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Raiden Downgrade (Genshin Impact) — 1 more Staff Vote (STAFF IS NEEDED)

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Literally just read what I said about this lmao
if you think standards sucks good for you, but wiki will run based on standards
 
I'm not going to reply again because it would be a very simple matter, if you guys are literate enough to not do strawman every time because that leads to nowhere.

Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1) is defined as a concept that's independent from a certain part of reality, for example if this Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2) governs this reality then a Type 1 would be something that's just independent from that reality.

Problem is that, they HAD to be the fundamental building block of the said reality itself. The problem with leyline is simply the fact that they're the fundamental building block of Teyvat, a planet instead of the reality themselves. I made myself very clear on this one. Especially the CM2 outlined there because obviously it's not the leyline from neither Light or Void Realm in which they had the potency to qualify even if no one manipulates them.
You know why I made Teyvat being a planet-sized only as the main point of this CRT, basically? It's because other than this, the justification for CM1 through True Will and BDE1 refers to them as an "Universe" even if Teyvat is literally established as a planet.
• Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1; Through achieving "True Will" derived from the archon's immortality and divinity, they transcend the concepts of spirit of will -- fundamental concepts that shape up the Universal Ley Lines network of souls and memories.[67][68] Will is correspondent to one's determination and ambition, which transcends all of space and time, therefore lies independent from the Universe[71])
• Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 1; Human will consists of the conceptual nature of the spirit and will, systems that consists of the concepts of memories, wishes and the fundamental soul which are practically concepts that make up the entire Ley Lines system, that shapes the Universe itself. Those who achieved divinity are granted a state so-called "True Will", and through this "True Will", it allows a divine being to be completely unbounded by human will, thus the Ley Line network, allowing them to transcend beyond the physical reality.[67] Through Immortality, it allows one to transcend all laws that pertain to the Universe[68])
This is literally the entire reason, but you guys just misinterpret what I said everytime even when you guys don't even understand how all this gets accepted and the main reason behind them all.. Let's be honest for a second, we know all this wouldn't pass if it wasn't for Teyvat being refered as "Universe" even if it's actually planet-sized only, that's why THIS matters.

I don't have anything to say anymore, I've made myself very clear and I'm just waiting for staff inputs cause I know it would get nowhere if you guys keep doing strawman to whatever arguments I make and I'm preventing this to be 3 pages long.
 
I think VoidNether makes sense with the misinterpretation of the planet and the universe for the leyline system. Leyline only governs the planet not the entire universe. But I still think CM2 for Leyline is possible since CM2 doesn't require entire universe to govern
2. Dependent Concepts: Such concepts are abstract and govern all reality within their area of influence.
That's in the case of Leyline being actual concept. Despite being called "conceptual network", all I can see from Leyline is just Information Manipulation at best. For a concept to qualify, doesn't said concept need to be associated with a certain object?
 
I think VoidNether makes sense with the misinterpretation of the planet and the universe for the leyline system. Leyline only governs the planet not the entire universe. But I still think CM2 for Leyline is possible since CM2 doesn't require entire universe to govern
Yeah, this is obvious because they only need to govern all parts of reality that they govern
2. Dependent Concepts: Such concepts are abstract and govern all reality within their area of influence. These concepts shape everything, and changing them would either require the alteration of every object of the concept or, if manipulated directly, change all objects of the concept alongside the concept itself.
That being said though, it must pertain for them to be the fundamental building block of a reality like they participate in serving as the building block of reality/what the reality is composed of. Obviously you don't have to be universal, but you have to be the building block of reality. Not just the building block of Teyvat, Teyvat doesn't pertain to reality since Teyvat is only a planet inside a solar system inside the Universe (Abyss). CM2 here is as simple as IM2 in which it must be the fundamental building block of reality, like reality itself is composed of them. Size doesn't matter, again, this is obvious except if you're just trying to strawman
 
but you have to be the building block of reality.
Then, it's about whether we consider Teyvat as a seperate reality from the Universe or not. Me personally consider Teyvat as a seperate reality since the inner working mechanism are brought forth by the four shades and Heavenly Principles. Not to mention Teyvat has its own laws. Leylines being able to modify information of entire planet without affecting the rest, etcc.......Even something as simple as "weight" was created by Heavenly Principles. But is it conceptual manipulation for leyline? I'm not sure of this part since it's just dubbed as "conceptual network" without showing any object associating with its concept.
 
