User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Chapter 322: Gloria, Review/@comment-121.54.8.130-20130311043520/@comment-4047931-20130311160724

Well I do think it was a bit honorable of Sting to surrender, the moment was just so badly done for it to be enjoyable at all for me. The idea of this conclusion being a matter of honor was only slightly focused upon but with Sting constantly repeating how strong he was now made it out too feel like he just backed down due to lack of confidence, aka he pussied out. Also with all the build up over Sting's plan to make a great victory for his team and what could have been made out from it, just having the White Dragon Slayer fall to the floor was not a satisfying conclusion for the fight let alone the GMG. Also it feels out of character for Sting as we've seen his unwavering confidence during his battle with Rogue against Gajeel and Natsu and to see him back down just annoys me. I would have felt it be a lot more enjoyable if Sting as to enter into open conflict with Team Fairy Tail and start beating them while slowly realizing that this kind of victory would not satisfy him as he sees how wounded the team is and how they are just bodies instead of the mages he holds of such high regard. It could have been a lot better and honestly there is nothing wrong with wanting Fairy Tail too loose as everyone has their opinions and with this time-travel business we could have seen two victories. Nothing dishonorable about it.

I do think Minerva was stronger, pre-second origin though, and I also believe that looking how the majority of the Sabertooth Mages appear the same age as those of Fairy Tail I say they would have been stronger then the FT mages they battled if they were around before the timeskip, well bar Orga because we all what kind of disappointment he turned out to be. As far as the opponents go though, I was hoping for some victories in the big battles from Sabertooth. Not from Orga, Rufus and Minerva though as we had already seen them in action and dominate their portions of the competition bar from the MPF. I mainly wanted to see Rogue defeat someone after he was trolled pretty badly against Natsu,but unluckily for him Gajeel was trolled just as bad and not seeing anything from sting is just the worst. I would have just preferred a close competition and not these rushed and predictable battles we had. I presonally enjoyed the personalities of Sabertooth as they had quite a contrast to Fairy Tail's but even if you didn't enjoy their personalities it still should have been closer with wins for both teams in my eyes. At least Rogue and Gajeel's battle was kind of cool though.

Laxus winning should be questioned a lot. First of all Jura was shown right before their battle to have great speed being able to dodge a lightning attack that could be on the same scale as some of Laxus' and the data book on the stats of the competitors shows Jura and Laxus to be level in speed. Also Jura is able to stop Laxus dead in his tracks while laxus was moving at high speeds. As for element, in most cases Earth beats Lightning and earth is an insulator should Lightning based attacks should be stopped in their tracks and any electrical effect as well. As for rank five of the Wizard Saints that is a rather big deal in the Fairy Tail Universe as it shows Jura to be the strongest and most respectable "human" Mage in the country and with that title creates the idea that Jura should most definitely dominate this battle and having Laxus win like he did just seems dumb with this information we were given and as far as the fight goes it looks like Jura didn't really show use his greatest moves. Also the fight lowered my respect for Laxus through using Natsu's catchphrase and because of the strength displayed by Jura it makes it feel that Laxus was running on feelings, especially with one of Mavis' speeches in the background. I wouldn't have been so bothered if they made Laxus in a respectable fashion without him quoting Natsu, losing any realism that the series had and had Laxus' good old show he's the strongest type personality, but without the you know kill my own guild thing. It was just disappointing to see how rushed the fight became and how unrealistic it feels to have Laxus beat someone of Gildarts' level (or even above).