Originally posted by Newjak
Alright I will address your points. Those features aren't always on. After all there is a GL training camp for a reason. They have never been instant, this is what you need to do to win, otherwise the ring wouldn't need the ring bearer at all.
Those features are always on.
Johns' run, that's hot it went. Even in DCNU the ring will inform new users about its capabilities, etc.
Obviously the wielder is there for several other reasons, as well as that. Specifically because they needed someone who could be held accountable, in stark contrast to the Manhunters, and the ring still needs to be fed willpower.
Originally posted by Newjak
That's the same self indulgent thinking that most nerds like to think about when they consider themselves with powers. Obviously since I've read the comics I will bea bigger bad@$$ then the actual characters.
Some kind of veiled insult?
Obviously since you've read a lot about a subject you would have more knowledge about that subject than someone who has not. Not sure how far you've ever ventured into the field of psychology here, but once things have been introduced to you, that's where your mind will go almost instantly. In many ways, seeing Hal create a giant green hammer has done more harm than good.
And if you want to try and bring down the nerds consider a couple of things, mostly backed by studies in social psychology (my field).
Any gamer (especially those who do shooting games) registers a far higher reaction time than people who do not. People who read a lot/immerse themselves in the arts show far greater creative ability than people who do not. I won't go into the obvious creative benefits of people who work with engineering, math, robotics, other typical "nerd" jobs.
And finally, if there's any trait that unites most of the "nerds" is that they're on average smarter than other people, and a hell of a lot more prone to getting lost in fantasies. The domain of a power ring.
Originally posted by Newjak
I hate to tell you this you're not going to go around automatically using every exotic power the GL ring can pull off.Know why willpower, you're probably not really that creative enough to do it. In the heat of battle odds are your brain has been programmed to resort to things that are common for you to do.
I can after I sit down for 24 hours and listen to what the ring tells me it can do. Literally, there are scans of this.
In the heat of battle? Nonsense. Most of this stuff can be programmed on beforehand. Instant-reconstitution of your body, a safe haven for your consciousness, auto-shields. Hell, the ring can feed all sorts of drugs into your system to keep you calm, and at the same time keep the harmful effects off you.
Yes, the willpower. The real big issue here. This is all assuming that I actually have the willpower to fuel these ideas. If I don't, then I don't, and if I do then I do. That's besides the point of creativity though.
Originally posted by Newjak
Being creative and having a good imagination is just not something everybody walks around with. Not everyone can think outside of the box.You acting like you cold use the ring even half as well as Kyle just because you read comics is a self-indulgent fantasy.
Not everybody walks around with a good imagination and being creative. Comic-book nerds more often than not, do. Writers, artists, people who create stuff. Creative people are creative. And while I'm sure that the part of the board that inhales MMA, and whatever other shit's the media's trying to streamline into your head might struggle a bit, this is a group of people who have been gathered here by their love of comic-books. A creative work, if nothing else.
And please, spare me the implication that Kyle's somehow more competent than any of us. The whole concept of him (beyond cashing in on some awkward early 90s Nintendo-radical dude phase) is that any loser with creativity can do well with the ring. He's a street-rat artist.