I agree with this, and I also agree with what @Weaver261 said about the Realm of Consciousness , I thought the same. I also agree that Leyline CM should be removed, since the sum total of Leylines governs the planet, and a concept isn’t supposed to work like that. For a Type 3 concept, it should be a singular concept that governs one planet. For Type 2, it should be a singular concept that governs all planets.
 
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Then, it's about whether we consider Teyvat as a seperate reality from the Universe or not. Me personally consider Teyvat as a seperate reality since the inner working mechanism are brought forth by the four shades and Heavenly Principles. Not to mention Teyvat has its own laws. Leylines being able to modify information of entire planet without affecting the rest, etcc.......Even something as simple as "weight" was created by Heavenly Principles. But is it conceptual manipulation for leyline? I'm not sure of this part since it's just dubbed as "conceptual network" without showing any object associating with its concept.
Well, Phanes separated Teyvat from the Universe back in Before Sun & Moon, hence the "False Sky" protecting Teyvat. So..
 
NO ONE TALKED ABOUT SIZE, if we talked about the size in the first place then that same reality should be universal when it shouldn't. You know if your reading comprehension is a little bit better, you would've known better.

Literally the sole reason why Human World's leyline that was used as a justification for CM2 and this is assuming they manipulated the concept itself because they're not, it's only fundamental and it only pertains to Teyvat instead of the reality as a whole. That's the entire problem with the CM2. What made you assume that I was still talking about the size? CM2 is equated to IM2 in which they're the building block of reality, if they're just the building block of Teyvat then it's CM3.
You think it's not a type 2 concept because it only supports the planet Teyvat, the leyline supporting the reality of Teyvat is already classified as a type 2 concept, not a type 3, type 3 is a specific concept, not supporting reality, so what's the problem? This is clearly a type 2 concept
 
You think it's not a type 2 concept because it only supports the planet Teyvat, the leyline supporting the reality of Teyvat is already classified as a type 2 concept, not a type 3, type 3 is a specific concept, not supporting reality, so what's the problem? This is clearly a type 2 concept
Information (Type 2) is the same as Concept (Type 2) where they both only pertains to Teyvat instead of them being the fundamental block of reality themselves
Man
 
bro leyline is explained as a concept network not an information network haha
Does one off statement about "concept network" enough to grant CM? Then, what type of objects are associated to this so called "concept network"? Looking from the working mechanism of Leylines, it's more of Information Manipulation than Conceptual manipulation.
 
Does one off statement about "concept network" enough to grant CM? Then, what type of objects are associated to this so called "concept network"? Looking from the working mechanism of Leylines, it's more of Information Manipulation than Conceptual manipulation.
of course, because changing the leyline would change the whole world
 
of course, because changing the leyline would change the whole world
Not actually though. It only changes the information. It's explained by Mage N after wanderer removed himself from Irminsul effectively removing his past.
???: Like a vase that falls to the ground. Whether it is broken by a cat or by a bird, the result is still a broken vase, is it not?
Paimon: Wh—Who are you!? How do you know about all this?
???: History does not change easily, but human hearts can. Believe your own eyes. Only that which you see is true. What is unseen is but an illusion.
It's clear that it's information manipulation rather than conceptual manipulation. Mind showing instances where it actually changes the world explictly instead of name dropping "world changing"?
 
Not actually though. It only changes the information. It's explained by Mage N after wanderer removed himself from Irminsul effectively removing his past.

It's clear that it's information manipulation rather than conceptual manipulation. Mind showing instances where it actually changes the world explictly instead of name dropping "world changing"?
will get both, because leylines are expressed as a concept network and contain information
 
will get both, because leylines are expressed as a concept network and contain information
Each concept is linked with its respective "object".
This is from conceptual manipulation page. For leyline to be qualified as a concept, you need to prove which object is linked with Leyline as a concept and how changing leyline can change every objects linked to it
 
I think both I and @Planck69 had said that. Planet, solar system, or whatever the place is, the size doesn't matter for a concept to be "universal" or not. The term universal concept doesn't mean literal universe, but mean the entire reality
 
I think both I and @Planck69 had said that. Planet, solar system, or whatever the place is, the size doesn't matter for a concept to be "universal" or not. The term universal concept doesn't mean literal universe, but mean the entire reality
Okay but that still doesn't disprove the entire thread given there's one staff agreeing with the downgrade, even if it was for a completely different reason which was there's simply no concept being manipulated at all. Plus, the independence being flawed, a quick glance at the current state of the Elemental Manipulation page and you'd know they were wanked so much to the point they were refered as an "Universe" or universal even if we all knew that's wrong
 
i mean, i have no comment toward the OP and the contents of the thread; what i said is referring to the misunderstanding of the concept in general
 
I still don’t get what the original proof for CM1 is.

