User blog comment:AgentHoxton/Quality Time w/ Agent - A Rant On This Wiki's Nosedive In Quality/@comment-3463132-20160204225439

"   main problem about this wiki is that it focuses too much on calcs, scaling and the like "

As I pointed out before- probably the biggest reason for that is because most fights are only ever owned by one person. Meaning whoever called the fight first is the only one who can make any sort of fanon battle with those characters. Yes- people are allowed to make their own versions- but only if very vague criteria are met. Allow people to make their own version and they likely won't care so much if someone else does it "wrong".

" The calcs and what-not are more like the side-plots of a movie or a book - they're interesting and can be relevant at times, but they're not the focus of the series as a whole "

For Fanon you possibly have a point- but that is entirely the focus of Deathbattle- which then leads you to ask how much it would be the point of Deathbattle fanfiction. Ben and Chad said it themselves in Pokemon vs Digimon- the point of the show is to be "the place" where these hypothetical battles are solved "once and for all". Deathbattle is based entirely on looking at calcs and finding the winner because of them. They are the Deadliest Warrior of fiction.

" Calcs are interesting to think about, but they're not the focus of Death Battle as a whole. They've NEVER been the main focus in anything within Death Battle ever "

Since you repeat this so often I guess I'll address it again- Deathbattle has ALWAYS been about finding out "who would win" in a fight. Ben and Chad have specifically pointed out this was the reason the show was even conceived in the first place. It's done in the name of entertainment- but it's still the point of the show- to find the winner of the fight. How? Via calcs and feats. You can also enjoy the animation and jokes, but the point of the show revolves around finding out who would win the fight.

" why the hell do people treat Death Battle as serious business?   "

The same reason people treat politics, religion, sports, or anything else as serious business- because they fucking care Agent. They care if someone is making a character they like die. They care if someone is calling them weaker then someone else. The hell do you think Deathbattle is a success for? Because people give a shit about the content. Whiz and Boomstick are decent characters- but they're not unduly special enough to draw people to the show just for them.

And people care even more on the Fanon wiki because unlike Deathbattle- they can actively talk to the authority behind the match and explain their side. People have actually changed their minds due to people commenting, offering calcs, and generally giving a shit about it.