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Hewhoknowsall
Let's have the "smart guys" bust/comfirm these myths using proof/evidence.
F = force guy (relatively bad a sabers but good at force)
S = saber guy (opposite)
Mace = S
Yoda = F
Dooku = F
Sidious = F
Maul = S and he can't do lightning
Obi Wan = S
Anakin = S
Vader = F
Luke = rock at everything
Ancient sith = F
Hierarchy
Luke
Yoda/Sidious
Ancient Sith
Dooku, Mace, etc.
Obi Wan, Anakin, Vader (underrated), Maul, etc.
AOTC Obi Wan/Anakin, Qui Gon, etc.
Some insignificant guys
OT Luke
Dooku pwns Vader
Vader is weaker than pre suit
Mace can't beat the ancient sith even though he can beat Sidious...
...who CAN beat the ancient sith
more coming soon...
Elite Hunter
Interesting thread a idea, not sure what to make of it but I would avoid the hierarchy subject.
Advent
Originally posted by Hewhoknowsall
Maul = S and he can't do lightning
Combining the facts that every neophyte dark sider could generate Force lightning and that Maul didn't have mechnical hands, you're wrong. Maul was trained to be deadly in every respect, Force included. That he never demonstrates his powers doesn't mean they don't exist. Otherwise it's comparable to saying Obi-Wan never took a piss in the movie because he's never shown to use the restroom.
Hewhoknowsall
Originally posted by Advent
Combining the facts that every neophyte dark sider could generate Force lightning and that Maul didn't have mechnical hands, you're wrong. Maul was trained to be deadly in every respect, Force included. That he never demonstrates his powers doesn't mean they don't exist. Otherwise it's comparable to saying Obi-Wan never took a piss in the movie because he's never shown to use the restroom.
ME? These are stereotypes that people have been using, I don't agree with all of them.
Advent
Consider the stereotype busted then.
ilikepeople
What about anything in between saber and force?
Lord Lucien
Uh, how is mace "relatively bad at the Force?" And how is Dooku "relatively bad at sabers?" I don't recall any rational and halfway knowledgeable person here suggesting this.
Hewhoknowsall
Originally posted by Lord Lucien
Uh, how is mace "relatively bad at the Force?" And how is Dooku "relatively bad at sabers?" I don't recall any rational and halfway knowledgeable person here suggesting this.
Everyone's (or some people, at least) is like "oh, Mace pwns so and so in sabers but loses in the force". They back that up saying "oh he never showed anything impressive in the movies using the force" (ignoring how he destroyed a droid army using the force to argument himself). People see Dooku doing force lightning and are like "oh that looks cool! So he must be better at the force than Mace because Mace didn't do something a cool as that!" Same thing w/Vader and his force choke.
And by "relatively" bad, I mean not as good in sabers/force as he/she is in the other category.
Hewhoknowsall
Awww...comon...isn't anyone interested?
Anon E. Mous
I thought Dooku was considered very good at sabers?
Hewhoknowsall
Originally posted by Anon E. Mous
I thought Dooku was considered very good at sabers?
Yes, but people consider him to be better in the force, probably because they saw him do force lightning and thought that it looked cool.
Lord Lucien
Originally posted by Hewhoknowsall
Yes, but people consider him to be better in the force, probably because they saw him do force lightning and thought that it looked cool. Where are you getting this information from? Haven't you been around long enough to hear people verbally fellate Dooku's saber skills? Or are you under the impression that if someone's powerful in the Force, then he's not good at sabers? Ever heard of being both?
Janus Marius
Originally posted by Hewhoknowsall
Let's have the "smart guys" bust/comfirm these myths using proof/evidence.
F = force guy (relatively bad a sabers but good at force)
S = saber guy (opposite)
Mace = S
Yoda = F
Dooku = F
Sidious = F
Maul = S and he can't do lightning
Obi Wan = S
Anakin = S
Vader = F
Luke = rock at everything
Ancient sith = F
Hierarchy
Luke
Yoda/Sidious
Ancient Sith
Dooku, Mace, etc.
Obi Wan, Anakin, Vader (underrated), Maul, etc.
AOTC Obi Wan/Anakin, Qui Gon, etc.
