honest attempt at making the best argument or interpretation they can, at least the good scalers

  • @ATGQY
    @ATGQY Рік тому +352

    powerscalers when they realize realize that comicbook characters lose to water( they could never see it coming)

  • @chaincat33
    @chaincat33 Рік тому +1350

    Batman's thing has always been "it depends on the writers." Sometimes he genuinely is just a guy in a bat costume. Other times he does actually have super powers that are brushed off as "he works out a lot." The only thing that's consistent across writers is that he has super intelligence. Batman's intelligence places him as one of the smartest characters in fiction sometimes, and this is a genuine power that the writers rarely acknowledge.

    • @orangeapples
      @orangeapples Рік тому +170

      Pretty sure the entire batfamily has punched concrete at some point and won. That’s not peak human performance. That’s super strength.

    • @WestGarbage6
      @WestGarbage6 Рік тому +96

      @@orangeapples You can absolutely destroy concrete with your bare hand... The question of how MUCH concrete, though, is the biggest determiner of if it is possible.

    • @JohnSmith-ox3gy
      @JohnSmith-ox3gy Рік тому +195

      @@WestGarbage6 And how much hand you have left.

    • @ShadeSlayer1911
      @ShadeSlayer1911 Рік тому +98

      The intelligence thing is also dependent on the writer, because it's really hard for a stupid writer to write a genuinely intelligent writer. I get that you don't need to be as smart as the character you're writing, because you have time on your side while you can write the character figuring all that out in seconds. But you do need some intelligence to understand how things work. Sometimes, Batman's intelligence is relatively normal, grounded, and believable. He's really smart, but he's human. Other times, he's unraveling the secrets of the cosmos by looking at a thing, or IDing a man by the feel of his face on his fist from punching him. Ridiculous crap like that that is obviously just plot-induced BS instead of actual intelligence.
      Basically, after a certain point, it's not intelligence that he's showing off, but knowing the plot and the script. And that's pretty stupid.

    • @MHF013
      @MHF013 Рік тому +25

      There's a comic where Batman gets shot by a tank and survives. And in another he survived falling from space to Earth. Dude is pretty wacky.@@WestGarbage6

  • @aghitsaplane4262
    @aghitsaplane4262 Рік тому +140

    Most powerscalers have the mentality of a 10 year old playing their first Pokémon game

  • @aminshurbaji
    @aminshurbaji Рік тому +381

    In power scaling terms, a single bacterial cell in our world can solo every character imaginable.

    • @Burn_Angel
      @Burn_Angel Рік тому

      Covid 19 is smaller than bacteria, and you know how much it wrecked the most powerful species in this world lmao

    • @louiem8215
      @louiem8215 Рік тому +10

      yeah lol

    • @TattvaRajput24
      @TattvaRajput24 Рік тому +20

      Except the robots and cyber characters

    • @slavishentity6705
      @slavishentity6705 Рік тому +94

      Ultra Instinct Goku VS Heart Disease

    • @bullettime1116
      @bullettime1116 Рік тому

      ​@@slavishentity6705heart disease negs

  • @petersmythe6462
    @petersmythe6462 Рік тому +727

    Part of the problem here is exceptional feats of heroics getting portrayed as at will abilities. By this same logic, every Finnish man can take a sniper round to the face and then kill the person who fired it, along with 500 other soldiers. Every Soviet woman can kill dozens of nazis with a rifle, then win outnumbered 8:1 in hand to hand combat with no casualties and take 4 prisoners each.
    Yeah, those are real things that happened in WWII, but they are not remotely typical things that happened in WWII. The average person did not shrug off .50 cals and proceed to personally fight off half a Soviet division himself or slice open hordes of invading nazis with her bayonet. And likely we remember the ones who did because the ones who tried and failed didn't get the chance to try again.

    • @chesterstevens8870
      @chesterstevens8870 Рік тому +93

      One Finnish man had a good day, and ever since then none of them would shut up about it.

    • @mrszmatan2727
      @mrszmatan2727 Рік тому +57

      @@chesterstevens8870 Other Finnish man had a very good day and was high on meth riding his skiis right through soviet soldiers camp

    • @nenmaster5218
      @nenmaster5218 Рік тому +7

      Nodding-along to Non Arguments is nice, but seriously, heres a real easy debunk of some of the points herre:
      "People are biased so powersclaing is stupid"
      No ,thats a You-Problem. I dont have that isue at all. I would argue the MAJROITY, which is a distinctly-different word from MINORITY,
      has no problem not having their personal taste interefere with their debate
      "Many Authors dont care. And whats the use of Consistency anyway."
      Nonsensee. The better a Work of Fiction, the more ocherent it is. The more coherent is, the better.
      This is basic knowledge about the planet oyu live on, cmmon
      "Look, a time where an Author didnt care or didnt notice somethingg"
      Continueing with the non-arguemnts, i see? Yes, pointing at an exception has never ther ability
      to disprove the larger Trend/Picture

    • @wutertots1087
      @wutertots1087 Рік тому +57

      ​@@nenmaster5218you see debates about mk1 power scaling? It is 100% biased

    • @truthseeker7815
      @truthseeker7815 Рік тому +11

      That “will power up” is a real thing, but it’s presented ridiculously in the media

  • @PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth
    @PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth Рік тому +743

    The goofiest thing with Batman defenders is that the reason the character is so compelling to begin with is that he's limited power-wise. He's a noir detective with neat gadgets, whose best villains are equally devoid of superpowers.
    Batman works so well specifically because he CAN'T just punch the other guy through a wall. Bu arguing he can beat Goku, a fan of Batman immediately strips the character of his appeal.

    • @defectivesickle5643
      @defectivesickle5643 Рік тому +38

      The "powerscaling betrays the media" argument is very baffling to me. Like, yeah? The point was never to make an official story of a character, it was just to see who would be able to win in a fight, given all accounts. People who take it too seriously are silly, yeah, but that's said about just about every hobby.

    • @TheKoopaKingBowser
      @TheKoopaKingBowser Рік тому +84

      @@defectivesickle5643 Again, I'm a power-scaler and I kind of agree/disagree, if you take it too seriously (as in getting legitmately heated in a debate that you chose to participate in.) I wouldn't say that, but in the context that "This shit won't happen ever, but lets talk about it anyway." is a very good way to look at it.

    • @kermitgotthesickkicks4265
      @kermitgotthesickkicks4265 Рік тому +65

      So called batman fans/ batwankers really ruined batman as a character for me.

    • @Oinker-Sploinker
      @Oinker-Sploinker Рік тому +14

      If that’s all it takes to ruin his character to you then you never enjoyed his character to begin with

    • @thorveim1174
      @thorveim1174 Рік тому +32

      yeah and with powerscalers, you'd forget Batman is supposed to be a human being as all the feats clearly state his intellect is above human level, which kinda defeats the whole point of the character

  • @zilvoxidgod
    @zilvoxidgod Рік тому +1564

    the amount of times that I've seen a regular human given "massively faster than light" because of some insane mental gymnastics by power scalers is hilarious. Just utterly ridiculous.

    • @mauricesteel4995
      @mauricesteel4995 Рік тому +489

      goon points a laser gun in a very telegraphed way and shoots character, character sees that in time and avoid the shot.
      powerscalers: HE DODGED A LASER, HE IS FTL!

    • @hunternot
      @hunternot Рік тому +192

      One piece fans be like.

    • @raunobre5802
      @raunobre5802 Рік тому +73

      @@hunternot exactly! I've always wanted to say that and one piece is my favorite anime! now I'm going to leave before the comment war starts. good luck

    • @traceyomoruyi302
      @traceyomoruyi302 Рік тому +17

      ​@@hunternotat least now luffy has actual ftl feats against kizaru

    • @Drakorre
      @Drakorre Рік тому +117

      This Is so true especially for shonens.
      Idc how strong they are, they see a bunch of teens moving at breakneck Speed and go "Faster than light"
      I literally saw some Naruto fans saying that 12 year old Sasuke was faster than light because he was faster than Haku
      Or One piece fans "He Is faster than light" for every character beucase...i don't know honestly

  • @billyswift1745
    @billyswift1745 Рік тому +1771

    One thing I always hate is that whenever a character dodges a "laser" that means at the very least they have a faster then light reaction speed, NO MATTER what. Even if it's a slow ass beam attack that takes 5 seconds to hit the target. This feat is so over used because tons of authors use laser attacks because they're cool.

    • @ShogunPlasma
      @ShogunPlasma Рік тому +464

      You have no idea how much this irks my nerves whenever I see/hear that. The reaching is crazy.
      It's especially bad in cases where it's mainly a videogame thing because of technical limitations or to save time. Like when they did Dragonborn vs Chosen Undead and they tried to say Dragonborn's magical arrowshot blocking out the sun instantly meant it moved beyond lightspeed. Bro, what? That's just the devs making the effect go off without taking ridiuclously long. Who wants to sit there and actually wait for that effect to go off in real time?

    • @yusifudo46
      @yusifudo46 Рік тому +22

      ​@@ShogunPlasmaWhat you blaming Death Battle for? People were hating on them because they wouldn't do power scaling in the early seasons.

    • @ShogunPlasma
      @ShogunPlasma Рік тому +218

      @@yusifudo46 I'm not sure what the point of this comment even was because it sounds like an unnecessary one.
      Power Scaling only works when it is used correctly. 9.5/10 it is not.
      The problem with early Death Battle was that they did little to no research into the characters. It doesn't necessarily have to do with Power Scaling in itself.

    • @yusifudo46
      @yusifudo46 Рік тому +9

      @@ShogunPlasma You brought up a Death Battle match and complaining about points they brought up. All I said is they're only doing that stuff now because people gave them flack for not power scaling before. Thought I was transparent obviously

    • @ShogunPlasma
      @ShogunPlasma Рік тому +133

      @@yusifudo46 I don't see the issue here. I used an actual example from Death Battle to prove my point.
      This has nothing to do with people complaining about them not using Power Scaling before. This is about the fact that the way people chose to Power Scale is literally stupid and ignorant. It's literally just "conveinence" for the sake of an argument.

  • @CHRB-nn6qp
    @CHRB-nn6qp Рік тому +139

    I know this sounds super weird, but hear me out. 'History buffs' on the internet have the exact same problem when it comes to judging historical civilizations. Every single civilization is judged by "Who would win in a war". That's why they all have such hard-ons for Prussia, Nazi Germany and the Roman Empire. It's baffling how many atrocities they overlook because army strong.

    • @mekingtiger9095
      @mekingtiger9095 Рік тому +20

      Damn, that's a nice parallel. I always thought the Roman Empire to be overrated to the extreme. I never really understood why so many people on the internet put it on a pedestal, but then it finally occurred to me: They only ever talk about Rome's military and only their military and its historical real life feats. It was when I realized and went "Ooooooh, they're *those* type of people who only care about the concept of 'cool action' and strength and might".
      Yeah, look, I do hate feminists and always will, but at times I do wonder whether their views of "toxic masculinity" aren't actually somewhat at least indirectly influenced by immature people like these acting like 14 year olds engaging in PP measuring contests.

    • @xaevius5319
      @xaevius5319 Рік тому +27

      the nazi germany thing is more so just a "yeah they were defeated, but what if I was the one commanding that army. could I have won?" like a sort of messed up underdog story cuz we know now that they failed in the end. or u know how people are morbidly fascinated with dictators, serial killers and those types of things like how there's more interest in demons and hell and demonic lore over angels and heaven and all that

    • @mekingtiger9095
      @mekingtiger9095 Рік тому +5

      ​@@xaevius5319 So they're just your typical HOI4 player?

    • @xaevius5319
      @xaevius5319 Рік тому +1

      @@mekingtiger9095 idk what that is but i guess so

    • @mekingtiger9095
      @mekingtiger9095 Рік тому +3

      @@xaevius5319 It's a historical map simulation strategy videogame set in WW2 where you control any nation of your choosing during the time period managing the country's military, diplomacy, trade and resources. But mostly the military at a division scale. And the amount of Germany fanboys who go "If I was in command of the Wehrmacht, Germamy would've won!" that game created or attracted to the community is honestly staggering.

  • @LocoRoco2009
    @LocoRoco2009 Рік тому +401

    Imagine power scaling a butter knife against a serrated blade because the butter knife was used to stab someone’s eye and kill them with one fell swoop.

    • @SqueakHaki
      @SqueakHaki Рік тому +7

      Lmao this is so hilarious.😂

    • @hylianro
      @hylianro Рік тому +37

      This is the best analogy

    • @Burn_Angel
      @Burn_Angel Рік тому +19

      Different kind of damage output. Serrated knife can make much more horrid wounds because...well, it's serrated.
      Still, it depends on who's using them. If you give the butter knife to a human, abd the serrated knife to an octopus (assuming the octopus can only attack with it and nothing else), the human with the butter knife would win.
      ...ah, but yeah, I guess I get what you mean. This is dumb, haha.

    • @ultrcombraun1559
      @ultrcombraun1559 Рік тому +2

      The point of powerscaling would be to figure out that the serrated blade can also kill someone with one attack to the eye, so their damage potential must be measured some other way.

    • @LocoRoco2009
      @LocoRoco2009 Рік тому +22

      And thus two comments have proven how cringe power scaling is!

  • @ClownCollegeReject
    @ClownCollegeReject Рік тому +832

    Stan Lee: "The person who'd win in a fight is the person that the scriptwriter wants to win!"

    • @Eminster
      @Eminster Рік тому +4

      Don't agree

    • @ayo4773
      @ayo4773 Рік тому +145

      @@Eminsterwym u don’t agree

    • @theburnedman..
      @theburnedman.. Рік тому +4

      I don’t agree

    • @Genther
      @Genther Рік тому +157

      @@Eminster No reasoning, no explanation, no sharing. Just "DoNT aGreE"
      flawless argument dude

    • @Eminster
      @Eminster Рік тому +18

      @@Genther ikr? Its amazing

  • @mittycommitspizzatime92
    @mittycommitspizzatime92 Рік тому +836

    As a Kirby fan it’s so unbelievably annoying when people barge into conversations about him and go “ergh Kirby is the strongest character ever because he’s an Eldridge elder super god that kills other super gods”

    • @AuroraBoost
      @AuroraBoost Рік тому +181

      Same with Kratos fans whenever they bring the argument of him killing gods when pretty much the characters he is going against can literally do the same

    • @kade-qt1zu
      @kade-qt1zu Рік тому +165

      ​@@AuroraBoostIt's funny because Kratos was literally struggling against Zeus and even initially losing, yet Kratos fanboys act like he easily killed him.

    • @user-vi4xy1jw7e
      @user-vi4xy1jw7e Рік тому +53

      Well, Kirby WAS the only character to escape the beams of light in Smash Ultimate.

