Gespedan

[NemesisScar]

Okay, I think this is stupid!  They hash it to DEATH on how much Gespedan is SO fast and 'few can rival him', yet Takinom's stats beat him in speed!

[Battle Brawler]

I believe that the stats in the final game will vary for each card so that they will rarely be the same. Also, those cards can be considered prototypes, they do not necessarily reflect the final cards.

[Pocketkoi]

That is odd... I hope they mended that factor once the game comes out..

[WEB4KIDZ]

Yeah it says "Few" can rival him , NOT NONE. So yes it would make since that others in the game are just as fast, besides you are only talking about a 4 point difference, it's not like it's this big hugh gap you seem to be making it out as.

[kobb451]

you have to take in to acount that she can fly

[NemesisScar]

  I understand that she can fly, but that may slow her down.  It depends on the air direction and speed.  Besides, being able to fly can mean you can travel over usch obstacles as mountains and trees, it doesn't mean they are faster though.  And if you are going to say things like that then theoretically, any flying creature should lose energy as they fly since it takes energy to flap their wings so they should slowly tire out.

[WEB4KIDZ]

Um you do know that flying creature in the real world are typiclly faster than those on land and looking at the other winged creature cards in Chaotic they also have somewhat higher than normal speed stats. If a winged creature (by your theory) should lose energy from flapping wings, then a running creature should lose energy from moving legs, same difference.

[NemesisScar]

Just because they can fly does not mean they are faster.  Some ground animals are faster than birds.  People think birds are faster because they can get from one place to another easier, but that doesn't mean they are faster, it means they don't have to deal with land obstacles.  And no, creatures shouldn't lose energy for running.  Running will tire you out, but do you honestly think running would tire you out more than flying.  When you fly, you must flap and you do this to hold your entire body in the air, so you are basically holding your whole weight on your wings.  When running, you move your legs and arms, so your weight is distributed and you don't hold yourself up since the ground will do that.  All I said was, Gespedan should have a higher speed since they portray him as the fastest creature and it's stupid to give Takinom more speed JUST because she has wings.

[WEB4KIDZ]

Birds have lightweight bones, many of which are hollow. They also have fewer bones than reptiles and mammals do, so they would not have to distribute the amount of weight you are talking about. So I would imagine that the birds and flying creatures of Chaotic would have a simular design making it easier for them to fly, the same as it is in the real world.

In many of The Flash comics he is often portryed as burning large amounts of energy while running at high speeds, so I'm not sure why you think that would not be the case with Gespedan who most like has a high metablisim like the Flash does.

[NemesisScar]

Takinom deffiantly does NOT have missing bones.  Besides, birds in real life don't have the body similar to a human like Takinom.  Besides, in a certain episode, when Gespedan ran, lightning came from his feet, implying his attack type if Air.  If you has more control with the Air then he could use it to speed himself up.  And Chaotic isn't the Flash, despite what you may think.  Chaotic creatures are magical and have powers, and this is where I would say something to prove you wrong about the Flash, but I don't read comics, but I'm assuming the Flash only has one power.

[WEB4KIDZ]

But saying Gespedan uses less or no energy at all while running I don't think is true, if anything Takinom would use LESS energy than he would. Flying creatures can hover, glide, dive and contiune in a forward moment with out having to constanly flap their wings like you are implying. He couldn't just stop running to conserve energy and still be moving at the same speed.

As far as the Flash goes, have you ever watched Smallville on The CW? Impulse which is protrayed on the show also is show as having a very high metablisim and having to eat a lot. This did vary from Flash to Flash, writer to writer. The Flash has also been seen running on water, traveling through time and solid objects (like walls).

I also asked on Yahoo Answers, which was faster Land or Air animals:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylc=X3oDMTE1MmI4N2IyBF9TAzIxMTU1MDAxMTgEc2VjA2Fuc19ub3QEc2xrA3N1YmplY3Q-;_ylv=3?qid=20071011131159AAc7HdB

[bay2]

i take my creture seriously it not about the creature it about your skills and stradegy gaspeden can beat maxxor in a chaotic game if you are a good player

[ChaoticJune27]

Heh, I've seen a real bird skeleton laying somewhere on the ground at a farm before. But what WEB4KIDZ said Is true ,birds are claimed to be faster because they can get around land objects easier. I've seen Chipmunks In real life, and man, those little guys are speed-demons! And If hota or bodal were running, they'd be KO'd In a snap.

[NemesisScar]

Wtf? I was talking about his speed, not beating Maxxor.

[NemesisScar]

You think a flying creature could 'hover' without flapping it's wings?  That's basically saying that something with wings could jump in the air and not fall back down.  Ever heard of gravity?

I checked out that Yahoo site, and it was stupid!  They weren't comparing Land vs. Air, they were only comparing that falcon and cheetah which are only two out of many possibilities.  Do you think a penguin could beat a polar bear in a race?

[WEB4KIDZ]

NemesisScar wrote:

You think a flying creature could 'hover' without flapping it's wings?  That's basically saying that something with wings could jump in the air and not fall back down.  Ever heard of gravity?

I checked out that Yahoo site, and it was stupid!  They weren't comparing Land vs. Air, they were only comparing that falcon and cheetah which are only two out of many possibilities.  Do you think a penguin could beat a polar bear in a race?

Go to a beach and watch seagulls they hover without flapping their wings all the time and last time I checked Penguins could not fly so it would not be much of a race now would it. The Cheetha and falcons were used because they are the fastest animals on Earth, so any other possibilities would be comparing much slower animals, so the point of doing that is moot. How is a Cheeta vs. a Falcon not and Land Vs. Air match up?

[Battle Brawler]

He doesn't mean that a Flying creature could hover without flapping it's wings forever, he just meant that for a certain amount of time, they do not have to flap their wings to stay in the air.

The example in the Land vs Air is pitting the two fastest land and air animals against each other so that is a fine example. Yes, there are many different possibilities of animal races, just as their are slower flying creatures in Chaotic, for example Krekk to Gespedan. And by the way, penguins can't fly.

[bay2]

i know you are am just saying that it about cretures and how you use them

[Palin]

"Do you think a penguin could beat a polar bear in a race?"

Depends. If it's a swimming race, then yeah.

[NemesisScar]

Seagulls hover after you have already been flying.  They can't hop of the ground and hover, they need to gain altitude and speed before they stop flapping and hover.  You completely missed my point about penguins.  You are saying ANYTHING with wings goes, faster so I used your untrue statement to tell you a penguin isn't fast and it can't fly.  I guess my point confused you there!  And using a cheetah and falcon are not you ONLY air and land animals, yet they only use those.  They are basing the ENTIRE speed on only two when there are hundreds.  It's like comparing America to Canada.  America's President sent troops over to Iraq for oil so that makes him greedy.  So if America is represented by him, all Americans must be greedy?  All your little Yahoo group is doing is making a sterotype, not an average or accurate answers.