Poll: Sci-Fi vs. Fantasy,who wins?
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woah,that's cool,what game is that from?mb16 said:oh noes! they have swords....
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"Your foe is well equipped, well-trained, battle-hardened. He believes his gods are on his side. Let him believe what he will. We have the tanks on ours."
depends on what universes we're talking about really.
In crap fantasy fiction they can do pretty much anything (a really powerful wizard did it).
But then again, in crap science fiction they can do pretty much anything (special new element that can be used to do anything)
Parameters need to be defined better.
In crap fantasy fiction they can do pretty much anything (a really powerful wizard did it).
But then again, in crap science fiction they can do pretty much anything (special new element that can be used to do anything)
Parameters need to be defined better.
Warhammer 40K is not the 'definition of sci fi'. Just because something is set in the future and has laser guns and ftl travel does not proper sci fi make imo. Warhammer 40K is a soft as sci fi ever comes. Don't get me wrong, I love it to bits, but it is not a proper deep sci fi, and certainly doesn't define the genre.WOPR said:
Sci-fi
Fantasy has wizards that can waste entire armies.
Sci-fi has spaceship weaponry that can take out entire planets.
Fantasy has wizards that can waste entire armies.
Sci-fi has spaceship weaponry that can take out entire planets.
Fantasy would win the battle, but sci fi would win the war. Its as simple as one side has nukes and the ability to destroy entire systems.
That is looking at fantasy as only your medieval style magic spell and sword play thing. If you choose to look at fantasy as anything that couldn't happen in reality then it is way more expansive than sci-fi, which has to still be scientific enough to be considered at least somewhat realistic. In fantasy you could have a god character that can exist in an infinite number of places at once and can turn anything to dust by looking at it or someone who can turn their imagination into reality at will. At that point anything that can contest that I think would cease to be realistic enough to be considered science fiction.
Not Daemon thingys they are dark chaos gods, representing the 4 horrors of the universe! they will crush you just with a glance. and yes they do have a various assortment of gods that they can pull the 'god card' on.EvilMaggot said:hmm... Doesnt Warhammer 40k have thier gods aswell... the daemon thingy's and so on ?Je Suis Ubermonkey said:
Sci-fi winss because the only thing fantasy barely has going for it is the god card and that is very losse. And there soldiers numbers are either couintered withthe technology or countered in numbers as well as with the technology bonus. The sci fi armour can be near impervious from the fantasy weapons, not to metion the ability to scare the enemy into submission in just a few battles. I could go on and on with this but that would be long.
To all those saying sci-fi, i would just like to point this out: The gods don't care about science. They made a living out of defying it.
I still think fantasy would win even if it was just an army of wizards though 'cause magic as a whole doesn't seem to care much about the laws of physics. What we hail as the most impressive science is the one that defies laws of physics, or rather, tames them. Like the gravity gun.
Say a wizard just turned off gravity as a whole for the poor space marines and watched them drift into the great eternity.
I still think fantasy would win even if it was just an army of wizards though 'cause magic as a whole doesn't seem to care much about the laws of physics. What we hail as the most impressive science is the one that defies laws of physics, or rather, tames them. Like the gravity gun.
Say a wizard just turned off gravity as a whole for the poor space marines and watched them drift into the great eternity.
Im assuming Gods cant get in on this so Sci-Fi. Seeing as most of their weapons would kill the fuck out of any magic I think its a pretty safe bet that the Space Marines/SPARTANS/Specters could win.
I'd say fantasy wins. Magic is a solve-all sort of power, whereas science is limited to what could be considered possible. For instance, Science fiction can't bring people back to life because it's impossible to do so. Resuscitate yes, but if somebody falls into a black hole they're kinda screwed. But in fantasy you can conjure people from the aether and just say "Well I magicked them into existence.
Also in fantasy you can just teleport people to "Away" and there's no way in hell a scientist can find wherever "Away" is, it could be a marshmallow planet with hot chocolate rivers colonized by cannibalistic gummy bears. There's no beating magic.
Also in fantasy you can just teleport people to "Away" and there's no way in hell a scientist can find wherever "Away" is, it could be a marshmallow planet with hot chocolate rivers colonized by cannibalistic gummy bears. There's no beating magic.
Sci-Fi FTW!
Not to say that there's anything wrong with Fantasy but Sci-Fi is just pure awesome.
Not to say that there's anything wrong with Fantasy but Sci-Fi is just pure awesome.
