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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#35726: Mar 12th 2016 at 6:29:09 AM

Vegeta probably wasn't at 180000 as a giant werewolf monkey. Mostly because by that point, he'd already used his most powerful attack, which took a lot of his energy, and eaten a ridiculously powerful (for the time) Kamehameha.

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#35727: Mar 12th 2016 at 6:32:54 AM

You're right, at the time he used it there was a good chance Vegeta wasn't at full strength.

Still, I think the point that Goku had reached, through Kaioken, what would have been Vegeta's full strength under a full moon to be illustrative. Saiyans were Freeza's strongest soldiers and they were starting to become so even without their werewolf monkey forms. You could understand why he came fear them.

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#35728: Mar 12th 2016 at 6:41:42 AM

Saiyans don't grow that fast - Goku and Vegeta are both special cases. Vegeta is basically the most talented Saiyan ever born and Goku has basically gotten instruction from the very best trainers he possibly could at every turn, on top of being naturally gifted.

Thing is, given that they're the only two remaining, I guess that does mean Saiyans are now the most overpowered race in the universe, if only because the only two members of that race are Gods now.

Something I've noticed a lot in fanfiction...

Why do people seem to think that Freeza tortured Vegeta physically?

I mean, that seems pretty counterintuitive to what Freeza wants to do. It's true that he wants to fuck with Vegeta, but having him tortured until he's one foot in the grave would only make Vegeta way too strong way too fast. Hell, him being beaten nearly to death once put him above Dodoria, the second time made him strong enough to kill Guldo and Zarbon, the third time put him well above the Ginyu force and the fourth made him strong enough that I'm fairly sure he could've killed first form Freeza with relative ease, possibly second form as well.

Do this a dozen times and voila, you have now made Vegeta strong enough to wtfstomp Freeza.

edited 12th Mar '16 6:48:54 AM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#35729: Mar 12th 2016 at 7:12:56 AM

...

Are we having a damned Power Levels discussion?

The most pointless of discussions on DBZ?

...That's it! I'm out!

~Leaves while grumbling~

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#35730: Mar 12th 2016 at 7:20:38 AM

I come back, and seven pages of power level wank; amazing.

Has the new episode of Super come out yet?

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#35731: Mar 12th 2016 at 7:32:09 AM

That would be sometime tomorrow wouldn't it?

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#35732: Mar 12th 2016 at 7:34:22 AM

You know what's funny?

People who constantly complain about people discussing things in a discussion forum.

Whoops.

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#35733: Mar 12th 2016 at 7:34:34 AM

[up][up] I thought you left.

edited 12th Mar '16 7:34:42 AM by Zelenal

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#35734: Mar 12th 2016 at 7:35:31 AM

Episode 34 cam out on March 6th. We aren't getting Episode 35 until March 20th.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#35735: Mar 12th 2016 at 7:39:32 AM

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It's a discussion we've had numerous times (and sometimes, I've been to blame for them) that never goes anywhere.

I mean, we can't just talk about the same things especially once it starts going in circles. I mean, are we not all a little sick of it. There has to be better things to talk about.

Not that it will stop me from bringing it up again by accident. Hell, I'm still trying to figure out if Frost is stronger than Frieza (due to being stronger than Piccolo who should be more powerful than namek saga Frieza).

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#35736: Mar 12th 2016 at 7:58:15 AM

Trying to get people to stop discussing powerlevels is like trying to get people to have a thread about Dragon Ball without ever mentioning Saiyans. Ever.

It's just not going to happen. And frankly, far more annoying than a repeated topic is the fact that every single time that it comes up, someone always goes "Oh you're discussing powerlevels again", almost always without suggesting another topic of conversation. People who complain about repetitive discussions frequently don't realize just how repetitive they themselves are, and how annoying they themselves are because they bring it up every damned time.

Also not helping is the fact that while powerlevels frequently come up, the context surrounding the powerlevels discussion tends to be different. It's not just "we're discussing powerlevels again and that's all we're doing", though it sometimes does admittedly happen, usually when someone quotes the "powerlevels are bullshit" joke from DBZA (which, by the way, isn't about numerical powerlevels, it never was about numerical powerlevels), and then it starts a conversation about whether powerlevels were a mistake or not.

But that's not always the conversation. More than that, the conversation is usually "which character is stronger".

And people complain about it, always with the same thing, "Oh, you're discussing powerlevels again", and frankly, if you don't want to discuss powerlevels, nobody's forcing you to. Just skip the conversation. It's not like you're compulsively forced to read every single word on every single post.

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#35737: Mar 12th 2016 at 8:01:37 AM

Here's an idea: Let's play Hot or Not with Dragon Ball characters. I'll go first.

