Unpopular Opinions and (Friendly) Rant thread

[Randomuser3412]

There is this sort of problem with speed ratings where a character would be like

"Hypersonic reactions and combat speed, Supersonic+ with Super Beam" and their Hypersonic rating is because they dodged a Super Beam at point blank range, yet in canon they actually barely dodged the Super Beam, are still threatened by it or gets hit by it.
Yet the speed ratings make it seem like they would dodge Supersonic+ attacks with mid to low difficulty. That's how the character would act in Versus threads as well.

This is tied to this phenomena where action genre creators use point blank dodging often to denote how someone barely dodged an attack but is reinterpreted the complete opposite way when calculated by a powerscaler.
Of course, there are cases where it is a definite speed mogging feat. But nonetheless with the culture we have in powerscaling, the interpretation that gets higher numbers is the one looked on favorably.

Not like we don't have rules about that. But who reads rules? That's BORING

 

[AppleMaker]

Not like we don't have rules about that. But who reads rules? That's BORING

The problem is - CGM's usually ignore that factor and accept those ratings regardless of the context. On top of that, not enough people are willing to make CRT's about such issue, or they take eternity to conclude

 

[Metalballrun]

That rule actually came about the last time there was a major discussion about this topic (I was there).
The problem about it is that it can be easy to obfuscate for more niche verses or novels where while not niche you have to read the entire thing to grasp the context and confirm that it breaks that rule. That and yes people ignore the rules.

 

[Randomuser3412]

The problem is - CGM's usually ignore that factor and accept those ratings regardless of the context. On top of that, not enough people are willing to make CRT's about such issue, or they take eternity to conclude

It's kinda been confusing to me on where the responsibility of a CGM accepting or declining a calc ends. Some seem to think it's purely whether or not the math and methods are correct, and some take into account the whole context. Bit odd, innit

 

[Metalballrun]

In theory, CGMs are only supposed to check whether a calc is mathematically valid, no?
That's why a CRT is still needed to get those calcs accepted for applying to a character or a verse.

I do often see approved calcs get streamlined into application to pages. Sometimes it's because there's only one CRT made for convenience and the calc in question often gets approved or rejected whilst that CRT is ongoing. Technically nothing wrong with that, but these CRTs do tend to be bloated as a dead whale and have a dozen or more pages if it's a popular verse.

 

[AppleMaker]

It's kinda been confusing to me on where the responsibility of a CGM accepting or declining a calc ends. Some seem to think it's purely whether or not the math and methods are correct, and some take into account the whole context. Bit odd, innit

Considering CGM's are often ones who decline/approve CRT's - I think it's a bit closer to the latter

 

[IDK3465]

There is this sort of problem with speed ratings where a character would be like

"Hypersonic reactions and combat speed, Supersonic+ with Super Beam" and their Hypersonic rating is because they dodged a Super Beam at point blank range, yet in canon they actually barely dodged the Super Beam, are still threatened by it or gets hit by it.
Yet the speed ratings make it seem like they would dodge Supersonic+ attacks with mid to low difficulty. That's how the character would act in Versus threads as well.

This is tied to this phenomena where action genre creators use point blank dodging often to denote how someone barely dodged an attack but is reinterpreted the complete opposite way when calculated by a powerscaler.
Of course, there are cases where it is a definite speed mogging feat. But nonetheless with the culture we have in powerscaling, the interpretation that gets higher numbers is the one looked on favorably.

I actually tried to account for this in a recent CRT I did by listing the higher combat speed as only a possible value to deal with the inconsistency.

But, in that case, the other characters were still capable of repeatedly blocking/dodging the projectile in question very casually, the point-blank feat is directly stated several times as a thing one of the characters can do, and it's done with basically zero difficulty (like, doesn't even need to be looking at the projectile to dodge, and can do it hundreds of times in a row back-to-back level of easy).
Soooo, I guess there's a lot more going towards the feat than just some one-off panel

 

[Randomuser3412]

In theory, CGMs are only supposed to check whether a calc is mathematically valid, no?
That's why a CRT is still needed to get those calcs accepted for applying to a character or a verse.

I do often see approved calcs get streamlined into application to pages. Sometimes it's because there's only one CRT made for convenience and the calc in question often gets approved or rejected whilst that CRT is ongoing. Technically nothing wrong with that, but these CRTs do tend to be bloated as a dead whale and have a dozen or more pages if it's a popular verse.

It's probably the case that CGMs who are more familiar with the verse the calc is about are more likely to look at it from a lens beyond purely math, really.

Anyway, as for my unpopular opinion: King Orange mid diffs the Dark Lord. I said it.

 

[Ebihara]

Considering CGM's are often ones who decline/approve CRT's - I think it's a bit closer to the latter

CGMS dont have voting power on CRTs

 

[Metalballrun]

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Characters who are contextually supposed to be faster than the attacks they avoid at point blank range are an exception to this rule.

What the rule is trying to prevent is the the inconsistency of a character being massively faster than an attack they barely dodged because of the artistic decision to portray close range dodges. Since in this instance the character is obviously not meant to be that fast and the dodging feat was meant to portray a close hit rather than a blitz feat.