srankmissingnin
VP of Comic Knowledge
Originally posted by -Pr-
If I were you I wouldn't make statements about others bias... Just saying.
And why would that be?
I guess to some people it it might seem like I have a sort of pro-Wolverine agenda but I don't, what I have - if indeed I have an agenda at all - is a believe that all characters should be judged fairly on the merits of their feats. Sadly as far as Wolverine is concerned that isn't the case on KMC. If I saw any other character being misrepresented and discredited on whim, then I would (and have in the past) step in and say something provided I was knowledgeable enough to do so. There is a general attitude on this forum where it is considered cool or at the very least acceptable to discredit Wolverine's feats and virtually write him off completely, and frankly as a mod you are partially to blame. A Powerless Shang-Chi vs Thor thread gets closed almost immediately because it is obviously spite. What happened to the Powerless Wolverine vs Thor thread? It's just as much of a spite thread as the Shang-Chi thread... and it's still open. Whether or not you intend to, you are fostering the generally negative attitude people on this forum have towards Wolverine. It would be great if my post weren't necessary but on KMC if your opinion of Wolverine isn't build around a foundation of him getting kicked in the face by a deer, Punisher hitting him in the nuts with a baseball bat or Daredevil punching him in the throat, then you are a fan boy. I'm not sure if it just a general lack of information on the character (something Jinzin, Battlehammer, Stiltman and I worked very hard to remedy with the Wolverine respect thread) or merely "lawl Wolverine loses" was become the stupid forum troll antithesis of "Batman always wins!" but regardless of why, the attitude exists and flourishes on KMC with tons of nurturing all around, and there has been very little effort done to discourage it.
I don't have a Wolverine bias, he isn't even my favorite Marvel street level character, but what he is is the character that is being misrepresented on KMC the most (and has been for a very long time). There are several characters I read more of and prefer to Wolverine, they just aren't in a position where they are constantly being discredited and undersold so my intervention is not needed to sift throw all the bs for any one happening to be reading the forums who reads all the crap about Wolverine being said and doesn't know any better. I think I am completely reasonable about what fights Wolverine can and can't win, I don't think he can beat the Hulk, I don't even think he can beat Spider-man... but I know he takes the majority form any and all melee bricks relying on the strength + durability power combo. The reality is that any character that is forced to engage with Wolverine in pure melee combat (as Thor is per the stipulations of this thread) is in a world of trouble. Talking pure melee view and ignoring ranged options, if a character lacks super speed significant enough to avoid Wolverine's attacks, a healing factor fast enough to compensate for Wolverine's damage during the fight, true invulnerability so they can turn his claws, or a more exotic power like intangibility, then that character will lose the majority against Wolverine. It's that simple. Anyone is welcome to disagree with that stance... but if they did they'd be wrong.