Okay, I have a ton to catch up on with what's happened recently. I apologize that I'm not as active on this thread as I should be, being the creator/moderator and all. I work six days a week and do all the chores I don't have time for on my day off. I'm trying to get back into this more, but I often don't have time too. With that said, I'll address what's been happening:
Akuma in Tekken 7: That is not the Street Fighter version of Akuma, which they addressed in the QnA of Ryu vs Jin. In Tekken 7, none of the main three (Jin, Kazuya, and Heihachi) are shown beating Akuma in the story mode, removing the possibility of scaling. Also, Tekkuma joins the story because he's fighting against Mishima Zaibatsu for the sake of the environment. That's something SF Akuma would never do.
@Abysswalker2126 I watched both videos that you posted and you're absolutely right. I'm going to have to go back and write down every one of the examples that will lower episode's research levels. I'm gonna be honest, with my schedule, I probably won't be able to change the list until mid-season hiatus and/or end of season. I'm not ignoring arguments, it just takes a lot of time for me to rearrange everything.
Geese vs Heihachi: While I'm unfamiliar with KoF, I think that the issue of Geese scaling to Verse is debatable due to the canonicity issue of the manga and the iffy scaling of Geese -> 3 Characters = Verse. However, the episode said something along the lines of "even with Geese scaling to Verse, he's still way weaker than Heihachi," which is true. Will it lower the quality a bit? Yes. Is it still a very thoroughly researched episode? Absolutely.
Green Lantern vs Multivere Ctrl+Alt+Del: It's been proven that GLs could survive the physical force of the Crisis, but were erased by the actual reality change later after the deity holding it back let it happen.
Mikasa vs Blake: While I personally disagree with Mikasa getting 7-C swords (I can hurt myself by punching a wall, but I don't need to use nearly as much force as that to cut myself), I'm going to say that her swords follow the Adamantium Principle when it comes to hurting more powerful beings, just for the sake of argument. It's ultimately a moot point due to the fact that Blake is waaaay faster than Mikasa (I couldn't find the lightning-dodging feat for Mikasa in the upgrade thread, and the only thing like that I can think of is the bolts that sometimes form when Shifters transform, which aren't confirmed to be natural lightning) and her Aura can tank Thunder Spears just fine (The episode did say in a bubble that Nevermores are a non-threat at this point in RWBY, so her Aura should be far more powerful, but they act like they didn't say that in the final analysis). It's a good episode, but probably only mid-tier for Right, Good.
Now, I'm going to address some moments of heated discussion that have occurred recently in the thread. I'm not going to name names, you know who you are, and I do not want to reignite things.
Look, I get it. None of this is an exact science, we're nerds who are passionate about fictional characters and mathematical debate, and we want to be right about these verdicts. I completely understand why we can get heated about this. I've done so myself multiple times, you've all seen it. However, I do not want this thread I've been working on for so long to turn into a screaming match. I try to be civil and understanding with everyone, regardless of whether I agree with them or not, and I would hope everyone here would do the same, which is what usually happens. I am going to ask that such exchanges be avoided in the future. I know I've been too busy to take part as much as I used to, but I try to make this a calm place where we can discuss a show that we love/hate/love to hate. I don't want this to be a source of frustration for people.
Once again, this is me politely asking to try and avoid yelling at each other moving forward. This is
not an excuse to point fingers or blame the other person for starting it. I'm not even asking anyone to apologize. Just please keep it civil