Quote Originally Posted by Jiro View Post
It's not, though. It's plausible, perhaps the most plausible thing to be found in Final Fantasy X.
Experiment: Relax (hyperventilate with an oxygen supply if you have one), and then hold your breath, and time your duration.

Repeat, only this time, sprint around your house while timing yourself.

Calculate out how much shorter the duration is. Compare the ratio to the record, and see how short it falls.

Then realize that Blitzball players are engaged in full body activity, not simply running, and you'll realize that their bodies would consume oxygen even faster, so if the ratio had to be skewed in any way, it would not be in their favor.



Then realize that you're in a fantasy world with magic, monsters, sentient nonhumans, crystals that can power things, crystals that can burn indefinitely, cute little green monsters with a knife that are somehow more deadly than ninety percent of the giant beasts in the world, flying whales, airships apparently powered by flywheels, platforms that can float on holograms, dolls that can be controlled by one's mind, and thousands of other strange phenomena, and ask yourself "why are we questioning this again?".

Also, they can't be immersed in water, because there is nowhere near enough water resistance. A Blitzball would barely move five feet, regardless of how you threw it.