Pokemon

[fading stratus]

why are you sad wtf you don't need to know its gender

[pseudo goblet]

Don’t know, I just like calling my pokemon Baby girl or Baby boy

Still gonna call Pecha a baby tho, afaik, it is a brat

@fading stratus OH yeah speaking of dlc, how many pokemon does the trainers in dragon e4 trial have???

So far my team for the trial is Bellossom, A-Exeggutor, A-Grimer(evolve soon), seadra, and a Rabsca

Not the final team

[fading stratus]

drayton has 6

like others

forgot about the trial people tho

its been a month

[pseudo goblet]

God I feel slow

Found a Flygon I could use, team so far is super weak to ice

[fading stratus]

(its been a month and half if you want to feel more slow)

[pseudo goblet]

And~ ofc one of the trainer specialized with ice type… damn

[fading stratus]

[pseudo goblet]

Thought I have a Magmortar I can use too- but it’s ‘caught in crystal cave’

Same with Rhyperior

[fading stratus]

you can use mons you found on tera raid btw in blueberry

[pseudo goblet]

Wait seriously? Too bad I haven’t done any since I got in

I think I did Blaziken raid in Paldea land?

Better try than not I guess

Not the Blaziken, that will be too easy, I know two of them is Ice and Electric, and one I think use rock??

[fading stratus]

all of them only use 2 mons each no shot you lost against that

[pseudo goblet]

Oh seriously? Let’s go

I was gonna go catch some random fully evo pokemon, no need now

Okay maybe~ I still should catch something else to replace the Bellossom

[slate marlin]

Me personally, I prefer to catch Pokémon unevolved.

[pseudo goblet]

Why not both

Much cheaper to catch Magby, Magmar and Magmortar individually imo for a few reason

[slate marlin]

So I can evolve them from scratch.

[slate marlin]

Lego?

[pseudo goblet]

There’s uh, you can take off the coat

[pseudo goblet]

Custom

[slate marlin]

Cool.

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/vpandav/status/1752258520098144638?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

@fading stratus @mighty storm @bleak pine https://vxtwitter.com/quags_in_love/status/1751969588017786946?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Oh I found the full version https://youtu.be/hOTJzAiLEyk

[mighty storm]

clodsire

[mighty storm]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29OKbum8reQ&ab_channel=RyanGeorge Not gonna lie, this is how I thought things were gonna go

[pseudo goblet]

And THAT goes into my list of ‘wtf have I watch today’

[fading stratus]

good stuff

[inland gyro]

as in so much on post game end?

[spice rivet]

Kanto + Post beating Red is where most of HGSS meat is

And thats not including old Event stuff like the Sinjoh Ruins or the Enigma stone for the opposite Lati

[inland gyro]

m8 as a kid i thought red was the end

[spice rivet]

Ya, its crazy how packed those games were back in the day before they just said
"Post game? You mean raids/multiplayer?"

HGSS had a crap ton of daily stuff to like getting the gym leaders numbers etc. The BF is also quite chunky

Yet still has the worst level curve in the series lmao

[golden lance]

I miss gen 3-5 post games

The villa from platinum was so fun

[inland gyro]

X/Y postgame

[spice rivet]

God, pain

[inland gyro]

apparently SWSH had the worst postgame which i assume was before DLC (which is still shit to require for it)

[spice rivet]

Mhmm

[inland gyro]

bugger all to do?

[spice rivet]

Basically

And the cherry on top was the absolutely gutted Battle Tower

[inland gyro]

apparently actually SV is even worse

[spice rivet]

I unironically spent like 100+ hours in Sun/Moons Battle Tree because it was my first intro to VGC style double battles and it was so fun

[fading stratus]

doubles are fun

SM was also my introduction to doubles

[spice rivet]

SVs post game isnt great but also with shiny hunting being so accessible thats kinda part of it

[fading stratus]

I memed with tail glow xurkitree team

[inland gyro]

its disappointing that now you need to pay DLC for post game

[spice rivet]

In Sun I used M Metagross, Incineroar, Tapu Fini, and Zapdos.

