How fast IS Sonic anyway?

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Trudi Speed		#21	[-]
Posts: 513 (12/16/2008 6:34 AM) THS<3 Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Matt =( I just assumed. The vast majority of members on this forum are over the age of 16, and it's a fairly well known theory among older teenagers and adults. That's all. If someone didn't know and called me out I would have happily explained it to them to the best of my ability in a PM or something. Anyway if you want to continue this discussion with me (I'd be happy to, by the way. Been missing my science) we'd better do it in PM before we drag this topic further away than needed.
matthayter700		#22	[-]
Posts: 856 (12/16/2008 11:01 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Trudi Speed wrote: Matt =( I just assumed. The vast majority of members on this forum are over the age of 16, and it's a fairly well known theory among older teenagers and adults. That's all. If someone didn't know and called me out I would have happily explained it to them to the best of my ability in a PM or something. Anyway if you want to continue this discussion with me (I'd be happy to, by the way. Been missing my science) we'd better do it in PM before we drag this topic further away than needed. o.o What makes you think I was trying to drag the topic away? I was just using it as an example of misinterpreting realism because of misinterpreting real life as opposed to just the entertainment. Anyway, I knew you just assumed we knew, I just wanted to know why you assumed that. It's not covered in high school, even in the honours physics (at least where I live; granted different educations systems may differ) and I don't think most people here are physics majors. Anyway, as for something more on topic... kind of agree with Craig's point about the adventure-seeking. It seems the story tries to mix portraying Sonic as virtuous with portraying him as some reckless guy looking for excitement, but I don't think the two are really compatible in the first place...
8Bit Star		#23	[-]
Posts: 20 (12/16/2008 10:28 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	matthayter700 wrote: Anyway, as for something more on topic... kind of agree with Craig's point about the adventure-seeking. It seems the story tries to mix portraying Sonic as virtuous with portraying him as some reckless guy looking for excitement, but I don't think the two are really compatible in the first place... Why not? Its possible to be a thrillseeker with virtues...
Ice the Rabbit		#24	[-]
Posts: 332 (12/17/2008 9:02 AM) Chaosbunny-Chan! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	The thing about Sonic is, he's a good guy, but he gets bored easily. Thusly, he's always running, looking for something to do. In another Sonic X Issue, Sonic was screaming bloody murder about being bored after Eggman was sent to jail, and was running around bugging everyone trying to find something... anything... to do. So he's always on the hunt for adventure, but don't think for a second that he won't arrive just at the right time if any of his friends end up in danger. This signature has been claimed by Hoppy. Love her cuteness!
matthayter700		#25	[-]
Posts: 862 (12/17/2008 12:29 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	8Bit Star wrote: matthayter700 wrote: Anyway, as for something more on topic... kind of agree with Craig's point about the adventure-seeking. It seems the story tries to mix portraying Sonic as virtuous with portraying him as some reckless guy looking for excitement, but I don't think the two are really compatible in the first place... Why not? Its possible to be a thrillseeker with virtues... Maybe, but it seems a bit contradictory, since being motivated more so by thrill-seeking than by the desire to do what's right probably isn't that virtuous...
D B Vulpix		#26	[-]
Posts: 1299 (12/18/2008 2:04 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Maybe, but it seems a bit contradictory, since being motivated more so by thrill-seeking than by the desire to do what's right probably isn't that virtuous... Wut? You can seek thrills without hurting other people. I don't understand what you're saying. Fanfiction: Canis Canem Venture
Jeffery Mewtamer		#27	[-]
Posts: 610 (12/18/2008 3:53 PM) Sqwerl Murderer >:o Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Beating up the bad guys and having fun at it sounds fairly virtuous. At least Sonic does not go around causing mayhem in the pursuit of thrills.
The Turtle Guy		#28	[-]
Posts: 4064 (12/18/2008 4:59 PM) Time Traveller Scalie Power! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Or DOES he? dun dun dun
matthayter700		#29	[-]
Posts: 865 (12/18/2008 9:51 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	B Vulpix wrote: Maybe, but it seems a bit contradictory, since being motivated more so by thrill-seeking than by the desire to do what's right probably isn't that virtuous... Wut? You can seek thrills without hurting other people. I don't understand what you're saying. See Craig's point earlier about the creatures not getting enslaved if Sonic stopped Eggman when he had the chance. o.o Other than that, though, my general point was that the idea that Sonic "only has a heart of gold" (something from one of the in-game songs, I think) seems to contradict the idea that when he does heroic things he did them for the thrill of it instead of for the sake of doing what's right...
