leonidas
the hell . . .?
why was that thread closed??
it was actually turning into a good discussion. i'd just written up a *&^%$ reply and as i was posting, it was closed!
no, it was NOT the mismatch it first appeared, so please leave this one open for a while to see if anyone will raise logical points.
i'll add one extra bit: in THIS fight hulk is ALREADY in an enraged state that puts him WELL above his base level . . .
the rest stays the same: odin can ONLY use strength, though he CAN use the the odinpower to amp his strength. no outside powers, weapons, etc. pure h2h.
anyway, picking up from where we left off . . .
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newjak said:
i'm still not clear on how you see what zeus did with the hammer as a strength feat. he stopped it in flight (sure he needs to be strong to do that, but that's not all that impressive) -- what he REALLY did was overcome the enchantment that has it return to thor. he impeded it. not by being 'strong', but by simply being a skyfather. why would he need to use a spell? he IS a skyfather, so he overcame the enchantment, briefly. i'd like to have seen him try and pick it up -- i'm guessing he COULD pick it up, he's both a skyfather AND likely worthy. but THAT wouldn't be a strength feat either . . .
anyway. for odin to beat hulk he would need to:
(A) amp almost instantly (something i've NEVER seen him do)
(B) ko a savage hulk with JUST strength
the latter has almost NEVER been done in the 40+ years of the character's history. the titannus incident has been explained away as gamma stealing PIS. you also need to watch WHICH incarnation you're dealing with.
savage hulk, in pure slugfest is almost NEVER beaten. stalemated? sure, at times, but generally he almost NEVER loses. (he DID put a bad beating on thor when thor was without his hammer). i'd be impressed if you could name a time where savge hulk is ko'd in a straight slugfest where ONLY strength is involved. it HAS happened, but it is VERY rare . . . that's something hulk-bashers don't always realize . . .
you compared what hulk did with STRENGTH to what ss did with . . . PC . . .? not sure i get the comparison. ss can do WAAAYYYYY more than hulk can, but . . . not using just strength. i only brought up the points to say that hulk's strength can and HAS broken 'physical' laws. in that way, hulk's strength is almost as unnatural as odin's power.
and about your point regarding immortal herc stalemating hulk. you're right, but who knows how that fight would have ended. oh, and herc has done this as well . . .
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/1299/zeus1ob0.th.jpg
http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/5338/zeus2og2.th.jpg
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/9031/zeus3ko2.th.jpg
so much for not being able to put a skyfather down via purely physical force.
ps--herc friggin' ROCKSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!
why was that thread closed??

it was actually turning into a good discussion. i'd just written up a *&^%$ reply and as i was posting, it was closed!
no, it was NOT the mismatch it first appeared, so please leave this one open for a while to see if anyone will raise logical points.
i'll add one extra bit: in THIS fight hulk is ALREADY in an enraged state that puts him WELL above his base level . . .
the rest stays the same: odin can ONLY use strength, though he CAN use the the odinpower to amp his strength. no outside powers, weapons, etc. pure h2h.
anyway, picking up from where we left off . . .
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newjak said:
i'm still not clear on how you see what zeus did with the hammer as a strength feat. he stopped it in flight (sure he needs to be strong to do that, but that's not all that impressive) -- what he REALLY did was overcome the enchantment that has it return to thor. he impeded it. not by being 'strong', but by simply being a skyfather. why would he need to use a spell? he IS a skyfather, so he overcame the enchantment, briefly. i'd like to have seen him try and pick it up -- i'm guessing he COULD pick it up, he's both a skyfather AND likely worthy. but THAT wouldn't be a strength feat either . . .
anyway. for odin to beat hulk he would need to:
(A) amp almost instantly (something i've NEVER seen him do)
(B) ko a savage hulk with JUST strength
the latter has almost NEVER been done in the 40+ years of the character's history. the titannus incident has been explained away as gamma stealing PIS. you also need to watch WHICH incarnation you're dealing with.
savage hulk, in pure slugfest is almost NEVER beaten. stalemated? sure, at times, but generally he almost NEVER loses. (he DID put a bad beating on thor when thor was without his hammer). i'd be impressed if you could name a time where savge hulk is ko'd in a straight slugfest where ONLY strength is involved. it HAS happened, but it is VERY rare . . . that's something hulk-bashers don't always realize . . .
you compared what hulk did with STRENGTH to what ss did with . . . PC . . .? not sure i get the comparison. ss can do WAAAYYYYY more than hulk can, but . . . not using just strength. i only brought up the points to say that hulk's strength can and HAS broken 'physical' laws. in that way, hulk's strength is almost as unnatural as odin's power.
and about your point regarding immortal herc stalemating hulk. you're right, but who knows how that fight would have ended. oh, and herc has done this as well . . .
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/1299/zeus1ob0.th.jpg
http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/5338/zeus2og2.th.jpg
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/9031/zeus3ko2.th.jpg
so much for not being able to put a skyfather down via purely physical force.

ps--herc friggin' ROCKSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!