    • @gr4n737
      @gr4n737 Рік тому

      Yes, because the creator loves Kirby and decided they should. Kirby ALSO gets horribly wounded just from a simple waddle-d walking into them at 3 miles per hour. @@user-vi4xy1jw7e

    • @mittycommitspizzatime92
      @mittycommitspizzatime92 Рік тому +122

      @@user-vi4xy1jw7e
      ok but
      A. Sakurai stated that several other characters (specifically Bayonetta and Palutena) could have escaped but chose to only have Kirby survive since he’s a beginner character for players to use for the mode.
      B. Kirby temporarily phasing out of existence as Galeem destroys the universe is kind of an arse pull on Sakurai’s part since he’s never done that in his games and that whole bit is based on an animation in the intro of Super Star.
      C. World of Light is entirely non-canon to the fighters in the game and Galeem’s power is kind of questionable (he can apparently destroy the universe and remake all of it in his image but gets one-shot by Sephiroth and gets beaten by any character you choose to fight him with) so who’s to say what would actually happen

  • @roadkillwaffle9847
    @roadkillwaffle9847 Рік тому +140

    As a DMC fan in year 2023, I have seen people try to say a character with under normal human strength is an omnipotent god because he killed a few ghosts described as "metaphysical" in flavour text even though they were specifically said to be weaker than their original versions in the same text

    • @ellingtonf1097
      @ellingtonf1097 Рік тому +29

      Metaphysical scaling is udder bullshit and scales nowhere

    • @AleksandrNevskiyu
      @AleksandrNevskiyu Рік тому +12

      Oh, don't forget about multiversal van

  • @fable23
    @fable23 Рік тому +895

    I remember being in middle school and getting into a heated debate on the GameFAQs forums about how peak Sephiroth was unbeatable because in the Kalm flashback, he took zero damage from everything. Somebody replied that that was just the story Cloud was telling, and that it wasn't actually a display of Sephiroth's power, but of how Cloud perceived it, and it rocked my world; not just because it was true in the context of the grave, but because I realized that it also _applied to the game itself._ It was all just a story being told to me by the developers. The only power that really matters in a story is the power of the one telling it.

    • @solracstormhunter3023
      @solracstormhunter3023 Рік тому +49

      That's deep 🤔

    • @CantusTropus
      @CantusTropus Рік тому +64

      Well, I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with a bit of speculation for pure fun, but ultimately we are here for the story. If anything distracts you from the story being told, then it's probably not worth obsessing over.

    • @mystik_owl
      @mystik_owl Рік тому +14

      This is rather insightful

    • @derekg5006
      @derekg5006 Рік тому +61

      Bro got an epiphany on gamefaqs

    • @tomsnowden6201
      @tomsnowden6201 Рік тому +3

      Not really, it’s just acknowledging that the writer has the power which if you ask me is pretty fucking obvious to the point of making it the opposite of insightful.

  • @jacobsonstudiosgoji
    @jacobsonstudiosgoji Рік тому +154

    i hate it when they hate on literally anything for the sole purpose of “it isn’t as strong as my favorite”

  • @Robeebert
    @Robeebert Рік тому +927

    The power scaling community loves to argue but they don't recognize when they're committing formal fallacies.
    I've seen once where a power scaler entered an actual philosophy Clubhouse and left because "getting corrected is cringe."

  • @andrewmandrona7891
    @andrewmandrona7891 Рік тому +271

    I love how bad they are at actually estimating things. If those meteors were moving at 11 Mm/s, then the whole prison would have been vaporized before they even landed. From what we see in the scene they are clearly moving at less than 300 m/s when they enter the building.

    • @GeorgeDCowley
      @GeorgeDCowley Рік тому

      I was thinking the meteors would have.

    • @hyacinth01
      @hyacinth01 Рік тому +14

      I was thinking the exact same thing

    • @reinertgregal1130
      @reinertgregal1130 Рік тому +43

      Inb4: The prison is actually Continental level and that's why it was able to contain her.

    • @Lightning_Lance
      @Lightning_Lance Рік тому +6

      It could only make sense if the meteors are illusions or something. Or just balls of rock and fire that are made in the air and then fall down, rather than actually being pulled from other space. Because that scene is completely ridiculous: any meteor big enough not to burn up in the atmosphere would do way more damage than depicted

    • @TheStraightestWhitest
      @TheStraightestWhitest 11 місяців тому +16

      Your first mistake was using logic. In powerscaling, nothing can ever be scaled down. That isn't a joke. It's on Omniversal Battlefield. It's the first and most important rule.
      This means that the prison would actually just be upscaled to like multi-continental if not planetary.

  • @marraytaleus6598
    @marraytaleus6598 Рік тому +1814

    Honestly, powerscaling has gotten pretty unreliable recently. The modern powerscalers, even Death Battle, seem to ignore consistency and anti-feats. It's like they're on a mission to show these characters only at their absolute best, without considering that some of those high-end feats might just be one-time outliers.

    • @maritimesteak8540
      @maritimesteak8540 Рік тому +270

      they just aren't objective or honest when scaling characters they can't even admit when they don't actually know something because the series doesn't give enough info but consider pure speculation as fact a character could be far stronger than what series implies etc. or weaker.

    • @achimpanzee9210
      @achimpanzee9210 Рік тому +91

      Some of it is just writing getting more crazy. Multiverses are more common then they use to so characters are getting more crazy feats and such

    • @maritimesteak8540
      @maritimesteak8540 Рік тому +78

      @@achimpanzee9210 I agree but alot of scalers just aren't honest and think they are right when there is other ways to look at things

    • @marraytaleus6598
      @marraytaleus6598 Рік тому +133

      This is nothing new. Batman Has some multiversal level feats under his belt. Spider man has knocked out some of galactus's heralds, who are shown to be strong enough to swim through stars in 70's. It's just that early power scalers had restraint And understood what outliers are and knew that some feats are just done for a rule of cool. They rated a character based on how strong they're consistently shown in their media. An idea that most modern power scalers I spoke to absolutely hates Because they believe that rating a character on how strong they are consistently is downplaying.

    • @mortimerwake2974
      @mortimerwake2974 Рік тому +178

      "Even Death Battle"
      DB was never a good source and the Stone Free feat demonstrates it. Their ability to interpret situations is leagues below their ability to do basic trigonometry.

  • @wv5853
    @wv5853 Рік тому +759

    The appeal of Batman to me is him being an underdog. He has no powers and is trying to fight villains that are mostly superhuman with most other character in his verse being far above his pay grade and him choosing to fight against them in-spite of that is really appealing, I feel like we don’t have much scenes of this underdog persona being explored in justice league films but the fact that that’s probably going through his head makes him feel so real, it suits his backstory to, he was powerless to stop those bullets and in a world we’re you’re seemingly the only normal street level human he probably stills feels powerless and takes on these people anyway.
    The whole Batman plus prep time solos goku argument I feel takes away from that when the reason he uses prep time in the first place is cause he’s the only character who’s forced to rely on it.

    • @yourdemiseishere
      @yourdemiseishere Рік тому +15

      Batman has 9999 failsafes and even a thing called failsafe, the only prep he needs is being a version with all the bullshit weird shit, like the weird light magic knowing of the anime and shit. A lot of times he hasnt had prep but because he was so well versed he was able to adapt.
      As long as he doesn't pull 'i win' out his ass it's fine. Just assume he knows everything a human like him would know, trying everything anti-alien or strange rituals.
      I'd put him as a no weakness version of base superman in difficulty to beat, while superman has further forms and strange stuff himself and batman can beat a basic superman that's just a bit pissy due to basically just having his 'i win' button on him keeping him low power.
      For instance, spiderman vs superman if spiderman has kryptonite webbing, there needs to be a 'i win' button clause or omething.

    • @billyboleson2830
      @billyboleson2830 Рік тому +135

      @@yourdemiseishere even then that’s still mainly stemming from bias writers. Justice league animated series was the start of all this Batman bias nonsense putting him above everyone else. Yeah nowadays he has all these plans for stronger characters but back in the day Batman got his ass beat all the time ! And it was awesome! Seeing him have to get back up was better because it showed that he was still human and wasn’t the perfect fighter he is now

    • @lePirateMan
      @lePirateMan Рік тому +1

      My favorite batman -justice league moment his him taking green lanterns ring

    • @t-rex1959
      @t-rex1959 Рік тому +31

      Pretty much any popular version of Batman is 100% superhuman in their own universe, though.
      Like genuinely fucking ridiculous things they do, which defeat the whole point of the character IMO.
      Arkham Batman:
      Robert Pattinson and Christian Bales Batmans are perfectly done, though.

    • @ExulInsani
      @ExulInsani Рік тому +1

      @@t-rex1959 arkham origins batman was a FUCKING *MENACE*

  • @ShouldaWoulda
    @ShouldaWoulda Рік тому +234

    *Kyle punches a hole in the drywall*
    Powerscaler: "He's city block level"

    • @SenseiThat
      @SenseiThat Рік тому +10

      "uhm actually,he'd be wall level"

    • @ShouldaWoulda
      @ShouldaWoulda Рік тому +43

      @@SenseiThat "but what if he's blood lusted?"

    • @ellingtonf1097
      @ellingtonf1097 Рік тому +30

      @@ShouldaWoulda "Outerversal lowballed, Boundless with wank."

    • @NebulaSon
      @NebulaSon Рік тому +9

      That drywall came from a dream world of infinite imagination and each of those imagination has unlimited space and unlimited possibilities. That means that breaking that drywall makes him outerversal and boundless.

    • @elmostew2
      @elmostew2 Рік тому +6

      and Kyle yelled at his mom who can turn the lights on which means she’s faster than light but since Kyle yelled at her he clearly isn’t afraid of a FTL entity which scales him extremely faster than light and since light is real and he is in a story this also makes him boundless

  • @ch4rliegaming
    @ch4rliegaming Рік тому +397

    Powerscalling mfs when they notice plot armor, writters choice, story elements, lore progression, character development exists.

    • @pawelmatuszczyk2481
      @pawelmatuszczyk2481 Рік тому +32

      Anti powerscalling mfs when they realize that we know what plot armor is but we just remove it in debates because we want to make the fight as fair as possible

    • @sylver1146
      @sylver1146 Рік тому +171

      ​@@pawelmatuszczyk2481"anti power scalling mfs " 🤓☝️

    • @Seinsmelled
      @Seinsmelled Рік тому +19

      ​@@sylver1146genius counterpoint

    • @sylver1146
      @sylver1146 Рік тому +59

      @@Seinsmelled powerscallers are asinine

    • @BluLobstaDude
      @BluLobstaDude Рік тому +71

      Oldest powerscaler: 👶🏻

  • @Theokal3
    @Theokal3 Рік тому +220

    Agreed with all your points and I would like to add a fourth one: variables. Who could be who isn't an absolute because it depends on a lot of factor: Batman usually can win against Superman because Superman doesn't like killing and would hold back, not to mention Batman has the benefit of having worked with him and knowing how he operates (an advantage he usually wouldn't have against a fresh new opponent he never met before). These alone alter the direction of the fight. Fights do not just take raw inchangeable facts into account: you'd have to take into account how much time both characters had to prepare, how they're feeling at the moment, the field where they're fighting, the conditions for winning, and many more. Much like in reality, who would win in a fight isn't something that constant, it can and will change depending on tons of factors unless the difference in power between the two is truly massive.

    • @heyguysxd
      @heyguysxd Рік тому +17

      Batman would definetly not fight superman either?
      Except if sups was evil or something like in Injustice.
      But you are not wrong in some very specific situations batman could beat him.
      But i never get those arguments.
      I thought in those "Who wins in a fight" arguments are supposed to be fair.
      Stupidly unfair ones are just annoying. So yeah i guess Batman could beat Goku if the saiyan was sleeping after eating poisoned food lol😂.

    • @The_Gabe
      @The_Gabe Рік тому +13

      In vs debating it is always assumed that it’s an equal fight.
      Flat and neutral terrain, no preparation time and both start out in their peak condition.
      Kinda like how professional sports matches go (except for the final part, you can hardly do anything about it).

    • @RedSunUnderParadise
      @RedSunUnderParadise Рік тому +2

      Batsy doesn’t kill Either and Supes is also hyper intelligent and could just sic his bots at Bruce. Just sayin’

    • @Sub-Zero-im7km
      @Sub-Zero-im7km Рік тому +5

      Superman's admitted he's purposely let Batman win.

    • @ShogunPlasma
      @ShogunPlasma Рік тому +13

      I've been preaching this for years and I get nothing but shit for bringing up variables. Out here doing god's work.

  • @notimportant493
    @notimportant493 Рік тому +445

    I used to do a lot of power scaling and debating back in 2016 to about 2018/19 and knew a lot of the bigger vs debaters and power scalers before they got big (or infamous in a few cases) and I ended up simply despising the community around it by the end, especially when a lot of them started moving over to discord and doing a lot of their E debating in voice chats. It often just devolved into shit throwing and name calling or when they were throwing around scaling and feats it would become "my infinite is bigger then yours".
    Safe to say after somebody got swatted over a Naruto vs Goku debate then I knew it was time to leave.

    • @Squibbo0000
      @Squibbo0000 Рік тому +40

      once you bring set theory into it you go into writing debate levels of pretentiousness im ngl

    • @BobThePenguin.
      @BobThePenguin. Рік тому +60

      Bro someone got swatted over one of the most clear cut debates in fiction? Damn im glad im not involved with that.

    • @hype5456
      @hype5456 Рік тому +23

      ​@@BobThePenguin.Power scalers are just that toxic

    • @Dan05-usd
      @Dan05-usd Рік тому +6

      🗣️ 💯 Literally everything you said I what I’ve seen on discord. Used to think Fictional VS debates were awesome among people who are good faith, but then you enter the discord scene and run into of younger scalers who are either toxic, don’t know how to debate, and a lot of times just both.

    • @ihaspancake2331
      @ihaspancake2331 Рік тому +12

      Uncle grampa solos goku change my mind

  • @TheCrimsonElite666
    @TheCrimsonElite666 Рік тому +388

    Powerscalers have practically ruined any discussion on Sun Wukong. You can't go five seconds on any discussion regarding him without these powerscalers coming out of the woodwork to circlejerk the ever loving shit out of his hypothetical power level.

    • @Duothimir
      @Duothimir Рік тому +154

      As someone who has read Journey to the West, Sun Wukong is in fact hilariously overpowered. The whole point is that he has to learn humility and how to use his powers for good, which is why he gets casually bitchslapped by Buddha and then controlled by Sanzang with a magic headache circlet. Also that whole thing about him being limited to the physical plane, so the reason he gets clapped by Buddha is that Buddha is one with the universe. It's like if your toenail suddenly decided to rebel, it can't beat something it's a part of.

    • @TheCrimsonElite666
      @TheCrimsonElite666 Рік тому +119

      @@Duothimir That's all well and good, but the powerscalers don't actually care about that context. They take his power in a vacuum and go on and on about how he can solo every other fictional character, which leads back to the grievances of this video where we have similar circlejerking with Goku and Batman. It's like they care more about his power than his actual character.

