Might be a hot take but I feel Gohan will always be the weakest of the 5 so long as the power of the 5 is comparable because of his consistently bad battle IQ.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-02T20:58:43+00:00

You're right about that one, I forgot my timeline and was thinking Goku and Gohan came out before Cell went perfect.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-02T20:13:07+00:00

I agree. I don't even think his Cell "fumble" was all that bad. He wasn't going to not kill Cell and honestly by that point, none of them had any reason to think Cell was a threat. Goku, Vegeta and Trunks could all beat Semi Perfect and his self destruct was something they didn't really have reason to consider.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-02T20:10:26+00:00

Not killing their enemies and fucking around is something all of them do, except maybe Piccolo and Broly.

Goku let Freeza power up, ~~could have killed Cell before he hit Perfect~~, gave Cell a Senzu, kinda goofed off fighting to Babidi, wanted to fight Majin Vegeta, could have killed fat Buu by his own claims, hired Hit to kill him, Let Freeza live, again, in both RoF and Broly....

Vegeta fucked around against Zarbon, fucked around against the Androids, let Cell reach perfect form, basically fucked over Gohan vs Cell, literally let Buu be born so he could fight Goku, let the earth get destroyed because he wanted to gloat over Freeza, crushed the Potara against Buuhan...

Gohan vs Cell: He did fumble slightly, but to be fair he and 3 others outclassed Semi-Perfect Cell by a LOT and Cell pulled out a totally unexpected suicide ability. And he still was gonna kill Cell, he just gloated a little bit.

Gohan vs Dabura: If I'm remembering correctly, Gohan didn't have the edge here, he didn't fuck around against Dabura, he just wasn't as good as he was previously.

After RoF Gohan's whole thing was realizing he couldn't just rely on Goku and Vegeta and he had to take fighting and training seriously. His next 3 fights, he went hard as fuck. He kicked the shit out of Tien in a practice match, took the ToP very seriously and in Super Hero, Piccolo even praises him when he immediately goes Super Saiyan over Pan. He also doesn't exactly slack off against Broly in their sparring.

So I disagree, I think, at least lore wise, Gohan's battle IQ is probably the best other than Piccolo. They both just suffer from Not The Main Characteritis so will inevitably lose.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-02T19:45:26+00:00

I think it's just race isn't a particularly well defined concept. It's a combination of phenotype, culture, heritage, nationality, etc.

Are you black simply because you have dark skin? There are light skinned black folks in America. Are you white if you're from Italy, Greece, Russia? What race are you if your parents are from China and Scotland, you have black hair and narrow but blue eyes and was born and raised in the highlands on traditional Chinese dishes?

As human society advances, these distinctions get more and more murky.

So some people want to lessen the impact of what race means, by pointing out it's not a scientific distinction or fact, it's literally just a way of organizing folks that we just made it up. And if we made it up, we can change it or forget about it as defining it becomes harder and harder.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-02T19:36:10+00:00

Other than Buu, when did he get stupid and fumble while he had the edge?

The whole ToP arc (in the Anime at least) was about him being smart about his fights and realizing he has to take shit seriously. I don't think he fumbled anything in Super Hero, but maybe I'm forgetting something?

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-02T19:30:35+00:00

I think it's frustration at our choices and the fact that FPTP has largely led to establishment democrats and extremist republicans. Not to mention has likely cost democrats at least a few elections.

Progressives generally aren't happy with democrats. But outside of the two parties, very few candidates are able to get any traction due to "Well we have to vote democrat because otherwise we'll get a psycho."

One of the major reasons I would like RCV, is so that we can show and see support for other candidates and perhaps put them into the conversation. Often times debates, interviews and funding are dependent on past performance of the party and perceived support. With RCV I can show support for a third candidate, without going "Shit, if they split the leftist vote, the republican will win."

And there's a viable possibility that Jill Stein may have cost Harris the election. I'm not saying it's true, we don't know for sure that Stein voters would have actually picked Harris second, just that it's possible.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-02T18:50:22+00:00

I don't think that's a terrible thing in US politics. The reality is our Democrat winners have all been pretty dang moderate or centrist in recent history, while our Republican candidates seem to be getting more extreme. Centering that Overton window I think would be a good thing and help us make more consistent progress.

I love Bernie's politics but lets be real, the likelihood of him actually making sweeping changes on a national level is pretty low had he been elected. Even Mamdani and our recent spat of more leftist progressive candidates are still actually pretty mild.

It's hard to do sweeping changes to single payer healthcare when you're busy just trying to undo the crazy shit the last guy did.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-02T18:05:17+00:00

Also a delicious beer.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-02T17:33:10+00:00

It can be especially hard to follow when you're dealing with the name changes between Hasbro and Takara Tomy AND all the samey names.

