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What is highball and lowball?

Highball is a more generous interpretation based on less concrete but still considerable pieces of evidence.

Lowball is underselling the level of something and generally requires you to exclude or undermine other interpretations when assessing the subject.

Its pretty similar in calcs and scaling but a highball in calcs might be using a material in the calc that isn’t canonically said like assuming diamond over glass for a destruction feat.
 
Arkenis gave a good explanation but to explain it as simply as possible.

Highball - Highest logical interpretation, not to be confused with the highest possible, which is often called wan* (self censored to prevent the censor system from censoring it.)

Lowball - Lowest logical interpretation, not to be confused with the lowest possible, which is often called downplay.
 
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