    • @Duothimir
      @Duothimir Рік тому +28

      @@TheCrimsonElite666 Well yeah, that's why context is important.

    • @hype5456
      @hype5456 Рік тому +19

      ​@@Duothimirthat shows people care about their strength then their character

    • @RogerRoger556
      @RogerRoger556 Рік тому +62

      ​@@hype5456 people say: "he can do that"
      But people don't ask: "would he actually do that?"

  • @generallyupsetfetus
    @generallyupsetfetus 8 місяців тому +16

    Powerscaling and powerscalers in general never made a lick of sense to me because there's no one on this planet who actually believes a character can be 14D while knowing what 14D means. I don't even understand half of the abbreviations anymore. Infinity? Infinity+?? Beyond fiction/narrative??? That's not even true to the slightest extent. That's just playground conjecture, there are NO characters beyond the story, even if explicitly stated. It all boils down to "I have anti-everything attacks and armor!!" like during primary school recess.

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 8 місяців тому +1

      Yes, duning kruger effect: You know so little about the Topic you think its really silly.
      To quote Forrest-Valkai "I get why you think Evolution is fake.
      I think you were told a watered-down version of it and im gonna be straight with you:
      If somoeone told me Eovlution works like they told (=lied) to you, i would
      genuinly not believe it"

    • @generallyupsetfetus
      @generallyupsetfetus 8 місяців тому +7

      @@slevinchannel7589 1. No, this is not the Dunning Kruger effect. I am not assuming I know everything there is about powerscaling, I am stating how I feel about powerscaling.
      2. Please learn to spell properly before you begin to format your messages as though you're "superior" to someone else. It's actually a prime example of the Dunning Kruger effect you just so happened to mention.
      3. Despite me not knowing very much about powerscaling, it's not as though I necessarily require that much knowledge about it to be upset at it. Because I've heard several powerscalers of various ages use those terms unironically. I've seen them ruin communities and annoy people to absurd lengths just for these characters. Even if those were somehow "flukes" or "false powerscalers", they still exist.
      4. I still have no idea what you're trying to disprove here.

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 8 місяців тому +2

      @@generallyupsetfetus Yeah, adittedly you DID phrase it as "Never made sense to Me" but it's still a pretty bad, biased, reeking-of-0-knowledge coment
      Im not picking on you for no reaosn duh
      Simply put, powerscaling makes no f-ing sense to oyu cause you dont understnad itand this laughed-at video here did not help

    • @generallyupsetfetus
      @generallyupsetfetus 8 місяців тому +5

      @@slevinchannel7589 I feel as though you prove my point as to why powerscalers are incoherent to me.

    • @laurentiuvladutmanea3622
      @laurentiuvladutmanea3622 8 місяців тому +5

      @@slevinchannel7589 1. Stop insulting Forrest Valkai by comparing your science illiterate nonsense with evolution.
      2. Dude, make an actual argument.

  • @erikm8373
    @erikm8373 Рік тому +810

    Honestly I enjoy a good versus debate most when you lean into the fanfiction aspects of it. When you ask "What would cause these characters to fight? How would they react to each other? How might their unique skills or abilities interact with each other?" that's when you get interesting discussion and entertaining stories. Reducing a character to feats and tiers where whoever gets the biggest number wins, and that's the end of it, is incredibly boring.

    • @RRR-nr3yd
      @RRR-nr3yd Рік тому +15

      +2

    • @chazaqiel2319
      @chazaqiel2319 Рік тому +94

      I agree with you. I don't understand why people try to criticize this method by calling it "arbitrary" when like... The whole point of imagining matchups is arbitrary in the first place!

    • @jacobbachman4014
      @jacobbachman4014 Рік тому +80

      Agreed, but there is another path that’s equally interesting. Powerscaling low power characters against high power, and trying to justify the low powers victory via increasingly convoluted methods like mr bean vs Superman

    • @demonwizard2162
      @demonwizard2162 Рік тому +11

      Honestly goated comment. Completely agree with you

    • @Afanofbeginning
      @Afanofbeginning Рік тому +10

      I like power scaling and using feats but I’m still confused on why people use a feat that likely isn’t just meant to either look cool or progress the story then it becomes difficult like with deku from mha he’s mostly definitely not light speed if you look at the bigger picture but because he dodged lasers in one scene he’s considered light speed by some people i hope I typed this in a understand way but I probably didn’t cause I suck at this

  • @Zenn_Chan
    @Zenn_Chan Рік тому +622

    The funny thing about rule 3 is that I find that the direct opposite is the case. When I watch Death Battles, the character I think sounds more interesting, will almost ALWAYS lose. Because being stupidly overpowered is BORING.

    • @buzter8135
      @buzter8135 Рік тому +37

      @koboldwizard Sorry, bub, when you put value in the power of a character rather than the character itself, don't expect much attention to be put into the actual character.

    • @funnybones98
      @funnybones98 Рік тому +17

      @@buzter8135he was agreeing?

    • @buzter8135
      @buzter8135 Рік тому +9

      @@funnybones98 I know, I was being sarcastic.

    • @godzillaandstuffproduction9383
      @godzillaandstuffproduction9383 Рік тому +8

      Yeah that's why everybody hates Superman and Goku

    • @The_Gabe
      @The_Gabe Рік тому +7

      Saitama has entered the chat

  • @antoniogaravo9289
    @antoniogaravo9289 Рік тому +271

    my favorite power scaling discussions :
    "yeah when these two meet ain't no way they fight, instant friendship"
    "yeah"
    "yeah"
    "now what ?"
    "ok so now both characters have bloodlust"

    • @Ave_Satana666
      @Ave_Satana666 Рік тому +1

      Ichigo is the king of 1v1 he seems to be made to fight others think about it

    • @Ave_Satana666
      @Ave_Satana666 Рік тому +1

      His power isnt even blockable because its spirt energy no one but soul reapers can block his attacks. That's just his attacks

    • @Ave_Satana666
      @Ave_Satana666 Рік тому

      You powered up? He has 8 power ups all increasing his power by 70 times each.

    • @Ave_Satana666
      @Ave_Satana666 Рік тому

      Base form human ichigo is combat train and atleast able to take arc one naruto in base human form bare handed. Bro is the goat

    • @Ave_Satana666
      @Ave_Satana666 Рік тому

      Ichigo hits bankai and any other protag dies. Barion mode was made to compete with bankai. And super sayain god was made to compete with bankai. Ichigo still can just go bankai + hollow mask meaning even after other Shonen authors made their charaters stronger Ichigo is still the best.

  • @Trike207
    @Trike207 Рік тому +226

    I call this community "Clownscaling"

    • @LavelinaAli
      @LavelinaAli Рік тому +19

      Fr 90% of them just use this for debunk

    • @StalkerX426
      @StalkerX426 10 місяців тому +11

      Now that Word is mine, thanks.

    • @narwhal_yt6871
      @narwhal_yt6871 10 місяців тому +14

      Ive decided to try power scaling.. so far its awful
      I mean every point in the video is good and i agree
      But its so funny seing these people rage and simp that much.
      Worst part is i have to keep going or else he will stop and dang is he goofy. I said i respect him for the hustle etc and he became toxic

    • @itsyenji
      @itsyenji 10 місяців тому +2

      Agreed

    • @guilhermepereira558
      @guilhermepereira558 9 місяців тому

      I am from the godzilla comunity to and one thing that happens..as.. FUCK ITS MISINFORMATION DAMN BRO FOR ME POWER SCALERS MISINFORMATION THEY SOMETIMES MAKE AN A UNDERRATED CHARACTER TO A FUCKING OVERRATED CHARACTER and its sad that those clown exist i mean i know not all power scalers are like this but damn seriously

  • @ddl3718
    @ddl3718 Рік тому +417

    Batman’s problem is that he started as “the world greatest detective” like Sherlock Holmes. The problem is DC is an ever evolving multiverse that makes stronger and stronger threats. And since Batman’s thing is being the smartest, his ability to make inhumane, incomprehensible solutions to universe busting problems somewhat ruins his character

    • @mittycommitspizzatime92
      @mittycommitspizzatime92 Рік тому +118

      I like “guy in a bat suit who’s good at solving crimes and has fancy gadgets” Batman more than “I’m a super genius give me enough time and I can kill 200 gods with a mechanical spoon I invented” Batman

    • @alondite215
      @alondite215 Рік тому +34

      Honestly my favorite Batman stories are still the ones where he's more detective and less super hero.

    • @ShadeSlayer1911
      @ShadeSlayer1911 Рік тому +1

      @@mittycommitspizzatime92 Same.

    • @tylerpham6556
      @tylerpham6556 Рік тому +5

      Batman having to catch up to power creep :/

    • @baligong3592
      @baligong3592 Рік тому +14

      I miss when Detective Comics Comics did Detective, Cop, Government, CSI, etc. type of characters in Mystery, Action, etc.
      Nowadays, it feels like Every single person including Writers are more focused on How strong a character is.

  • @Connor_Kirkpatrick
    @Connor_Kirkpatrick Рік тому +67

    “In fiction, facts care about your feelings”
    Hardest quote known to man

  • @Greenbit
    @Greenbit Рік тому +349

    Yeah, this is why I stepped away from the debating community. Because it’s just full of childish and toxic idiots that act like their opinions is the absolute truth. Not to mention, debaters just go and jump at everyone's throat for no reason over a different opinion. Either this or they are so in love with characters that don’t exist because nobody that exists in real life loves them.

    • @shitass1297
      @shitass1297 Рік тому +42

      "Goku solos though" -🤓🤓🤓

    • @soggyeggroll2003
      @soggyeggroll2003 Рік тому +20

      Just entertaining a match up ends up turning into a redditor superiority match with insulting intelligence

    • @deathmasterkrook7924
      @deathmasterkrook7924 Рік тому +25

      "Either this or they are so in love with characters that don’t exist because nobody that exists in real life loves them."
      Best roast ive heard for debaters

    • @rjsblanket3024
      @rjsblanket3024 Рік тому +9

      But that isn't exclusive to debaters, powerscaling itself is fine, some people are assholes, others are not, why is this such a hard thing for most to grasp?

    • @sazude2
      @sazude2 Рік тому +1

      That last part sent the fuck outta me 😂😂

  • @ablosch2452
    @ablosch2452 Рік тому +59

    In a way, I feel like the Chuck Norris and Shaggy memes were playing fun at this. Acting like a mere Karate Movie actor and a character canonically shown to be a gluttonous coward is able to solo all these Uber-powerful characters just because they said so.

    • @vaporsnakek
      @vaporsnakek 6 місяців тому +3

      W

    • @Regigigas_YT
      @Regigigas_YT 4 місяці тому +3

      Shaggy vs Gojo mfs when Gojo kills him without even trying and only using Blue

    • @vaporsnakek
      @vaporsnakek 4 місяці тому +13

      @@Regigigas_YT Gojo gets clapped so hard by shaggy it's not even close

    • @Regigigas_YT
      @Regigigas_YT 4 місяці тому

      @@vaporsnakek womp fucking womp you filthy 🦊 you have activated my Domain Expansion, COMMON FUCKING SENSE.
      It's not even that hard to know Shaggy could beat Toji at most, I'd say Fred and the gang could figure out what to do with Jogo, heck, I'd say Blue Falcon could handle Megumi with no Mahoraga just fine. But Gojo's Purple deletes them, it's just common sense since Shaggy never did anything like the memes say in any movie ever, and no, the WB logo bumper where he grabbed Scorpion does not count, bc if it did DreamWorks Kid would be Planetary. And no, the bikers that Shaggy beat up are not even close to any JJK sorcerer, well, maybe one, child Megumi.

  • @ImmaSquirrel
    @ImmaSquirrel Рік тому +492

    people need to realize that power scaling comparisons is a fun topic if you don't get too technical and literal.
    Edit: Emphases on *too* technical and literal. Some of y'all're countering like I said "don't get technical and literal"...

    • @kindlingking
      @kindlingking Рік тому +90

      Powerscaling is fun if you focus on coming up with interesting scenarios instead on absolute results.

    • @EldiSqu
      @EldiSqu Рік тому +55

      ​@@kindlingking100% agreed. People being way too serious about debating fictional characters is one of the reasons why I stopped power scaling, I simply can't comprehend how someone can get toxic over something as pointless as this.
      Looking back at my experiences with power scaling it's mostly been a dread-fest. Something that was supposed to be fun just ends up drawing in some very toxic people 📎

    • @ImmaSquirrel
      @ImmaSquirrel Рік тому +1

      @@kindlingking
      facts, this too.

    • @squirrelthegamer8483
      @squirrelthegamer8483 Рік тому +8

      Hello my fellow squirrel. 🐿️ While I sorta agree, I do think trying to genuinely compare two interesting characters from completely different universes is an interesting thing to do. Like for instance, who would solve the Kira case faster between L and Batman. For me, that’s interesting because they’re both incredibly intelligent detectives but have different ways and tools to utilize. Something that seemingly close would be interesting to find out who’s legitimately better. But that’s a scenario with more nuance and subtitly so if you just want to imagine fun fights between two powerhouses, I don’t think it’s worth getting that technical about it. Just do like a loose mix of rp and power scaling and play a fight through.

    • @Dan05-usd
      @Dan05-usd Рік тому +1

      @@kindlingking 🗣️ 💯

  • @BloopSuperJuice
    @BloopSuperJuice Рік тому +120

    Powerscaling Debates almost ALWAYS lead to just insults.
    It's like the primal feeling of Conflict takes over you during the argument and leads to getting unironically angry over a fictional character

    • @dillianevan4200
      @dillianevan4200 Рік тому +17

      For absolutely no reason too 😂 other than to argue and take some anger out or something

    • @BloopSuperJuice
      @BloopSuperJuice Рік тому +12

      @@dillianevan4200 fax.
      it starts slowly, sneaking in snarky remarks here n there, and then it just raises to actual death threats 💀

    • @irrelevanttroll3312
      @irrelevanttroll3312 Рік тому +4

      Fr lmfao mfs just switch to "Slams" "Negs" (Totally not me)

    • @Tenebrio-Morio
      @Tenebrio-Morio Рік тому

      That's why I cut out the middle man and just insult power scalers directly. Delusional pricks.

    • @Skepticminecraft
      @Skepticminecraft Рік тому +3

      They always bring family into this 😂

  • @ddl385
    @ddl385 Рік тому +88

    What is worse is when fans start demanding power scaling consistency from authors, and using that as way to rate scenes or arcs or works of fiction. They don't care about character development or emotion or plot and just go "this was a bad storyline because author did not respect the math. The MATH, man!". So you start getting accusations of bad writing or Mary Sue writing. Or they use terms like "plot induced stupidity", which is when characters do anything but act like cold, emotionless machines designed to win fights, because they are busy having needs and wants like a normal human, so they fail to repeat previous feats they should be able to do every time.