[inland gyro]

£81.48 for full game

[fading stratus]

no shot you played incin in sun

blaze incin was so bad

you were better of playing arcanine as fire type

[placid junco]

Ehhh I would call SV a complete experience without the DLC

Speaking as someone who is satisfied with the base game and isn’t buying DLC because I don’t plan on doing multiplayer

[spice rivet]

Nah, this was post HA release, I never bought USUM back in the day

[bleak pine]

clod~

[vagrant steppe]

See I wouldn't even call SV a complete experience with the dlc

The story is finished I guess, but the game is clearly not

[placid junco]

I mean yeah the game absolutely needed more time in the oven

But the main reason I’m not getting the DLC is because I don’t feel like dropping $35 on stuff I’d only be doing the single player for

[vagrant steppe]

Yeah the dlc just isn't worth it if you're not playing VGC

Ya know. I think I'd be fine with Arch going to Ubers

I'm sick of that mon

Comes in in rain, survives a hit from anything that you've got unless you're SE and switching in in a bad position, and then electro shot walls your team

[vagrant steppe]

Fair and balanced mon

[crimson moat]

Which yeah I agree with too. It’s enough for me to not play when features I liked about previous generations are gone with no replacement, but SV being unpolished af is a legit point to not buying the game… despite their claims to want to fix the polish

[latent sleet]

oh falinks and miraidon will be in unite

neat

[maiden flax]

archaludon is great

[vagrant steppe]

broken af

[placid junco]

Falinks would almost make me want to play unite but then I’d be getting into anothet game with dailies I don’t have time for

[maiden flax]

falinks looks hella fun

[bleak pine]

https://tenor.com/view/falinks-pokemon-gif-13846371032261150012

they march

[maiden flax]

nah i think its balanced, but by god its so easy to accidentally let it go out of control lol

watching miraidon gameplay

[vagrant steppe]

I dunno, I think being able to raise your special attack by 2 stages every turn and just not die is kind of insane

[maiden flax]

since when has point click abilities existed in pokemon unite and also i really didnt expect a mobile game to somehow find a way to implement a point click effect without actually being point click lol

[maiden flax]

1 stage

[vagrant steppe]

True it is only 1

But that plus stamina and rain checking most of its threats is kinda insane

[maiden flax]

its why its like why rain had a sudden resurgence lol
cause in rain it goes crazy
the most surprising thing was that it's still pretty amazing even outside of rain
like it does amazing in grassy terrain team as a monolith

[vagrant steppe]

Yeah, it's honestly too much imo

[maiden flax]

i think its fine though it is always a scary threat

also wait

is miraidon basically xerath?

[inland gyro]

p2w?

[vagrant steppe]

Sorta

[maiden flax]

okay so electrodrift and parabolic are nothing like xerath
but charge beam and thunder remind me a lot of how xerath is played which is "screw you im half way across the screen and will nuke you"

[inland gyro]

so not only they gutting content behind paywall but also making it p2w, smooth af

[mighty storm]

would suggest shiny hunting one

[latent sleet]

falinks does look fun

beat up is wild

[spice rivet]

https://youtu.be/Sq2vKUT0wpo?si=MqSC5l_isyd_dRaC

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/leunkon/status/1752214905782931638?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

HISTORY REPEATED ITSELF!!! @mighty storm @bleak pine @fading stratus https://vxtwitter.com/kiryans5/status/1752255950356971956?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[mighty storm]

Chillet Walk

now we need the two walking next to each other

[latent sleet]

just watched miraidon gameplay

its pikachu on crack

[maiden flax]

It's xerath from league if they gave him the option to dash at people

[placid junco]

bro could not handle getting predicted twice in a row

[placid junco]

lmaoo

just had a battle where Phione got 5 of the 6 kills

because take heart is a busted fuckin move on rest talk builds

you either fire off a scald or calm mind that wakes you up

[bleak pine]

Ayyyy Bastiodon

I love Bastiodon

Explosion

[obsidian juniper]

https://x.com/CTRV_8189/status/1752194249041584246?s=20

깐뜨 (@CTRV_8189) on X

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Twitter · Jan 30, 2024, 4:57 AM

[placid junco]

that last round i lost exclusively to a toxic stalling coward

i lost because of regigigas getting a double protect against chien pao

i think thats enough random battles for me

[golden lance]

Man

Out of context reasoning for balanced hackmons suspect testing is so funny

It's been pretty clear from recent BH that Mega Diancie has been a hot tiering topic. The reason why is pretty simple; it just doesn't have particularly many defensive answers. Thanks to Rock STAB and the bomb that is V-create, two of Fairy's resistances are (for the most part) bypassed, leaving pretty much only Poison-types, Primordial Sea Registeel, and rare Soundproof users as truly solid checks. Add on to this that Mega Diancie also regularly slots in Speed control with Extreme Speed and hazard support with Stone Axe, and you end up with a terrifying attacker that can swamp a lot of defensive cores while scaring off things that might force it out.

