Also, I finally found my MAGUS IS OVERRATED rant so I can get some sleep:
From: AmazingKirby | Posted: 6/28/2005 11:43:35 PM | Message Detail
And where is all of this Squall > Magus stuff coming from? Squall doesn't stand a chance.
Is that so? Have you noticed that characters who have been measured through Magus don't end up seeming as strong when they're measured independently from him? Let's look at Sam Fisher for a second. Magus failed to double him up, someone Samus quadrupled and took a large dive in the stats. Then you see that Squall got 64.71% on Bomberman, and would you take Fisher over him? I really hope not.
Then let's look at Luca Blight. It's bad enough that he gets quadrupled by Magus on his own. Then comes the Spring Contest. He lost 60/40 to Wesker, who then went on to lose to Kefka by even more than Luca himself would have been expected to lose. Yes, people keep wanting to blame that on Angel Kefka, but I say it's more of a result of overestimation of Luca Blight. He turned out to be much weaker than we thought, much like Sam Fisher.
We can even look at Tidus. His position in the 2004 stats may be questionable, but if it IS accurate, then that also brings into question the position of Magus. Keeping him in the same proportion to Tidus would drop Magus below Squall. Tidus fell 10% short of expectations against Mega Man. It may be a fluke, or it may be a warning sign.
Heck, we can even draw a little bit from Ganondorf. He underperformed by 3% off of expectations against Alucard. I know we've "officially" blamed that on Sephiroth overperforming in 2003, but if we don't, Ganondorf actually falls into almost exactly the same proportion to Bowser (who is slightly below Squall) as he had in the Villains Contest.
Squall has no chance? I beg to differ, my friend.
Now if only I could use my genius to accomplish something productive.
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