    • @daraghokane4236
      @daraghokane4236 Рік тому +2

      Lex Luthor runs for president and wins because he gets votes, why didn't superman just punch him, pis superman could easily have over thrown the US government and made himself god King only reason he didn't was so the plot could happen.

    • @CatBitchNami
      @CatBitchNami Рік тому +13

      This angers me greatly.

    • @yakone1163
      @yakone1163 Рік тому +14

      I mean the consistency of a character's power level should obviously be well, consistent? Having adult Goku get hurt by bullets when as a child they don't scratch him, is just dumb and confuses readers. Like I get what you are saying about people being nerds but the powerscaling in-universe should at least be coherent.

    • @doomchromee8648
      @doomchromee8648 Рік тому +15

      @@yakone1163I dont think it needs to as long as it tells a good story

    • @mekingtiger9095
      @mekingtiger9095 Рік тому +15

      To be fair, I am a believer that yes, power scaling generally SHOULD be somewhat self consistent. Specially in more plot centered arcs and action scenes. Otherwise you get thrown off by very stupid writing and lose any real sense of stakes and expectations. The biggest, most flagrant example of this being CW's The Flash. A good story also needs to keeps its own rules somewhat consistent to a degree so as to not require far too much suspencion of disbelief to become watchable. It can also become super jarring if a character with a destructive potential to crack islands with their own normal punches suddenly can't even bust a wall with no given explanation for that. That would be awful magic system writing unless you have deliberately written the strength level associated with it to be utterly random for some reason.
      That said, stories also don't need to have total 100% accuracy and consistency like these nerds demand to have. You should allow yourself to have some bit of narrative freedom and flexibility or otherwise there would no story at all to begin with.

  • @sparta-zh7yk
    @sparta-zh7yk Рік тому +170

    The powerscalling community is what ruind the SCP stories, every SCP they make must be boundless

    • @shizsker54
      @shizsker54 Рік тому +13

      Don't blame the power scaler. Blame bad writing😂

    • @sparta-zh7yk
      @sparta-zh7yk Рік тому +90

      @@shizsker54 that's the problem, they care about powerscalling more then a good story, for example there is an articale and i am not joking, made SCP 096 immessrubale speed and strengh amd destroyd a galexy by jumping, like what was wrong with the old story

    • @shizsker54
      @shizsker54 Рік тому +1

      @@sparta-zh7yk not what I meant

    • @mekingtiger9095
      @mekingtiger9095 Рік тому +30

      ​@@shizsker54 I don't know, bro. A rather good portion of these bad writers seems to be powerscalers engaging in a D measuring contest to see who's the "stronkest". Obviously not all power scalers are like that, but the community at large tends to a breeding pit for a lot of bad apples that then go out of their nest to wander the exterior world and then spread their influence for some reason. Sorry if might have generalized it a bit, but holy, are these individual bad apples annoying.

    • @dereck9736
      @dereck9736 Рік тому +4

      1. Sounds like a you problem I how strong a character is determins your enjoyment of a story
      2. Most scp stories don't focus on powerscaleing

  • @jez0608
    @jez0608 Рік тому +1005

    Sometimes this powerscaling thing just breakes the entire idea of behind a character. Kratos for example is very strong, being able to flip building and fight giant creatures. That's cool. But then someone scales him to Thor, and because Thor cracked one of the branches of Yggdrasil tree and the Tree is basicly encompassing several universes, so now Kratos suddenly has multiverse level power, like wtf...
    Or Doomguy, I played 2016 and it is cool, when you lose the death animations actually show you how easily the protagonist could be killed by any of the demons. For me that makes him even cooler, a guy who is not invulnerable but with his strength, skill, speed, and sheer effing rage can plow through hordes of hell like butter. And then someone goes into the lore and how Doomguy is basically a godlike being, capable of killing the creator of infinite multivetse with his bare fists.
    When I hear staff like this, I basically lose any interest. When a character can destroy multiverses upon omniverses it just becomes a bunch of meaningless numbers, not relatable in any way.

    • @Raidoton
      @Raidoton Рік тому +57

      But it does make powerscalers mad so I kinda approve it!

    • @faeyzaihsanulfikri9975
      @faeyzaihsanulfikri9975 Рік тому +161

      that doomguy bit was quite accurate I’d just like to think he’s a normal guy with incredible strength and will saying a character is godlike just because they did a feat it just makes me hate power scalling more and more

    • @jaek__
      @jaek__ Рік тому +77

      ​@@faeyzaihsanulfikri9975doomguy is a bit of a gag character, the writers said that he only uses guns to make the demons suffer more, he's angry and so powerful that yeah he can one-shot everything, that doesn't equate to the gameplay and is only a bit of trivia the nerds enjoy, I say if playing as the doomslayer knowing he is almost all powerful makes the player more immersed or allows them to enjoy the power fantasy than eh why not, power scaling is fun up until you start doing math

    • @jaek__
      @jaek__ Рік тому +12

      ​@@faeyzaihsanulfikri9975he's so mad that, he literally cannot die tl:dr

    • @abdouaboud7490
      @abdouaboud7490 Рік тому +35

      @@faeyzaihsanulfikri9975 totally agree hate when they scale up a character because of a random feat that he'll probably never be able to replicate

  • @GreatWorkBoss
    @GreatWorkBoss Рік тому +281

    Omg someone said it. A character with risk is actually more interesting storywise than another character just for a virtual meat measuring contest.

    • @vaudevillevillain21
      @vaudevillevillain21 Рік тому +15

      I think it depends on the character. Dr Manhattan is the best example

    • @GeorgeDCowley
      @GeorgeDCowley Рік тому +4

      Thunder McQueen is an effective antagonist because "draw" isn't good enough for his target, since that would mean dying.

    • @specificocean4176
      @specificocean4176 Рік тому +4

      Dbz and Dbs in a nutshell

    • @Chud_Bud_Supreme
      @Chud_Bud_Supreme 4 місяці тому +2

      Which is why the first Die Hard is still a classic

    • @narrativeless404
      @narrativeless404 3 місяці тому

      ​@@GeorgeDCowley Lightning* McQueen
      But yeah, featless characters can also be entertaining

  • @LOLquendoTV
    @LOLquendoTV Рік тому +147

    I like powerscaling vids when its just like a podcast style discussion of 3 people who are clearly just riffing coming up with crazy scenarios and making each other laugh. Feels like its closer to the vibe of actually talking about this with your friends to pass the time y'know?

    • @beywheelzhater8930
      @beywheelzhater8930 Рік тому +38

      People forget why crossover fights happen in the first place
      For entertainment

    • @asierx7047
      @asierx7047 Рік тому +26

      Crazy scenarios is the best part of powerscaling vids
      "Wobbuffet powerscales above goku" is correct but only because it techincally always hits twice as hard as the enemy

    • @drumo2273
      @drumo2273 Рік тому +8

      ​@@asierx7047And I love goofy shit like that

    • @Camazotzer
      @Camazotzer Рік тому +6

      Yeah, this is the true essence of power scaling.
      Well, it is also very fun to make people mad on the internet, half of the reason I have ever dabbled in powerscaling is because arguing with dumb people can occasionally be really fun.

    • @draconomega
      @draconomega Рік тому +2

      ​@@asierx7047wobbufett has countered attacks from actual gods in pokemon (in the hoppa movie) so he could probably do it xd

  • @NickAndriadze
    @NickAndriadze Рік тому +149

    Morale of the story: The writers are the most powerful characters and could defeat any other character in any fight, *PERIOD.* They have the insane ability called ''plot armor'' that they can grant to their desired ally characters, called the ''protagonists''/''main characters,'' which is the single strongest damage reduction and defence boost stat in the entirety of existence. It can survive fusion bombs, nuclear holocaust, gamma rays, supernovas, the entire universe collapsing in on itself, you name it. No one punch man ain't one punching through that! Honestly it's a good thing that they don't even interact with the fictional universes most of the times, because they are literal gods, and all the characters are just action figures they play around with.

    • @btchiaintkidding7837
      @btchiaintkidding7837 Рік тому +3

      DC's TOAA , Marvel'a Artist,
      Tolkien's al-iluvitar (basically tolkein himself) are example of this.

    • @agsdragon5475
      @agsdragon5475 Рік тому +2

      I agree stan lee put it best at one point when he made his rant against power scaling, which I found very therapeutic that the winner is the one that writer whats to win as a future comic creator I was worried about how strinf should I make my characters and how to still make it make sense but thanks from advice from my mother about just having faith in God and stan lee words helped me power scaling and bringing in the multiverse and trying to make characters super powerful all time is a what is now ruining fiction now I mean people are now bringing in the omniverse now which is now making this a bigger mess so follow the advice of some of the old greats and just have faith in yourself as a creator and whatever deity you believe because all you and those we worship in our religion truly know what we are capable of and both know well what we make is fiction it as only as powerful as we want to make it from silly toons to the greatest heroes in anime

    • @winden-3685
      @winden-3685 Рік тому +6

      What's kind of frustrating about this type of point is it's something that people who enjoy power scaling know, it's just not relevant to the hobby. Both parties know if they were to exist in the same story whoever wrote it would decide who wins, it's not some grand revelation that that's the case. If I'm comparing Goku and Superman I care about how each writer went about their own story and how they portrayed each character. Saying "it doesn't matter the writer chooses anyway" is just as reductive and frustrating as when "could he beat Goku" is brought up in other contexts.

    • @agsdragon5475
      @agsdragon5475 Рік тому +1

      @@winden-3685 I agree I want my stories to stand on their own and not be compared to others in power that just ruins everything

    • @Fatigue023
      @Fatigue023 Рік тому +1

      Funny you say that because in one comic, deadpool killed the writers

  • @odolowa1
    @odolowa1 Рік тому +316

    I always picture hard-core power scalers watching a sports movie and just being like “this is bs! That team was full of people that never even played the sport before this season! You’re telling me they could beat a team that’s won the championship nine times! That’s unrealistic!”

    • @Lunarinzo
      @Lunarinzo Рік тому +29

      As a power scaler who hasn't gone mad yet I suppose, but I do not associate with them mfs.

    • @davidarvingumazon5024
      @davidarvingumazon5024 Рік тому +17

      Everyone talking about power scaling, how about who's the smartest fictional character with realistic feats.

    • @Morijin-ek2tm
      @Morijin-ek2tm Рік тому +18

      ​@@davidarvingumazon5024Well people actually debate about that too

    • @four-en-tee
      @four-en-tee Рік тому +37

      No, thats MauLer fans. Powerscalers would just wank off the inexperienced team after such a crazy feat, and then SethTheProgrammer would make a 69 minute video trying to calculate the inexperienced team's untapped potential.

    • @mekingtiger9095
      @mekingtiger9095 Рік тому +13

      @@four-en-tee Oh, God. I *love* SethTheProgrammer's content but in an entirely ironic manner. The sheer amount of mental gymnastics he tends to engage with is so funny it ends up being meme worthy. He's basically as stereotypical as the average powerscaler often gets with his "logic" and thought process and I'm subscribed to him just to laugh at it.
      It kind of taps into something I've read this from Justin Alicea, a frequent commenter on Death Battle's videos: The biggest problem with most power scalers is that they tend to overcomplicate their scaling stuff to an extremely unnecessary degree such that it becomes a hilarious parody of itself.

  • @52flyingbicycles
    @52flyingbicycles Рік тому +453

    The most common variation of this I see is the “low 2C” tier being thrown around like candy. Some specific hacked or toon force ability does something that vaguely affects the “universe” and suddenly SpongeBob is strong enough to crush galaxies with a thought even though he struggles to open a jar of pickles.

    • @strateks9611
      @strateks9611 Рік тому +26

      remember that one time spongebob erased the universe?

    • @52flyingbicycles
      @52flyingbicycles Рік тому +112

      @@strateks9611 yeah stuff like that. Spongebob having a toon moment where a string he held “unraveled the whole universe” suddenly makes him stronger than Goku or Superman.

    • @Bleeperblopper497
      @Bleeperblopper497 Рік тому +53

      @@strateks9611 Yeah, one time only and then never again aka Outlier at best, outweighed by the MOUNTAIN of anti-feats where consistently Spongebob would be nowhere near universal, Didn't see him try to Unravel the Universe on the Cyclops or Dennis in the Spongebob Movie or try to travel at MFTL+ speeds to get out of Rock Bottom, SpongeBob finds out he's shock absorbent to Flats in just ONE episode only but the entire rest of the seasons he gets his butt kicked and is in visible pain and bruised, especially with him shattering his pelvis from snowboarding and needing it to be glued back together. You don't get the excuse to just use their best outlier feat and just somehow ignore all the anti-feats

    • @Blood_M4ster
      @Blood_M4ster Рік тому +33

      "You could have taken the cuffs off at anytime !?"
      "Not anytime ! Only when it could be funny"

    • @RichardCranium.
      @RichardCranium. Рік тому +8

      Yes. All outliers. Spongebob is a wimp. 99% of the time he is a wuss that can be beaten even by a little dog or cat. Spongebob is also a show for wimps. Real boys watched Power Rangers , Dragonballz or He Man.

  • @LittleCuddlePrincess
    @LittleCuddlePrincess Рік тому +918

    "My dad can beat up your dad" is such a perfect comparison. I too am somewhat guilty of this kind of behavior but I overall agree the Power Scaling is immature BS and I too hate it. Here's a subscription.

    • @luis-sophus-8227
      @luis-sophus-8227 Рік тому +38

      "My dad can beat yars!"
      "Yeah, looks like that's all he is good at"
      "..."

    • @MihajloNastic
      @MihajloNastic Рік тому +17

      Btw power scaling is wrong in 90percent of cases

    • @egg-mv7ef
      @egg-mv7ef Рік тому +11

      grown man hating on ppl trying to quantify the level of power of a virtual character for fun is crazy bro 💀i just wanna know whod win in a fight why u gotta make a fuss over it

    • @LittleCuddlePrincess
      @LittleCuddlePrincess Рік тому +34

      @@egg-mv7ef Whatever people wanna do is their business but the point being is people go way too far with it to the point it's disturbing others.

    • @egg-mv7ef
      @egg-mv7ef Рік тому +6

      @@LittleCuddlePrincess how?? ☠️ who tf takes it "too far" and how do u even take it too far its such a non issue

  • @PatrickEdits837
    @PatrickEdits837 9 місяців тому +21

    As someone who loves debating, IT IS SO FUCKING CRINGE. these mfs only argument is "well this character outscales so he solos" and its so annoying

    • @gespenst1329
      @gespenst1329 8 місяців тому +3

      Debate freaks aren't scriptwriters so it's clear that it would turn out that way.

    • @brunch8051
      @brunch8051 4 місяці тому +2

      "Their only argument is that the character who is stronger is stronger"

    • @Tickler1200
      @Tickler1200 2 місяці тому +1

      It all went to shit when 'Dimensionality' came into the mix.
      "Actually your characters Ability doesn't work cuz my character has a higher dimensionsality"
      Then why did we have this debate in the first place.