Mega Diancie also has a decent amount of set variety that can mix up what checks it. Mixed with Pixie Plate is the most common set, but Life Orb can be used for V-create -> Extreme Speed to KO neutral Arceus formes (and some misc ranges like Boomburst 2HKOing Celesteela), Ground moves (like Headlong Rush or, on Specs, Earth Power) are more niche but provide an easier time dispatching Arceus-Poison and Primordial Sea Registeel, and even Population Bomb to deal a huge chunk to neutral Ice Scales users (like Arceus-Fairy). Alternatively, its Choice Specs set boasts higher instant power, straight up 2HKOing most Mixed switch-ins like Registeel and Ice Scales Arceus (with hazards up) and forcing earlier healing from foes, which can be exploited with either blocking Strength Sap or simply out-lasting Recover. This is all to say that Mega Diancie isn't just a one-trick pony; it can mix up what it's using (even if it is always Pixilate) to essentially pick and choose its checks.

This isn't to say that Mega Diancie doesn't have checks; they're pretty sparse, but they do exist. Arceus-Poison is the go-to, as it offers a Boomburst resist without being ruined by the most common coverage options (Rock and Fire), and the fact that it runs both Fur Coat and Ice Scales adds uncertainty to any attempts to snipe it with something like Headlong Rush. Other Ice Scales Arceus formes, like Fairy and Ground, can soft-check it; Mega Diancie cannot contest these if they are already in, as they tend to shut down anything Diancie wants to do thanks to Take Heart. Mega Diancie is also slower than Arceus formes and often lacks recovery, meaning it's usually played in a pivot-heavy strategy that relies heavily on RegenVest or Teleport users, similar to other Choice Item users. Soundproof, while quite rare, also largely shuts off anything Diancie tries.

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/mako_makotoo/status/1751923224491995527?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

I miss Alphas, they all have built-in intimidate

It only works on the humans

https://vxtwitter.com/rcitizen4/status/1752481825153519849?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[placid junco]

THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE FLORA

[swift jasper]

why is it T posing

[pseudo goblet]

Dominance

[fading stratus]

lmao

[fading stratus]

maybe you could get it in SM too but I distinctly remember it was in 2018 and 2018 was USUM format

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/kianamaiart/status/1752409889455116504?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Would it have been better if James did or did not ran away, I mean

Between if his fiancée didn’t exist vs the lovable Team Rocket James we been with

I still remember the ep when they showed us James beloved grandparents, the one he had to leave Chimecho behind

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/o8na_sky/status/1752361180084265036?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

I wanna munch

[pseudo goblet]

Nice to see this glitch again while I’m cleaning up the trial trainers lol

[pseudo goblet]

FUCK the ice one btw, Electric after was so easy with Flygon

Same with Rock just now

[placid junco]

The funny thing is if they hadn’t left Sunflora’s very next attack would have killed it because it’s life orb chlorophyll

But it almost certainly would have taken whatever it hit down with it

[pseudo goblet]

Oooooh, Drayton has Sceptile, respect for my old friend

Jesus Drayton is eating SO MANY spiky shield bait

And here comes the Staple clip remover dragon

Pon and Flutter on front, AND Hands as backup, should be able to win, I hope

Won, that’s the E4 for me 🥳

OH FUCK YOU KIERAN, SO WHAT IF I WAS SLOW GET TO THIS POINT, LIFE HAPPENS

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/o8na_sky/status/1752663835637645317?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[sleek sky]

Version 3.0.1 apparently dropped

Downloading the patch now

I am told Mseargle can no longer transform

[sleek sky]

broke 1500
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2048984362-1h8hktanuois9hywpvp4utniv9xm4ygpw

[random stream]

Proud of you kid

I gave up on gen 9 ou, its not very fun for me anymore

[sleek sky]

I play most of my Gen 9 OU games in low ELO with comedy teams

[spice rivet]

Btw, for anyone who wants to do the dupe glitch with Smeargle do it now before you update your game

[random stream]

With that being said, good battle https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2049101960-odp0gn6e6j9pgvh8ianct1cyki52kfmpw

[maiden flax]

tentacruel my boy!

he got a lot of utility with the dlc

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/touyarokii/status/1752829774521602530?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Poke, Ultra, Premier, Dive, Luxury in terms of design

Quick, Dusk, Master in terms of use

[outer eagle]

Dusk > Great = Timer > Quick > Master > The Rest

But damn do i keep saving Master Balls "just in case i need it later"

Heavy Ball would have definitely been great had it been in more games but as of rn i rarely ever used it

[pseudo goblet]

Wished I use Net, Heavy, Repeat, Timer, Nest, the rarer balls more often

I don’t think I have ever use a Master Ball before? Lmao

Gamefreak giving us one freebie making two master balls still doesn’t feel right to use it

[fading stratus]

quick ball beste

[outer eagle]

any finite hyper powerful item will always run into the problem of it being too precious to use

[pseudo goblet]

Exactly

[outer eagle]

damn i'm sure this sacred ash is very good, but maybe now is not the time

[pseudo goblet]

Funny how- afaik the times Master Ball can be receive more than once was through lottery

Anyone remember OT code gambling in gen 8?

