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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#69726: Nov 27th 2017 at 6:55:35 AM

That's fair enough. Goku isn't as openly prideful as Vegeta is.

Even when they crushed the earrings, he only did so after Vegeta crushing his own earring made having the other irrelevant.

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#69727: Nov 27th 2017 at 7:00:26 AM

Yeah, Goku's never really been about that Saiyan Pride like Vegeta is, he just prefers fighting opponents 1-v-1.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#69728: Nov 27th 2017 at 7:01:09 AM

Well, this is from BOG, but Goku did whine about not being able to attain Super Saiyan God's level of strength on his own. I'd assume that logic applies to fusion as well - something Goku only suggests when there's no other option.

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#69729: Nov 27th 2017 at 8:11:19 AM

When people say 'whine', it makes me think of a childish and high-pitched immature complaining. Goku wasn't 'whining'. He just stated outright in a calm voice that he didn't like that he had to take energy from others just to reach that level of power.

edited 27th Nov '17 8:11:31 AM by PushoverMediaCritic

TyeDyeWildebeest Unreasonably Quirky from Big Rock Candy Mountain Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: How does it feel to treat me like you do?
Unreasonably Quirky
#69730: Nov 27th 2017 at 8:16:29 AM

Yes, there's a pretty big difference between whining and complaining:

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Fedetropes Call me Blast, not Fedetropes from Doomed universe Since: Dec, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Call me Blast, not Fedetropes
#69731: Nov 27th 2017 at 8:29:59 AM

[up] now i imagine that scene but with goku as rarity and beerus as the diamond dogs for some reason

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#69732: Nov 27th 2017 at 12:30:31 PM

Fair enough.

Something just occurred to me. Wasn't there a point in the Cell Saga when Goku and Gohan were just moving so fast that nobody could see them? I'm basing this off the TFS version, but still, there comes a point when they were so fast most of the humans couldn't keep up.

So, how is it Tien and Roshi are even following what's going on in the TOP? I bring them up because when Goku deflects Toppo and Dyspo, they're the first two to bring up how Goku's movements have changed and his reaction speed is different.

But, powerscaling: Cell Saga Goku was invisible < Buu Saga Goku << Super Saiyan God Goku <<<<<< Ultra Instinct Goku.

Goku is at least 3-4 tiers above where he was before.

I can tolerate the other Saiyans/Nameks maybe keeping up but... it doesn't seem like anyone has trouble seeing the stronger fighters anymore.

Hell, Hit's whole thing is being hard to read and Jiren just nutshots him the moment he uses Time-Skip. Then there was Jimeze, Freeza slapped him with his tail when Jimeze tried using Instant Transmission.

What, instant teleportation and stopping time just aren't enough to get the drop on people these days? Well that I guess that can't be totally true because Goku punked Caulifa with the Afterimage Technique.

No but seriously, I've been watching the tournament in bits and piece, but Dypso seems to be the only one who's had any significant advantage in speed.

edited 27th Nov '17 12:34:34 PM by Soble

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Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#69733: Nov 27th 2017 at 12:41:12 PM

About the whole invisible thing, in one of the Tenkaichi Budokais from the OG Dragonball, Roshi and Krillin had a fight that was invisible to everyone present and after the fight they have to stop and describe what happened to the audience, so the whole "should be too fast to track for the audience" started *waaaaay* earlier than the Cell Arc.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
TyeDyeWildebeest Unreasonably Quirky from Big Rock Candy Mountain Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: How does it feel to treat me like you do?
Unreasonably Quirky
#69734: Nov 27th 2017 at 1:04:00 PM

I don't think the ability to track someone's movement is based on power level - at least, not solely based on it. IIRC, in the Saiyan Arc Gohan was having trouble keeping up with the fight between Yamcha and the Saibaman, even though I'm pretty sure he was stronger than either of them by that point.

I think it's less about power and more about training, experience and the general ability to sense energy.

edited 27th Nov '17 1:04:47 PM by TyeDyeWildebeest

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#69735: Nov 27th 2017 at 1:04:34 PM

Gohan is also unable to keep up with the speed of Yamcha and the Saibaman's battle, which Piccolo scolds him over and tells him to sense their ki to keep up, and that everyone else can and are doing it (which actually raises questions about the ability for anyone in the Freeza Forces, including Freeza himself, to be able to see what they're doing).

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#69736: Nov 27th 2017 at 1:14:24 PM

So what are the eliminations each character has?

I'm curious how everyone is doing.

