User blog comment:DYBAD/Character Sheet/@comment-24696772-20160410192030/@comment-26877734-20160411201455

Alright, sorry for not being able to reply earlier, but I can now.

Essentially, the only reason John couldn't win is the fact that he's going against Lawrence Selforge.

John has incredibly powerful abilities and could probably beat almost anyone, but Lawrence is able to pull some meta-fictional bullshit that allows him to absorb Omnipotence and other similar things. If he's able to absorb Omnipotence, he can absorb effectively anything, including John Mercer and everything that ever came into contact with him.

I think a better debate would be John Mercer vs. one Selforge Soldier, as I believe every Selforge Soldier has a conceptual manipulation mode they can enter.