Originally posted by cdtm
Don't you mean, scans of Alan freezing time in any situation, in or outside of a combat scenario? Since forgetting to use powers in a fight is usually PIS, not CIS?According to the board rules, even if Flash doesn't use his speed to win 99% of his fights in the comics, he'll use them to win all of his fights on the boards. That's because Flash not using his speed to win fights is PIS, not CIS.
I interpret that to mean if a character possesses a power he rarely, if ever, used in a combat situation in comics, it's because of PIS, not CIS. CIS is more if a character is simply lacking in intelligence or skill.
Or, Grundy having no combat skills is CIS, because he's dumb. Thor not using his hammer as a guided missile to blitz everyone is PIS, because that would make most of his fights uninteresting and be bad for plot.
PIS as i know it refers to characters failing to use powers or abilities that they have been shown to utilize within combat in order to further the plot. Hence why Flash not using his speed in some fights would be PIS. Since he has displayed this power in combat enough times for us to realize it is part of his character (in character), then him not using it a particular situation where he obviously should have would constitute PIS.
However if a character posesses an ability that he never uses in a combat situation in comics then it is CIS because regardless of what the plot may be, the character in question does not utilize that particular power in combat. Hence it is not "in character" for him to use it. A character lacking intelligence or skill isnt really CIS because for instance if you turned CIS off in a battle Grundy wouldnt suddenly become smarter. Thats just a limitation of his character.
On the other hand, Thor not using his hammer as a guided missile to bash everyone, or Godblasting the hell out of everyone, is CIS because its not in Thors nature (character) to fight like that. The same way surfer not creating blackholes in peoples heads every fight is CIS, because its not in his nature to fight like that.
CIS i believe has to do with the nature in which a character is prone to fighting. PIS on the other hand i feel has to do with the neutering of a character in regards to powers previously displayed and utilized (comba twise since this is the context we are referring to) in order to advance the plot at the time.
Now obviously there is some level of overlap between the two terms and hence i wouldnt say they are entirely mutually exclusive, but generally i feel that their traditional forum usage corresponds with the descriptions above.
Originally posted by Naija boy
PIS as i know it refers to characters failing to use powers or abilities that they have been shown to utilize within combat in order to further the plot. Hence why Flash not using his speed in some fights would be PIS. Since he has displayed this power in combat enough times for us to realize it is part of his character (in character), then him not using it a particular situation where he obviously should have would constitute PIS.However if a character posesses an ability that he never uses in a combat situation in comics then it is CIS because regardless of what the plot may be, the character in question does not utilize that particular power in combat. Hence it is not "in character" for him to use it. A character lacking intelligence or skill isnt really CIS because for instance if you turned CIS off in a battle Grundy wouldnt suddenly become smarter. Thats just a limitation of his character.
On the other hand, Thor not using his hammer as a guided missile to bash everyone, or Godblasting the hell out of everyone, is CIS because its not in Thors nature (character) to fight like that. The same way surfer not creating blackholes in peoples heads every fight is CIS, because its not in his nature to fight like that.
CIS i believe has to do with the nature in which a character is prone to fighting. PIS on the other hand i feel has to do with the neutering of a character in regards to powers previously displayed and utilized (comba twise since this is the context we are referring to) in order to advance the plot at the time.
Now obviously there is some level of overlap between the two terms and hence i wouldnt say they are entirely mutually exclusive, but generally i feel that their traditional forum usage corresponds with the descriptions above.
Perfect way of putting it.
Originally posted by Nihilistthe cube was broken, gamora couldnt actually know how much energy was left in it and starlord didnt even know it still worked. she only spoke out of common knowledge about the CC's general power
Starlord could only just ko a badly weakand Thanos with a cosmic cube, so i doubt Alan could with the Starheart(and going on what people said, it was stated the cube still had enough power to make Starlord God.