Evil Vegeta said:
You're not understanding what I'm saying. I'm saying his power was already over a million after he transformed and proceeded to go well above a million after he powered-up twice. What you're saying is he transformed, said over a million was his max, and used a level below a million to attack everyone. That's your opinion.
Of course that's my opinion. Isn't Freezer going from 1 million + to 1 million ++ also your opinion? I don't know why your opinion should have more weight than mine if you don't back it up with arguments that demonstrate you're right.
Evil Vegeta said:
No, it isn't the same. Freeza said he would never fight Nail at full-power. Freeza told the others he was over a million and later powered-up twice.
He later powered-up twice because he faced stronger foes that forced him to do so, if Nail had suddenly released a 150.000 battle power, Freezer would have also powered up against him. I don't think the point on stating that, I mean, does it change anything that Freezer didn't power up against Nail while he did afterwards?
Evil Vegeta said:
Also, you do realize over a million can range from 1,000,001 to 1,999,999 at the most, right? There's nothing precise about it. Freeza can already be over a million when not fighting seriously.
In fact, literally speaking over one million ranges from one million to infinite. 100 millions it's also over 1 million, isn't it?
Furthermore, if Freezer had been 1.5 millions, do you really think it would make sense for him to say that his power is "over a million"? Considering he was trying to impress them, to express 1,999,999 as "over a million" is completely misleading and goes against the purpose of what he intended to do. If 1,999,999 was his power, then an expression like "almost 2 millions" would've made more sense. People doesn't speak in such obscure ways and even less if doing so goes against what they're trying to do...
Evil Vegeta said:
Like I said, over a million is a basic estimation of his power. The main point you're supposed to takeaway is that he's over a million right there. When he puts forth all of his power, his power is considered "limitless", so it's obviously way higher than it was after transforming and his 1st power-up. He gives a very precise level to Nail, so we know his full-power ends at 530k and can't be any higher than that. Over a million is entirely different.
Of course, over a million is just an estimation, which means that he couldn't measure his power with a precise device like a scoutter. My reasoning for 2nd form Freezer's strength is, besides what I already said about the wording of his sentence, the data/feats given in latter sagas of the manga.
Of course over a million is not a precise number, but you also have to take into consideration the context in which this is said. Why would Freezer say "over a million" if "nearly two millions" or "one and a half millions" is a better estimation and serves better his purpose of demonstrating how strong he was?
Evil Vegeta said:
The difference is a precise level isn't stated in his 2nd Form. We know Freeza can't be above 530k against Vegeta. The same can't be said about his transformed state.
1st Form Full-Power: 530,000 (Can't go above this)
Initial: 1,060,000 (Over a million)
Powered-Up: 1,250,000 (Over a million)
Full-Power: 1,500,000 (Over a million)
So you see, the Nail instance isn't comparable whatsoever.
But that is completely unnatural. Of course over 1 million could even be 1,999,999 units, or 99,999,999 units mathematically speaking. But what sense does it make to express those number as "over one million" if Freezer's aim was to presume of his strength?
If his power could've reached 1,500,000, don't you think his sentence would have been "my power is one and a half million"?
Evil Vegeta said:
Yeah, except one is precise and the other has enough room to change constantly.
In both cases he is speaking of the power he has, and even if over one million can become over one million plus some hundred thousands more, what I'm saying is that in both cases Freezer states the strength he has in that form, not the strength he is using at that moment. And also that if his power had been 1.5 millions, to express it as just "over one million" isn't a natural way of saying it and in that context it doesn't make much sense.
Evil Vegeta said:
You said he likely started at 600k like a page back. That's hardly a change from 530k and Vegeta even thought the change wouldn't be significant. Certainly not enough to make everyone shit themselves the way they did.
Yes, he may have started at 600k but he could still reach over one million. I've also said that Freezer never used his 530k against Vegeta, more like 300k to 400k. So going from (let's say) 350k to 600k is a much, much bigger jump than a jump that was already considered huge (18k to 24k).
Evil Vegeta said:
One is precise. One isn't. You're limiting how far he can go in a million because you insist on assuming the statements are the same. They're not. At all.
