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Gojo Calc Resolution/Earthquake Calcs

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Bump (this seems pretty pointless reopening the thread if those same people who had issues won't come here and air their grievances)
 
Who accepted this thread?
Executor stated he was under the impression that if Gojo's feat was done at the subduction zone, that he should be able to scale to the seismic energy.

After almost 5 months of limbo and several mass taggings, Grath evaluated and closed. I wasn't aware there was a "2 calc member" acceptance clause.
 
Oh yeah @DarkGrath what happened here?
Executor and I approved of the changes. As I mentioned in my above post, it would usually be preferable to have more than two staff input for a thread like this - however, the thread had gone 4 months with almost complete radio silence and a lack of any contentions. So I suggested closing the thread and letting a new thread be opened in the future if it needed to be explored in more depth or if anyone had counterarguments.

Contrary to what has been said, however, I'm quite confident I did not actually close this thread. I only suggested it should be. I don't know who did close it.
 
Executor and I approved of the changes. As I mentioned in my above post, it would usually be preferable to have more than two staff input for a thread like this - however, the thread had gone 4 months with almost complete radio silence and a lack of any contentions. So I suggested closing the thread and letting a new thread be opened in the future if it needed to be explored in more depth or if anyone had counterarguments.

Contrary to what has been said, however, I'm quite confident I did not actually close this thread. I only suggested it should be. I don't know who did close it.
@Duedate8898 closed it

For the future, click on the thread options. You will see one saying "moderator actions". There you can check.
 
Okay then. Some users have brought up some issues with the calculation, so I am disapproving the thread because of that. The calcs weren't applied so this is fine. We will once again discuss on this thread and decide if the calculation is legit.
 
Executor and I approved of the changes. As I mentioned in my above post, it would usually be preferable to have more than two staff input for a thread like this - however, the thread had gone 4 months with almost complete radio silence and a lack of any contentions. So I suggested closing the thread and letting a new thread be opened in the future if it needed to be explored in more depth or if anyone had counterarguments.

Contrary to what has been said, however, I'm quite confident I did not actually close this thread. I only suggested it should be. I don't know who did close it.
Yeah, I just saw Ant's message confirming Duedate did it before him, as I had requested Ant to.
 
Okay then. Some users have brought up some issues with the calculation, so I am disapproving the thread because of that. The calcs weren't applied so this is fine. We will once again discuss on this thread and decide if the calculation is legit.
@KingTempest you mentioned to me you have issues with the feat and the calculation so please elaborate more.
 
Oh I already did-

It was just the evaluation of the points on the first page.

Correct me if I'm wrong in explaining your argument @Dr._whiteee

The OP basically said that a non-natural earthquake should be as powerful as an earthquake that is caused by the tectonic plates, and the fact that we don't accept it like that is based on suspension of belief
From my understanding, utilizing seismic moment for calcs is only acceptable when the tectonic plates themselves are being directly manipulated to cause the resulting damage. To be brief, this seems pretty faulty. Given this hobby entails suspension of belief to a sizeable extent, I don't see why a non-natural energy source affecting the ground wouldn't be assumed to be equivalent in the seismic moment to an earthquake of comparable output. Shallow Earthquakes exist and are actually quite abundant/powerful while also obviously being considered in earthquake calculations.
Which I tackled that we don't accept quakes not caused by natural causes to be relative to the energy needed to move tectonic plates, and that the energy that tectonic plates let off that actually cause said earthquake.

Case 2: Natural Earthquakes​

This method doesn't find much use, but is worth mentioning.

In which cases should it be used?

This method should only be used in case a natural earthquake occurs, as it takes into account the work necessary to overcome the friction between continent plates etc.

Case 3: Other​

This is the most common method to calculate earthquakes.

In which cases should it be used?

This should be used if the earthquake is not caused through something very similar to a meteor impact and is also not a natural earthquake.

How is it done?

The method is identical to that of "Case 2: Natural Earthquakes", just this time instead of the "Total Seismic Moment Energy" (MO)" value our end result is the "Seismic Energy in Waves Radiated from Earthquake Source" value.

The thread's basically trying to say "this is what we accept. I don't agree because of (this). It should work." in order to ignore the radiated energy value and use the Total Seismic value.

Other members had different points, like PowerToScale saying that he moved the plates since he was in the subduction zone, which is just an assumption on how the quake started, which Arkenis argued against.

On top of that, the agreeal wasn't really... an agreeal.

Executor didn't say this situation fit the standards, he just said that
From what I know, if it's done down on the earth and directly affects the organization of the tectonic plates, it should be enough to assume the total energy IMO
Radiated waves, from what I know, is only if the effects were surface level only
These arguments don't align.