[outer eagle]

maybe i'll come to appreciate the quick balls more if i were more of a pokedex completionist guy

[pseudo goblet]

Also Sidenote, everytime I saw UltraBall and BeastBall in one room- I just can’t help but remember they kinda stole each others name

Ultra Ball original name is Hyper Ball in Japanese, hence the yellow looking like H when look from top view

While Beast Ball Japanese name is Ultra Ball

[outer eagle]

i dread Beast Ball's existence cuz it means every time i encounter an UB in a rando nuzlocke it's almost always a wasted encounter

[pseudo goblet]

Do Master Ball work on Ultra Beasts???

[outer eagle]

never tried it myself so

[pseudo goblet]

No shot the world gonna tell me Master Ball become 50% catchrate in that situation

https://vxtwitter.com/serebiinet/status/1752987763815628962?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

The doof

[random stream]

I like the net ball a lot

[warm sky]

https://twitter.com/TheYisusOne/status/1752708348871606383?t=c1W-f356fMX6LaQ1fJKdrA&s=19

Yisuno ⚝ (@TheYisusOne) on X

Sometimes I love Pokemon logic. Like how can Wooper learn Ice Punch with NO ARMS?
Here's my take:

Twitter · Jan 31, 2024, 3:00 PM

[swift jasper]

what's not to get

all water pokemon are waterbenders

duh

(except magikarp and feebas)

[outer eagle]

i like to imagine that the punching moves are just the mons manifesting fists made of those elements to strike

like in those wuxia novels

[sand forge]

Ice punch refers to the drink

[spice rivet]

In order:
Beast Ball, Base Hisui Pokeball, Modern Heavy Ball, Gigaton family, Wing family, Level Ball, All the other Apriballs, Luxury Balls, Premier Balls, everything else.

No pic for it, but got my 4th DA shiny, Gmax Toxtricity.

Rn Im still just trying to find Solgaleo so I can get it written down.

Im at 150ish Beast Balls, 110 Sport and 115 Safari Balls. Probs going to get every other Apriball to 100ish and then Beast Balls to 500 then update.

Pray for me

[spice rivet]

RU looking like Gen 5 OU lmao

[outer eagle]

Treads rising

[warm sky]

It's gengover

[crimson moat]

We’re Backaskewda

[vagrant steppe]

Turns out rain good

[sleek sky]

Terrakion redemption arc
He's in RU

[hexed valley]

https://youtu.be/hOTJzAiLEyk?si=saSCqA7T9gvmovQy

[outer eagle]

Lando moved up quite a bit

Gambit and Tusk passing around the #1 spot like it's hot potato

[crimson moat]

Gouging in 17

The sun’s starting to go down big guy

[snow oasis]

RU looking like Gen 9 OU oml

[vagrant steppe]

Testing H-Zoroark on showdown and he's not bad rn

No one expects Clefable to pack shadow ball/hyper voice/nasty plot/roar for their setup sweeper

[inland gyro]

apparently bank is no longer downloadable without 3rd party?

[spice rivet]

Ye hasnt been since the 3DS shop shut down to new downloads

Only thing you can do is Redownload it if you previously downloaded it

[fading stratus]

lan t lives to see another day

gen 9 zu looks wild

[pseudo goblet]

What’s ZU? I know OU=over-use, NU=never-use,that’s the two rank I know

[kind vortex]

the abbreviations don't matter so much as their order in the hierarchy so to speak

ubers is just an ou banlist, and they've experimented with uubers of late

but aside from that and the bls between the tiers you have ou > uu > ru > nu > pu > zu

for what zu actually stands for, idk, but pu is just a pee-yew pun about it stinking

uu = underused
ru = rarely used

also ag = anything goes, which is its own can of worms but you probably don't care about that

[sleek sky]

PU is probably a joke on PU

and ZU because Z is the last letter of the alphabet

[kind vortex]

well yeah, that's the implication of 'pee-yew'

[fading stratus]

ag is just ubers of ubers

[pseudo goblet]

[fading stratus]

also ma boy raging bolt #3 in OU

how does singles play gouging fire btw

banded speed booster?