    • @DoctorSpacebar
      @DoctorSpacebar Місяць тому +1

      A lot of things in-universe outscale a FEAR Rattata, and still fall to it regardless.
      Better yet, FEAR Taillow can hit Ghosts thanks to Scrappy! Dimensionality cannot stop the air speed velocity of this swallow.

  • @KratosEditsz
    @KratosEditsz Рік тому +83

    As a Power Scaler, I can confirm that I get no women.
    Tho I prefer calm debating and powerscaling over people attacking each other and getting all personal like doxxing.

    • @ohhellwhereami2574
      @ohhellwhereami2574 Рік тому +3

      Calm debating is like arguing but with breeze

    • @TheKoopaKingBowser
      @TheKoopaKingBowser Рік тому

      Fellow powerscaler, specifically for mainly nintendo and sega characters, and I must say there is no such thing as a "calm debate" in those sections of the internet, even if you're at peak respect. So unless you're debating with a saint you get screamed at and insulted.

    • @darkcrow3350
      @darkcrow3350 Рік тому

      well no debates are more calm in general compared to arguments. Arguments are usually more heated debates. Thats really about it.@@ohhellwhereami2574

    • @KratosEditsz
      @KratosEditsz Рік тому +6

      @@TheKoopaKingBowser Eh if people get really personal I leave the debate and move on. I've met some really nice powerscalers, tho it's VERY VERY rare

    • @RedSunUnderParadise
      @RedSunUnderParadise Рік тому

      As a powerscaler, I find women boring as hell. This isn’t misogyny, that term doesn’t begin to describe the disdain I hold for them.

  • @The0-2DemonKing
    @The0-2DemonKing Рік тому +158

    5:12 To be fair, that kind of thing happens a lot in media unintentionally.
    Like the Flash being able to go into Flash time when at that point his max was 500mph in S1 Ep2. The Death Battle Crew even discussed that type of discrepancy between the author's intended strength of a character and the technical strength of a character. The most common example they brought up was when a character that's supposed to be relatively grounded moves clouds with an attack.
    Let's just say that moving clouds are far more impressive than any writer would know beforehand. Death Battle kind of *have* to take those feats into account otherwise the character's proponents are going to call bias of denying their character a potenially outcome saving feat.

    • @the-aspiring-creator4249
      @the-aspiring-creator4249 Рік тому +22

      And to be fair, it comes with the territory of analyzing fictional characters based on real science and calculations. Because an author focuses on what looks cool or fits for a story, it means even the most human characters can have some broken qualities to them which in that case? I think it's best to take it in stride and have fun with it. For instance, a subject with Death Battle people miss is that it's mostly for entertainment. The analysis sections and so on show this because it's not a dry rundown of everyone's feats, it's a back-and-forth between a mad scientist and a gun leg sporting beer-lover going over a character's story while cracking jokes along the way. It's why in part I'd say they get lax with stuff like say compositing or whatever, because the freedom to explore some of the more insane factoids just makes for more fulfilling fun videos then just sitting there as one guy just drones on about how X is FTL because they avoided a laser and yada yada yada.

    • @zzodysseuszz
      @zzodysseuszz Рік тому +1

      Why is 500mph a reason why flashtime doesn’t make sense. In order to run that fast without killing himself he’d NEED flashtime

    • @The0-2DemonKing
      @The0-2DemonKing Рік тому +7

      @zzodysseuszz I don't mean slowing down, I mean completely frozen. He had a full confession to Iris and she heard nothing, saw nothing and the sugar she was putting in her tea was completely still. That's not 500mph

    • @rockargen9591
      @rockargen9591 Рік тому +9

      @@The0-2DemonKing and also the time he basically stopped a nuke for like 6 hours of flash time and some episodes later they are like you are 80 times slower than the speed of light and a couple seasons later they are like "yep, your maximun is mach 10"

    • @The0-2DemonKing
      @The0-2DemonKing Рік тому

      @@rockargen9591 FR

  • @DesX42S
    @DesX42S Рік тому +557

    I started enjoying Vs. Battles a lot more when I started thinking of them more as wrestling matches than physics debates. Wrestling matches are about story first, and predetermined based on what would be best for that story. Also, hearing people's interpretations of how the story would play out for the fight scenario to happen is a lot more interesting than hearing them explain how they calculated the amount of tnt in an explosion from a comic panel.

    • @BaronB.BlazikenBaronOfBarons
      @BaronB.BlazikenBaronOfBarons Рік тому +63

      The best moments in Death Battle are the ones that have interesting character moments during the fights.
      Like Obi-Wan seeing Darth Vader in the illusion Kakashi produced, or that one scene of Sauron going into his giant eye form vs the Lich King using the Eye of Acherus, or pretty much all of Snake vs. Sam Fisher.

    • @Crabgar
      @Crabgar Рік тому +40

      I never get what scenario people imagine. You don't just smack two action figures against eachother, every fight in any story is a scenario. Jojo's is a great example for this, as most of the villains are only a threat because of the specific scenario the characters find themselves in. I find it much more interesting to think of stories where it actually makes sense for characters to fight eachother, except most protagonists wouldn't fight other protagonists except maybe a misunderstanding (the goofiest reason for an all out fight). A bunch of years ago when one punch man was super popular, all the goku fanboys came out their caves to state that goku is stronger, as if that meant anything. All i could think about though, is that Saitama wouldn't want to fight goku because he's a weirdo and then they'd go shopping and cook food.

    • @davidegaruti2582
      @davidegaruti2582 Рік тому +19

      @@BaronB.BlazikenBaronOfBarons yeah the whole of beerus vs sailor galaxia , or the little moment with saitama vs popeye when he finally has a real fight ...
      those are the moments i honestly remember , the rest is mostly garbage ...

    • @Betito1171
      @Betito1171 Рік тому +2

      That’s what fights in a story should be at all

    • @kermitgotthesickkicks4265
      @kermitgotthesickkicks4265 Рік тому

      @@davidegaruti2582 agreed.

  • @saeculiao7339
    @saeculiao7339 Рік тому +171

    Rap battles > Powerscalling

    • @DustSans908
      @DustSans908 7 місяців тому +15

      ass soul ops games > powerscaling

    • @Kirbing0
      @Kirbing0 4 місяці тому +7

      “EPIC RAP BATTLES IN HISTORYYYYYYYYYYY. GOKU. VS. YOUR FAVORITE VERSEEEEEE 3 2 1 BEEEGINNNN.”

    • @TheRealUltimatum
      @TheRealUltimatum 4 місяці тому +2

      @coolfungamerz6447 yo my name is silly billy an-
      MY WAY!
      AHH *disintegrates*

    • @-Burningzilla_YT-
      @-Burningzilla_YT- 4 місяці тому

      get back to 2018 lil bro

    • @gabe5918
      @gabe5918 Місяць тому

      @@TheRealUltimatum😂😂😂😂

  • @j_sp1d3r55
    @j_sp1d3r55 Рік тому +478

    The sad irony is that Batman has one of the worst win/loss records in Death Battle's history.

    • @wingedbluj1674
      @wingedbluj1674 Рік тому +170

      Mostly because his way of overcoming obstacles involves breaking one of Death Battle's main rules.
      He relies on recognizing, analyzing, and developing counters for his opponent's skills, abilities, and weaknesses. This is compelling to the reader since, as a powerless human, he's naturally disadvantaged and his preparations even the odds.
      But for the sake of as fair a fight as possible, his opponent would have to be given as much prep time.

    • @Drawngalaxy
      @Drawngalaxy Рік тому +50

      @@wingedbluj1674even worse, those same characters do just as well, if not even better with the same amount of prep time

    • @tskmaster3837
      @tskmaster3837 Рік тому +8

      @@wingedbluj1674 You said "with prep time" in too many words.

    • @tananatana4011
      @tananatana4011 Рік тому +32

      @@Drawngalaxy Aside from Iron Man, not really. The way Batman preps for characters is a lot more effective than majority of "smart" characters do. When Iron Man, Dr Doom or Lex Luthor beat someone with prep, it's because they built something that only they could build. When Batman beats someone with prep, it's because he used a strategy that could only be used for that character.
      When Batman beats you, it's essentially cuz he creates a new anti feat for you, which is why I personally believe people are adamant about constantly involving Batman's prep, it's a lot more interesting to see Batman beat someone with prep than Iron Man for instance because it'll involve some kind of clever tactic, deduction or outsmarting move rather than "I'll build something off screen so I can beat an army of omnipotents"
      Also Spider-Man is one of the most overwanked characters I've ever seen in my entire life, even more so than Batman, cuz Batman's outlier feats at least aren't taken seriously. Like if you try and claim that Batman can beat Superman with nothing but kryptonite knuckles, you'll get laughed at justifiably so, but people legitimately bring up nonsense feats of Spider-Man beating X-Men, Fantastic Four and don't see anything wrong with it despite the fact that he daily struggles with his fodder ahh rogues gallery (in comparison to the rest of Marvel obviously)

    • @Max-ki6df
      @Max-ki6df Рік тому +3

      He might be a normal human being but so is Krillin from Dragonball, and he beat goku, when he was a kid, who beat giren who is stronger then gods of destruction. So it's perfectly reasonable that Batman might be able to beat superman.

  • @clublazy9468
    @clublazy9468 Рік тому +67

    I love who would wins but it’s super silly
    You’ll have a character that’s like tree level that fights street tier robots but some promotional comic from 25 years ago has a single panel where they jump out of a way from a laser beam and then all of a sudden he’s scaled faster than light and pinned against some anime waifu that juggles moons while she’s sleeping and he still somehow wins

    • @bignstuff
      @bignstuff  Рік тому +14

      It do be like that

    • @sbcs2809
      @sbcs2809 Рік тому +7

      Kratos scaling be like, lol jk

    • @derekg5006
      @derekg5006 Рік тому +5

      It feels really weird seeing people try to scale sonic, because not too long ago most people agreed that he was faster than sound, maybe around light in base form, but now he is super duper multiversal+ and also solos dragon ball because in X Game people don't like he was able to defeat Super Galactic Gigashart the Commander of the Shittrons who can eat universes for some reason even though it's barely elaborated on. Oh and he also defeated him not with raw power but with the chaos emeralds or some random macguffin in the game.
      This somehow translates into him beating goku because idk he did that, even though we never see him actually exert that power at all and he still rarely goes faster than light. I've seen people pull out "evidence" for why sonic is multiversal and it would literally be shit from books and manuels for 8 year olds and expect me to take them seriously

    • @boynet7666
      @boynet7666 Рік тому +4

      ​@@derekg5006I'm not going to lie, for me I've always seen Goku superior to Sonic in the sense of ferocity and animated battles, the fact is that Sonic was said to be at the speed of sound or speed of light indeed and seeing Dragon Ball wasn't in comparison and my brain was really off, I've learned what powerscale was (more or less in 6 months) and it's frankly crap, even if it can be true and all, I miss the time when few people dwelt on it or did it but just by speculation and without calculation saying "his infinity level is superior to his" but it was chill or not worse than right now. we can imagine someone say in dbz there were antagonists like "invincible" like Frieza on namek stated by vegeta but just because he was beaten that thus logic doesn't work, where as you could say that goku is infinite just cuz he won, I mean it's just a dick contest because the author has highlighted the powers better and as long as he wants to lower the power level of the latter it wouldn't be a problem, like dbs things and fr I don't watch anymore with so many errors and nonsense, but yeah I regret having known that

    • @XD-sc4ix
      @XD-sc4ix Рік тому

      ​@@derekg5006and let's not talk about Archie sonic who always emerge his ugly ass head

  • @lashakhmelidze1665
    @lashakhmelidze1665 Рік тому +17

    Powerscalers realizing they aren't even shower level

  • @panpan1287
    @panpan1287 Рік тому +36

    For my entire adult life I've been tempted to write a short story where a character gains infinite power and the ability to kill anything in a single look. And then actually get that story published somewhere.
    Not because I want to actually write that story.
    But exclusively because then the character actually officially exists. That way if anyone ever talks about power scaling I can fuck with them.
    His name?
    Jon Solos.

    • @Mepharias
      @Mepharias Рік тому +11

      Check out a manga called My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! It's pretty much what you're talking about. At one point the main character is driving across a desert and the mangaka takes the chance to explain how the world exists in a multiverse and is at the whims of a giant multiversal fish who devours entire worlds and can see the future. The fish got bored of just eating and so started inserting itself as a character into these worlds and doing stuff using it's foresight ability like leading armies. But because the army it was leading happened to be in the way of the main character, the MC killed the fish just by thinking about it.

    • @TheStraightestWhitest
      @TheStraightestWhitest 11 місяців тому +4

      They'd still find ways to scale him below Kratos and the like.

    • @abramelbin5631
      @abramelbin5631 3 місяці тому

      @@TheStraightestWhitest Well, I mean, if someone has the ability to resist instant death attacks, then wouldn't they just not die and then beat the MC up?

    • @b-doi1211
      @b-doi1211 Місяць тому

      I guess how the story could go.
      For unknown reasons, one random day, one randon guy kills anything he looks at.
      > Immediately and accidenally kills God (omnipresent... you look at Him by default). And all the concequences that God being dead would end up with.
      > Just sees people dying/or just plain dead everywhere. Not realising that he is what causing the deaths to happen. That includes his wife and everyone he knows.
      > Turns out looking at a picture of someone is enough
      > Turns out it works even if you are invisible... provided he he has line of sight going though or ending at you. A solid wall will protect you, a smoke screen might.
      > Satan wants to congratulate him for killing God...doesn't know how that happened but he is happy, Satan dies too.
      > He eventually realises that what causes people to die is him looking at them.
      > Wears a blindfold
      > May or may not stll be vulnerable to regular injury, despite also having infinite strength.

  • @gareldbronson2841
    @gareldbronson2841 Рік тому +101

    Stan Lee Once Said
    "The Winner is The One That The Scriptwriter Wants To Win"

    • @Wezlii530
      @Wezlii530 Рік тому +6

      Is Stan lee the be all end all of discussions? No he isn’t my friend once said “the winner is the one that you can powerscale correctly”

    • @Zephyr-lp2mi
      @Zephyr-lp2mi Рік тому +39

      ​@_Gr1ffith_ ah yes because your discord friend has a greater input on the matter than Stan Lee...

    • @maniester9914
      @maniester9914 Рік тому +15

      @@Wezlii530 Yeah...much rather take the tellings of Stan Lee rather than random background friend #6671

    • @rompevuevitos222
      @rompevuevitos222 Рік тому +9

      @@Wezlii530Considering he is one of the most famous writers of all times, i'd say his points end a LOT of discussions.

