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Based on the FAQ, Universe Prime is simply the peak of the narrative hierarchy representing the real world.Universe Prime hasn't appeared in any official SCP writings yet, with its existence only hinted at in an interview and a , but I'd say it being Tier 0 isn't doubtful based on the evidence
I just noticed that one of the leading SCP authors made an FAQ directed at us because they were tired of being bombarded with questions from vs debaters. In response, I'll say this: quoting Stan Lee's "the author decides who wins" is good if you're trying to get us to examine scaling more closely to see if something's an outlier or not, but it's not going to make us abandon trying to powerscale entirely because that's silly. Authors take into consideration narrative weight, but versus debaters don't because we're here to have fun by being clinical, not to write a story. Given how much the SCP site values clinical tone, you should respect, not mock, us for this.
Remember that time when Goku defeated Vegeta? Yeah, that fight that left Goku crushed and broken on the ground but ultimately resulted in a net victory for the Earth, because Yajirobe, Gohan, and Krillin were able to finish what Goku started and pull off a climactic victory against the insurmountable Saiyan titan?
We would say that Saiyan arc Goku, in a fight against Saiyan arc Vegeta, flat-out loses.
This is not an accurate depiction of the fight that happened onscreen because the fight that happened onscreen was the product of a writer creating tension, building drama, and bringing his characters towards a predetermined conclusion in as dramatically intense fashion as possible. Which is not what versus discussions are about.
In writing, the winner of a fight is the person that the writer wants to win the fight. The goal of the story is to make that predetermined outcome believable.
In versus debating, the winner of a fight is the person whose pre-established stats and abilities most warrant winning the fight. There are no underdog triumphs, no one-in-a-million longshots, no eleventh-hour miracle turnarounds. It's just a straight stat-for-stat comparison.
Fights in storytelling are wrestling. They're pre-scripted endeavors with a pre-determined victor, where the ultimate decider for who wins the fight is whatever suits the narrative that the writers have in mind.
Fights in versus debating are arm-wrestling. Here is my arm, you give me your arm, and then we see whose muscles are bigger. With the caveat that "muscles" here refers to AP, hax, etc.
Doesn't seem to qualify.