Jeffery Mewtamer		#30	[-]
Posts: 612 (12/18/2008 10:54 PM) Sqwerl Murderer >:o Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	matthayter700 wrote: Sonic "only has a heart of gold" (something from one of the in-game songs, I think). That is part of a line from 'It Doesn't Matter", Sonic's theme song from Sonic Adventure 1&2. The entire verse in question is: Well, I don't show off, don't criticize I'm just livin' by my own feelings And I won't give in, won't compromise I just only have a steadfast heart of gold I don't know why, I can't leave though it might be tough But I ain't out of control, just livin' by my word Don't ask me why, I don't need a reason I got my way, my own way Regardless, I think it should be noted that Sonic often stumbles onto Eggman's plots after they are already underway.
matthayter700		#31	[-]
Posts: 866 (12/20/2008 9:26 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Yeah that whole verse seems to have the "solid uncompromising virtue" portrayal in there; but the idea that when he did the right thing he did it for the lulz doesn't seem to qualify as solid uncompromising virtue to me...
Ice the Rabbit		#32	[-]
Posts: 334 (12/20/2008 11:53 AM) Chaosbunny-Chan! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Don't forget a later chorus in the same song (at least the SA1 Version) This fight is not for anybody This is purely for myself There is no way I'm gonna give up 'til the very end I can't tell what is wrong and what is right I've got to find the answer But until I do there's no way I will Ever give up Place all your bets On the one you think is right! On the subject of his speed, I think we can conclude that how fast he can go varies from continuity to continuity, but in the end, it's just like the question of how many licks it takes to get to the Tootsie roll center of a Tootsie Pop: The world may never know. This signature has been claimed by Hoppy. Love her cuteness!
matthayter700		#33	[-]
Posts: 868 (12/20/2008 12:17 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Ice the Rabbit wrote: Don't forget a later chorus in the same song (at least the SA1 Version) This fight is not for anybody This is purely for myself There is no way I'm gonna give up 'til the very end I can't tell what is wrong and what is right I've got to find the answer But until I do there's no way I will Ever give up Place all your bets On the one you think is right! On the subject of his speed, I think we can conclude that how fast he can go varies from continuity to continuity, but in the end, it's just like the question of how many licks it takes to get to the Tootsie roll center of a Tootsie Pop: The world may never know. o.o Wow, it isn't even consistent within the same song. But anyway, yeah, you'd really only be guessing in terms of his speed, even if you're "measuring" it like I described earlier... IIRC, I think either Sonic Chaos or Triple Trouble had a speed indicator for how fast Sonic or Tails was going at the end of a level, and that usually gave hundreds of km/h; quite different from the "dozens" I mentioned earlier...
Kiorein		#34	[-]
Posts: 1078 (12/21/2008 7:15 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	SonicV2 wrote: The fastest he can run is the speed sound. I forget if it's the speed of sound in a vaccum or on the Earth. Speed of sound in a vacuum? ARE YOU INSANE, MAN? There is no sound in a vacuum. ...Anyways, Sonic doesn't run at the speed of sound. He's usually a lot slower than sound. Though it depends on what game/show/comic you're looking at. Catch some Z's and UV's! Last Edited By: Kiorein 12/21/2008 7:17 PM. Edited 1 times.
8Bit Star		#35	[-]
Posts: 25 (12/27/2008 7:00 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	matthayter700 wrote: o.o Wow, it isn't even consistent within the same song. Songs generally aren't consistent, and Sonic's probably just too complicated (or perhaps, too simple) of a character to be summed up so easily.
cigraphix		#36	[-]
Posts: 5 (01/05/2009 5:34 PM) Met Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	In the Sonic X, So Long Sonic episode (the final one after the defeat of the Meterex), as Chris is going home in Eggman's pod, Sonic is keeping up with the pod as a display in the pod counts up from around "M 0.80" to "M 2.90". "M" probably stands for "Mach" so Sonic is running at almost Mach 3. Is there anyone who still doubts my super nerd-dom?

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