Originally posted by GalacticStorm
I explained myself to Dizzle the creator of said tournament so there is no need to reference my non participation. Some of us do have real world duties to attend to.
I'll check out the scans of crystals supposed immunity to electricity and i'll get back to you. Im betting its nothing but a resistance, or her applying her powers to counter an electric blast. Either way such a major ability would be referred to if it was inherent to her biology and not an application of her powers.
Storm too has manipulated cosmic energy on a variety of occassions. As aforementioned her power is to psionically manipulate energy patterns, on Earth she primarily manipulates those that dictate the planets weather, however she is not limited to them.
Was it stated what she made her costumes out of? For all we know it could have been a composite of any of the four basic elements shes officially limited to.
Crystal can create minor elemental effects by the manipulation of a limited matter type and limited matter amount. She hasnt been shown to be able to manipulate anywhere near the amount of raw energy Storm has and the effective range of her powers is considerably less than Storm who can manipulate weather systems coast wide at least. All this is supported by Crystals lower energy projection rating. A 4 compared to Storms 5, the difference being Storm has longer range and duration with which she can employ her power.
Crystal does have more versatility, but thats not to say Storm isnt versatile herself. They both can nullify alot of each others attacks, however Storms powers operate over a greater range and at a greater potency. Storms manipulates the atmosphere whilst Crystal manipulates a limited amount of matter for a specific effect. Storm could overpower her. Is Crystal really going to be able to simultaneously attack Storm effectively with her earth powers and blunt off what she can from Storms elemental attacks? I doubt that very much.
easy my friend -- i was just hacking on you a little bit about the tourny.
here's the electricity scan. it's from an issue of the ff -- can't remember the number. i'm the what who provided bw the scan.
Electricity wont work on them
http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crys38hm.jpg
the electricity attack was strong enough to harm ben at an early juncture in the story arc. the guy was basically a hologram which was why she disrupted him with water. here's the rest of the scans so you don't need to look them up (there are others though, posted throughout the tourny thread):
Here Triton mentions that her abilities are most formidable of all people there. There are guys like *Thunderstrike*, Hercules and Namor there.
http://img128.imageshack.us/my.php?...crystal20fa.gif
makes everyone unstable (including thunderstrike)
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/...ture10066vc.jpg
Electricity wont work on them
http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crys38hm.jpg
now a total of 7 of my characters can control gravity (and 4 can control magnetism)
http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crys57mf.jpg
numbers are always with me:
http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crys83wf.jpg
http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crys92mq.jpg
she can effect electricity:
http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crys107zy.jpg
hurricane force winds:
http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crys131wm.jpg
she can control all types of energy (shown by having to create an energy flare in space):
http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crys150hl.jpg
she can create ice:
http://img481.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crys164kn.jpg
http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crys173qy.jpg
her seismic powers can be more than just on earth
http://img481.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crys186xq.jpg
blocking a shot from exodus with just a lift of her hand:
http://img481.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crys194po.jpg
now the greatest ones:
http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crys114mf.jpg
http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crsy122gt.jpg
if both are fighting for control over an element, i still see no reason to think storm would be able to control wind better, for instance, than crys could. perhaps over a wider area, but if crys can combat her abilities in the area in which they fight, she doesn't NEED cross-continental/global control. the energy flare she created encircled the planet on which arkon lived -- it was a MASSIVE amount of energy. that in itself is a great display. i also see no reason to think she would be unable to affect storm's physiology by say dropping her body temp, or perhaps drawing the water from storm's body and dehydrating her very quickly or drawing the oxygen from her blood. none of these things could storm defend. also, you say storm affects the atmosphere -- crys does something similiar, but her control is at the molecular level. is storm's macro-control, greater than crys's micro-control? i see no reason to believe so.
it's also possible her seismic bolt would be unaffected by storm's attempt at defense -- if the bolt is psionic in nature (which it would almost have to be as it is traveling through the air) she wouldn't be able to hinder it and it would kill her.
again, imo she could counter/blunt anything storm can throw. storm cannot do the same. crys just bides her time until she is able to affect storm's physiology or hit her with a seismic wave. storm is still very capable and has better mobility, but crys's versatility is her advantage methinks.