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Shouldn't the Doom Slayer/Doomguy be low 1-C via this statement about Hell? I saw another thread about this where this idea was rejected, but it seems like the people on that thread really just weren't making use of the actual information very well. They simply argued as if the quote said "Hell transcends space and time," which I agree doesn't warrant low 1-C for various reasons many of you already know. However, the actual quote is: "Hell is unlimited by boundaries of space, time, or dimension." Really quick before I get into how it proves anything about higher dimensions, I'd like to establish that being "unbound by boundaries of space" discounts the idea of compactified dimensions since compactified dimensions are blatant examples of "boundaries of space." Anyways, perhaps the most important part is Hell being "unlimited by boundaries of" "dimension" in particular. It cannot be talking about "dimension" in the sense of "universe" or "realm" or something akin to that since "dimension" is used as a mass/uncountable noun whereas "universe" and "realm" are countable (Ex: "I only have belongings in one dimension"). "An uncountable noun is a noun that usually cannot be expressed in a plural form. It is not something you can quantify." [at least not without adding another term, such as with "milk": "three gallons of milk" for example]. In fact, "dimensions" in this context cannot refer to "dimensions" such as height, width, and depth either since these are also countable (Ex: "Each of these boxes has three dimensions that we have to measure").
The only definition of "dimension" that actually works is "dimension" as in the concept of dimensions in general since concepts are actually uncountable (Ex: "the room was filled with hope") Now, this does not mean I am arguing that Hell and whoever scales to it must be 1-A. A more conservative interpretation of this is that Hell is simply unbound by the boundaries of dimension that have previously been established in the DOOM universe rather than being unbound by any and all things that can be considered "boundaries" of dimension. However, I vaguely remember SMT scaling to 1-A solely based off of this "specifically transcending the very concept of dimensions" sort of argument, so maybe Doom is 1-A. Definitely very shaky though.
Tl;dr The quote about Hell only makes sense grammatically with "dimension" being used specifically to refer to the concept of dimensions/dimensionality due to it being used as an uncountable noun. This means those who scale to Hell would actually be at least Low 1-C. rather than simply 2-A as their profiles say right now.
The only definition of "dimension" that actually works is "dimension" as in the concept of dimensions in general since concepts are actually uncountable (Ex: "the room was filled with hope") Now, this does not mean I am arguing that Hell and whoever scales to it must be 1-A. A more conservative interpretation of this is that Hell is simply unbound by the boundaries of dimension that have previously been established in the DOOM universe rather than being unbound by any and all things that can be considered "boundaries" of dimension. However, I vaguely remember SMT scaling to 1-A solely based off of this "specifically transcending the very concept of dimensions" sort of argument, so maybe Doom is 1-A. Definitely very shaky though.
Tl;dr The quote about Hell only makes sense grammatically with "dimension" being used specifically to refer to the concept of dimensions/dimensionality due to it being used as an uncountable noun. This means those who scale to Hell would actually be at least Low 1-C. rather than simply 2-A as their profiles say right now.
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