[pseudo goblet]

The weird argument of Suicune could’ve been Ice type returns, the Beast trio paradox would’ve copied the Original dragon trio typings if weren’t for Water

@waxen moat https://vxtwitter.com/tatumi079sub/status/1753176397479137730?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Caught red handed

[bleak pine]

Never knew I needed Quagsire in a beanie

[maiden flax]

gambit and gambit special are in the top 3

[random stream]

UU poxatex it's joever

[inland gyro]

can gen 7 pokedex be completed with just gen 7 games like how gen 6 is or not?

[inland gyro]

@sleek sky means zero used

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/mako_makotoo/status/1753372762541056349?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Shep

[fading stratus]

seep

[outer eagle]

i keep imagining Ampharos yeeting the Mareep ngl

[fading stratus]

lol

[pseudo goblet]

[spice rivet]

I want to say yes

[inland gyro]

i know gen 6 you can (just a living dex will be pure pain)

gen 7 apparently doesn't do national dex however?

[spice rivet]

Ya all you need to fill is the Alola dex

[inland gyro]

rip why they take out national?

also gen 6 national dex by yourself need to beat X or Y elite four 3 times and OR or AS elite four 6 times but in 3 playthroughs

[spice rivet]

Makes it easier to get the shony charm tbf

[inland gyro]

doing gens 4, 5 and 6 100% dex i'll prob not do living dex because that's tbh just a patience check for how many times i am willing to do a playthrough/resets

[spice rivet]

P much

https://youtu.be/45kwOEhKbUg?si=e6stK4Ylh-Xyu0qc

My big mission for myself today, shiny hunt all the Hoenn legends + the mystery gifts using ACE

[inland gyro]

btw with modern games are they still tying almost all mythicals behind events or weird achievements rather than incorporating into story?

[outer eagle]

gen 5 100% dex is gonna be hell

[inland gyro]

whys that?

not doing forms btw just national dex

[outer eagle]

aren't a bunch of them only catchable in White Treehollow

all with abyssmal chances

unless you allow transfers then ig it's not an issue

[inland gyro]

yeah i'm doing gen 4 before

i will say i'll be aiming to do as much as i can without transferss

[outer eagle]

yeah if you can transfer stuffs over it's not too bad

[inland gyro]

like i will use for gen 4 the post red bonus starters to get one each but hell f00king naw will i do them for all

its pretty jank that the regi's are the only pokemon that require GBA games and gamefreak in their glorious intuition decided ahh yes... make them event only in gen 4 itself where to unlock them you need a event version of the pokemon that is also rewarded after acquiring them

[placid junco]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9unratedrandombattle-2050162218

SANDACONDA SWEEEEEEP

[placid junco]

never punished

aaaaand i just lost a battle to a ludicolo's ice beam that both crit AND froze

[spice rivet]

Iirc too, the Whismer line is only able to be brought up from Gen 3 Hoenn games easily. Otherwise its super remote

Also, I ACEd my Emerald pog

Going to unlock the other Islands then get ready to Shiny hunt

[inland gyro]

there's islands in emerald to unlock?

[spice rivet]

Birth Island for Deoxy
Naval Rock for Lugia and Ho-oh
Southern Island for opposite Lati
Faraway Island for Mew (Never released in NA though, so itd be an illegal Mew)

[inland gyro]

ahh you using like equivalent of action replay?

[spice rivet]

https://youtu.be/45kwOEhKbUg?si=6g3fas-JVnENobME

[inland gyro]

also god being a kid playing this way back wish they didn't do events like this

[spice rivet]

Nope, pure manips

[inland gyro]

this just rapid fire between exploits?

[spice rivet]

Ye kinda. Its basically the same sort of stuff that resulted in things like Missingo in RBY

[inland gyro]

need to check out these island ones

[inland gyro]

wtf m8 what is all this lmao

[spice rivet]

I literally begged my parents to take me to New York so I could go to the Pokemon Center and get Mystery Gifts. Unsurprisingly, it never worked lmao

[inland gyro]

here the nearest toys r us was like... about an hour away so parents didn't want to do that

as a kid i was even saying they can do something that day as well lmao like yeah i was really trying

also fucking DS's only taking WEP encryption at the time

[spice rivet]

Then when early Diamond/Pearl events started rolling out I was so pissed they were exclusive to Toys R Us and Gamestop because EB Games in Canada wouldnt get them and I never had a Toys R Us in my city

[inland gyro]

toys r us same in UK

[spice rivet]

Glad by the time Plat and HGSS came out they finally started doing a lot of events through wifi

[inland gyro]

there was never any events with like GAME here in UK

[inland gyro]

issue still was the encryption

[spice rivet]

But also I had my G2 license by the time late HGSS events like the Shiny Legendary Beasts at EB Games so I just asked my friends for their games and I drove outside the store and spent like 10 min claiming the gifts for all us

[inland gyro]

i'm going through a tier list maker for pokemon designs BRRRRROOOOO gen 1 is carried by fire so hard

[spice rivet]

I think I even went once in a blizzard lmao

But ya, happy theyve eased off on most mystery gifts these days.

