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DEATH BATTLE! Discussion Thread (All-time Death Battle Spoilers Alert)

ShiftCtrlAltDeleteTabFn said:
People say Ian Flynn is a hack?
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Apparently so. And I'm just as surprised because I don't know if I'm going crazy, or because I'm not the biggest Sonic fanatic out there, but most people I see tend to sing high praises towards Ian Flynn as a writer for the series.

Not to say that I think that Ian's a flawless writer, far from it, but I seem almost bamboozled by this sudden shift in how people view the guy.
 
ShiftCtrlAltDeleteTabFn said:
People say Ian Flynn is a hack?
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Ian has a tendency to write a lot of "hey reference" dialogue. If done too much, yeah that can be seen as a flaw in writing.

Ofc imo Ian is still way better writer than "Meta" Era writers so Im ok with him.

Ofc ofc the rebuttal to that is, that just because Ian is better than sth, doesnt mean its good.

And then the REAL problem is, is that Sonic Lore & character personalities have changed, some more subtly than others, but it has changed. Some of these changes are probably not good. Overall Id say it was worth it, but some changes rubbed people off, like modern girlboss Amy and whatnot.

Jimmy.robinson.5099 said:
Don't get me started. Those same people tend to claim PENDERS was the better writer...
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Ok now you are just lying lol besides like, some 4Chan posts technically arguing that Ian using references is more crutch and less professionally good than Penders' style (this ignores Penders' writing quality lmao)
 
The_Unknown_Warrior1 said:
Apparently so. And I'm just as surprised because I don't know if I'm going crazy, or because I'm not the biggest Sonic fanatic out there, but most people I see tend to sing high praises towards Ian Flynn as a writer for the series.

Not to say that I think that Ian's a flawless writer, far from it, but I seem almost bamboozled by this sudden shift in how people view the guy.
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Jimmy.robinson.5099 said:
Don't get me started. Those same people tend to claim PENDERS was the better writer...
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TMaakkonen said:
Ian has a tendency to write a lot of "hey reference" dialogue. If done too much, yeah that can be seen as a flaw in writing.

Ofc imo Ian is still way better writer than "Meta" Era writers so Im ok with him.

Ofc ofc the rebuttal to that is, that just because Ian is better than sth, doesnt mean its good.

And then the REAL problem is, is that Sonic Lore & character personalities have changed, some more subtly than others, but it has changed. Some of these changes are probably not good. Overall Id say it was worth it, but some changes rubbed people off, like modern girlboss Amy and whatnot.


Ok now you are just lying lol besides like, some 4Chan posts technically arguing that Ian using references is more crutch and less professionally good than Penders' style (this ignores Penders' writing quality lmao)
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Huh, interesting. I'm not really into Sonic (I haven't played any of his games), nor have I read any of the comics, but I've always thought Ian Flynn's writing was highly praised by Sonic fans.
 
ShiftCtrlAltDeleteTabFn said:
Huh, interesting. I'm not really into Sonic (I haven't played any of his games), nor have I read any of the comics, but I've always thought Ian Flynn's writing was highly praised by Sonic fans.
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Oh he was. In 2017 people were begging for Sega to hire him. And they did.

Tbh, his IDW run is not as good as his Archie Peak days. But it is still bit funny people now complain about him lol

Then again, Archie was niche spin-off, not main game series. So his writing probably got attention of people who never knew him, and these people dont like their additions I guess?

Sadly there is probably non-zero chance its about woke stuff or old Archie shippers still hating him :V
 
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TMaakkonen said:
Ian has a tendency to write a lot of "hey reference" dialogue. If done too much, yeah that can be seen as a flaw in writing.

Ofc imo Ian is still way better writer than "Meta" Era writers so Im ok with him.

Ofc ofc the rebuttal to that is, that just because Ian is better than sth, doesnt mean its good.

And then the REAL problem is, is that Sonic Lore & character personalities have changed, some more subtly than others, but it has changed. Some of these changes are probably not good. Overall Id say it was worth it, but some changes rubbed people off, like modern girlboss Amy and whatnot.


Ok now you are just lying lol besides like, some 4Chan posts technically arguing that Ian using references is more crutch and less professionally good than Penders' style (this ignores Penders' writing quality lmao)
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Should probably mention the posts I saw claiming Penders was better were from Twitter: you couldn't even pay me to use 4Chan. Don't know if that's better or worse, though...
 
JoshDoshMosh said:
Hey, thoughts on Funky Kong vs Etemon(Mario vs Digimon)?
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How do you come up with these MUs lol

Honestly Id say **** it, might be fun. Really reaaaally basic MU but at least its not comics lol. It would likely be bad L for Funky.

Its really hard to judge this because I just... cant ever see this happen. Unfortunate. Only 12 MUs a year will limit chosen MUs a lot. And even some other niche MUs likely will be chosen instead. Or should this just be judged as a never-ever what if?
 
NotoriouSoda said:
i still kinda find it funny this MU was set up for a DC loss and now it’s mostly agreed Kyle wins. Still a cool MU tho
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I think WL now wins due to the source lantern stuff, but frankly before that the arguments for Kyle was mostly just the Life Equation. I have looked through most of Kyle's stuff outside the LE and it simply wasn't enough to stop Simon unless you're very disingenuous about the feats and how they scale.
 
Okay I could be wrong, but didn't VEGA resist Khan Makyr hacking the Fortress of Doom? Fortress of Doom for reference is able to be a suitable home for VEGA which originally required a computer system on Mars that brought in 2.4 terawatts and was 1.2 megakelvin.

Cortana is dangerous, but we might be underselling VEGA.
 
TMaakkonen said:
Oh he was. In 2017 people were begging for Sega to hire him. And they did.

Tbh, his IDW run is not as good as his Archie Peak days. But it is still bit funny people now complain about him lol

Then again, Archie was niche spin-off, not main game series. So his writing probably got attention of people who never knew him, and these people dont like their additions I guess?

Sadly there is probably non-zero chance its about woke stuff or old Archie shippers still hating him :V
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A good chunk of Sonic fans like the guy, but many more are speaking out against him. However yes, the #Flynn4Sonic shit in the 2010s helped get him where he is now.
 
NotoriouSoda said:
Interesting…. What are the connections? Funny enough with the way they scale Yujiro in his cast baki wins handily.
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Its pretty much sons with terrible fathers and like tots mention not all right up there

Do remember the cast is just the crew tossing whatever to win don't think they fully buy the stats for baki until we see the latter get an episode
 
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