For me, the absolute worst part about the MPFC was very much an opposing phenomenon: because power was generally rated 'objectively' and creative arguments for procuring victory were generally disallowed (for example, a smarter character who had less 'conventional' powers generally never was allowed to 'outsmart' his opponent), what generally happened was that the 'more powerful' character usually won.
Which is cool and all, and I suppose technically meets the qualifications of the contest, but the problems were:
1: It's predictable. Really, there's no reason whatsoever to run the MPFC more than once unless a substantial number of powerful characters are excluded for some reason, as it's not like the power hierarchy is going to arbitrarily change. The most powerful characters remain powerful. It's the predictable repetition of the regular GameFAQs contests all over again.
2: Even worse: A disproportionate number of the most conventionally powerful characters in fiction have the following traits:
* Because they are written with overwhelming cosmic powers, they tend to be the relatively poorly written characters, because most of the better writers out there actually build flaws into their protagonists and antagonists.
* Because they are written with overwhelming cosmic powers, they tend to fit the definition of Mary Sues and Marty Stus.
* Even the most powerful characters from well-written series tend to be Deus Ex Machina types -- not major characters with personalities and substantial roles, but nameless monsters or obscure deities that make a token appearance to kill tons of ****.
Obviously there are exceptions, but the general point is this: The most powerful characters in fiction tend not to be the better characters in fiction.
Like, I get where Ed Bellis is coming from, but whereas he is angry with the people who try to find crazy loopholes to assist their favorite characters, I'm sympathetic with them, because the MPFC essentially tends to reward crappy characterizations and punish good ones. It's only natural for people attached to a well-written, superbly developed but flawed character to seek a loophole if he's up against Annoyingly Perfect Marty Stu from a Crappy Series.
We should root for well-written characters and reject those written by bad authors solely because "LOLZ MAXIMOM PUWERZ."
And really, at the risk of angering Bellis further: If the answer to a match is so obvious that you deem the match's results indisputable, why hold the match in the first place? I mean, if you're truly convinced that the Doctor has no business beating Flash, so much so that the results of the match are quite frankly unforgivable...isn't that a sign that the match itself is absolutely meaningless and could simply be skipped?
(But hey man if you're gonna knock on LoS, I reserve the right to return fire!) :P
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