    • @scottthejatt
      @scottthejatt Рік тому +21

      ​@@Wezlii530im ngl dude, if were going off power scaling rules like what you support, Stan Lee solos your friend

  • @kilowyatt1107
    @kilowyatt1107 Рік тому +47

    my favorite logic of powerscalers is "they dodged/blocked a lazer/lightning bolt, this means they are faster then light" like how the TMNT and fumikage from mha are both faster then light but this logic only applies to defense and they can't transfer this speed into beating someone into a pulp in a nanosecond or throwing a light speed punch at someone

    • @ChaoticMess5618
      @ChaoticMess5618 Рік тому +5

      If that was all at accurate speeds, then anime would literally suck lol.
      Sure it would be cool to see a character move so fast and deck a character in the face, but an anime consisting of ENTIRELY that gets stale.

    • @mekingtiger9095
      @mekingtiger9095 Рік тому +2

      Aaaaah, the entire reason I love when people bash The Flash so much when I don't have enough powerscaling bashing content to directly enjoy.

    • @Ablon94
      @Ablon94 Рік тому +2

      lmaoo thats so true! some ppl ACTUALY believe this, its complete INSANITY! i saw one youtube video once saying that spider man is faster than light because he dodged an gunshot that blasted a lighting at his direction.

    • @lucasfelipe8349
      @lucasfelipe8349 Рік тому +6

      That's because Lasers in most series aren't actual Lasers, but power scalers ignore that completly

    • @Alphaj0r
      @Alphaj0r Рік тому

      ​@@lucasfelipe8349The ones in vsbw dont though.

  • @s.k4713
    @s.k4713 Рік тому +235

    I do enjoy some good old vs matchups but one thing that gets me about them is how much skill is put into play. Like being a skilled martial fighter kinda thing. Being a skilled fighter is great but at some points there is just something that will one shot you and no amount of skill will change that.

    • @SCP-173peanut
      @SCP-173peanut Рік тому +29

      Yeah like a gun

    • @douglysium9770
      @douglysium9770 Рік тому +37

      I feel like sometimes they also ignore how certain powers and abilities may interact with each other. let's take Superman fro example. In most iterations Superman's invulnerability would not render him immune to magic. So if you throw him in a pit wit a certain character like Goku that begs the question if ki would count as magic or not and thus hurt Superman? I'm not trying to say who would win or not (and maybe there's an answer somewhere) but this is something I think is sometimes overlooked and I think sometimes because of this there is no objective correct answer where others might claim there is one because sometimes it would be based on how you interpret the powers interacting with each other unless there is a word of god from the author.
      Also, sometimes people just misread certain actions or feats and ignore how narrative factors into how certain feets are portrayed. For example they might see someone with a gun shoot at someone else and said person avoids the attack and assume the person is faster than bullets. Now this might be true in some cases but sometimes what's happing is your not factoring in things like shot accuracy or the action reaction speed it takes to actually react and fire the gun.
      Also, sometimes powerscaling gets to the point where people automatically assume its bad writing or a plot hole if a stronger character loses even though there might be other factors at play (such as personality or even luck) or a specific reason someone won. A stronger character simply losing isn't inherently bad it depends on how it's written and plays into the story. Yes, a plot hole could form if you don't know what you're doing but your favorite strong guy losing or being outclasses isn't automatically a plot hole or failing on the part of the story.

    • @funnybones98
      @funnybones98 Рік тому +10

      batman fans when:

    • @squirrelthegamer8483
      @squirrelthegamer8483 Рік тому +1

      Someone literally put MK1 Kenshi against Deathstroke like as if Slade wouldn’t immediately put another hole in that man’d face lol

    • @UltimateDude10
      @UltimateDude10 Рік тому +7

      @@douglysium9770 Magic was explicitly stated to be separate from Ki in Dragon Ball.

  • @georgedeng8646
    @georgedeng8646 11 місяців тому +14

    I swear if I hear another argument of a random character being "massively hypersonic" or being "island level" because the most random action, I am going to lose it.

  • @adamcoleman8242
    @adamcoleman8242 Рік тому +146

    Wow, you are criminally underrated. This video has great editing, compelling arguments, and pretty good comedy. Keep it up!

    • @bignstuff
      @bignstuff  Рік тому +9

      Thanks, will do!

    • @alonelyphoenix8942
      @alonelyphoenix8942 Рік тому +2

      "I have a great dominion over the sword and can make you into a stack of wet paper in a second!"
      "I have a minigun."

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 Рік тому +148

    Unironically, this video genuinely had me reconsidering whether or not I want to stay subscribed to a power scaling channel I watch.

    • @strikingsarcophagus
      @strikingsarcophagus Рік тому +81

      That shouldn't be your takeaway from this video. If you enjoy that creator, watch them. That's all there is to it.

    • @daiyousei.1586
      @daiyousei.1586 Рік тому +1

      Hello purple haze, I know you from somewhere.

    • @InvocationOfSebastian
      @InvocationOfSebastian Рік тому +9

      Good to know you cannot think for yourself.

    • @purplehaze2358
      @purplehaze2358 Рік тому +48

      @@InvocationOfSebastian Or, alternatively, I haven't thought much about this particular topic because it hardly truly matters to me.

    • @TheToxicTig3r
      @TheToxicTig3r Рік тому

      ⁠​⁠@@purplehaze2358I suggest you should unsubscribe if you feel guilty. Don’t let that sarcophagus mf at the top of the replies change ur mind. If you know power scaling is stupid and if you believe that immediately unsubscribe, and you won’t feel regret. Honestly, the only way I’d ever watch a fan made crossover fight is if instead of power scaling you make a good fight that builds off the character development of the characters at hand. Plus even if you like power scaling and you sub to death battle of some shit 1/2 the time the calculations can be questionable at best, both out of the fight and in the fight. Not saying you must but if you really are confused just remember these are unofficial fan fictions of fictional characters. If there’s something prevents you from wanting to watch something, it’s best to put it behind.

  • @LunaticThinker
    @LunaticThinker Рік тому +210

    Love it when the power scaler breaks out the physic calculators to claim that a character moves at the speed of light without the implications of an object the size of a human moving at the speed of light through air would mean.

    • @krsmanjovanovic8607
      @krsmanjovanovic8607 Рік тому +46

      If that "human" could even survive going that fast I imagine atmosphere around them would combust and create nuclear explosion wiping out whole city they are fighting in, vaporizing all the people they tried to save in just a fraction of a second, but the vilian would die too I guess

    • @lucasfelipe8349
      @lucasfelipe8349 Рік тому +42

      There's many characters that are LS canonically and they doesn't make any sense either, even some like the Flash makes no sense at all. Also if you want to be more technical, no object with mass can reach LS anyway

    • @mekingtiger9095
      @mekingtiger9095 Рік тому +21

      If we're talking about an object moving at _exactly_ the Speed of Light, then *any* object with mass moving at that speed would theoretically have infinite energy and thus would consequentially "break" the universe in one convoluted singularity that I do not even want to give myself the brain exploding effort to visualize here.
      But let us set speed or relativistic physics aside for a second. Just their basic, highschool level of Newtonian Physics already has absurdly wack implications when you break down many of their calculated strength feats. Free Stone's meteor punching feat posessing a grand total of 441 Kilotons of TNT would have *nuked* the entire city she's in to oblivion via just the shockwave from the impact alone. Just to give an idea besides the A-Bomb example already mentioned, 441 Kilotons of TNT is also the energy displaced equivalent of a *Magnitude 7 earthquake!* Characters should realistically be causing a laughable amount of colateral damage to their surroundings with most of their common physical attacks. Yet they don't because.... reasons?

    • @amiablereaper
      @amiablereaper Рік тому +35

      My favorite part about power scaling is that every character in current one piece is actually moving faster than light because one guy dodged a laser one time.

    • @martinshoosterman
      @martinshoosterman Рік тому +10

      Also when they use the kinetic energy equation E = 1/2 mv² with values of v close to or greater than the speed of light.
      Or generally using any classical mechanics equations or either a sub atomic scale, or on a faster than light scale.
      The biggest issue with versus battles are the terrible usage of physics.
      It's awesome that so many kids are interested in physics, and it's cool for them to be doing those calculations themselves with the stuff they learned in their grade 11 physics class. But it's annoying as hell how arrogant some get about it without realizing how hopelessly wrong they are.

  • @ZimnoFr
    @ZimnoFr 7 місяців тому +27

    Power scalers on their way to call a lightspeed monster capable of destroying planets fodder because it cant beat goku:

    • @raddledfluffy6077
      @raddledfluffy6077 7 місяців тому +18

      Power scalers on their way to call a Universe destroyer a Fodder because it can’t destroy a Multiverse

    • @Capt.sirguy
      @Capt.sirguy 5 місяців тому +2

      ⁠​⁠​⁠@@raddledfluffy6077power scalers on their way to call a multiverse destroyer a fodder because they cant destroy reality

  • @TheSonicShoe
    @TheSonicShoe Рік тому +22

    Rest in peace Stan. You were The Cool Uncle™ for more than 3 generations of nerds.

  • @onidogg1593
    @onidogg1593 Рік тому +72

    I agree with the whole Jolyne thing but thats why anti feats exist where if something cool and high scaling happens once there has to be some level of consistency for people to use it as an actual feat. Also fire vid🔥🔥🔥

    • @ohhellwhereami2574
      @ohhellwhereami2574 Рік тому +3

      Anti feat only is valid if anti feat isn't just random situation and directly points towards being true
      Because otherwise 99%of character aren't even gonna be wall level

    • @onidogg1593
      @onidogg1593 Рік тому +1

      @@ohhellwhereami2574 yeah but like I said there has to be a level of consistency to use stuff

    • @ohhellwhereami2574
      @ohhellwhereami2574 Рік тому +7

      @@onidogg1593 same goes for anti feats I guess
      It's about if anti feat outweigh feats in quantity and validity

    • @cyankoopa8111
      @cyankoopa8111 Рік тому +1

      @@ohhellwhereami2574 Okay, but in the Jolyne example the stand is consistently not strong enough to break the bars to the windows in Jolyne's cell. That's a pretty valid anti-feat, right?

    • @ohhellwhereami2574
      @ohhellwhereami2574 Рік тому

      @@cyankoopa8111 pretty sure there's a reason behind it, as mentioned

  • @edwardhoffenheim3249
    @edwardhoffenheim3249 Рік тому +41

    History doesnt even agree with powerscaling because the greater military force doesn't _always_ win.
    Greatest example of bias is JJKs manga where the author spoonfeeds us an explaination of how a character loses, dropping hints the whole fight but the fanbase is so desperate for their daddy/mommy to win they become illiterate and call it bad writing when the writer choreographed the fight so well you shouldnt he disastisfied with anyone winning

    • @mekingtiger9095
      @mekingtiger9095 Рік тому +13

      Now that you mentioned military history, am I the only one who now thinks these nerds need to go play some strategy games and challenge thenselves a bit in order to try to get some minor reality check on how to play under the nuances of different asymmetric capabilities between two opponents? Because like, I do this all the time in Total War: Warhammer and am even doing it *right now!*
      Damn Dwarfs!

    • @HeeHungersForHos
      @HeeHungersForHos Рік тому +1

      ​@@mekingtiger9095You do realize that power scaling includes all those nuances you mentioned right? It sounds like you're just generalizing when you don't actually know a lot about the topic.

    • @mekingtiger9095
      @mekingtiger9095 Рік тому +8

      @@HeeHungersForHos Yes, I am fully aware of that. But I am not criticizing power scaling itself. I'm criticizing the deranged and toxic community that doesn't put more than two brain cells worth of effort into an actual thought. If you do, congratulations, you're one of those 1 in a million decent scalers. But I feel sorry for you to have to endure the other 999999 scalers.

    • @GeorgeDCowley
      @GeorgeDCowley Рік тому

      @@mekingtiger9095 1 in 10, it used to be lower.

    • @lolstalgic9602
      @lolstalgic9602 5 місяців тому +2

      Oh God, i remember that. People were throwing a chitfit when Gojo died and even threating the Author.

  • @CureTortellini
    @CureTortellini Рік тому +149

    The thing I hate the most in power scaling discussions, and one that I feel adds to your storytelling argument, is when a slapstick cartoon character is brought into the ring and all of a sudden we're talking about "toon force" (I hate that term so much bro), the power that apparently grants those characters the ability to bend reality to their will. This is the best example of authors being more concerned with portraying compelling scenes in my opinion, because even moreso in these kinds of cartoons, the difference in a character's power between when they need save their ass and when they need to be in real danger is especially palpable. Roger Rabbit put it the best way when he said that cartoons only do what they do and decide when to do it solely based on how funny it might be at that moment. Bugs Bunny wouldn't fight Goku out of nowhere because Bugs wouldn't think it's funny; he doesn't operate that way, Goku is too much of a good guy to be fucked with. However, if Bugs was somehow in Thanos' way of destroying half the population of earth, then yeah, Thanos would be smoked in seven minutes or less, I'll give you that. But only because it's funny.

    • @GeorgeDCowley
      @GeorgeDCowley Рік тому +6

      Dragon Ball Super actually played with it a bit.

    • @Dominator150395
      @Dominator150395 Рік тому +45

      The whole idea of "toon force" is so funny, because you acknowledge that certain characters' abilities can vary wildly based on what's cool/funny/emotionally satisfying, but you stop just short of figuring out what that actually _means._

    • @SenyiKimmo
      @SenyiKimmo Рік тому +28

      i remember seeing a tumblr post that actually depicted Bugs vs Thanos, and it had Bugs disguised as airport security and he was ushering Thanos through a metal detector. obviously this means he needs to remove his personal belongings....

    • @mekingtiger9095
      @mekingtiger9095 Рік тому +19

      ​@@Dominator150395 Everytime I hear "toonforce" I immediately step away from whatever conversation, video or thread I was currently watching because I *know* there will be so many contradictions in the scaling methods that I'd rather spare myself from the frustration of having my brain melt away from pure cringe.

    • @PlasticAddict301
      @PlasticAddict301 Рік тому +2

      ​@@Dominator150395somebody worded it in a way I always meant to, thank chrisy

  • @citizenvulpes4562
    @citizenvulpes4562 Рік тому +21

    "My dad can beat your dad in the parking lot" but imaginary characters.

    • @OmniDan26
      @OmniDan26 Рік тому +1

      You can beat me off ty

  • @austinbevis4266
    @austinbevis4266 Рік тому +50

    Finally someone with a decent sized following admits that you can’t powerscale or definitively say who would win because it’s all up to whoever writes the story.

    • @rjsblanket3024
      @rjsblanket3024 Рік тому +11

      Of course, 90% of people know that, but that isn't as fun to discuss nor is it what powerscaling is for, it's for hypothetical battles on who would win based off evidence shown. Nobody needed to "admit" anything.

    • @archeogeek315
      @archeogeek315 Рік тому +5

      @@rjsblanket3024 It so funny how so power scaler hater in those comment are obsess with making us admit that power scalling is subjectif and for fun. When it's pretty fucking obvious unless your SethTheProgrammer.

