Ultimate Team War: GeorgeCarlinWorshipper Style

I will begin by thanking LM for an amazing debate. ============ Now I will address my opponent's sources in the comments section. Sentry's statement (seventh link down) "Good, just once more" implies that he was allowing Hulk to hit him, perhaps to build up anger or reacquaint himself with the pain of comment. This statement, though conjecture, is supported by repeated examples of Sentry moving much faster than Hulk, such as when he caught a bullet (see Marvel Wikia page on Sentry). ============ Now I will refute Tactic One. TACTIC ONE: Though I acknowledge that Sentry must build speed to reach "several times lightspeed" and that none of my team members besides Peter and Sentry are capable of reaching Goku's speed, my opponent has overlooked the fact that, in the Sentry source earlier provided, the article specifies that Sentry's Earth speed has been observed as five miles per second, or orbital speed. Furthermore, my opponent has also overlooked an important aspect of Peter's abilities: Regeneration. Another human with Peter's same regenerative powers has displayed the capability to retain full consciousness while having the top of their skull removed [1], an otherwise fatal injury [2]. Since the current medical consensus is that a severed head is alive for about 13 seconds after decapitation [3], and I have already proven that Peter's regeneration allows him to stay conscious during otherwise fatal injury, it can be reasoned that even after having his head punched off by Goku, Peter would be able to drastically slow time and regenerate, allowing his teammates to lay waste to Goku. As to Goku's actual speed contrasting with dramatic devices, my opponent cannot attempt to counter my evidence by blaming it on "the animators' own limitations" without calling into question all evidence regarding DBZ, and by that extent all material that contains any technical limitations; in essence, my opponent is trying to both use his evidence to support his arguments and contradicting it to refute mine. Also, if the fight were to take place at lightspeed, the background would be invisible regardless of any "slow-motion" effects, as if the combatants are faster than light, then slowing their movement to a speed we can comprehend would slow light as well. Since the impact of Goku's attacks is heard immediately as they land (see CON's "Return of Cooler movie video" 2:00-2:10), it can be reasoned that Goku is moving at a speed no greater than that of sound. Since this is the same as Sentry's Earth speed sans acceleration, if not less than it, it can be reasoned that Sentry would be able to defend Peter from Goku's assault. However, whether Sentry is as fast as Goku or not is irrelevant; I have already proven that even if Goku were to attempt to decapitate Peter, he would still be able to "freeze" time. "Freeze" is not really the proper term with which to describe Peter's time manipulation; this issue is addressed below. SUMMARY: Though Goku is very fast, it is still viable that the Sentry could counter him; furthermore, whether Goku can punch off Peter's head or not is irrelevant, as Peter's regeneration allows him to survive. Furthermore, my opponent cannot say that Goku is faster than the evidence shows him to be without contradicting his own evidence. ============= As to Balthier's Mirror Mail, the Reflect effect only protects against magic directed against the wearer[4]. However, Peter's "time-stopping" does not directly affect certain individuals or objects; to the contrary, it is essentially a form of selective hyper-acceleration [5]. This statement is supported by the ability of those with Enhanced Speed to function normally when time is "frozen" [see 5]. Time is not actually "frozen", it just appears that way to the user of the ability. My opponent has also failed to prove any correlation between Stopga and Peter's ability other than their seemingly similar effects; since I have proven that Peter's "time-stopping" is really selective hyperacceleration, this statement is invalid. Lastly, since Peter's time manipulation is more of a self-directed effect that he is using on himself and allies rather than a status effect designed to hinder my opponent's team, Goku's teleportation out of the arena would only serve to rob him of the chance to attack Peter, an attack that I have proven irrelevant. SUMMARY: Balthier's mirror mail is only effective against magic directed towards him. Peter's time manipulation is self-directed, as well as not being magic. ================ Regarding Instant Transmission and the Pocket Dimension: My opponent claims that there is no evidence for this "Pocket Dimension"; however, the article I cited specified that Movie 8 is the source for the "Pocket Dimension". Since my opponent cannot call into question the canonicity of the movies without challenging his own evidence, this statement still stands. ============== CONCLUSION: My opponent's only hope of victory in this debate is to stop Peter from hyperaccelerating. Due to the fact that Peter is capable of drastically accelerating his neural functions with Enhanced Speed, Goku would have to sense Peter's location, Instant Transmit to him, AND somehow keep him from hyperaccelerating within a fraction of a second. Since nothing short of complete obliteration would prevent Peter from hyperaccelerating himself and his allies, PRO wins, as Goku's attacks that are capable of causing complete bodily obliteration either violate the God-class limitations or require concentration. Since any short amount of concentration would allow Peter the time to Hyperaccelerate and Sentry the time to attack Goku, CON has no hope of preventing Hyperacceleration; thus, there is no way for CON to win the battle. ============== Now I will weigh the debate. COMBAT/CONVINCING ARGUMENTS Since I have proven that both of my opponent's tactics are rendered irrelevant by Peter's hyperacceleration, neither of my opponent's tactics stand. Since CON's team has no way to accelerate itself to Peter's hyperaccelerated speed quickly enough to defend itself, CON's team lacks any capacity to combat my team and thus loses. SOURCES: My opponent and I have each utilized a plethora of sources. Due to our equal sourcing and the weight of the 2-point Source vote, I move that viewers cast the Source vote as a supplement for the Argument vote and ask that LM either affirm or deny this motion before viewers act accordingly. CONDUCT: Due to our equally civil conduct, I move to include the conduct vote with the Sources and Arguments and once again ask that LM either confirm or deny this motion. SPELLING/GRAMMAR: I will include below some examples of spelling/grammar errors on LM's part: R1: "(equipped with his ultimate nullifier ray" (forgot parentheses) R2: "Petreli" (forgot the second L multiple times throughout the debate) "Aiezen" (extra E) "Sentry,," (double comma) "strength's" (misused apostrophe) R3: "Furthermore, we've seen it used as a combat technique when he fought Cooler (first video: 1:44 and on) )." (extra parentheses) "Take for instance" (no commas around "for instance") "teh confines of midgar" ("teh") R4: "propels it's wielders" (misuses apostrophe) "Sentry can only move so quickly without having built up enough speed." (misuses "without") ========== I will end by thanking LM for an amazing debate and the viewers for their time. Please vote PRO. ========== SOURCES: [1] http://heroeswiki.com... [2] http://heroeswiki.com... (see: "...killed Sue Landers BY removing the top of her skull...") [3] http://europeanhistory.about.com... [4] http://finalfantasy.wikia.com...(Status) [5] http://heroeswiki.com...