A Type 1 concept is essentially “what-it-is-to-be-X”. Because of this, its independence is in the sense that particulars merely participate in it rather than the two showing a mutual dependence on each other. And in fact, being stated to be a concept or not doesn’t even mean much for this definition, aside from signaling a sense of abstraction for it.

The Plane of Euthymia obviously doesn’t fit this definition in any sense; Raiden’s profile simply uses buzzwords found on the CM page like “independent” and “concept” without actually taking into account why these varying notions actually matter or how they are used in regards to Type 1.
 
I still don’t get what the original proof for CM1 is.

A Type 1 concept is essentially “what-it-is-to-be-X”. Because of this, its independence is in the sense that particulars merely participate in it rather than the two showing a mutual dependence on each other. And in fact, being stated to be a concept or not doesn’t even mean much for this definition, aside from signaling a sense of abstraction for it.

The Plane of Euthymia obviously doesn’t fit this definition in any sense; Raiden’s profile simply uses buzzwords found on the CM page like “independent” and “concept” without actually taking into account why these varying notions actually matter or how they are used in regards to Type 1.
All concept types, fundamentally speaking, working in the same way. The difference is the scope they governs, personal concept govern over individual stuff, universal concept govern all stuffs across the entire reality. Both type 2 and 1 are universal concepts, difference is type 2 dependent on the stuffs they govern while type 1 is independent
 
All concept types, fundamentally speaking, working in the same way. The difference is the scope they governs, personal concept govern over individual stuff, universal concept govern all stuffs across the entire reality. Both type 2 and 1 are universal concepts, difference is type 2 dependent on the stuffs they govern while type 1 is independent
The way Type 2 and Type 1 concepts work are almost definitely not the same. They might share some similarity in their scope but that’s about where that similarity ends.

A Type 2 concept is not “what-it-is-to-be-X”, in which the particulars imitate the concept; instead, they are simply essences more akin to Type 2 Information than anything.
 
Since we are doing a downgrade, why not just remove CM itself?
It's just mistranslation from EN localization team and power scalers being power scalers catching any straws they can get to CM xD

Ei's CM Type 1 comes from being able preserve Makoto's Realm Of Consciousness which is described "an abstract concept" by Yae Miko. But in original chinese, there isn't a single word saying "concept" at all. Yae Miko is just saying it's very abstract to the outsiders which means it's hard to grasp and pin point the locations.
Also, the word "抽象" used in the sentence was more of a pratical usage of the word "abstract" instead of philosophical metaphysical usage. So, combining 抽象 with other words can result in differnt meanings.

OG CN text

So, yeah just remove CM as a whole xD
Was this looked at by Translation Helpers?
 
After reading the entire thread, I believe that Type 1 Conceptual Manipulation by the Kingdom of Consciousness of Ei should only become Type 2.

Regarding Type 2 Conceptual Manipulation and Type 2 Information Manipulation of the Ley Lines, I don't see why they don't qualify. So far, the "concept" they governs ley lines is Teybat itself. But they do not govern specific things, rather the entire planet. They have an immediate effect on the entire reality they influence, which is the planet itself. They do not affect specific things such as a person or a tree, as far as I can see.
 
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I still disagree with both CM for Archons and Leylines. Makoto's Realm of Consciousness were never referred to as "concept" in original chinese. You guys can fact check it with a translation helper. EN localization of "Abstract concept" is referring to "vague knowledge" instead of metaphysical stuffs.
Leylines should only have Information Manipulation and not CM because Leylines can only change the memory and information of Teyvat. It can't change anything physical and it was explained in the Sumeru Questline by Mage N explictly.
(Traveler): (That night we stayed here, Paimon bumped into the table after being startled by something to do with The Balladeer and broke the vase.)
(Traveler): (But The Balladeer erased his existence. He changed the world... So why is this vase still broken?)
???: Unfortunately, the fate of Teyvat cannot easily be changed. Perhaps a god may have a slim chance, but for anyone else... who can say.
???: When a small animal runs into a tree trunk, though the tree may sway, it is not displaced. The same is true of fate.
???: Like a vase that falls to the ground. Whether it is broken by a cat or by a bird, the result is still a broken vase, is it not?
???: History does not change easily, but human hearts can. Believe your own eyes. Only that which you see is true. What is unseen is but an illusion.
Leylines cannot change anything physically since it can do is limited to information. Even if you changed the history via Irminsul, the events that already happened will happen one way or another depending on how you remember it.
 