    • @xeox4280
      @xeox4280 Рік тому

      No its actually not up to the writer. I mean he could write a story and decide who wins in his story but thats only what he thinks but if the character shouldnt win and he still lets him win that just means he doesnt know the character so it would be like another fan fiction.

    • @starstudiosRPG
      @starstudiosRPG Рік тому +1

      @@xeox4280That’s not how it works?

    • @xeox4280
      @xeox4280 Рік тому +3

      @@starstudiosRPG But it is. If you have a character who for example can lift 2 tons but a writer just makes him lift 100 tons its just not the real character anymore. Its like a fan fiction. Plot armor. Bad writing.

  • @Auron3991
    @Auron3991 Рік тому +228

    Semi-consistant power scaling is exceptionally good at one thing: not having your readers constantly wondering if the author lost the plot. If a character moves a mountain one episode, it would be exceptionally silly to have them stymied by a door without explanation. Beyond that, it should be a silly bit of entertainment.

    • @Scruffy-qi3ik
      @Scruffy-qi3ik Рік тому +23

      though some inconsistent can add alot of interesting nuance. like if a writer takes something like adrenaline into account to a character being capable of doing something but than not being able to do the same thing again normally later, because adrenaline can be a massive booster to one's abilities, even in real life where it allows humans and other animals be able to push through their limits temporarily.

    • @flydrop8822
      @flydrop8822 Рік тому +5

      ​@@Scruffy-qi3ikthat wouldn't be inconsistency though, just the characteristics and limits of their powers.

    • @Scruffy-qi3ik
      @Scruffy-qi3ik Рік тому +2

      @@flydrop8822 i'm just calling it an inconsistency to follow the point of comment op really.

    • @alearnedman
      @alearnedman Рік тому +19

      ​@millio6238It'll never not be hilarious to me that the guy who powerscalers claim can lift a universe struggles to open a chest

    • @talleywa5772
      @talleywa5772 Рік тому

      There's a difference between power scaling and powerscaling.

  • @YAĞIZDERYA
    @YAĞIZDERYA 10 місяців тому +18

    Many crahacters being hated because of this "Powerscaling" shit

    • @Tickler1200
      @Tickler1200 2 місяці тому +1

      fr 😂 this happens especially because Dragonball fans hate on a series just because someone say that a character from that series beats Goku

  • @jirehjirehjirehjireh
    @jirehjirehjirehjireh Рік тому +387

    My biggest problem with power scaling is the wasted potential. We have an entire community of objectively skilled media analyzers spending all their time and effort on the most useless way to compare and contrast media.
    I originally liked One Punch Man cause it seemed like the anime industry finally taking the piss out of the obnoxious power scaling fans. Only for OPM to simply be added to the pool of constantly debated characters.

    • @Wezlii530
      @Wezlii530 Рік тому

      That’s not at all was intended to be. Your really stupid if you think they were trying to fight back against that

    • @CallMeAWeeb
      @CallMeAWeeb Рік тому +80

      Even characters like Bugs Bunny and Popeye are unironically powerscaled in certain scenarios. It's almost impossible for an anime to have some kind of action sequence and not get powerscaled.

    • @rompevuevitos222
      @rompevuevitos222 Рік тому +22

      @@CallMeAWeebDepends on how seriously the writers take it
      JoJo is literally whatever the writer feels is cooler. Since season 3 the whole point is "random bs GO!"
      But in a show that takes it more seriously, like DBZ (despite the fact that they have the most boring "power scaling" in any show i have seen) it is very possible to do so effectively.
      And DBZ is probably the source of this for that reason.

    • @felixdaniels37
      @felixdaniels37 Рік тому +50

      ​@@rompevuevitos222
      Ironically Dragon Ball takes power scaling even less seriously than the stuff you mebtioned. Quite literally, the only reason power levels as a concept were introduced was solely to prove that it was an idiotic way of thinking. Stuff like that has no place in a world where characters can grow stronger/weaker on a whim.

    • @Divinemakyr
      @Divinemakyr Рік тому +2

      @@felixdaniels37 Proof that's why they were introduced?

  • @dragonmouse3985
    @dragonmouse3985 Рік тому +149

    I think the worst part about power scaling is that it is inherently illogical.
    Any universe in which a human can get punched through a brick wall, get up, and keep fighting, with little more than brief cosmetic damage, means that human's biology and that brick walls intermolecular forces are both different than our own, and different than every other force.
    If faster than light travel is possible, that universe has laws of physics that are incompatible with our own universe, and likely all other universes.
    Any character who can move faster than mach 2.2 without the air around them spontaneously combusting due to aerodynamic heating, lives in a world were friction and all the physics surrounding it do not operate like our own, and not like any other world.
    If you have a character that can lift a plane or a bus from a single point on the fuselage, or a single seam in the body, the ramifications for all of the components in the materials that make those things break all of the mechanical laws that govern how metal and other materials react under stress, pressure, heat, etc.
    We don't know much much force exists in 1 KT of TNT in any world but our own. These characters don't exist in our own world, and their world all clearly are governed by different physical laws.
    Reducing these to mathematical equivalents in our world is meaningless, they do not, can not convert. The moment you throw one law of physics out the window, you throw all laws of physics out the window. You now exist in worlds with incompatible mechanical laws and you have no way of knowing if the bus that Vegeta threw at Goku is in any way comparable to the one that Superman threw at Doomsday, or even how many foot pounds of force the bullet that bounced off them both contained.
    There is no way to compare worlds with different physics, no mater how mathematical and scientific a person tries to make it sound.

    • @noobking2335
      @noobking2335 Рік тому +6

      thank you for the input, captain obvious, dont take it so seriously next time.

    • @Scruffy-qi3ik
      @Scruffy-qi3ik Рік тому +67

      @@noobking2335 maybe don't make a scaling system based on real life while using it to compare characters who live in worlds that obviously are different from ours and even eachothers' next time

    • @BaronB.BlazikenBaronOfBarons
      @BaronB.BlazikenBaronOfBarons Рік тому +5

      @@noobking2335 Nono, let him cook…

    • @vienle4089
      @vienle4089 Рік тому +5

      Honestly yeah, some of the stuff i like exists in worlds where things are so fundamentally different from our own and other works of fiction that it's just pointless trying to compare them at all

    • @ranoutofgoodusernames8394
      @ranoutofgoodusernames8394 Рік тому +3

      Isnt that the whole point of verse equalization?

  • @opadrip
    @opadrip Рік тому +314

    "The writer decides who wins" mfers when they get punched and knocked out by a guy bigger and stronger than them (Clearly it was God's fault they lost.)

    • @RedSunUnderParadise
      @RedSunUnderParadise Рік тому +64

      “Writer decides” Mfers when their favorite MMA fighter is put on the Mat(ThE fIgHt wAs rIgGeD).

    • @daraghokane4236
      @daraghokane4236 Рік тому +23

      I mean yes if you believe in destiny

    • @Chadmiral
      @Chadmiral Рік тому +4

      Lol

    • @seldomstudios6351
      @seldomstudios6351 Рік тому +62

      You say this……
      *while writing that the bigger stronger guy wins!*

    • @uboa8060
      @uboa8060 Рік тому +6

      Oh. It's you.

  • @joshuawilliams4741
    @joshuawilliams4741 Рік тому +17

    “Jesus ain’t beating Goku tho.”
    “My brother in Christ, Jesus was nailed to cross for our sins. Goku is scared of needles.”
    “W-what?”
    “And he can resurrect himself without Dragon Balls.”

    • @sweetsweetkhajoor
      @sweetsweetkhajoor 6 місяців тому +6

      i actually saw ppl discussion tht on a discord server in the past

    • @Endersoul-tx1of
      @Endersoul-tx1of 2 місяці тому +3

      Jesus turned stone into bread, made water into wine, and called fish for fishermen.
      All Goku be doin is fight and eat.
      Dunno bout you, but Jesus > Goku

  • @superdop1000
    @superdop1000 Рік тому +224

    power scaling is more of a thing that you should consider when writing your own setting to give your world a sense of scale and make your characters journey make sense. obviously power scaling across settings is just silly especially when the settings that you are comparing have inconsistent internal power scaling (like in DC/marvel).

    • @ImmaSquirrel
      @ImmaSquirrel Рік тому +10

      but it is fiction, though. and most of the events taken into account while "calculating the character's power scale level" was buffed to hell due to plot armor/assist.

    • @nota13xxsweaponsupplier7
      @nota13xxsweaponsupplier7 Рік тому +61

      @@ImmaSquirreleven though it’s fiction there has to be some degree of in-universe logic in your story otherwise it will be filled with a contrived plot line.

    • @RedSunUnderParadise
      @RedSunUnderParadise Рік тому +19

      Baki and Kengan were able to do powerscaling well and consistently. Same with JJK(to a degree). Heck even Invincible and Spawn had sensible power levels and scales so it is very much not impossible to do that.

    • @donovanfaust3227
      @donovanfaust3227 Рік тому +5

      Nah I'd rather have cool moments than have an author constrain themselves because nerds want to be able to debate who would win in a fight accurately.

    • @leisimmons7562
      @leisimmons7562 Рік тому +20

      @@donovanfaust3227 You can still have that when an author writes that way. It's merely a form of internal consistency.

  • @xenophanessonic821
    @xenophanessonic821 Рік тому +179

    As an ex powerscaler fan ive learned to enjoy kirby for the lovable puffball of pure friendship that he is rather then him being able to knock a metoer 10,000 light years away in 20 seconds or whatever

    • @Electricc__
      @Electricc__ Рік тому +8

      As a current powerscaler fan, I've learned that Batman solos your favorite character

    • @Portersona69420
      @Portersona69420 Рік тому +22

      Kirby is friend shaped ❤

    • @rainstarsworld9429
      @rainstarsworld9429 Рік тому +31

      Kirby powerscalerers are a different level of annoying lol. They definitely drive pleasure from the supposed shock value of a cutesy character being so strong, and they'll never shut up about how he's "le godslayer le strongest character in fiction" when he isn't even the strongest Nintendo character by a long shot lmao (that honor obviously going to Galeem)

    • @Ms.kitsune42
      @Ms.kitsune42 Рік тому

      @@rainstarsworld9429Kirby solos your wimpy ass

    • @xenophanessonic821
      @xenophanessonic821 Рік тому +2

      @rainstarsworld9429 ugh totally. I'm guilty of doing that kind of stuff and it's my biggest regret

  • @JaxBlade
    @JaxBlade Рік тому +34

    Great video with amazing points made all the way through. Honestly its fun at times when you're chilling with friends and yall just have a fun back n forth & then squash it or have a healthy competitive debate but the people who hear or see something like "Fictional Character A beats Fictional Character B cause of this shown here" and then get Vividly Enraged
    & the anger is to the point That it feels comparable to seeing their pet stomped on,
    their mother slapped,
    their Significant Other Attacked,
    Or someone spitting in their face
    etc.
    That Is GENUINELY Not Healthy& if Real Life hits with an Actual Stressful Moment when people handle situations LIKE THAT so HYPERBOLICALLY It could be catastrophic for them & people close to them So in all sincerity get help if ya need it, It doesn't make you weak for Pre-emptively bettering yourself.

    • @lolstalgic9602
      @lolstalgic9602 Рік тому

      Hey, man. Great to see you here. It's amazing to know you've both brawn and brains 👍👍😚

  • @ReticularTunic7
    @ReticularTunic7 Рік тому +55

    Man destroys the entire SCP fan base (and 682) with facts and logic.

    • @dereck9736
      @dereck9736 Рік тому +1

      Not really lol

    • @billyboleson2830
      @billyboleson2830 Рік тому +21

      Scp fans trying not to mention fanmade fodder when they get btfod in an argument

    • @dereck9736
      @dereck9736 Рік тому +3

      @@billyboleson2830 this is laughable because scp has a cc license and is canon if your talking about stuff like omniversal 682 then I agree as an scp fan

    • @mekingtiger9095
      @mekingtiger9095 Рік тому +11

      I usually don't take SCP powerscaling that seriously because of its lack of official canon. I guess some people could try to take slme of the more OP versions of 682 and powerscale those specific versions and that's fine. Besides, it isn't really the fault of powerscalers that SCP got completely ruined. Powerscalers just look at characters alrwady written and determine their power levels *after* their creation.
      Although I will agree that 682's writing is idiotic as hell. The thing went from "yo, dis lizard do be Wolverine" to literally unkillable eldritch horror above all other eldritch horrors imaginable except 2935. But I guess that what you need to keep 682 relevant after the writers have upped the stakes of the SCP verse to complete ridiculousness.

    • @dereck9736
      @dereck9736 Рік тому

      @@mekingtiger9095 someone hasn't read the canon hub or scp 4010

  • @MannerdDesert7
    @MannerdDesert7 Рік тому +85

    I don’t necessarily mind power scaling as long as it’s kept in mind that different fictional universes have different rules, like it’s so annoying when some power scaler says a character is “multiversal” (as if that actually means something) because the character did some really specific feat that only works with the rules set in that specific story.

    • @Dexuz
      @Dexuz Рік тому +15

      Like with time shenanigans, mentally broken after all those "multiversal-level because he destroyed a timeline!"

    • @ellingtonf1097
      @ellingtonf1097 Рік тому +4

      I like scaling within verses (except One Piece, that shit sucks lmaoooo).

    • @ScuffedWarden
      @ScuffedWarden Рік тому +7

      what do they even mean by multiversal; do they exist in multiple universes; do they rule over multiple universes, can they just obliterate the entire multiverse just by thinking about it like some elder god. What does 'multiversal level' even mean.

    • @MannerdDesert7
      @MannerdDesert7 Рік тому +6

      @@ellingtonf1097 good stories usually make power differences clear so power scaling isn’t really needed in the same universe.

    • @MannerdDesert7
      @MannerdDesert7 Рік тому +14

      @@ScuffedWarden I think it’s supposed to mean that they can destroy multiverses, the problem with that statement is a multiverse isn’t a real thing and has different rules & characteristics in each story, just because you can destroy a multiverse in one story doesn’t mean you can destroy a multiverse in another, in fact in some stories a multiverse is a philosophical concept rather than a physical thing & therefore can’t be destroyed.

  • @ErrorNamenotfound-mx7bv
    @ErrorNamenotfound-mx7bv Рік тому +38

    I always made a joke about the best way to end the fictional multiverse is by fusing it into a singular universe and wait for all the uber-powerful characters to destroy it in their brawl

    • @dualitygrief576
      @dualitygrief576 Рік тому +5

      Ngl, that's what MUGEN is but without the absolute scaling of the characters

    • @corryjamieson3909
      @corryjamieson3909 Рік тому +1

      Mary Sue: Done, what's next.

