r/whowouldwin • u/He-Man69 • Aug 22 '17
Special Tournament of Power Finals
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the moment you've all been waiting for, the Conclusion the the Tournament of Power. We've had some upset victories and crushing defeats along the way, but we're not here to talk about losers. Lets introduce the finalists.
In this corner we have the lean mean insult throwing machine u/tinkerinthekitchen, though we haven't seen them debate much this tournament what we have seen has been a blend of insults and scans, will they be able to make there opponent KOWTOW
to them?
In the next corner we have the undefeated /u/mommid, Mommid has been debating in this tourney ever since the Tribunal post, and was quickly identified as a force to watch out for in this tournament. Mommid has out debated every opponent placed in front of him, will he be able to do the same this time?
by now you know the rules, this round will consist of 5 days of debating and 1 day of voting.
Last but not least we have the match-ups,
they are: Laylin Farlier Vs Aladdin,
Lin Ming Vs Escanor
and Meng Hao Vs Daemon Spade
Good luck, may the best man win
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u/Mommid Aug 26 '17 edited Aug 26 '17
I noticed you're trying to use the return stroke but like I said earlier, only the stepped leader matters. The reason we use the stepped leader is because for the return stroke to actually happen, the stepped leader has to actually hit first. Also, you're trying to say that the definition of lightning is the flash of lightning at the end when lightning hits something (return stroke) and not the actual bolt of lightning (leader), which makes no sense from my PoV.
I see your 1984-87 scientific papers and the value it gives but according to more recent research done in 2010, stepped leader actually accelerates the more distance it travels
similar results were shown for negative leader
So unless your character is gonna be flying in lightning form for thousands of meters, we're gonna assume the lowball speed of mach ~300 and even that's being generous as lightning varies so much that it can even be mach ~100 at times.
Here is an accompanying rant regarding this topic
Conclusion
You character transforming into lightning is gonna make him mach ~300 at best.