Originally posted by h1a8
Then my friend you are the wrong type of debater here.
The most interesting debate is to argue strictly about power set and optimal strategy. Superman pulling his punches don't make for an interesting fight. Neither do Thor not bfring or godblasting.Neither do the rules state that we must accept the 99% of the appearances that you say define a character (it don't). Your analogies are terrible because they have nothing to do with the specific argument at hand. How well someone does something has nothing to do with them doing it at all. SM will use SS, Superman will use super hearing, Thor will use godblast and bfr, etc.
And lastly you can't make up your own rules to go along your logic. You must follow the rules whether you agree with them or not.
If a character has performed a specific action before then it is not out of their character to do it again. The action may be be out of a character's usual way of doing things but certainly not out of his character. See the difference? The rule specifically states that Thor can godblast at anytime.
And SS is a slow starter by your rules of CIS. He hardly ever moves with the instant burst speed required to defend against a speedblitz. Even traveling in space he almost always takes seconds just to hit light speed and beyond. Thus him flying around maintaining range cannot happen if he doesn't have enough instant burst speed from rest. This is according to your logic of course.
Since when did I say anyone pulled punches? I'm saying that not all punches thrown connect, and that not all punches that connect do the same damage.
No one is making up rules. I'm simply interpreting the rules in accordance to logic. If THor has done the godblast once, yes, he can certainly do it again. It simply won't be within Thor's character for anyone to go into a forum battle and shout Thor by godblast 10000/10 times. Why? His character, and thus the CIS that he is subject to, does not and has never indicated that Thor would godblast in every battle he is in. Hundreds of Thor appearances and less than a handful of godblasts is enough empirical proof.
And Superman hardly speedblitzes under those same CIS rules. If you like, you can show me where he has taken seconds to speed up, because his appearances say otherwise. Until you do, yes, using your logic, SS can and would do that to Superman. Flash, as mentioned, would not even need to be debated against Superman using your logic, as the latter would never touch him.
As to your first statement, I agree with arguing strategy and powersets. I do not agree in cherry-picking high-end feats. If all Flash is in forum battles involves his battle with zoom, black flash and stealing that planet's speed, while ignoring the other 99% of appearances that define Flash, then I guess I would not enjoy debating much. Until then, I'm guessing that you are the wrong debater for this forum.