Originally posted by ILS
ITT: totally rational conversation, compromise and insightful observations.In reality: balls to the walls wankfest using all available means necessary.
Ngl Luke >>>. Wankatine >>> RotJ Sidious >>> RotJ Vader > KF Vader > RotS Sidious > EoTPM Sidious >>> Plagueis >>>>>>>>>>>>...>>> Bane >> Vitiate.
Originally posted by ILS
My biggest problem with accolades is when they're misleading or simply wrong. Not always, but there are plenty of examples.The biggest problem with feats is that a lot of absolute scrubs (Tott Doneeta, Rivi Anu, Darth Wredd, Brakiss, etc etc) have some of the best feats in the mythos, so debates become less about X vs Y, but more about how far we can measure X's dick vs Y's dick based on scaling.
Cause the thing is, if we were to say Mace is >>>>> Rivi Anu, and Rivi Anu has better TK feats than Malgus, therefore Mace >>>>>>>>> Malgus... it would be equally fair to assume that Malgus is more powerful than Rivi, and would beat her if he was around during the Clone Wars.
So feats can become meaningless, unless you dispense with scaling altogether and just measure individual feats, and then you run into other problems like the limitations (or lack of) of certain mediums vs others.
Best option IMO is to agree on what metric you're using beforehand and then see who wins, then try a different metric, etc. You could even compromise and say X has better feats, Y has better scaling, X has the best accolades. Trying to reach one definitive, non-contestable verdict on every fight just doesn't work. Too many moving parts.
This.