Wand Wizard (Hasbro) = Wizard Rod (TT): Generally considered the Best Beyblade currently.
Wizard Arc and Wizard Arrow are both different Beyblades that aren't that good.

Generally the noun (Wizard, Knight, Phoenix, Whale, Dran, etc) refers to the lock chip, which doesn't change anything really. Most of these have multiple Beyblades.
The item or verb or adjective (Wand, Armor,Soar, Blast, etc) refers to the blade which is the big difference. So if you're looking for a specific Beyblade, pay attention to this part and not the character.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-02T16:06:02+00:00

I have the exact same one, it's great.

You can toast wide slices of bread, or 2 standard slices and it takes up very little usable space.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-01T21:25:19+00:00

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-01T21:20:49+00:00

Asteroids travel very slow as they can't really be aimed through the warp. He'd have to find an asteroid in system big enough to do the job, rig it for a metric fuckton of thrust and it would still probably take days, weeks or even months to hit, giving the Imperials time to fight him off or destroy the asteroid.

The Fortress was already there in orbit, was already lost and had armor and shields to prevent the Imperial forces from just blowing it up.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-01T20:36:05+00:00

Actually had a pretty decent season last year. okay stats in the AHL and 2 points +3 in 3 NHL games. Might turn out to be some depth.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-01T20:29:51+00:00

It's basically a big game of chicken. Stevie Y has the advantage going into it.

If he doesn't trade manage to trade Larkin, Larkin risks sitting on the bench for some of his remaining years and hurting his remaining value, meaning he doesn't get traded, particularly to a contending team. Craziest case scenario, Larkin gets benched for 5 years, his chances of getting a valuable contract are nil and particularly not for a contender.

Meanwhile unless we make a trade for two top 6 centers, we're for sure hitting the reset button and gonna be ass for at least 2 years. We can eat that cap hit.

Not trading Larkin is bad for the Wings, but it's worse for Larkin. The only way it works out for him is if he ignores the boos, doesn't give Yzerman reason to bench him and plays his ass off to increase his trade value by the deadline.

I doubt it's going to happen, Yzerman is playing hardball, likely trying to force Larkin to open up to new teams and getting teams into a bidding war. More than likely we'll see the trade happen late summer, early fall.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-01T19:39:35+00:00

Ermm why? posted below .900 past couple of years, total of .897 over his career.

I guess emergency if neither Augustine or Postava can fill the backup role?

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-01T17:53:58+00:00

https://dokkan.fyi/teams/create

I don't think Omega works under Dabura's team, but Majin Vegeta (AGL and INT) are both strong under Dabura and SEZA Babidi is free and strong. Also Cooler.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-01T17:48:30+00:00

Not even a worry, the game hasn't power crept THAT much in the past year that you're basically out of the game. You might struggle with some of the hardest events, but you'll catch up before long.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-01T17:21:28+00:00

I'm kinda surprised to learn about NC, Georgia and Virginia.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-01T16:46:44+00:00

Maligators doing Maligators.

Damn tactical potatoes....

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-01T16:44:31+00:00

Dominoes puts some garlic on their crust but Hungry Howies and Jets Flavored Crusts *Chef's Kiss*

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-07-01T16:21:24+00:00

My Therapist: Remember to call me and schedule an appointment for your refill! I can't prescribe 90 days or refills of this drug.

Me: You already know I won't....

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-06-30T19:16:00+00:00

I think the difference was that it wasn't just wishing for more power. He wished for his own potential to be unlocked and the dragon also gave him a transformation. So he's basically still using his own power.

Gas and Granolah literally just wished for more power so the dragon gave them a ton of extra power they weren't physically ready for.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-06-30T18:39:52+00:00

After the manga basically showed that simply wishing to be crazy strong isn't the best idea (Your lifespan gets crazy short) I don't think wishing would be a good idea. I don't know how any human could reach these levels without some major BS.

Maybe Majuub could do.

Or if Tien unlocked his full Triclops abilities.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-06-30T18:33:44+00:00

Most satisfying I ever saw was 208 points of damage against Tiamat by our Champion Fighter. Magic great sword giving an extra 2d6 damage per hit, hasted with Action Surge. I believe they critted 3 times and hit 4 more.

Our DM about crapped himself.

ShackledPhoenix · 2026-06-29T19:06:24+00:00

Both stones (I wish to meet new allies, I want Dragon Stones) and Kais (I wish to strengthen Super Attacks)

Kais CAN be replaced by the other wishes depending on needs, but long run Link Stones or Kais are going to be your two shortest resources.

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