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Who is the man??
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Goku 202 7.09%
Vegeta 279 9.79%
Krillin 208 7.30%
Piccolo or his nameks 212 7.44%
Gohan or Cool Gohan 135 4.74%
Yamcha 90 3.16%
Tien 120 4.21%
Muten Roshi 89 3.12%
Tao Pai Pai 71 2.49%
Frieza 69 2.42%
Cell or an android 86 3.02%
Buu 62 2.18%
Hercule "Mark" Satan 327 11.48%
Videl 90 3.16%
Bulma 104 3.65%
Yajirobe 99 3.47%
Ginyu or other Frieza squad guy 68 2.39%
King kai or another kai 53 1.86%
Chi-Chi 83 2.91%
Goten 43 1.51%
Trunks or Cool Trunks 112 3.93%
Bardock 48 1.68%
Other villain of DB,Z, or GT(please post about it!) 41 1.44%
Uub 42 1.47%
Oolong 90 3.16%
Zamasu 26 0.91%
Total: 1326 votes
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Blockhouse
Sep 7, 2014

You Win!
I'm not because the TF2 comics were loving funny

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Manatee Cannon
Aug 26, 2010



yea the tf2 comics and shorts were really good. valve has good writers. overwatch stuff isn't canon or w/e because it's a retooled pvp mode from an mmo that got scrapped. it's super popular tho so that mmo or maybe a diablo style coop shooter like borderlands will be made and that's where the story will matter

Momomo posted:

Would Goku even have hidden potential to bring out? Gohan spent all his time off not training, but Goku does nothing but get stronger. I can't imagine that ceremony would do very much for him.

krillin was still training a lot when he got his potential unlocked on namek

it's not like it means much in practice anyway; it's just a free powerup

khwarezm
Oct 26, 2010

Deal with it.

Aurora posted:

I'm mad that TF2 has flimsy justifications for its maps

TF2 is the way to go because they understand the intrinsic idiocy of making a plot for a multiplayer shooter. Overwatch fails to understand that.

lezard_valeth
Mar 14, 2016

RBX posted:

The Walking Dead has actual bad writing that gets in the way of the show. Meanwhile DB fans are obsessive about inconsequential stuff and would ruin the show if any of their ideas made it in. Example: the Super manga.

The Walking Dead fanbase feels smart because they figured out that the show is not about the zombies but about the humans and will spam every Walking Dead facebook post with this statement, disregarding that the cover of the 1st issue of the comic literally spells this fact out. No they are super smart and figured the deep meaning by themselves. Good job TWD fanbase!

Meanwhile Dragonball fans feel smart about pointing out plotholes and inconsistencies and talking about power levels when the show cannot go more out of it's way to say "Shut up nerd, we are trying to have fun here!"

Aurora
Jan 7, 2008

khwarezm posted:

TF2 is the way to go because they understand the intrinsic idiocy of making a plot for a multiplayer shooter. Overwatch fails to understand that.

Thinking face but it gets bigger and bigger.

Shards of Fate
Apr 19, 2002

They look like monsters to you?
The new poster with the replacement character is fruity as hell.

Testekill
Nov 1, 2012

I demand to be taken seriously

:aronrex:

lezard_valeth posted:

The Walking Dead fanbase feels smart because they figured out that the show is not about the zombies but about the humans and will spam every Walking Dead facebook post with this statement, disregarding that the cover of the 1st issue of the comic literally spells this fact out. No they are super smart and figured the deep meaning by themselves. Good job TWD fanbase!


You should also point out that nearly every piece of zombie horror has that theme. Fucks sakes, it was even in the old George Romero films so it isn't even a new way of subverting traditional horror.

Aurora
Jan 7, 2008

Shards of Fate posted:

The new poster with the replacement character is fruity as hell.


I'm not sure how that word even begins to describe the poster

CharlestheHammer
Jun 26, 2011

YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!
Not the gay :ohdear:

Testekill
Nov 1, 2012

I demand to be taken seriously

:aronrex:

Shards of Fate posted:

The new poster with the replacement character is fruity as hell.


Huh, Tien isn't tucked in the back where nobody notices him.

Funky Valentine
Feb 26, 2014

Dojyaa~an

It looks like they shopped Tien into it.

Prowler
May 24, 2004

Oh my God the manga. I don't dislike how the anime glosses over SSG, but really.... That Vegeta fight is just hilarious.

I'm happy my phone autocorrected Vegeta.

lezard_valeth
Mar 14, 2016

Funky Valentine posted:

It looks like they shopped Tien into it.

