Epyriel
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I would like to propose a revision to Tier 5 and Tier High 5-A, as well as a minor correction to Tier 5-C’s description. [Thread creation by non-staff member approved by Antvasima]
Currently Tier High 5-A uses erroneous scientific nomenclature as it is named “Dwarf Star level” and is described as “Characters or objects that can create/destroy very small stars” despited the associated Attack Potency page making it clear the tier is supposed to instead refer to brown dwarfs (which are distinct sub-stellar objects that are not stars at all) with the associated standard body used to mark the lower edge of the tier being OTS 44 (a brown dwarf) yet erroneously referred to as a “Brown Dwarf star” (there is no such thing, this is a mashing of two mutually incompatible distinctions).
For some context, brown dwarfs are an independent category of celestial objects that are neither planets nor stars. When an object goes above ~13 Jupiter masses it begin to fuse deuterium - which is what defines brown dwarfs. When an object goes above ~78 Jupiter masses it begin to fuse protium (the most common isotope of hydrogen) - this is what defines a star.
So objects below ~13 Jupiter masses are planets or lesser objects, those above ~78 Jupiter masses are stars, and those between ~13 Jupiter masses and ~78 Jupiter masses are brown dwarfs (which are not dwarf stars).
Disagree: DontTalkDT, DarkDragonMedeus, Qawsedf234, Colonel Krukov, KLOL506
Neutral: Everything12, Elizhaa, GarrixianXD
While we are at it, the Moon Tier’s description currently reads: “Characters or objects that can destroy a moon, or an astrological object of similar proportion” which confuses astronomy (the scientific study of celestial objects and cosmological phenomena) with astrology (the pseudoscientific superstition about relating astronomical phenomena with the dates of birth of people as predictors of personality).
The whole Tier 5 category is also misnamed as ‘Planetary‘ despite also including non-planetary objects such as moons, brown dwarfs, white dwarfs and other stellar remnants like EF Eridani B. I’m not the first to point out the inaccuracy being a point of confusion. A more accurate term enclosing all such objects would be ‘Substellar’:
Disagree:
Neutral: DarkDragonMedeus
Currently Tier High 5-A uses erroneous scientific nomenclature as it is named “Dwarf Star level” and is described as “Characters or objects that can create/destroy very small stars” despited the associated Attack Potency page making it clear the tier is supposed to instead refer to brown dwarfs (which are distinct sub-stellar objects that are not stars at all) with the associated standard body used to mark the lower edge of the tier being OTS 44 (a brown dwarf) yet erroneously referred to as a “Brown Dwarf star” (there is no such thing, this is a mashing of two mutually incompatible distinctions).
For some context, brown dwarfs are an independent category of celestial objects that are neither planets nor stars. When an object goes above ~13 Jupiter masses it begin to fuse deuterium - which is what defines brown dwarfs. When an object goes above ~78 Jupiter masses it begin to fuse protium (the most common isotope of hydrogen) - this is what defines a star.
So objects below ~13 Jupiter masses are planets or lesser objects, those above ~78 Jupiter masses are stars, and those between ~13 Jupiter masses and ~78 Jupiter masses are brown dwarfs (which are not dwarf stars).
Proposed Changes:
Tiering System:
- Dwarf Star level -> Brown Dwarf level
- “Characters or objects that can create/destroy very small stars.” -> “Characters or objects that can create/destroy brown dwarfs.”
Attack Potency:
- Dwarf Star -> Brown Dwarf
- “Dwarf Star level: Brown Dwarf star (specifically, the OTS 44).” -> “Brown Dwarf level: Brown Dwarf (specifically OTS 44).”
Lifting Strength:
- “The weight a solid object can reach before the gravitational collapse to a small star.” -> “The weight a solid object can reach before the gravitational collapse to a brown dwarf.”
Striking Strength:
- Dwarf Star level -> Brown Dwarf level
Disagree: DontTalkDT, DarkDragonMedeus, Qawsedf234, Colonel Krukov, KLOL506
Neutral: Everything12, Elizhaa, GarrixianXD
While we are at it, the Moon Tier’s description currently reads: “Characters or objects that can destroy a moon, or an astrological object of similar proportion” which confuses astronomy (the scientific study of celestial objects and cosmological phenomena) with astrology (the pseudoscientific superstition about relating astronomical phenomena with the dates of birth of people as predictors of personality).
Proposed Change:
Tiering System:
- “Characters or objects that can destroy a moon, or an astrological object of similar proportion” -> “Characters or objects that can destroy a moon, or an astronomical object of similar proportion” [Accepted]
The whole Tier 5 category is also misnamed as ‘Planetary‘ despite also including non-planetary objects such as moons, brown dwarfs, white dwarfs and other stellar remnants like EF Eridani B. I’m not the first to point out the inaccuracy being a point of confusion. A more accurate term enclosing all such objects would be ‘Substellar’:
Proposed Change:
Tiering System:
- Tier 5: Planetary -> Tier 5: Substellar
Disagree:
Neutral: DarkDragonMedeus
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