User blog:MP999/" Level"

I really don't like the use of "Level" when referring to a character's strength, especially on this site. I won't go into a rage if I see it, but it has numerous problems.

For one, "Person X is small island level" is incredibly ambiguous. Is it with one punch? One attack? Their total destructive capability? Their lifting? I'm sure it started out somewhere, but the term is being used so loosely now it's hard to tell what people mean.

Second, "Kratos is city level." Kratos has never destroyed a city; he can lay waste to thousands of soldiers and kil mythical beasts like the Hydra, Kracken and even Gods, but he's never destroyed a city or shown the potential. But could he? Maybe he can, maybe he can't. But a character who's never actually destroyed whatever "level" they have can't automatically be lumped into that level. Research, or logic, is needed to suggest they could do that, and I very rarely see it.

"Person X is city level, Person Y is town level, so Person X wins" How? As far as I can tell, level is just destructive power, but that alone does not win battles. Just because a certain character can lift more doesn't mean that he defeats a physically weaker opponent; the opponent may have superior speed, intellect and weapons.

All in all, I think referring to a character as ___ level is rather lazy and unrefined. But that's just me.