Everyone but Frieza looks shopped. I'm pretty sure I've seen images of all the other characters in that exact same pose somewhere else.

Sea Lily
Aug 5, 2007

Everything changes, Pit.
Even gods.

Some of the art in that is from Dokkan Battle for sure, though they might have sourced it from somewhere else too.

Nessus
Dec 22, 2003

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Testekill posted:

You should also point out that nearly every piece of zombie horror has that theme. Fucks sakes, it was even in the old George Romero films so it isn't even a new way of subverting traditional horror.
At this point the subversion would have to be something like 'everyone behaves in a semi-sensible if tense way except for one motherfucker who decides eight zombies means it's time for him to indulge his apocalypse fantasies, loving everything up.'

Sort of like Goku, but less charming.

Fargin Icehole
Feb 19, 2011

Pet me.

Testekill posted:

You should also point out that nearly every piece of zombie horror has that theme. Fucks sakes, it was even in the old George Romero films so it isn't even a new way of subverting traditional horror.

I guess it's all about how well you do it, not how played out the theme is i guess

Raxivace
Sep 9, 2014

Nessus posted:

At this point the subversion would have to be something like 'everyone behaves in a semi-sensible if tense way except for one motherfucker who decides eight zombies means it's time for him to indulge his apocalypse fantasies, loving everything up.'

Sort of like Goku, but less charming.
I thought the Dawn of the Dead remake was kind of a nice twist on the basic formula, in that it was about bunch of assholes getting over themselves and actually learning to tolerate each other and work together.

Nessus
Dec 22, 2003

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Fargin Icehole posted:

I guess it's all about how well you do it, not how played out the theme is i guess
It's pretty much porn for suburban Americans in the same way Dracula was porn for middle-class Victorians, I figure.

Black August
Sep 28, 2003

lezard_valeth posted:

"Shut up nerd, we are trying to have fun here!"

this is me watching dragon ball and it is the only way to watch it

RealFoxy
May 11, 2011

I'm not making a fucking QCS thread for this but seriously can we take a harder stance on Kiwifarms freaks like this guy, Jesus Christ seriously, you used to be better at knocking these creeps down. I guess ADTRW mods aren't responsible like GBS mods are.
Other than narrative reasons, why don't the Z crew ever use the Dragon Balls to make themselves stronger? The Dragon Balls only seem to be used to wish people back to life, nobodies ever using them for anything else except movie villains

ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

RealFoxy posted:

Other than narrative reasons, why don't the Z crew ever use the Dragon Balls to make themselves stronger? The Dragon Balls only seem to be used to wish people back to life, nobodies ever using them for anything else except movie villains

The Dragonballs can't do everything. They are limited by the power of the person who created them. It's why the Dragon can't just kill Vegeta or whatever. It just so happens that immortality and reviving the dead are perfectly in that realm.

Nessus
Dec 22, 2003

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RealFoxy posted:

Other than narrative reasons, why don't the Z crew ever use the Dragon Balls to make themselves stronger? The Dragon Balls only seem to be used to wish people back to life, nobodies ever using them for anything else except movie villains
If you think about it, that's exactly what happened when they trained with King Kai. I think the problem is that if you wish to be stronger in absolute terms you might become really strong for Earth, but you'd end up exactly as strong as Kami or Dende, both of whom are not renowned for their high battle powers.

RBX
Jan 2, 2011

People are forgetting how weak Earths dragon balls ate. The only ones that can do anything you want are the Super Dragon Balls.

RealFoxy
May 11, 2011

I'm not making a fucking QCS thread for this but seriously can we take a harder stance on Kiwifarms freaks like this guy, Jesus Christ seriously, you used to be better at knocking these creeps down. I guess ADTRW mods aren't responsible like GBS mods are.

RBX posted:

People are forgetting how weak Earths dragon balls ate. The only ones that can do anything you want are the Super Dragon Balls.
When Dende came to Earth they got stronger, but nobody's taken advantage of it other than to revive a whole planet. Nobody's even really dared to call out Shenron on what he can and can't do, don't you think by now Vegeta would be strong enough to intimidate the wish-granting dragon?

Black August
Sep 28, 2003

They're prideful dumb saiyans with a death wish, they want to do it themselves not punch in cheat codes to get by, simple as that

sassassin
Apr 3, 2010

by Azathoth

lezard_valeth posted:

Meanwhile Dragonball fans feel smart about pointing out plotholes and inconsistencies and talking about power levels when the show cannot go more out of it's way to say "Shut up nerd, we are trying to have fun here!"