Bump. Since this hasn't been concluded yet, I'll just write them down here since the CRT itself is a bit messy, but to summarize:

Firestorm808 agreed with the removal due to the sole reason that there's simply no concept being manipulated at all, hence this would affect the Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1) in the Elemental Manipulation page That with the addition that Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2) in Ley Lines Manipulation removed too for similar reasons as before. In addition, everything related to Teyvat that supposedly covers for any "universal" stuff would either be changed/removed since Teyvat's range is localized given it's a planet and this is accepted in multiple instances such as Genshin's 5-B and other things and so on. Simply put, Information Manipulation (Type 2) here would be removed too due to this. Not only its justification is from Ley Lines Manipulation that's rated as Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2) even if we're removing that. It just seems to me that this is just doubling down on metaphysical aspects and that it would be redundant. Ley Lines itself is very heavily correlated with memories, so the erasure of someone from the Ley Lines system is just being erased from memories (And a little of Time Manipulation cause it rewrote history).

The scan of Ley Lines being correlated with memories is also already there on the Elemental Manipulation page on its Reality Warping & Law Manipulation part.

I'll tackle BDE1, fundamental existence erasure, etc for another thread pertaining to Shades's CM2 and it's text manipulation and other things
 
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So i don't understand why CM2 is getting removed from Ley Lines Manipulation, as it is stated in the Original Text that Ley Lines are Conceptual Network, therefore, Manipulating the Ley Lines would also get Conceptual Manipulation.

And Caribert already explained if you change the Ley Lines means you change the Entire World.

It is not just manipulating memories.

In addition, everything related to Teyvat that supposedly covers for any "universal" stuff would either be changed/removed since Teyvat's range is localized given it's a plane
2. Dependent Concepts: Such concepts are abstract and govern all reality within their area of influence. These concepts shape everything, and changing them would either require the alteration of every object of the concept or, if manipulated directly, change all objects of the concept alongside the concept itself.
I think some ppl already said it doesn't need to be a literal universe in size before.
 
So i don't understand why CM2 is getting removed from Ley Lines Manipulation, as it is stated in thr Original Text that Ley Lines are Conceptual Network, therefore, Manipulating the Ley Lines would also get Conceptual Manipulation.

And Caribert already explained if you change the Ley Lines means you change the Entire World.

It is not just manipulating memories.



I think some ppl already said it doesn't need to be a literal universe in size before.
CM2 is removed because there's simply no concept being altered, it's not correlated with Teyvat being planetary or not tbh. Which is why I said it's similar to what Firestorm808 has said, those concepts being manipulated ≠ those concepts being altered
 
Yes, I really don't understand why he holds on to that.
I literally said on the summarization that CM2 there is removed for similar reasons as CM1: Meaning, it's because there's no concepts being altered — Firestorm808 quoted it already. Teyvat being universal/planetary has no correlations whatsoever with Ley Lines being CM2 if you don't get it. Cause I already gave up on that type of argument the moment Dereck explained it, I think this is blatant on the first page
 
CM2 is removed because there's simply no concept being altered, it's not correlated with Teyvat being planetary or not tbh
It doesn't mean it cannot have CM2, its basically nobody has ever change any concept using the Ley Lines.

Again, This scans already explained that reweaving the leyline will change the entire world. Like do you even play the "Archon Quest, Space and Time For You" ??
 
It doesn't mean it cannot have CM2, its basically nobody has ever change any concept using the Ley Lines.

Again, This scans already explained that reweaving the leyline will change the entire world. Like do you even play the "Archon Quest, Space and Time For You" ??
Reweaving the leyline doesn't mean altering those concept, they only manipulated it. If you alter a concept, then leyline as a "concept" must be altered to something else that the world would fit into that description. Take an apple for example, you altered the concept of apple to a banana. Hence, the world fits into the description that an apple simply doesn't exist. Because it's altered as "banana". This is whats outlined on the page
 
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