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TheAirman Brightness from The vicinity of an area adjacent to a location Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
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#12426: Mar 20th 2015 at 7:00:31 PM

Krillin could've cut him in half.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#12427: Mar 20th 2015 at 7:01:24 PM

Because Krillin always hits his target.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#12428: Mar 20th 2015 at 7:01:51 PM

I didn't say put up a fight.

But Krillin's lack of height is an advantage because Gero would have had to telegraph more trying to grab him.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#12429: Mar 20th 2015 at 7:04:04 PM

It seemed like you implied it. If that's not what you meant then my mistake.

Really, I'm not arguing that Krillin isn't much, much stronger than Yamacha at that point, that much is obvious.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#12430: Mar 20th 2015 at 7:06:10 PM

I mean, Yamcha also probably would have pressed the button on the remote and prevented Cell from reaching his perfection.

He's actually probably the most mentally stable person in the cast. Least issues ultimately. Least hang-ups.

Which, given he used to rob people for a living.

edited 20th Mar '15 7:06:28 PM by unnoun

Spirit Pretty flower from America Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
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#12431: Mar 20th 2015 at 7:06:51 PM

Or Gero would've only needed to bend his arm at the elbow to grab Krillin instead of raising his entire arm to grab someone his size. This is not even pointing out the difference in speed between androids and non-saiyans.

edited 20th Mar '15 7:07:58 PM by Spirit

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Court Dragon
#12432: Mar 20th 2015 at 7:07:33 PM

Hey. Gotta eat to live. Gotta steal to eat. Otherwise we'd get along.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#12433: Mar 20th 2015 at 7:08:26 PM

[up][up] Krillin waxes that chrome dome of his.

Spirit Pretty flower from America Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Pretty flower
#12434: Mar 20th 2015 at 7:10:13 PM

...okay the idea of Gero being unable to get a grip on Krillin's smooth noggin is enough for me to concede.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#12435: Mar 20th 2015 at 7:16:10 PM

I mean.

Also, Yamcha doesn't even know the Solar Flare.

Don't actually know whether it would have done anything to the androids.

I know my phone camera has to adjust to brightness settings and stuff.

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#12436: Mar 20th 2015 at 7:16:26 PM

He uses Turtle wax.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#12437: Mar 20th 2015 at 7:29:05 PM

Yamcha didn't even win that fight against Goku. It was a tie at best, at worst he lost because he ran away.

Kuririn wouldn't have been killed by the Saibaiman. Tenshinhan wasn't, because he kept a healthy distance from the downed Saibaiman. Only Yamcha is that dumb.

Just cause everyone is surprised at the attack doesn't mean they would sit right in front of a downed opponent, turn their back and start talking shit.

Also nobody thought it was dead, just downed.

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#12438: Mar 20th 2015 at 7:31:30 PM

Tenshinhan wasn't, because he kept a healthy distance from the downed Saibaiman.

Yeah, knowing an opponent can self-destruct tends to foster a habit for keeping a healthy distance.

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#12440: Mar 20th 2015 at 7:33:42 PM

Been a while. Oops.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#12441: Mar 20th 2015 at 7:34:33 PM

He hit it once then, Vegeta just decided to kill it. It looked like they all thought the one Yamcha faught was dead to me or at least out of commission. Also, I don't like speculated how they react in situations like that. Tien knew his could still fight and even though Krillin and the others knew one saibaman survived his big attack they were still taken off guard by it and it would have killed Gohan if not for Piccolo.

Like I said, no matter how I think about it, I can't hold it against him. I do admit he got a bit cocky, though.

edited 20th Mar '15 7:35:23 PM by LSBK

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#12442: Mar 20th 2015 at 7:40:54 PM

We don't see their reactions to it being downed. Only Yamcha assumes it's down permanently, then everyone is surprised when it grabs him.

Only Gohan was taken off-guard by the one Kuririn missed, and that was because it dashed out of the smoke cloud and Gohan at that stage really sucked with his ki sensing.

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#12443: Mar 20th 2015 at 7:44:26 PM

i guess he's met quite a few time travellers trying to pull a "kill Hitler Freeza before he does X" huh?

There was a Deadpool comic where Hitler was ambushed by a time traveler, shot him, and then remarked about, "I must have done something TERRIBLE in a past life or something," because of all the time travelers that keep coming after him. Then he stole his gear and escaped through time, trying to hunt down the people responsible for the collapse of his regime. Mostly memorable for a moment where he briefly winds up in the present and Samuel L. Jackson Fury flips his shit just seeing him, remarking, "Oh, I KNOW you ain't time-traveling Hitler, son!"

The reason I bring this up is that I suddenly want to see Frieza pull something like that.

He won against Goku when Goku was 12 and starving half to death.

And even that is by a generous definition of "winning" because the fight never finished; once Bulma arrived, Yamcha panicked and fled the scene to escape from puberty, marking the first and last time Bulma defeated an opponent.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#12444: Mar 20th 2015 at 7:52:09 PM

Goku's power level being 10 still doesn't sound right to me. That farmer Radditz killed was at 5; I can't image how being twice as strong as that would allow Goku to do the things he did.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#12445: Mar 20th 2015 at 8:21:14 PM

LSBK, you gotta stop here.

You're trying to convince people that Yamcha isn't a loser, and that way lies madness.

I've actually tried that myself. I still kinda waffle between finding the Yamcha jokes funny and just thinking it's kinda predictable now.

The fact of the matter is, his status is Memetic like Aquaman (only Aquaman is actually getting a little bit of respect from Comic book fans, and DC has been putting actual effort into banishing the spectre of Super Friends). People will never not see him as a loser.

I'm kinda all over the place on the Saibaman incident. He did fuck up by not paying attention, but he hit it with a Kamehameha, which packs a lot more punch then Tien simply elbowing it in the sternum, so I can't totally blame him for thinking that was it.

But he's still Yamcha. Remember, this is a character who is mocked by the American and Japanese fandom. That's not something you can bounce back from.

You're ice skating up hill and spitting against the wind. Yamcha will never not be a loser in the eyes of the fandom, so it's pointless to try and change anyone's mind.

Give up while you're still sane.

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#12446: Mar 20th 2015 at 8:24:40 PM

Dunno if this has been posted yet, but apparently the reason Whis is so strong is that he can control time.

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#12447: Mar 20th 2015 at 8:25:11 PM

You're staring into the mouth of madness. Hearing the call of Cthulhu. No mortal mind was ever meant to grasp the unholy depths of Yamcha's battle power.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#12448: Mar 20th 2015 at 8:30:14 PM

I'm trying to convince people Yamcha isn't a loser, he obviously is, I'm just arguing he's a loser for different reasons.

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#12449: Mar 20th 2015 at 8:36:46 PM

Dammit, Whis. Where were you during everything involving Towa and Mira?

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#12450: Mar 20th 2015 at 8:37:32 PM

Eating or sleeping.

Beerman and Whiskeyboy could've solved the plot of Xenoverse in two minutes flat. They didn't, 'cuz they're lazy.

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