according to some tweets, if SV doesn't "win" they will kill the fork... now, technically if ABC loses, it doesnt mean they would necessarily kill ABC
It's not just up to them whether or not SV survives. Every additional block will update the difficulty. If SV is mined by profit-driven third party miners the disappearance of SVPool and the other SV supporting pools wouldn't kill the coin (*they would have to be the only miners mining it at an unprofitable level for them to have the power to unilaterally kill it).
Even if the price drops off, as long as there's still some money available the chain will adjust difficulty to survive.
yes, good point... i think its just a political power struggle, somewhat comical to be honest.