In the last episode characters were trying to explain some of those "plot holes" and did so badly, so I'm not sure I can agree with your premise.

Remember unlocking potential? Here's why we can't do it!
Remember the time chamber?

RBX
Jan 2, 2011

The joke really flew over you head there

Kanos
Sep 6, 2006

was there a time when speedwagon didn't get trolled

Black August posted:

They're prideful dumb saiyans with a death wish, they want to do it themselves not punch in cheat codes to get by, simple as that

Yeah even if the Dragon Balls could make someone super powerful neither Goku or Vegeta would ever want to use them as such. The only two things Goku enjoys more than training to get stronger are eating and fighting, and Vegeta has a big complex about succeeding under his own power as far as he is able.

It's the same reason why Goku and Vegeta could beat pretty much any villain ever by fusing and going full power and just murdering the guy in 5 seconds before the fusion ends, but neither of them would ever do that because it wouldn't be a real fight.

RealFoxy
May 11, 2011

I'm not making a fucking QCS thread for this but seriously can we take a harder stance on Kiwifarms freaks like this guy, Jesus Christ seriously, you used to be better at knocking these creeps down. I guess ADTRW mods aren't responsible like GBS mods are.
Then it seems more like the Dragon Balls are more of a narrative crutch where nothing has real consequence since the afterlife doesn't really stick to anyone

sassassin
Apr 3, 2010

by Azathoth

Kanos posted:

Yeah even if the Dragon Balls could make someone super powerful neither Goku or Vegeta would ever want to use them as such. The only two things Goku enjoys more than training to get stronger are eating and fighting, and Vegeta has a big complex about succeeding under his own power as far as he is able.

When do you think Vegeta changed to be this way? He was chasing wishes for thousands of episodes of Dragonball Z.

Nessus
Dec 22, 2003

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sassassin posted:

When do you think Vegeta changed to be this way? He was chasing wishes for thousands of episodes of Dragonball Z.
Probably around the time he started trying to shot-call people into giving Goku their ki to gently caress up Buu. Fortunately, it was realized that having a former world exterminator do this wasn't the optimal outcome, and Satan truly became the world's savior.

Brother Entropy
Dec 27, 2009

vegeta chased the wishes because he assumed that was the only way he could ever beat freeza and get revenge for his people, once goku did it just by going super saiyan reaching that himself and proving he was better than goku became vegeta's main goal and wishes would undermine that

e: well he was also chasing the wishes pre-namek but that can kinda be chalked up to his characterization mostly just being 'evil saiyan bigshot', once toriyama decided he was gonna stick around he got more fleshed out

RBX
Jan 2, 2011

sassassin posted:

When do you think Vegeta changed to be this way? He was chasing wishes for thousands of episodes of Dragonball Z.

What the hell after Frieza died he stopped all that poo poo and focused only on Goku.

Josuke Higashikata
Mar 7, 2013


I like that he's so focused on beating Goku despite having two victories over him, 'cos he definitely beat Goku in the Saiyan saga (though plot demands that Vegeta ultimately flee earth obviously, it wasn't Goku who directly beat him) and he technically beat him in the Buu saga, though Goku was holding back.

Nessus
Dec 22, 2003

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Josuke Higashikata posted:

I like that he's so focused on beating Goku despite having two victories over him, 'cos he definitely beat Goku in the Saiyan saga (though plot demands that Vegeta ultimately flee earth obviously, it wasn't Goku who directly beat him) and he technically beat him in the Buu saga, though Goku was holding back.
He was probably classing everyone except possibly Piccolo and Gohan as "Kakarot's retainers."

RBX
Jan 2, 2011

Sayians really have the pride of a child

Vonnie
Sep 13, 2011

sassassin posted:

Remember the time chamber?

Vegeta is in it and is going to get everyone banned.

sassassin
Apr 3, 2010

by Azathoth

Vonnie posted:

Vegeta is in it and is going to get everyone banned.

Were the subs I saw wrong or did he say he's training to defeat Goku?

Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

Black August posted:

They're prideful dumb saiyans with a death wish, they want to do it themselves not punch in cheat codes to get by, simple as that

Vegita was a prideful dumb saiyan when he came to Earth to wish for immortality. Why woudn't he want it now? He knows for a fact he is going to hell, Piccolo told him.

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Sefal
Nov 8, 2011
Fun Shoe
I think at that time he wanted to kill Freeza. He knew he was horrible outclassed.

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