DarkSaint85
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Goddamn, right...
Originally posted by h1a8
This is a fight not a contest. Spidey was allowed to move before the event happened. Nate is not allowed to move or use any powers before the bell, because this is a fight.
Neither is Hulk. Yet, somehow, you have him thunder-clapping and pouring out his energy before the fight? That is biased, surely?
Maybe I read your intentions wrong. So before the bell rings, neither side does anything. No omnidirectional energy, no thunderclaps, no exotic Nate stuff.
The bell rings. Immediately, you have Hulk thunderclapping. But strangely, Nate does nothing? My rebuttal to your next post will show you why I think you're wrong here.
Originally posted by h1a8
The reaction to Northstar/Aurora was decent. But that wasn't anything exotic (like a portal).
Nate will not even slow WBH down in the slightest. The thunderclap will be equivalent to Juggs forward movement, unstoppable.
Never said the reaction to Northstar et al was an exotic move. I put that up to show his reaction speed, which is fairly decent. So IF Hulk thunder claps from the get go (which he doesn't do, but I'll let that slide), Nate can still react to it. By either shifting intangible, or doing this:
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/5679/xfactor02236.jpg
So no need to stop it, just either let it pass harmlessly through (intangible) or around (shifting). Unless you can prove the shockwave from Hulk is faster than the shockwave of a bomb? Good luck. This is ignoring his ability to just say 'stop' as soon as the bell rings.
The second scan doesn't show him reacting to lightning but rather lightning striking near him.I don't see how Nate will survive an attack from WBH. Nate will go down instantly.
Look at the scan again. I reproduce it in its glory here. He is in midthought, and mid flight, when the lightning strikes. He stops thinking (showing his mind was on other things at the time of the strike), and even flies parallel to the lightning bolt for a bit, as he pulls up. His arm goes up, his right leg goes down...all in REACTION to the lightning. A lightning bolt crashed through right in front of him, and he managed to stop himself before he flew into it.
So in summary:
Before the bell, neither side can use their powers. No omniblast, no precog, no thunder-clap, no superspeed.
*Ding*
Hulk leads with a thunderclap, and starts pouring out energy. But Nate has the reactions to see the energy, bend it around him, go intangible, then do whatever he wants at a leisurely pace (I haven't even mentioned him stepping into Planck time yet).
Your mistake, I think, is to regard this like a Street Fighter/Tekken game fight - that something has to happen (combo button mash, or in this case, Nate has to think 'precog on', or 'superspeed on'😉 before it happens. Which it isn't. As soon as the bell goes, all powers are on automatically.