The OP says "a non natural quake should be ~ tectonic plate shaking quake", and the only evaluation was "if it directly affects the plates, then it should be fine to use total seismic energy".

Basically, it was never actually accepted, and the arguments in the OP don't align with our standards.

Again @Dr._whiteee, correct me if I'm wrong
Basically, saying "it should be relative"
 
Oh I already did-

It was just the evaluation of the points on the first page.

Correct me if I'm wrong in explaining your argument @Dr._whiteee

The OP basically said that a non-natural earthquake should be as powerful as an earthquake that is caused by the tectonic plates, and the fact that we don't accept it like that is based on suspension of belief

Which I tackled that we don't accept quakes not caused by natural causes to be relative to the energy needed to move tectonic plates, and that the energy that tectonic plates let off that actually cause said earthquake.



The thread's basically trying to say "this is what we accept. I don't agree because of (this). It should work." in order to ignore the radiated energy value and use the Total Seismic value.

Other members had different points, like PowerToScale saying that he moved the plates since he was in the subduction zone, which is just an assumption on how the quake started, which Arkenis argued against.

On top of that, the agreeal wasn't really... an agreeal.

Executor didn't say this situation fit the standards, he just said that

These arguments don't align.

The OP says "a non natural quake should be ~ tectonic plate shaking quake", and the only evaluation was "if it directly affects the plates, then it should be fine to use total seismic energy".

Basically, it was never actually accepted, and the arguments in the OP don't align with our standards.

Again @Dr._whiteee, correct me if I'm wrong
Basically, saying "it should be relative"
My contentions were summed up nicely in this post.

More specifically, this was the stated logic given for the seismic end not being appropriate

"As for it being natural or not, the Japan Trench is only 8020 meters deep, and natural earthquakes occur hundreds of kilometers underground, far below the trench itself, it being the place where the tectonic plates meet doesn't mean causing an earthquake from there would make it natural."
Which I pointed out was incorrect via an actual example of an earthquake happening within 5km of the crust, and by pointing out that 10km is the assumed depth for earthquakes when data cannot give precise results because of the fact that 10km is the worldwide mean for depth of earthquakes.

My specific issue with only using radiated energy is that the logic is circular. What we are calling here is the initial energy event that propagated the observed effects at surface level. This being akin to calculating a shockwave without also accounting for the blast that propagated it (not directly by mechanics, this is just an analogy).
 
I'm in disagreement with using depth of where the feat happened as a reasoning for using TSE. Even if he were actually under the plates, which seems unclear from what I've seen, I don't think that implies actually affecting the whole ass plates.
 
Yeah no, even if you affected the entirety of the plates, you still wouldn't be allowed to use total seismic energy.

I will repeat to all those in this thread, YOU CANNOT USE TOTAL SEISMIC ENERGY FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN NATURAL EARTHQUAKES. Tampering with the plates physically yourself via brute force impact or by physically shaking them will not grant you total seismic energy approval. Ever. It will instantly neg it to being radiated waves only. Just ask the Godzilla goons.
 
I'm in disagreement with using depth of where the feat happened as a reasoning for using TSE. Even if he were actually under the plates, which seems unclear from what I've seen, I don't think that implies actually affecting the whole ass plates.
You don't need to. I would appreciate if you responded to my evidence.

Using this logic, the M6 Earthquake I linked above would not qualify as a "natural earthquake" because it happened < 5km. You'd also being saying you disagree with the literal agreed upon international depth for earthquakes who true depth can't be measured. Is there a reason you are taking such a position?
 
Yeah no, even if you affected the entirety of the plates, you still wouldn't be allowed to use total seismic energy.

I will repeat to all those in this thread, YOU CANNOT USE TOTAL SEISMIC ENERGY FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN NATURAL EARTHQUAKES. Tampering with the plates physically yourself via brute force impact or by physically shaking them will not grant you total seismic energy approval. Ever. It will instantly neg it to being radiated waves only. Just ask the Godzilla goons.
Can I see the Godzilla thread where this rejection happened?
 
This one:

 
I will repeat to all those in this thread, YOU CANNOT USE TOTAL SEISMIC ENERGY FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN NATURAL EARTHQUAKES. Tampering with the plates physically yourself via brute force impact or by physically shaking them will not grant you total seismic energy approval. Ever. It will instantly neg it to being radiated waves only. Just ask the Godzilla goons.
Is this just due to how natural earthquakes happen or is this a site rule?
 
Yeah no, even if you affected the entirety of the plates, you still wouldn't be allowed to use total seismic energy.

