Now, this is clearly not the comic book versus forum. What is important to note, however, is that this rule has worked for them. Unless you want a thread 'Clark Kent without super secret alien powers (which means that he's just a human so he's no stronger than any given [i]Homo sapiens) versus Neo' (which is clearly spite) then Superman gets powers and wipes the floor with Neo.
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Isn't there a line in one of the Matrix movies that says that your avatar looks the way you expect yourself to look? That would continue down to the cellular level (Supes expects himself to have the invincibility field or whatever) so he gets his powers without rules lawyering. Then he wipes the floor with Neo. It's a win/win, really.