  • @mousefire777
    @mousefire777 Рік тому +90

    One thing I don’t like about power scaling is how much real fights are based on straight luck. Sometimes the light gets in your eye, or you didn’t get enough sleep, or you ate a bad shrimp, or somehow your opponent just happens to realize a weakness of yours. If you repeat the same fight and change some slightly different factors, a lot of the time the results will change

    • @rutt7147
      @rutt7147 Рік тому +12

      I think that's what made Deadliest Warrior on cable more digestible despite how silly it is, they fed this "data" into simulation software and so many times it came down to like a 52/48 split between the proposed combatants.

    • @geetoasty
      @geetoasty Рік тому +5

      The victor could simply just be who would win the majority of the time

    • @danieltalamantes3763
      @danieltalamantes3763 Рік тому +1

      What do you expect most needs know nothing about fighting

    • @benjaminparent4115
      @benjaminparent4115 Рік тому +1

      Yeah the same is also true for battles, it is genuinely hard to find battles that are well written there is so much that goes into winning a battle it i not just about being the best strategist, having more troop, or having stronger fighter. It is combination of the three, plus logistic, plus intelligence gathering , plus luck, plus morale, plus the fact that human are inherently inconsistent.

    • @mekingtiger9095
      @mekingtiger9095 Рік тому +5

      That's not exactly power scaling, though. That's versus debating. Which yes, uses power scaling as its cornerstone basis, but I feel it's kinda important to separate the two to get the definitions right.

  • @T0T-i1w
    @T0T-i1w 10 місяців тому +15

    For real man. I'm currently in resident evil and devil may cry community and these 'powerscalers' are going wild. You see, when normal fans are just post memes about the games or just chilling in there, powerscalers or some random ass kids start to join and creates a massive kindergarten battles. I mean, I don't want our commnuity to turn into some kind of internet battlefield. All I wanted to is just talk with someone and discuss smth about the game and those powerscalers are ruining one of my entertainments.

  • @Moverboy
    @Moverboy Рік тому +155

    As someone who used to watch a lotta Death Battle. I’ll say their power scaling “science” is just to throw a bunch of random big numbers and use random feats, often times ignoring the full context, to justify it. ( my favorite being them saying the Dragonborn is faster then the speed of light because he can fire an arrow that blocks out the sun)

    • @the-aspiring-creator4249
      @the-aspiring-creator4249 Рік тому +34

      I'd like to present if you don't mind my own idea. I think Death Battle honestly aims more for entertainment than they do appeasing power scalers and versus battle obsessives and part of it is how they present the science where it's more about the insanity than anything. For example how they used the cheese wheel to point out Dragonborn's absurd strength. On a strict forum? You'd see a very dry rundown of why he's so strong but for DB knowing how dull that would be? They decided to go for something fun.

    • @n1rvana_
      @n1rvana_ Рік тому +9

      Death Battle, imo, has a habit of making the right characters win for all the wrong reasons.
      As a skyrim fan. I def have my dragonborn beliefs. Dude doesn't follow conventional time or space.
      Speed is Distance(an intrinsic aspect of space) over time ellapsed. If you don't follow conventional time(conventional being how time of that world works). The aspect of time that makes up speed ceases to matter. You either do everything instantly or take however much time you want. If space doesn't matter to you, then distance doesn't. You can close or make any amount of distance instantly or however fast or slow you want. You essentially have infinite speed which can definitely put you above light speed, if you want it to.
      But if they started saying things like this while doing death Battles then I think it'll turn off alot of their viewers who don't rly care about allat big brained talk.

    • @soggyeggroll2003
      @soggyeggroll2003 Рік тому +6

      Lmao Auriels Bow is literally a weapon of the chief god of the divines. It's supposed to be super powerful, but I could give it to some random guard. Would that mean he's also a faster-than-light entity?

    • @the-aspiring-creator4249
      @the-aspiring-creator4249 Рік тому +5

      @@n1rvana_ I think that right there gets into why with DB, it's mostly entertainment because if they started saying things like this? I'm not gonna lie, the interest won't be there because even reading this, this kind of has the same energy as when someone hits a blunt and says something that sounds vaguely profound and you just have no idea what the fuck they just said. Couple that with how unless you're into it, most versus debates honestly range from boring to what the video said about them sometimes being the equivalent of "My dad can beat up your dad!" arguments and it makes sense why they do it based more on entertainment and showing off how when you apply real science to fictional characters? It gets stupid what they're capable of.

    • @Nightlizard1564
      @Nightlizard1564 Рік тому +4

      Not to mention they can be biased too. Perfect example would be boba fett vs predator where they took a random predator, gave it the skills of an elder, and put it up against legends boba 💀. Already it was an unfair matchup and a better one would’ve been scar from concrete jungle against boba.

  • @princeofalltoasters8813
    @princeofalltoasters8813 Рік тому +132

    The One Piece fandom has been insufferable ever since Wano when the powerscalers rolled in and made everything infinitely worse for everyone

    • @oscarr9723
      @oscarr9723 Рік тому +44

      I really hate these guys ngl, every emotional scene or great moment devolves into fanboys talking about how this character would solo and it’s insanely frustrating how much it ruins discussions when they equate a character’s worth to power levels. Its stupid.

    • @dalton2845
      @dalton2845 Рік тому +24

      Is it wishful thinking to hope that they may leave one day, now that many of them actually get frustrated because the author doesn't give half a shit about powerscaling like they do?

    • @goofyahgojiller
      @goofyahgojiller Рік тому +4

      @@oscarr9723 but thats literally what powerscaling is about, its a bunch of people who like a certain franchise or character trying to determine how powerful said character is for fun, if you think they are ruining emotional scenes thats your fault for letting said scene be ruined just because some people have fun by determining if character A could beat character B, if your gonna let other people's unharmful interests ruin something for you then maybe your the problem, not the nerdy powerscalers just trying to have fun.

    • @oscarr9723
      @oscarr9723 Рік тому +18

      @@goofyahgojiller I didn’t say they ruin the scene, I said they ruin the discussions. I don’t mind powerscalers having fun and enjoying their own discussions, but 90 percent of those threads breakdown into toxicity and other weird stuff. Sayin I hate something was a bit dramatic, but its definitely annoying when it feels like most powerscalers I see arguing inevitably brings unnecessary negativity. If you like having a nerdy debate have fun go for it, alot of these dudes need to keep it in that realm though, a fun nerdy debate.

    • @horacesmith1959
      @horacesmith1959 Рік тому +4

      So One Piece fans finally caught up with Dragon Ball, Naruto fans etc?

  • @kaptinkanoodle5039
    @kaptinkanoodle5039 Рік тому +57

    There are also some creatures that can't be powerscaled, especially eldrich horrors. For example, a false hydra is very weak in terms of attack and defense, but it could kill the whole cast of one of these animes without them ever realizing it. At the same time, it could be thwarted by an even weaker enemy if they are good at investigation, like Sherlock Holmes.

    • @burningfurnacebutevenwette6281
      @burningfurnacebutevenwette6281 Рік тому +1

      It can and we did (kinda)

    • @kaptinkanoodle5039
      @kaptinkanoodle5039 Рік тому +23

      @philistired What you said is true, but I think you missed the point of the example I provided. For a lot of creatures, their placement on the power scale can't accurately reflect how threatening they are.

    • @Cipher_Paul
      @Cipher_Paul Рік тому

      If you really think that then you're missing the point if power scaling.
      Eldritch gods represent power scaling in its purest form.
      Giving an explanation and a value to something so indescriptible is what power scaling is all about.
      For example, the entire One Piece power scaling community has literally been on ¼ of a century long debate to try to determine what it actually means to be a swordsman.
      So trying to determine the extent of what a Lovecraftian Elder God could theoretically do is power scaling at its purest.
      Same for the questions about what's beyond infinity or what it means to be omnipotent etc.

    • @burningfurnacebutevenwette6281
      @burningfurnacebutevenwette6281 Рік тому

      @@Cipher_Paul shanks is 100% a hakiman

    • @kaptinkanoodle5039
      @kaptinkanoodle5039 Рік тому +7

      @@Cipher_Paul if you finished reading my comment you would've seen my example of a creature that breaks the power scale. It's hard to justify where to put it, saying as it has the potential to be undefeatable by anything (even gods), yet can also be defeated by a normal human with a good brain and a good gun.

  • @DC-it2ng
    @DC-it2ng Рік тому +68

    Its funny to me how many Powerscaling fans are mad over this video lmao. They really just can't take criticism in any form.

    • @billyboleson2830
      @billyboleson2830 Рік тому +17

      Shout to the weirdoes replying to every comment spamming the same “this video is bad” post lol

    • @acidity2k486
      @acidity2k486 Рік тому +7

      Are they really that mad?

    • @BillCipherandFreddyKreugerFan
      @BillCipherandFreddyKreugerFan Рік тому +9

      @@acidity2k486yea I saw surfbone talking about this video

    • @Meowlegend7
      @Meowlegend7 11 місяців тому

      ​@@BillCipherandFreddyKreugerFansurfbone is bullshit

    • @itsyenji
      @itsyenji 9 місяців тому

      @@acidity2k486 yeah they started turning into incompetent chronically fatherless online virgin incel losers spamming their dusty keyboards. Happens frequently

  • @megamax898
    @megamax898 Рік тому +416

    I always thought the death battle calculations sounded absurd. You're applying real life physics to a cartoon essentially. The people who wrote it were not thinking about it like that.

    • @cadekachelmeier7251
      @cadekachelmeier7251 Рік тому +47

      Also, most people don't really know much about the physics involved anyway. If you ask people how much a boulder/mountain/planet/star weighs, most people would be way off.

    • @fluppet2350
      @fluppet2350 Рік тому +47

      The death battle calculations that I have seen are questionable. That one with Jolene is really off. If a car drives into someone and when they collide, the front of the car is totaled, does that mean that the person could hit the car and do that when it's stationary? No
      If we apply that thinking to the meteors, we find that no she did not punch with that much force, the combo of the super fast meteors and her punch together had that total force.

    • @MarwanHadidi
      @MarwanHadidi Рік тому +2

      "Mario could beat Sonic"

    • @kinger2005
      @kinger2005 Рік тому +12

      ​​@@fluppet2350death battle interpreted it wrong, as it's more a durability feat than anything. Just because the meteor has that much energy, doesn't mean it takes the same energy to break it.

    • @ZennonTheOne
      @ZennonTheOne Рік тому +4

      @@MarwanHadidi
      "Sonic slams Goku" mfs when they realize Sonic doesn't know any martial arts: 💀

  • @cartoonishidealism582
    @cartoonishidealism582 Рік тому +42

    We need to stop discussing the boring question of “Who would win in a fight” and start discussing more interesting questions
    “Who would utilise their powers more creatively in bed”
    “Who would last longer in customer service”
    “Who would run a better food truck”
    “Which My Little Pony character would each character want to fuck”
    “Which one is more likely to be a furry”
    “Who would last longer in the Death Note universe”
    “What Devil Fruit should each of them have”
    “Which one would get arrested faster if they were dropped in modern day Tokyo”
    “In a BDSM relationship which one would be the dom and which one would be the sub”

    • @RedmondAlizarin
      @RedmondAlizarin Рік тому +13

      Totally agree my dude. The one I came up with was:
      "How would 4 characters from different medias fare on a road trip from Florida to Canada in the midst of a zombie apocalypse?"

    • @kermitgotthesickkicks4265
      @kermitgotthesickkicks4265 Рік тому

      this iis all factual.

    • @EskraxTheSleepless
      @EskraxTheSleepless Рік тому +8

      "In a scenario, a lesbian cyborg rabbit and a gay blue hedgehog come face to face with Black Lantern zombies from DC comics, what will they do?"
      "If the dragonborn sniffed cocaine, will everybody get killed?"
      "Is Superman catholic? If so, does that mean Batman is atheist?"
      "Is it wrong to torture atheists and christians for hurting the reputation of my religion?"
      "If Sub zero can project fire, will Scorpion project piss?"
      "What the hell is the Monad? Is it a shitty character?"

    • @Minx5892
      @Minx5892 Рік тому +4

      Asking the real questions here.

    • @GreaterGrievobeast55
      @GreaterGrievobeast55 Рік тому +1

      EECH! A lot of mature scenarios there but I like the spirit...how about
      "What would these character do in a slumber party?"
      "Could could [character that's really good with animals] train [very violent monster from other series] "
      "Both of these characters are dumb as bricks, but which gives the 3rd grade class a more meaningful lession as a substitute teacher."
      "What would these [fantasy characters] do in [advanced scifi setting]"

  • @TheHearthGuy
    @TheHearthGuy Рік тому +104

    People really need to figure out that Versus debates are just glorified fanfiction, and that's coming from someone who (for the most part) enjoys a good versus debate. Probably the biggest headache I've seen in versus debates is either chainscaling (Character A can beat character B because Character A punched character C in the face and character C can kill character D and Character D can kill God) and inconsistency with feats like you pointed out with Jojos.
    I enjoy versus debates because the idea of two characters with similar themes and stories with possibly very different power sets bouncing off each other both in combat and in interaction to be fascinating.
    Edit: I feel like I need to clarify, I don't hate or even dislike powerscaling itself. It's fine and I get the logic behind it, more power to anyone who wants to practice it. When I call it "glorified fanfiction" that isn't really me trying to put it down, more making a direct comparison. What is fanfiction? Just someone adding their own logic and spin on a certain story more often than not, what are vs. debates/powerscaling? Usually two people or more putting their own spin on how certain characters would interact in a particular way. My prior statements still stand, there's a lot about powerscaling that just makes no sense to me, but I really hope no one uses that idea to harass anyone needlessly. I love Vs. debates, but I usually approach them without powerscaling in mind, but I don't hate or judge anyone who does. I just fail to understand certain aspects of powerscaling.

    • @rjsblanket3024
      @rjsblanket3024 Рік тому +7

      Can't be glorified if everyone shits on it.

    • @fluppet2350
      @fluppet2350 Рік тому +10

      The problem is that with a lot of feats is that while the total force may come out of it correct it is calculated wrong. The mentioned Jolene feat is wrong, not because they got the number wrong but because they failed to account for the fact that 99% of the force in this equation is coming from the meteor, almost purely due to its speed. She didn't punch it that hard, the force of the two combining was that force.

    • @reddytoplay9188
      @reddytoplay9188 Рік тому +2

      Not just with Jojo but the whole DC and Marvel.

    • @TheHearthGuy
      @TheHearthGuy Рік тому +6

      @@reddytoplay9188 The way Death Battle handle Marvel and DC is so frustrating to me, the way they composite characters ties back to the inconsistent feats from before.

    • @draketurtle4169
      @draketurtle4169 Рік тому +1

      JoJo’s makes no sense.
      Star platinum is supposed to be a top tier stand ability in its raw potential since stopping time is really over powered.
      Meanwhile jotaro and star platinum loose to rats… a cat can beat rats, a woman can beat a cat… therefore an ordinary woman is more powerful that a demigod who can manipulate time itself.