- 8,438
- 3,293
Well, at least this isn't going to be as extreme as Samurai Jack or Cuphead. But, nevertheless, here I go.
The current stats for the MLP Mid-Tiers, the City level ponies, is from a calculation that should have never been accepted in the first place. Here is the original, and here is the redo.
This calculation is incorrect for many reasons, although at first glance it is easy to see why it got accepted. The calc's crux is assuming the mountain in the background is at the height of the snow line of mountains, 4500 meters. While initially this seems reasonable, there are several reasons why this is simply not possible.
1. The Distance: Using the angsizing calculator given a 4500 meter mountain, the mountain appears to be 73 kilometers away. Only problem is that this is impossible for several reasons.
1A. Horizon Line: The Earth is not flat. Hence there is only a certain amount of land you can see even given a perfectly clear field of view. Normally, this is 4 kilometers. At 4 kilometers, it would be completely impossible to see the base of the mountain in question. In fact, in order to see 73 kilometers out, you need to be over 400 meters in the air. You'd need to be on a skyscraper to see this.
Also remember the 4 kilometer horizon line? Well the clouds don't even get that far. They don't cover an eye-level horizon line yet they are 73 kilometers away? Doubtful, in my opinion.
1B. Perspective: It is unknown if the clouds are above, at, or below the peak of the measured mountain. If they were below it, the calc is wrong. But we never see where they are, since the clouds don't make it this far to our eyes. The only way to confirm they made it this far is to see them pass behind, and therefore above, the mountain, and we don't get that.
1C. Scaling: The mountain shown in the midground is only about 4x taller than the windmill next to it. Even if that windmill is the largest windmill ever at 33 meters, this would only make the mountain 132 meters tall, so 4500 meters. For cartoons with inconsistent height, it is best to scale when possible, not to draw in real world facts (I'm only using real world facts to debunk because the calc's crux is based off of a real world fact).
2. The Height: Only one of the assumed heights is an issue here. The low end of 1 meter isn't an issue and makes sense. 1475 meters, on the other hand, is bonkers for this. Not only do the clouds appear flat and do not extend far into the sky, but if they were the true 1475 clouds, when passing in front of the mountains (that I have shown are not 4500 meters, but rather ~130) they would absolutely dwarf them. But they don't; they are smaller. 1 meter is pretty much the only valid assumption here, not 1475.
TLDR: The calc's scaling is off and is thus in need of a redo/thrown out. Scaled down to Maud Pie's 110 Kiloton feat for a downgrade to High 7-C.
The current stats for the MLP Mid-Tiers, the City level ponies, is from a calculation that should have never been accepted in the first place. Here is the original, and here is the redo.
This calculation is incorrect for many reasons, although at first glance it is easy to see why it got accepted. The calc's crux is assuming the mountain in the background is at the height of the snow line of mountains, 4500 meters. While initially this seems reasonable, there are several reasons why this is simply not possible.
1. The Distance: Using the angsizing calculator given a 4500 meter mountain, the mountain appears to be 73 kilometers away. Only problem is that this is impossible for several reasons.
1A. Horizon Line: The Earth is not flat. Hence there is only a certain amount of land you can see even given a perfectly clear field of view. Normally, this is 4 kilometers. At 4 kilometers, it would be completely impossible to see the base of the mountain in question. In fact, in order to see 73 kilometers out, you need to be over 400 meters in the air. You'd need to be on a skyscraper to see this.
Also remember the 4 kilometer horizon line? Well the clouds don't even get that far. They don't cover an eye-level horizon line yet they are 73 kilometers away? Doubtful, in my opinion.
1B. Perspective: It is unknown if the clouds are above, at, or below the peak of the measured mountain. If they were below it, the calc is wrong. But we never see where they are, since the clouds don't make it this far to our eyes. The only way to confirm they made it this far is to see them pass behind, and therefore above, the mountain, and we don't get that.
1C. Scaling: The mountain shown in the midground is only about 4x taller than the windmill next to it. Even if that windmill is the largest windmill ever at 33 meters, this would only make the mountain 132 meters tall, so 4500 meters. For cartoons with inconsistent height, it is best to scale when possible, not to draw in real world facts (I'm only using real world facts to debunk because the calc's crux is based off of a real world fact).
2. The Height: Only one of the assumed heights is an issue here. The low end of 1 meter isn't an issue and makes sense. 1475 meters, on the other hand, is bonkers for this. Not only do the clouds appear flat and do not extend far into the sky, but if they were the true 1475 clouds, when passing in front of the mountains (that I have shown are not 4500 meters, but rather ~130) they would absolutely dwarf them. But they don't; they are smaller. 1 meter is pretty much the only valid assumption here, not 1475.
TLDR: The calc's scaling is off and is thus in need of a redo/thrown out. Scaled down to Maud Pie's 110 Kiloton feat for a downgrade to High 7-C.