Also, when in doubt, Pkhex it in

[inland gyro]

they still do it with mythicals though right?

[spice rivet]

Vut for those who dont like hacking, its nice the server exploit for Gen 4 and 5 work

Ye

Though Pecharunt, the Gen 9 Mythical is different since its like a quest. Theres no time limit on the distribution

[inland gyro]

apparently can get gen 4 to work on non WEP with 3DS right?

[spice rivet]

Yes

Easiest way I did was hotspot from my phone since I could turn security off of it

[inland gyro]

how does it work with gen 4 game that way because the gen 4 game still needs WEP?

my understanding is gen 5 and DSi were WPA compatible but didn't work with a DS lite still?

[spice rivet]

This is a pic from back then, I did Gen 4 and 5 on this New 2DS XL connected via my phone as I mentioned

[inland gyro]

oh should say this is still through router, apparently there's a way for that

btw the events through the wifi exploit are random right so you randomly get like world championship stuff and then the mythicals at times?

[spice rivet]

That I cant help you with unfortunately. Ive heard that can be tricky

Ya its random

They can be regular distributions, even stuff from the launch of the games

[inland gyro]

ok ranking designs through just tier list rather than against each other is a lot damn easier

[pseudo goblet]

One of the best shiny ever

Paid real money for HOME just so I can bring my 3DS Shiny Beldum for DLC, when I should just use a regular Metagross or shiny hunt a new one lmao

[vagrant steppe]

Pyroar is a special attacker with Moxie??

What the fuck Gamefreak

[inland gyro]

putting equal effort into visual and gameplay design

[vagrant steppe]

His other abilities are rivalry and unnerve

[inland gyro]

good thing they updated rivalry because gen 4 would've also been useless

[spice rivet]

Im still so mad it didnt evolve into a manticore

Kalos land of wasted ideas

Also still mad how we got a plaguedoctor pokemon and its a can dancer thats a perfume bottle bird

[inland gyro]

wait which mon is this?

[inland gyro]

IM MALDING, i'm doing tier list ranking of pokemon designs and scrolled down to kalos and gen 6 and 7 has a bunch of blank entries

[inland gyro]

my bottom 5 mons up to gen 4, absolutely hate these

[spice rivet]

Aromatisse, evolves from Spritzee

[inland gyro]

-.-, i was hoping for something cooler given plague doctor lmao

both those gen 6 fairy duos are god awful

[vagrant steppe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYH_lu5R3H0

Throwback to this video

[waxen moat]

[pseudo goblet]

How much did that cost in total?

[waxen moat]

Like $7 each plus shipping

[pseudo goblet]

I still only got one slowpoke

Also I should get that Bulbasaur also, my god it looks so cute

Fuck me, my boss gave company 9 days worth of holiday for CNY, I am so gonna try build some of my figure kits

During that time, my plan is basically catch up on everything I missed, that includes the last month worth of Tokusatsu except Blazar

[pseudo goblet]

Ducky try get the Pikachu or Eevee ones

[waxen moat]

It's enough for now

[pseudo goblet]

‘For now’ he say

[waxen moat]

I've spent enough money this holiday season

[pseudo goblet]

So next holiday season

Also you could get the Gardevoir kit if you into that

Or the Giant Magikarp

For a small Pokémon, this is decently big size

[waxen moat]

No real other pokemon appeals that much MAYBE gardevoir or metagross but only a maybe

[pseudo goblet]

Theres a hope

[mighty storm]

I used to have a little electronic thing in a plush magikarp that made it jump

took it out though

[pseudo goblet]

I could update you their quality if I happen to build them 👀

[pseudo goblet]

Honestly, probably good move, you don’t know how long it’ll take for the batteries to melt

[mighty storm]

it was a cute gimmick, but dont like the feeling of squishing it and feeling a machine inside.

[obsidian juniper]

https://vxtwitter.com/glacialkraken/status/1753595253330739215?s=20

[fading stratus]

who's finchinator

some OU council person?

[outer eagle]

head spokesperson of smogon i think

also leader of ou council iirc

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/avhycch3x80kcue/status/1753757979252592877?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[mighty storm]

what did they mean by this?

