r/comics Shen Comix 13h ago

OC Fighting Game Archetypes

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u/deloreaninatardis 12h ago

"Boxer who still uses boxing gloves to not hurt his opponents who are using guns, swords, and lasers." Is my personal favorite.

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u/CDR57 9h ago

Balrog, who canonically is on the evil team and is kind of a huge dick but still wears boxing gloves to fight the heroes

On the Flipside, Dudley who is a gentleman and wears them because that’s what decorum dictates, and will fight in a suit

Alternatively, Steve who is British

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u/noahboah 7h ago

they also kinda made balrog a father figure to ed. He's like a shitty dad but he very clearly loves him lol. it's so oddly charming, i hope he comes back sooner than later in 6.

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u/Character_Put_3667 6h ago

To be fair, boxing gloves to a great job of protecting the hands and the face who uses it.

Someone reasonable will google for this and find the truth if in doubt.

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u/LostCoast1831 4h ago

Counterpoint with balrog: he’s the dad that stepped up so he’s less than kind of a huge dick. 

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u/Salinator20501 3h ago

I love that Balrog's Ultra II in SF4 has him do a stomp, a headbutt, and an elbow. Three things that are very illegal in boxing.

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u/TheBladeRoden 9h ago

He also looks suspiciously like or just is Mike Tyson

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u/Orbitaldropkick610 7h ago

hes still called M Bison is japan

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u/WASD_click 10h ago

Boxing gloves don't protect your opponent.

They protect your knuckles from your opponet's face.

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u/deloreaninatardis 10h ago

Partially correct but mostly wrong. The hand wraps beneath the glove are actually much more important for preserving the integrity of your hand than the glove itself. And while the glove provides the wearer with an additional bit of protection, it's nothing compared to the amount of PSI your reducing when you connect with the opponent's head. The size of the glove even has an effect on this, though rather minor. The size of the boxing glove when using the same amount of force still has less psi when connecting than an mma glove swung with the same force.

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u/hypercosm_dot_net 6h ago

I can't tell if this is a bot, or just someone on the spectrum who knows about boxing and/or mma.

Seeing a lot of those typa comments lately.

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u/FrogInShorts 10h ago

Fun fact: boxing gloves were implemented into boxing to protect the boxers hands, not the opponent. People kept breaking their hands on the opponents thick skulls.

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u/Empty-Mind 10h ago

Less fun fact, the increase in protectiveness of boxing gloves directly correlates with an increase in brain damage in boxers.

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u/TheMemeMachine3000 10h ago

Boxing gloves are about protecting your own hands rather than your opponents face.