Yakon: Hot or Smokin'?

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#35738: Mar 12th 2016 at 8:08:04 AM

Okay, fine Handsomerob.

So it's not that I'm adverse to a seeing a good Freeza type mutant. I was even welcome to the idea of Frost being good, but only because I liked the idea of Frost and Goku teaming up.

The thing I didn't like about "good" Frost was the way he was presented. He has Freeza's body type, and Freeza's armor, uses the same transformations as Freeza for the same reasons as Freeza and is the emperor of the universe on top of running a corporation, just like Freeza. But he uses face type 3 instead of 2 and he's blue, so he's totally good, unlike Freeza.

I didn't find this "twist" to be clever at all and found the revelation that he's not that good to be much more satisfying. When we get the "good" Freeza type mutant I want it to be an individual of similar mutation who is more obviously not like Freeza from the start. Remember when we went to planet Namek and found all the residents wearing weighted turban helmets, capes and shoulder pads, meditating on mountain tops in the wilderness and fighting doppelgangers of themselves? How they were all standing on floating continents supported by wooden staffs with borderline blackfaces following them around? No? Because Namek wasn't populated by Kami and Piccolo with slightly different faces and color schemes but totally in the middle of their respective moralities. That's the impression the "good" Freeza mutant should leave, the impression that he's been living his life completely unlike Freeza, that he isn't mistakable for Freeza. When you reflect on his actions, "what would Freeza do?" shouldn't be an immediate question. Maybe something carries over, Nail could regrow his arm too and we only went to Namek anyway because Guru could make dragon balls. So good Freeza mutant can transform and display similar ability to survive, but that's it.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#35739: Mar 12th 2016 at 8:09:23 AM

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I suppose you're right. The complaining can be as repetitive as the actual discussion. I'll deal with it I suppose.

I admit, I do think it's interesting that Frost is stronger then Namek Frieza. I guess he trained a bit more.

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Yakon is so hot, he's exploding.evil grin

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I can dig that.

edited 12th Mar '16 8:11:03 AM by HandsomeRob

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#35740: Mar 12th 2016 at 8:42:36 AM

[up][up]If we were dealing with the same universe I would have agreed with you.

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#35741: Mar 12th 2016 at 1:28:22 PM

Hot or not: Frieza's third form.

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#35742: Mar 12th 2016 at 1:38:13 PM

Not.

Hot or Not: Freeza's Second Form.

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#35743: Mar 12th 2016 at 1:38:50 PM

Edit:Mild

edited 12th Mar '16 1:39:14 PM by IndirectActiveTransport

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#35744: Mar 12th 2016 at 1:47:50 PM

Hot or not: Frieza's hyper form from the GT live show

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#35745: Mar 12th 2016 at 1:48:39 PM

[up][up][up]Not. Final Form I might do if he's still voiced by Linda Young and there was a gun pointed to my head, second form, jesus no, I'd eat the bullet.

Hot or not: Great Saiyaman? I've seen some fanart where Videl apparently thinks so very much, I'm amused that never came up in the series. Well, she did become the Great Saiyawoman #2 in the films so maybe it was some kind of turn-on for her she thought it looked cool.

edited 12th Mar '16 1:50:53 PM by Soble

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#35747: Mar 12th 2016 at 2:57:44 PM

As do I.

Young's Frieza was the one I grew up with, and while I've come to tolerate Chris Ayres, its just not quite the same.

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#35748: Mar 12th 2016 at 3:01:06 PM

What do you have against him, aside from design?

To be honest, it's really all just his design. Since we know nothing else about his character (well, we know he fought Beerus and he may or may not be stronger than Goku?) I have nothing else to go on but his design. And his look has already soured me towards the character. Maybe if he had some personality for me to observe? But I guess they're saving that for later, but as of right now, I can't stand him.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#35749: Mar 12th 2016 at 3:02:23 PM

Huh. I was so flaccid from listening to 'Dragon Soul' everytime, I never actually watched the Frieza Saga all the way through. This is the first time I've watched the Kai version of this scene.

I actually really like this. The music isn't my cup of tea, but Goku's "I will make you suffer" was actually pretty menacing.

edited 12th Mar '16 3:05:09 PM by Soble

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#35750: Mar 12th 2016 at 3:29:47 PM

So, while talking about stupid things regarding DBZ voice acting, I stumbled upon a video in which the Latin voice actors for Goku, Krillin and Freezer, doing their respective character's voices, basically act out a scene in which Freeza shows up to rape Krillin, who goes full on DBZA, and then Goku shows up, and you can just imagine where that's going. Then someone put the voices to scenes from RF.

It's inexplicably hilarious.

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