DK's Speed

[HomestuckLover1]

I don't know if this is where I should post stuff concerning character's stats but here goes nothing.

I have some feats that make DK EXTREMELY FAST.

https://youtu.be/4121oX6y19M?t=4m14s

DK can move past Earth's surface area in a few seconds. I'm not sure how fast this makes him, but it's MUCH faster than he's put at now.

https://youtu.be/4121oX6y19M?t=8m14s

The rhino DK is riding is moving past stars at an incredibly fast rate. This makes DK's reaction times MFTL+

 

[Antvasima]

Can you show screen captures instead. I don't have the energy to watch over 20 minutes of boring game videos for you.

 

[HomestuckLover1]

I put them at the right timing. You don't have to look much more than 10 seconds to see my point. ( ;

 

[Antvasima]

Well, I checked and didn't notice anything special. Again, you will have to make screen captures of the specific feats.

 

[HomestuckLover1]

Do you know how I might be able to do this? I have no clue.

 

[Antvasima]

You can probably do it by downloading the Youtube videos, watching them in a media player, such as VLC, and use it or a separate program to take screenshots.

 

[HomestuckLover1]

Thanks, but I'll probably just make gifs if that's alright.

 

[Antvasima]

That is fine.

 

[HomestuckLover1]

http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/7-24-2015/K0Db7r.gif As you can see in this gif, DK is able to move past Earth's surface in a matter of seconds. When DK starts at the beginning of the crater, he's at about the beginning of Earth's surface. The best possible time DK can get across that crater is 7 seconds. When he does make it across, he's about halfway across Earth's surface. I'm not sure how to calc this but needless to say it's pretty damn impressive.

http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/7-24-2015/meZQZ7.gif In this GIF, you can see that the rhino DK is riding is moving past stars, yet DK is steering it. This makes his reaction times MFTL+

 

[HomestuckLover1]

Also, I've heard arguments that the Earth in the Mario universe may be smaller than our own like the moon, but this is ludicrous, because the Mario universe has proven that their Earth is MUCH more expansive than our own. If anything the Mario earth may be bigger than our own.

 

[Antvasima]

In the first gif, Donkey Kong is extremely far away from the Earth. It is like saying that you can move at MFTL+ speeds because you can see your hand move past all of the stars in the sky.

 

[Antvasima]

In the second gif we only see Donkey Kong and his ride move past an area that is in proportion to his own size. He is obviously just a bit above human size, not remotely larger than a solar system.

 

[HomestuckLover1]

Except if you were to watch the video, he eventually goes past the Earth and even goes past other planets as well.

 

[Antvasima]

Well, the areas that he travels in are in proportion to his own size, which is extremely tiny compared to entire planets.

 

[HomestuckLover1]

That also goes for moving past the stars as well. You see him move past the stars at a fast rate. If you were ever to look outside a rocket ship, it will like the stars are following you, because a rocket ship doesn't move at speeds that make it go past a star in no time.

I know that explanation is weird but I can't think of a better way to word it.

 

[HomestuckLover1]

Well, the areas that he travels in are in proportion to his own size, which is extremely tiny compared to entire planets.

That doesn't explain how he's able to move past planets, and how the rhino moves past stars

 

[Antvasima]

If it is true that different planets show up in the background, I think that is a stylistic choice, and nevertheless there is the massive distance to them to consider. In any case, I am getting tired of this discussion. It seems irrational to me.

 

[HomestuckLover1]

If it is true that different planets show up in the background, I think that is a stylistic choice, and nevertheless there is the massive distance to them to consider. In any case, I am getting tired of this discussion. It seems irrational to me.

I still feel like the feats are worth considering though, because he does move past Earth and many other planets of comparable sizes.

 

[Antvasima]

Well, all that I see is that he moves over small walking distance areas. That makes any such claims extremely doubtful.

 

[HomestuckLover1]

Well, all that I see is that he moves over small walking distance areas. That makes any such claims extremely doubtful.

Then can his speed be changed to unknown along with the reasoning?

 

[Antvasima]

I changed it to unknown. The reasoning seems flawed however.

 

[HomestuckLover1]

Thank you.

 

[Antvasima]

No problem.

 

[Gallavant]

The distance travelled in the foreground is simply inconsistent with the distance in the background.

If he travels a hundred meters forward with the camera following him at the same angle, logically the background should practically stay still, considering the size of said objects, but it doesn't

 

[Antvasima]

Said inconsistency makes the entire scenes extremely unreliable.

 

[HomestuckLover1]

I noticed that and my best answer for it is Picasso scaling, because it doesn't change the fact that he passes through multiple planets throughout the level.

 

[Antvasima]

The same argument can easily be used in reverse. He moved very short distances on screen, and the rest was either cosmetic or he simply faced different directions as the lanscape curved. I am closing this thread now as it isn't going anywhere.