I will repeat to all those in this thread, YOU CANNOT USE TOTAL SEISMIC ENERGY FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN NATURAL EARTHQUAKES. Tampering with the plates physically yourself via brute force impact or by physically shaking them will not grant you total seismic energy approval. Ever. It will instantly neg it to being radiated waves only. Just ask the Godzilla goons.
This one:

This doesn't address my points above, but also doesn't appear to be what happened in that thread.

Kiernan (who I presume is a retired calc member?) gave the following reasonings for the dismissal of that thread, which DDM than agreed to.

The question was this exact threads purpose. "can MUTO Prime manipulate entire plates, etc" the answer was "no, not even a MegaTitan can affect something that large"

We did mention the fault line feats in the other thread.
Regarding the latter feats

Points 1-5 have already been covered. In the last thread we got a blatant writers statement directly answering this question thanks to 1000TonsofFun.

Points 6 and 7 still could be done with radiated waves, MUTO Prime is hitting the ground to create localised earthquakes.
The fault lines point is obsolete as we have no idea which fault lines are affected and if we were to average it out, the average fault line is around a millimetre in size. And we can't arbitrarily cherry pick a random massive fault line without evidence.
That doesn't seem like a standard, rather a very nuanced situation where people were trying to scale from Q&A's on social media, and the more direct answer directly contradicted the idea of any titan manipulating a plate, as opposed "manipulating a plate" not being something that could scale.
 
discussion is still active
there's no reason for this to be closed just yet
I mean it seems to me White just refuses to take no for an answer and is stonewalling

This thread has gone on for months and basically every calc member agrees that Total Seismic Energy shouldn't and cant be applied to Gojo's case unless we have explicit confirmation he is moving the plates themselves (Which we do not)

So the normal and conservative method should be the one used in this case, simple as
 
Turn me into a cgm and everything will be solved
No
I mean it seems to me White just refuses to take no for an answer and is stonewalling

This thread has gone on for months and basically every calc member agrees that Total Seismic Energy shouldn't and cant be applied to Gojo's case unless we have explicit confirmation he is moving the plates themselves (Which we do not)
Basically this is my take
 
No

Basically this is my take
I am curious as to how you believe I am stonewalling when I am simply asking for the reasoning behind the decision, since it seems inconsistent between members and I have already shown the other stated logic about Earthquake depth being incorrect. I really don't think I am being unreasonable here.
 
I honestly don't see any great explanation for the disagreement yet so far imo. Most are just countered with a better argument, and some disagreements imo feels lacking. Some points from Dr's side doesn't look like they were addressed either yet. Though I suppose that's because the discussion hasn't reached a true conclusion yet, as the discussion is ongoing. That's my opinion on this thread so far, and waiting to see how the discussion will go so I'll be "neutral-ish" atm.
 
I honestly don't see any great explanation for the disagreement yet so far imo. Most are just countered with a better argument, and some disagreements imo feels lacking. Some points from Dr's side doesn't look like they were addressed either yet. Though I suppose that's because the discussion hasn't reached a true conclusion yet, as the discussion is ongoing. That's my opinion on this thread so far, and waiting to see how the discussion will go so I'll be "neutral-ish" atm.
The points he brings up dont really matter unless they for sure prove Gojo is moving the tectonic plates in order to create these earthquakes

That's what every calc member is waiting on, proof Gojo moved the plates

Which so far from what I have seen there has been none

He can argue all about how wrong our current method for categorizing earthquake energy is but as of rn those are the standards

If he has a problem with them I recommend that he gets them changed first in another thread

As it stands currently the quake doesn't meet our standards for total seismic moment energy and until they do the calc wont be accepted

No amount of arguments about how earthquake energy is measured is going to change that
 
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The points he brings up dont really matter unless they for sure prove Gojo is moving the tectonic plates in order to create these earthquakes
pretty sure it was proven earlier in thread by two others or more.
You can argue all about how wrong our current method for categorizing earthquake energy is but as of rn those are the standards
? I never argued here anything.
If you have a problem with them I recommend you get them changed first in another thread
I never took that position whatsoever? You're confusing what I said entirely. Please re read.
as for the rest of what you said, idk why this is relevant to what I said. you should perhaps be saying this to dr white instead.
 
? I never argued here anything.

I never took that position whatsoever? You're confusing what I said entirely. Please re read.
as for the rest of what you said, idk why this is relevant to what I said. you should perhaps be saying this to dr white instead.
Only the first part of my response was towards you

The rest was aimed at Mr White

I apologize for not formatting that better
 
Mind showing me the proof?
the back and forth between Dr and KT? and PowerToScale's eventual response to that? if you read the full discussion between these two (or technically three) i think you could decide things for yourself whether these are sufficient enough as proof or nah.

edit: powertoscale's response inbetween these two's arguments imo convince me enough as valid proof.
 
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