No, I'm not limiting Freezer's strength to one million, what I'm saying is that he can't be much higher than that. He can be 1,050,000, or even 1,100,000. More than that feels unnatural to me, because even if 1,200,000 is also "over one million", an expression like "well over one million" would make much more sense here. He was presuming of his strength, there's no way he would undersell his power to just "over one million" if he surpassed that number by a lot.
Evil Vegeta said:
Proof? Freeza did a long power-up after admitting how pissed off he was at them. No reason to believe he wasn't at full-power there.
http://mangalife.org/read-online/Dragon-Ball-chapter-101-index-2-page-13.html
Freezer is clearly much less affected by the effort made than Vegeta. Considering Freezer's main hindrance was his lack of stamina, that scene doesn't make sense if we assume both fighters went all out. Vegeta fought with all his strength while Freezer didn't, that explains why Vegeta is already panting while Freezer was still fresh despite normally having much less stamina.
Evil Vegeta said:
Ergh, it makes even less sense for Freeza to say his power was over a million only for him to be using 600k of it.
Why not? He says he can reach over a million to impress the others, then proceeds to use a fraction of it because he want to play with them. I mean, that's exactly what he did with Nail, you can't say it doesn't make sense. For Freezer, that totally made sense!
Evil Vegeta said:
There's no issue with Freeza's initial power being over a million. You just want to keep the numbers extra low for some reason.
Yes, there are a lot of issues with not only the way he words his sentence, but also concrete feats from posterior sagas.
Evil Vegeta said:
Lol, no, he wouldn't. Over a million consists of a wide range of power. We see with our own eyes that he drastically raised his power after transforming. Not everything needs to be stated how you want it to be to prove a point.
We seeing later that he could increase his powers shouldn't affect what he said before doing it if the manga is properly written. Over a million goes from 1,000,001 to infinite, but the context of the sentence points to a much, much lower range than that.
Evil Vegeta said:
If his max still falls within the million range, how does that change the original statement? Suppressed Freeza and Max Power Freeza can both be over a million and there's no contradiction. The same can't be said about 530k Freeza, who can't be any higher than that level alone.
But as I've said, its unnatural. If you want to show how incredibly strong you are, and your power is 1,5 million, why say "over a million" instead of "one and a half millions"?
I mean, it's technically true, but if I go and say "hey, I'm rich, I have over 1 million dollars" and I in reality have let's say 3 million dollars, or even 1,5 million dollars, or I'm trying to seem poorer than I really am or I'm just retarded because I word it in a way that seems lower than it really is.
Evil Vegeta said:
He made his opponents tremble when he powered-up twice in his 2nd form, too. His power was already way above everyone else's but he decided to power-up just to show it off. Statements aren't the only thing that matter here because actions are just as important, if not more.
He only powered up when he faced unexpectedly stronger characters. In other words, if Gohan hadn't enraged like he did and Piccolo hadn't appeared with the strength he had, Freezer wouldn't have powered up and would've tortured and killed everyone with his initial power. So, when Freezer said that in that form his power was over one million, he didn't have any intention of further powering up.
Evil Vegeta said:
Freeza transformed, had a power over a million, powered-up tremendously a chapter later, and unleashed what appeared to be a significant amount of power some chapters after that. A little over a million wasn't his max at all, nor does it need to be unless you just want to be extra conservative with numbers for the hell of it.
That's your opinion. But that would make Freezer retarded. If his power was much above one million, why did he say his power was just "over one million". Furthermore, Kami-Piccolo's power was between 3 and 4 million, so having 2nd form Freezer much stronger than 1 million not only makes the way this was written wrong, it also makes the scaling from there to kami-Piccolo impossible to justify.
Evil Vegeta said:
Again, he didn't. We're talking about controlling his power in battle, not when he's taking a bath. Freeza showed there was no issue controlling his power in battle, which is the entire point.
??? It doesn't matter if it was in battle or while taking a bath. Freezer's power in his stronger forms could only be controlled within a given range. That being said, I think you misunderstood what I was saying. I'm not saying that Freezer's power can't be well past over one million (let's say 1,5 million like you imply) because he can't control his power, I was saying that when he attacked Krilin, Freezer was trying to control his power in order to not 1-hit kill him. It was to demonstrate that he did the same against the z-warriors than he did against Nail: he told them how big his maximum power was, then proceeded to play with them with his suppressed strength.