[inland gyro]

gen 5 remake tease i assume

[golden lance]

Every fighting/ghost mon introduced were banned to ubers

[inland gyro]

hopefully they don't suck

[mighty storm]

if we do, hoping no remake and we just get either BW3 or Legends Kyurem

[inland gyro]

i'm hoping its the next line of remake but yeah treated as a sequel

[mighty storm]

or alternative name instead of kyurem, Legends Unova/Legends namehere (Original dragon)

[inland gyro]

also this seems like... retro like style?

[inland gyro]

@mighty storm detail that seems odd but they used the wrong coloured hearts for each

[mighty storm]

oh yeah, they matched it to the dragon

and not the version

[placid junco]

my ideal gen 5 remake situation would be "pokemon white collection" and "pokemon black collection" but with less dubious names

[inland gyro]

collection as in you play both period?

also i want to say as a civil engineer this pokemon annoys me, it is named after a arch bridge but it turns into a cable stay bridge

[placid junco]

collection as in "you buy black and black 2 or white and white 2"

because i don't expect them to do away with versions

[inland gyro]

i think at that point they would just incorporate the mechanics of both sets

into one game

i hope they do it again sequel style but doubt because lazy

[placid junco]

if they wanted to do away with version differences they would have already

and we would have gotten pokemon gray instead of BW2

[inland gyro]

i don't mean separating exclusives i meant just merging the base and sequel games mechanics

[placid junco]

theres no mechanical difference between the two

they tell entirely different stories and BW2 has unique areas to it

just sell the remakes of base and sequel in a single package for normal retail price and it's fine

[inland gyro]

don't want them to just push out same games again that's lame

want to see an actual modern remastering of them, BDSP was doo doo

[placid junco]

BDSP are fine it's just diamond and pearl suck and they decided to focus on remaking those instead of using platinum as a starting point

[inland gyro]

it would've still sucked

its outdated af in general like all the other remakes did major improvements on top

[placid junco]

using platinum as a starting point rather than DP still would have been an improvement shrug

[mighty storm]

Ok real talk, if we do get BW remakes I hope they give the metal alloy in Castelia city

even if duradulon is late game (for obvious reasons)

[placid junco]

bold assuming they'll even add duradulon

[jaunty wren]

it's so over

they're gonna butcher the best Pokemon games

😭

[mighty storm]

it bears resemblance to the bridge

[placid junco]

I’m aware

BW aren’t that good, the sequels are better

[crimson moat]

Wouldn't mind this if they actually incorporated BW2 in some regard

Because yeah, I don't care for replaying BW at all

And no, lifting Platinum would still be a solid improvement over BDSP, even though BDSP still managed to fuck up some stuff from DP

[placid junco]

I genuinely think the best route is just making a combo pack of black/black2 and white/white2

I don’t expect it to actually happen, but I think that would reduce the inevitable displeasure somewhat

[crimson moat]

Yeah if it is just lifting BW1, not worth it

The problem is lifting BW2 requires pokemon company to get over their allergy to actual postgame content

[placid junco]

Depends on if their going ultra faithful like BDSP or if they actually try

[crimson moat]

Honestly if they just ported BW2 I'd probably debate buying it

That's never happening though

[placid junco]

It doesn’t matter what they do with the remakes people will still complain, even if it’s a 1:1 HD2D remake

If that happens people will complain it doesn’t do anything new or can’t interact with SV

[crimson moat]

Not being able to interact with SV is still a legit problem yeah

The convoluted mess of that the last 2 gens is a legit problem

[placid junco]

And if they do make SV stuff tradable into it or something similar, some amount of people will complain it’s not a faithful remake by allowing it

[crimson moat]

BDSP's lack of interaction was also taken a step further with how they just... couldn't get transferring some pokemon right at all

[placid junco]

Also people will complain that they can’t complete the national dex as of Gen 5 in the remakes

[crimson moat]

That likely will get avoided if they pull another Ramanas park regardless

[placid junco]

My point is people will find things to complain about no matter how hard they try to make them good remakes

[crimson moat]

Well fuck them, I want what I want

[placid junco]

I’ll be honest I’m relatively indifferent to Gen 5

BW2 is great but I do not care for BW and most of Unova is just kinda meh to me

[crimson moat]

BW2 remake is the only thing that even comes close to what I'd want, and I already have BW2 physical

Maybe if XY wasn't bare af I'd care about a remake of that in 5 years

[placid junco]

XY would honestly benefit more from a remake than Gen 5

[crimson moat]

