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TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#35876: Mar 14th 2016 at 9:24:51 AM

I'm at a loss for how we're supposed to get an entire episode out of Vegeta fighting Frost, other than "because Toei could spend six episodes drawing out Goku visiting the men's room."

  • VEGETA: You have no idea how cathartic this is!
  • CHAMPA: Objection! Can we just end the fight already? Beerus's challenger has spent the past twenty minutes refusing to let this match conclude, and appears to be deriving some manner of sexual pleasure from it.
  • BEERUS: This tournament is officially the worst thing that's ever happened to me.

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#35877: Mar 14th 2016 at 9:36:12 AM

The fight will probably only last half the episode and the other half will be Vegeta vs Magetta.

TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#35878: Mar 14th 2016 at 10:32:20 AM

Plus the preview implied something happening with Hit and Frost outside of the arena so I doubt Vegeta will let it last that long.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#35879: Mar 14th 2016 at 2:46:02 PM

[up][up][up]Unofficially, the worst thing that happened to Beerus was that one time Whis got drunk and kept turning time back so the time for dinner never came.

edited 14th Mar '16 2:46:25 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

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Cortez from Parts Unknown (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#35880: Mar 14th 2016 at 2:49:41 PM

[up][up] Yeah, Hit might end up being the one that kills Frost. Or takes care of him in some other way.

LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#35881: Mar 14th 2016 at 6:44:19 PM

@Saiga: I assumed Goku knew roughly how much stronger Freeza had gotten, and he knew it was stronger than he would be when going SSJ, so he went full-out. Actually, that's really the only way this makes sense. Goku knows roughly how much power an opponent is holding back, and he changes his power just enough so the opponent realises "oh crap, I'd better bring out the big guns".

Also, I'm now realising Vegeta fighting Frost pre-Reveal would have been really interesting. He'd have to get over his overwhelming desire to kill anything that looks like Freeza, because Frost was (seemingly) not like him.

edited 14th Mar '16 6:49:53 PM by LOLypop1224

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#35882: Mar 14th 2016 at 7:39:02 PM

That wouldn't make sense to me. He knew Freeza was holding something back and wanted to see it, but he didn't know how strong he would be because once he saw Golden Freeza he was blown away.

He transformed first because both knew the other had something in reserve. I don't see why he would pull out everything he had if he still had a form inbetween them, because it's unnessecary. Kind of like how Frost jumped to his Assault Form instead of going to his final form because he hadn't seen the need for it.

I think Goku was already beyond his regular Super Saiyan by using his God power and used Super Saiyan Blue because it was his last trump card.

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#35883: Mar 14th 2016 at 7:43:30 PM

I just saw episode 34 of Super and I have to say that I'm really disappointed.

Not because it was bad, but because a) I wanted Piccolo to win a fight and b) I was disappointed that Frost was evil all along. :/

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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#35885: Mar 14th 2016 at 8:30:43 PM

By default, yeah.

He should have just fought Frost the old-fashioned way; I bet he could have taken him.

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MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#35886: Mar 14th 2016 at 11:40:45 PM

I personally like Nowzawa, especially as kid Goku, but I am kind of mixed about Goku's voice never dropping and I do prefer Sean to her overall, but I have nothing but respect for the original Goku. My main complaint against Nowzawa is that I personally don't feel she should play Goku's entire family, especially Goten who is already a miniature Goku clone. Given him his own voice would had made him somewhat different. I also don't like her Bardock.

Why did all of you ignore the best Freeza?

edited 14th Mar '16 11:40:57 PM by MadSkillz

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#35887: Mar 14th 2016 at 11:52:39 PM

Little Kuriboh was brought up once or twice.

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#35888: Mar 15th 2016 at 12:13:49 AM

I know I voted for him as the best Freeza.

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#35889: Mar 15th 2016 at 12:24:28 AM

I...no acknowledge unofficial...group in comparison with official stuff.

edited 15th Mar '16 12:25:03 AM by randomness4

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#35890: Mar 15th 2016 at 1:29:35 AM

Technically he did win.

But technically he also lost.tongue

He physically lost, had a technical win from Frost cheating, but that was revoked so he lost and Frost could compete again.

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#35891: Mar 15th 2016 at 1:56:31 AM

Well, actually, given that Toei is monetizing DBZA, it kinda is official.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#35892: Mar 15th 2016 at 3:39:39 AM

And that is freaking bullshit.

If Toei wanted to monetize DBZA, they should hire Team Four Star. To be quite honest, someone else profitting from my work at no realistic benefit to myself would be enough to make me quit doing said work.

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Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#35893: Mar 15th 2016 at 4:08:49 AM

Its better than them trying to shut it down, at least.

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#35894: Mar 15th 2016 at 4:15:49 AM

Well, currently both are happening so...

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#35895: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:06:16 AM

Generally speaking, Goku can typically tell that someone is holding back but not how much. Nobody can sense power that isn't actively being used; if they could, it would defeat the entire purpose of suppressing one's ki.

The exception was Goku's fight with Frieza on Namek, not because Goku could sense how much energy Frieza truly had but because Frieza was kind enough to provide a running percentage of how much he was using at a given time. All Goku had to do was figure out if he was bluffing or not - and, specifically because he can't sense power that's being suppressed, he did initially put his hopes on the idea that Frieza was lying through his teeth.

If Toei wanted to monetize DBZA, they should hire Team Four Star. To be quite honest, someone else profitting from my work at no realistic benefit to myself would be enough to make me quit doing said work.

"Someone else profiting from my work at no realistic benefit to myself" can also be used to describe parody series like TFS in the first place. TFS don't directly monetize their Abridged videos, but they still make their money on the brand and characters; that's specifically why they removed the word "non-profit" from the blurb that starts each video.

Well, currently both are happening so...

Only sort of. They're content to monetize TFS's Abridged videos but they got pissed off at the DBcember videos where they reviewed every Dragon Ball movie and special in order from worst to best. Toei issued takedown strikes against those, not against the show. Three strikes auto-kills a channel.

They like the show, but - like many IP holders on You Tube - they're also intent on silencing criticism.

edited 15th Mar '16 7:07:41 AM by TobiasDrake

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#35898: Mar 15th 2016 at 2:15:23 PM

Thing is, there is a very realistic benefit to Toei and the IP holders for Dragon Ball. TFS is free publicity. In fact, if anything, sponsoring them is the best move possible, simply because they're renewing interest in your IP and you don't have to pay them squat. It's not like they're stealing money from the IP Holder.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#35899: Mar 15th 2016 at 2:17:19 PM

I don't think they have a problem with Toei monetizing the abridged. Kaiser's response to someone with basically the same indignation seemed to come off that way to me, at least.

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#35900: Mar 15th 2016 at 3:44:25 PM

TFS gets most of their money from Patreon, anyways.

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