Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-114.142.221.203-20150819060941/@comment-25555436-20150826230623

Andrew, Andrew, Andrew....you are talking so much bullshit I think I have to call a plumber now.

Being the same age doesn't mean at all that they got the exact level of training and/or education at the same rate. Age is irrelevant to it.

Some people have entered college at 16. Others have at their early 20s. Their training and education was at the same rate, hypothetically, but they are still 4+ years apart. As such, the now-20 man has the same amount of education and experience on the subject as the now-24+ man.

In the same way, some people just got better teachers or trainers (or are just prodigies or geniuses) and as such, hypothetically speaking, a man at 30 may be 4x times more skilled at, say, engineering, than another man, also at 30.

Plus, a simple thing: Just because Neo beats Yang, it doesn't mean RWB is just as doomed against her. Rather, Neo's fighting style was an exact counter for Yang's. Yang focuses entirely on punches and power, all fine and dandy, while Neo focuses on speed, evasion, and kicks.

-Kicks>Punches, due to more speed, reach, flexibility, and depending on the fighting style being trickier and more evasive.

-Power and Accuracy are unrelated things. As such, even if your power is over 9000, that will only matter if your attacks are accurate enough to hit. Evasion hurts the oponent's accuracy, makes it harder to land hits. Yang is not a quick hitter, and even though a single hit could have theorically KOd Neo, she was so fast and agile none of her hits could even land.

Result: It's not that all of RWBY<Neo. Just Yang<Neo. Because Neo's fighting style is an exact counter of Yang's. It was a hopeless battle, a Fire pokemon with only Fire attacks vs a Water-Rock pokemon with Water and Rock attacks. Yang was never going to win.

But, Blake is different, to use her as example. She fights similar to Neo, quick strikes, evasion and agility over defense, speed over power, along with good reach and unlike Neo, versatility. Neo's fighting style wouldn't be so OP against Blake than it would be against Yang. It would not be hopeless, a Water pokemon vs a Water-Rock pokemon. The fight's outcome would instead depend on the circumstances, the skill of the fighters, and what the writers have in mind.

Besides, we don't know Neo's actual age, much less her level of experience, training or skill. While likely more skilled than Yang, that doesn't mean she's much older. She could even be younger for all we know, and just has more skill, or has more experience, or better training, or a combination of all.

The same can apply with Raven in such scenario. We don't know her level of experience, training or skill, but such things are irrelevant regarding age. Plus, her fighting style is too quick for Neo to evade, even if both have a similar or same level of training or skill. Neo is definitely squishy, and relies on speed because her defense is shit. But when such speed is not enough and she has to depend on her pityful defense, she is not as big a threat.

Against Raven, that would be the case. She's quicker than Neo, can actually hit her, and who knows what else. Neo is smart enough to know that against her she would have trouble, even if against Yang, even though they are hypothetically the same age, she would have 0 trouble.

And also the minor fact that different fighting styles are different. A man training in Taek Won Do for 10 years won't be the same as a man training in Karate for an equal amount of time, and even if one could beat the former easily, the same may not happen with the latter.

It's not a case of not making sense, because it does make sense. Age has nothing to do with power, training, skill, nor experience. Just because Yang sucks against fighters like Neo, against Quick-Evasive-Kickers like Neo, that doesn't mean every other Hunter in their 17s would suck against such fighters as well, especially someone with a completely different fighting style than Yang.

With the general Hunter, that is also not the case necesarily. The only reason age seems to = power or training, is because, obviously, the more time you spent training at something the more skilled you will be at it. However, that doesn't mean everyone at the same age will have the exact same level of training or power. It just means they are the same age, every other detail is irrelevant and depends on the individual.

For example, Ruby has spent 2 years less than Yang studying to become a Huntress, and is 15, and yet one can easily place her on the same power or skill level as Yang.

So, wanna keep talking bullshit?