Saturday, July 7, 2012

Introduction

What this is.

This is a blog devoted to a single battle. I will post no more battles under this name unless I expand this battle; perhaps to include Airzone or even the coveted Airsoft. This is a Deadliest Warrior-style   matchup that asks this question:


Which is better; NERF or Buzzbee?


To those unfamiliar, those two entities are toy companies; two of the most popular companies for children's blasters. They almost always create blasters that shoot small foam darts; and they are very popular with children and even some adults.


Yes, I am making a DW matchup based on toy companies. It will make sense.

Naturally, some buy Nerf blasters and some buy Buzzbee blasters. They are similar but different in negstive and positive ways; therefore, heated Internet debates have come from Nerf vs Buzzbee. I intend to settle this debate once and for all, to end the useless debates and get to other projects.


I will work on this when I have little to do and do not want to research; I know much of the two (especially Nerf) and I can write extensive details on the blasters in question.

But then a question rises: Toys are not weapons of war, how will you track kills?


Now that is a problem; one that constantly evolves problems ranging from measure of penetration to the fact that kids (the primary demographic) are completely unsuited to this type of combat. I will grade them based off of a myriad of factors like range and accuracy; and nothing is conjuncture. 1 is 0-10 feet, 2 is 10-20 feet, etc. The system is designed to give each a fair fight, giving each their entire arsenals unless it is not known about very much (doesn't have a review on the first page of a google search). But here is a problem;

What if one has a numerical advantage? Nothing. That shows that they simply have an advantage; if you say it isn't fair, well, what is fair? If you have Mike Tyson and Bart Simpson in a boxing match, is it fair when both contestants have the same stuff and follow the same rules? Yes. Numerical superiority is a fact that is just there; you can't do anything about it.

Truly, this battle is less of a Deadliest Warrior-type of match and more of a database; where you find for certain exactly if a Raider is superior to a Tommy 20 or if Nerf as a whole is superior to Buzzbee. 

I won't be substituting from current Warrior Battles to do this, this is just a subproject that I can do if I am bored. 

Another thing; I may be adding Airzone into the lineup but NOT AIRSOFT. I repeat this so idiots can get it; I WILL NOT BE ADDING AIRSOFT. It is like adding Jackie Estacado into a fight with Aang/Mewtwo; you bring in a super-powerful entity and the rest just can't compete. Plus, Airsoft has a HUGE number of blasters, and they could easily get into thousands of points based on quantity alone.

That is all for now. The next update will be the NERF profile. (I am not using caps lock for yelling here, NERF is the official abbreviations.) 

They will be graded out of 10 on the following factors:

Range
Accuracy
Ease of Use
Effiency
Rate of Fire