Well, at least he's moving, and he's grooving, and he's going, and he's improving. yeah, uh, yeah, uh... Good for John.
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While this pretty much a joke post, I also wanted it to be an actual discussion on who would win. I was thinking of making it a three-way showdown with Expendable, but I'm not really immersed with Pressure as much as with DOORS and GRACE(I only played it once before the situation). Note that this just a simply discussion post and I won't be making any content related to this such as a fan DB animation or such. This is simply done because I am bored and curious. I'll post this in the DOORS subreddit too.
So, who would win and why?
Edit:-
Here's the set up for ya'll:
Both character will operate with their respective game systems similar to how game characters work in the INDIE CROSS series.
Modifiers from both game will not be considered except Reprieve's for simplicity(and because choosing a modifier in Reprieve is a must to continue).
Doorsman can have any items with limit of six(meaning six items with the best win con) and can access Battle Mode(Yes I know canonically it's a hallucination by Glitch but we gotta give him at least some fighting capabilities, no?) as a form, allowing him to triple his health, enhance speed and strength, can now slide and jump, access Battle Mode items and items spawned in the air or normally(refer the wiki to know what they are), spawns Stat Pads and can throw furniture/props around. Guiding Light will be present to guide him with shimmers(somehow). Admin Panel will not be considered at all. Can revive with Revive(limit once) or Lotus Flower(not sure with this cuz I only used it once). While he doesn't control them, entities still spawns as normal in the floor or subfloor they're in. Base game entities from GRACE brought by John will also be present and might attack him(specifically base entities from Grace mode, others will solely focus on John). Death con is dying in a run and unable to revive anymore.
John Grace will have trait combo with best win con, owns all items with limit of three(most likely will use B.R.I.C.K. and Gleam since it's the only items that can physically harm Doorsman), and have the different game modes as forms. Since canonically it works as a Cycle, Outside and Flipside runs simultaneously, and has specific conditions to switch between cycle phases,I'll put it like this;
1)Flipside and Outside that is in parallel can be inter-switched at will.
3)Conditions to switch cycle phases; dying to anything as Grace or touching the forbidden strawberry jam as Zen, looking at God in the sky and accept his Light as rOT or dying to Sin as Spoiled Zen, and willingly ending Reprieve in the intervals as Reprieve.
4)Based on the game, each phase will have these conditions, positives and negatives, and switching between modes/phases alters the surrounding environment slightly to be similar to the mode(only effects John but observable by Doorsman, based on how GRACE takes place in the soul, meaning it's the environment that changes every phase rather than being transported elsewhere).
-Grace has traits and items but can die to anything lethal with a single hit, still have to deal with base game entities brought with him and 2;30 timer exists with Goatman appears once it ends with the only way to reset is by entering a saferoom.
-Zen can tank all damage since in-game nothing can kill you but the forbidden strawberry jams spawns and gets progressively bigger the further he progresses. Can also float to the sky by continuously jumping(?)(based on my gameplay at least).
- rOT grants him The Hand that can telekinetically tear Doorsman's limbs apart(dealing 20 damage in base game, 60 in Battle Mode), get Bits and buy upgrades that spawns throughout the area, but speed is heavily nerfed compared to other modes, The Hand needs very accurate aim, Bits takes a long time to farm(1 Bit per limb torn), Disgrace continuously chases him and Lapses spawns meaning he has to deal with them as well, liquids may be present, and since Doorsman will be treated like Lapse, getting hit by Doorsman, attacked by Lapse or falling into the liquids won't deal any damage, instead attaches a thread and boosts Disgrace's speed.
-Spoiled Zen is exactly similar to Zen but now Sin actively chases John.
-Reprieve will have far better speed and the ability to +PARRY anything, and can slide-bounce, but timer returns, beacons appear for him to break/collect before timer runs out or SHAME appears, intervals happens after all beacons broken(in John's mind I suppose and happens with time dilation, so it would happen spilt second) where he must to choose either to continue in Reprieve or complete the cycle back into Grace, a modifier must be chosen to continue as Reprieve(including JUST THE SAME) and just like Grace, anything lethal can kill John.
God will be present to guide John with notes placed throughout the floor. Entities in DOORS will be present and effects/can kill John. John has two death cons, either dying to Disgrace as John rOT or dying to anything that can kill him as John Reprieve.
The battle setting would be; Doorsman was traversing the Rooms/Archives when he arrived at A-1000. As a picked up the Startlight Jug, a jet black figure suddenly zoomed out of one of the portal-doors, knocking them both into the portal-door towards the Hotel, entering the Infirmary. Said figure is John Grace, and he is feeling disoriented from that ordeal. somehow, he hopped dimension from his own game into DOORS. Doorsman perceived him as a threat and began jumping him, so John has no option but to fight this complete stranger in this new world.
Huh, I accidentally made a DB analysis. I'm an absolute rookie in this, so feel free to add, correct or object anything. So... again, who would win?
Edit two: here's a form for yer bets on da winner. https://forms.gle/yBpLbmqF5zpec9wV9