Some insignificant guys
OT Luke
Dooku pwns Vader
Vader is weaker than pre suit
Mace can't beat the ancient sith even though he can beat Sidious...
...who CAN beat the ancient sith
more coming soon...
This is the wrong kind of thinking here. Establishing hierarchies shouldn't be the goal of SWVF; that's just working for a status quo. The idea should be to have people flesh out their opinions based on the source material and their own rational arguments. In other words, Dooku's only as good as Debater A can portray him versus Debater B's arguments.
Also, the traits you're attempting to establish here are grossly oversimplified. Not all saber fighting styles are equal; Obi-Wan could take Anakin, but never Dooku, for example. But yet Anakin beat Dooku, etc. Also, Force powers is verifiable only from a few instances in-movie and perhaps a few more examples in EU. You can't have every single Force user do some kind of universal test of certain Force powers, nor can you read their power levels or anything.
So in the end, this thread fails to try and do something the SWVF has notoriously done in the past - establish a status quo, oversimplify the characters we're attempting to portray here, and basically negate any kind of deep, out of the box thinking by replacing it with generalizations.
Jinsoku Takai
Originally posted by Anon E. Mous
I thought Dooku was considered very good at sabers?
Absolutely!!!
Hewhoknowsall
Originally posted by Janus Marius
This is the wrong kind of thinking here. Establishing hierarchies shouldn't be the goal of SWVF; that's just working for a status quo. The idea should be to have people flesh out their opinions based on the source material and their own rational arguments. In other words, Dooku's only as good as Debater A can portray him versus Debater B's arguments.
Also, the traits you're attempting to establish here are grossly oversimplified. Not all saber fighting styles are equal; Obi-Wan could take Anakin, but never Dooku, for example. But yet Anakin beat Dooku, etc. Also, Force powers is verifiable only from a few instances in-movie and perhaps a few more examples in EU. You can't have every single Force user do some kind of universal test of certain Force powers, nor can you read their power levels or anything.
So in the end, this thread fails to try and do something the SWVF has notoriously done in the past - establish a status quo, oversimplify the characters we're attempting to portray here, and basically negate any kind of deep, out of the box thinking by replacing it with generalizations.
Whoa...calm down. And these are stereotypes, I'm not saying that they're right. I'm just looking at some common stereotypes; for example, everyone seems to think that Mace "sucks" (relatively) at the force.
Lord Lucien
Seeing "calm down" coming from you always seems so... weird. And out of place this time. And thing is though, Mace doesn't suck. He's #2 of the PT "Golden Age" Jedi for a reason.
Elite Hunter
Originally posted by Hewhoknowsall
Whoa...calm down.
He is calm, there is nothing in his post that is hostile.
Janus Marius
Originally posted by Elite Hunter
He is calm, there is nothing in his post that is hostile.
Yeah, I can't help it if my post is brimming with thinly veiled rage.
Lord Lucien
That explains why my monitored melted.
Janus Marius
My Hate level is over nine thousand.
Lord Lucien
Which is great, it counteracts my Cool level perfectly. I feel very temperate.
Janus Marius
Like Oregon temperate, or south France temperate?
Lord Lucien
Oregon. Lesser of two weevils.
Janus Marius
I hear their driving is among the best in the country. Which is a bit like being the least explosive grenade in the crate.
Lord Lucien
Where's the fun in automobiles if there's no risk of getting t-boned?
Janus Marius
That's why Maine is the best -- log trucks make for more fun.
Lord Lucien
At least one Final Destination 2 a week.
Janus Marius
Speaking of derailed, this thread is toast. Nuke it from orbit.
Hewhoknowsall
Originally posted by Lord Lucien
Seeing "calm down" coming from you always seems so... weird. And out of place this time. And thing is though, Mace doesn't suck. He's #2 of the PT "Golden Age" Jedi for a reason.
Once again, you act like a hypocrite. The world isn't all about you.
Lord Lucien
Originally posted by Hewhoknowsall
Once again, you act like a hypocrite. The world isn't all about you. The state of Oregon disagrees. And I never said I should calm down (since I already am, you weirdy), just that you shouldn't sink to such a level (which you already have, friendo).
Red Nemesis
Well, Faunus doesn't, and Faunus > Oregon (in girth, at least) so 'Knows' wins.
Lord Lucien
Blast. Hoist by my own retard.
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