No one at the time knew, but this would turn out to be Deceived’s last post on this thread
Initial Thoughts and Opinion on Angsizing vs Pixel Scaling:
As for the actual thread itself and points presented by KT and Damage. I find myself leaning towards agreeing with KT's calculations more than compared to Damage's calculations. Damage has brought up the fact we generally assume calculations which gain values by angsizing are less reliable than those gained by pixel scaling. I don't have any inherent disagreements with this ideal, in fact I generally agree with it. I however don't agree it's applicable in all situations; it's heavily dependent on the context surrounding the feat itself. I believe the fact we're told by Kin'emon that he can't visualize distinctions between the palace itself to the windows on it, from the distance he's at, supports the general size gained through KingTempest's calculations. While an assumption, it's an assumption that's supported by and narratively consistent with the character's own statement. Which I believe makes the calculation more likely true compared to calculations that discard it.
Consistency:
In regards to the consistency of these calculations, I'm conflicted. Damage's calculations, while fewer in number and such overall scope, are more internally consistent compared to KT's calculations, which are more in number but larger in internal discrepancies. We do gain from KT's calculations however that all of them are massively above all of Damage's calculations, regardless which calculation you assume is most consistent.
I believe this does call into question the legitimacy of Damage's calculations when viewing them from a consistency check as if all of KT's calculations, which are more in quantity, are all heavily above even Damage's largest calc. It forces participates of this thread to delve further into the methodologies used by Damage and KT to find out why these massive disparities exist. I'm not someone who is all that knowledgeable on calcs, so I can't comment on them all that much.
Culture and Inspiration:
I wish to bring up something that has me more convinced to KT's side compared to Damage's side. As we know, Dressrosa is an actual country located on an island. It has its own ports and towns which multiple thousands of people live in. It makes more sense to me this country would be larger compared to small cities in our world, which are
generally several times larger than what Damage has calculated Dressrosa to be. I know this isn't a "logical" position to have perse, but I do believe it does hold some merit when deducing the sizes of structures which are inspired by cultures and structures of our world.
Conclusions:
So for conclusions; I'm leaning towards agreeing with KT's calculations, I'm not ultimately convinced however and I can have my mind changed, so I'll be waiting for Damage's refutations against the calculations presented by KT before finalizing my opinions of this thread.