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TyeDyeWildebeest Unreasonably Quirky from Big Rock Candy Mountain Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: How does it feel to treat me like you do?
Unreasonably Quirky
#69737: Nov 27th 2017 at 1:17:42 PM

[up] Here's a chart that should help you out. At the bottom of each fighter's picture is the number of eliminations they have.

edited 27th Nov '17 1:17:55 PM by TyeDyeWildebeest

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#69738: Nov 27th 2017 at 1:21:29 PM

[up] Thanks.

Goddamn Roshi, he's tied with Frieza & 18 for the 3rd highest elimination count in the whole tournament. [awesome]

Holy shit that old mothafucka's still got it. [tup]

edited 27th Nov '17 1:22:13 PM by slimcoder

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Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#69739: Nov 27th 2017 at 1:40:33 PM

Meanwhile Piccolo has just a single elimination under his belt... probably because he's too busy babysitting Gohan.

Gehayadren Bad Movie Binge Collector from A Garbage Fire Since: Jun, 2016 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#69740: Nov 27th 2017 at 2:58:01 PM

[up]Just like the good old days.

Ha ha ha. What a story, Mark.
Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#69741: Nov 27th 2017 at 3:19:34 PM

Speaking of Vegito, I found out the volume release of the Vegito Blue vs Fused Zamasu fight had some new pages added to it.

Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#69742: Nov 27th 2017 at 3:29:50 PM

Is anyone else sometimes a bit annoyed no one else ever got Kaioken? Goku's had it for ages but it seems like something a lot of the cast could make pretty great use of (especially the humans).

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#69743: Nov 27th 2017 at 3:32:07 PM

Unfortunately, they were never on King Kai's planet long enough to learn Kaioken.

More to the point, all enemies were more powerful than Frieza, who easily crushed Goku at times 20 Kaioken (which is the highest he could go without destroying his body).

So Kaioken was rendered totally useless, and even if they did learn it, their bodies probably wouldn't be able to handle the levels needed to make them relevant.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#69744: Nov 27th 2017 at 3:32:52 PM

The humans would still be irrelevant, and Piccolo would just have his own power toned down to compensate.

Kaio-ken is a bad idea because it raises the question of why doesn't everyone use it and if they did, it's the same as no-one having it except they're all covered in the same red lighting & aura so you really homogenize their looks and power-set.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#69745: Nov 27th 2017 at 3:36:36 PM

Not really, no. Because the Kaioken was supposed to be extraordinarily difficult to pull off. That no one else learned it is easily answered by the statement that they couldn't learn it.

edited 27th Nov '17 3:37:08 PM by LSBK

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#69746: Nov 27th 2017 at 3:41:05 PM

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That's probably the reason why Toriyama abandoned it via raising the level of power. Super Saiyan made it redundant, and the power of later enemies made it useless even if the humans COULD learn it.

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DarkHunter from New Mexico Since: Jan, 2001
#69747: Nov 27th 2017 at 4:19:32 PM

Not really, no. Because the Kaioken was supposed to be extraordinarily difficult to pull off. That no one else learned it is easily answered by the statement that they couldn't learn it.

Or there's the fact that the Kaio-ken is very dangerous and can easily damage the user's body. Goku's first major use of it nearly killed him (granted, he did quadruple it after King Kai told him "Don't even think about more than doubling it!"), and he's a Saiyan with superior resilience to a human being.

Tien is the only human I can think of that might possibly be willing to use it, given that (he's shown no aversion to life-threatening techniques before, eg "Shin Kikoho").

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#69748: Nov 27th 2017 at 4:22:39 PM

The humans would still be irrelevant, and Piccolo would just have his own power toned down to compensate.

I think Piccolo pulling out the Kaioken against Frieza would have been cool. Third form has him on the ropes and then WHAM! Plus we'd have a reason for Frieza going final form besides "meh, might as well".

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#69749: Nov 27th 2017 at 4:30:02 PM

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See that would have been great, but it would have required Piccolo to actually learn something from King Kai, which he didn't seem interested in doing (since he refused to do the tests).

Plus, they apparently weren't there long enough to actually learn it.

One Strip! One Strip!
Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#69750: Nov 27th 2017 at 4:31:53 PM

Remember, Goku wasn't just on King Kai's planet to learn the Kaioken but also the Spirit bomb (\o/), so I think in terms of timeframe it would be doable.

Yes, it takes a toll on a body, but I think it would be a way for the human fighters to at least try to remain relevant in the face of mounting numbers of Saiyans.

Though I guess it still doesn't change the problem that powersets in dragonball tend to be very similar amoung people and it all boils down to the strongest fighter.

Still, a man can dream.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"

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