Posted by: Son Of Mountains
Posted by: DecepticonCobra
Posted by: DekarLawrencium
Posted by: DecepticonCobra
Posted by: DekarLawrencium
I would say, from my experiences in life, that quantifiable attributes do not completely define how skilled you are at anything. There is always that 'something' that some people are able to do that defies expectations and is unable to be measured. That's what Halsey meant by 'luck.' She saw that John had the spark of insight that led him to the right conclusion on how to get through a multitude of desperate situations. You don't need to be the smartest, the strongest or the fastest to excel; you just need that drive. Chief had that drive; Halsey could see it in his eyes, hear it in his speech and see it in his every action. That's why Kurt was second-best, because he lacked John's incorrigible determination to always win, excel and exceed.
John also had the insight to get ambushed pretty frequently...
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I would say that if you were surrounded by LEGIONS of alien warriors, you are bound to be ambushed every once in a while, no matter how good you are, even if you had prescience.
He got ambushed by rebels and three Grunts and the Flood. I'll grant you the Flood, but people want to complain about Emile's lack of situational awareness, but Chief lacks it too.
it's easy to set up an ambush on someone when they're wandering through your territory with very little intel. were any of the ambushes on MC successful? no, he made it out every time. emile got stabbed in the back by a big stinkin elite!
Um, Elites are some of the deadliest enemies a SPARTAN could fight. Elites are bad mofo's, and I see you deliberately left out the fact it was a Zealot that killed him, and the fact he killed it as well, out of your blind admiration for Master Chief, of course you omit any facts that point to the fact that every single SPARTAN in Noble Team could match Master Chief in a fight, if not necessarily win. This is a blatant fact that you canNOT ignore, no matter how hard you try.
Posted by:Duardo
Don't forget Luck
Like I said, in a post directly above yours, I don't consider 'luck' a reasonable argument, because 'luck' is a superstitious, non-physical and non-applicable element in determining his skills. We can look at his training, his armor, his weapons, augmentations, etc, because these are all physical 'real' things. Luck is not a 'real' thing, you can't base a fight off of luck. I look at Master Chief and Noble Six, and take into consideration things like their armor, weapons, background and training. Prior to Reach, Master Chief, with a team, fought in several ground engagements against Insurrectionists. Six, broke entire armies... by himself. Thus, I come to the conclusion that, at the time of Reach, Noble Six is the better SPARTAN.
Not taking into consideration silly 'questionable', 'superstitious' things like 'luck'.