XY would benefit more from a remake than BW2*

[inland gyro]

an actual postgame

[placid junco]

The issue then is reintroducing mega evolution and its consequences

[inland gyro]

watch them proceed to just hand out more mega evos to mons that shouldn't get them

[placid junco]

You mean Gen 1 mons

[crimson moat]

And hand out more ingame

[placid junco]

Beedrill is the only Gen 1 mon that deserved a mega

[crimson moat]

You now get Mega Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres for free

[inland gyro]

bro watch them give landorus T a mega evo

[crimson moat]

Right after you level up your EXP Share so that it now gives all of your pokemon twice the EXP

And unlike the original XY, this EXP Share is mandatory

[placid junco]

I’ve honestly stopped caring about EXP share myself

[crimson moat]

Maybe if they ever learned to balance the game better around EXP Share I wouldn't mind it

They got close with good balancing in BW2, introduced the optional EXP Share which landslided XY, and then doubled down on mandatoryEXP Share without making it feel balanced.

BW's EXP Curve was a good balancing tool for ingame, but made grinding levels an utter nightmare for postgame stuff
BW2 did their best to address this with Join Avenue

SwSh had your pokemon vomitting Rare Candy items, they could've honestly just stuck with that

[placid junco]

Still baffled to this day that diancie is the only Gen 6 mon to get a mega

That is a hilariously dropped ball

[crimson moat]

Auto-battle circumvents grinding too without being forced

[inland gyro]

i assume because movie

[placid junco]

The exp candies are fine

Even because movie it’s baffling

[crimson moat]

They are, what I'm suggesting is we already got alternative methods of optional exp gain, stick with those... or at least go back to EXP Share optional

[placid junco]

It’s the literal only redeeming quality of Gen 6 and only one Pokémon debuting in it gets one

[crimson moat]

Well
Look at Pokemon Z, that ha- Oh yeah

[placid junco]

Regardless, I don’t think there’s anything gamefreak could do with Gen 5 remakes that could make people satisfied

[placid junco]

i'm cooking

Rock polish is redundant but this MFer gets no other setup moves

[mighty storm]

ooh relicanth

[spice rivet]

1st Emerald RNG manip done!

[bleak pine]

ay yo Yoz, charge that battery up

[golden lance]

Ok chat

Hear me out

Bw3

[placid junco]

damn scale shot goes crazy on tyrantrum

[sleek sky]

This Kyurem suspect is down to the wire.
Finch says there's ten votes remaining, and it's still too close to announce a guaranteed outcome.

[spice rivet]

I got bored of duping, so I settled for 300 Beast Balls. Time to update finally

[spice rivet]

And the previously mention 4th Shiny from Dynamax Adventures

[sleek sky]

missed four Whirlpools in a row

[fading stratus]

[sleek sky]

taking the world's worst semi-stall team out for a spin
...and people are just conceding and leaving just because it's a stall game

[golden lance]

BORN TO WALLBREAK
BLISSEY IS A FUCK
freeze-dry them all 1989
i am fairy type
410,757,864,540 DEAD GREAT TUSKS

[sleek sky]

got frozen and still found the win
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2051324765-a8407k76s2sun8usdxwghpc8mgl6klepw?p2

[maiden flax]

Probably not gen 5 remake honestly
Pokemon's usual schedule is
New gen -> enhanced version/dlc -> gap year or spinoff -> new gen -> enhanced version/dlc -> ramake

(year by year basis)

Like they only do remakes on every even gen with the exception for the first one

So my bets is on a legends game

[pseudo goblet]

Wasn’t Blissey’s shiny super disappointing?

Cause iirc instead of a green Blissey I remember it barely had any change

[fading stratus]

most of the shinies are a disappointment

[mighty storm]

its always been green

[pseudo goblet]

I said Blissey lmao

God, even Happiny’s looks better, the baby, was done better, than the 2nd stage in this case

[mighty storm]

OH oops

[pseudo goblet]

The red to purple was good enough imo

Or is that hot pink? I can’t tell

My ranking on shinies goes like

Absolute best color scheme(Metagross line) > good color scheme shiny(Charizard) > weird/ugly color shiny (Espeon, I’m sorry) > almost no difference shiny color(Charcadet evos) > pretty much impossible to tell color(Garchomp and Gengar)

My point being I will take shinies that looks unpleasant over what is basically the equivalent of an albino polar bear

[mighty storm]

At least shiny mega gengar was good

[spice rivet]

https://youtu.be/0fF-aeLPaN0?si=vgGDCmgOxLGBSuCB

[spice rivet]

Man, Lugias gen 3 sprite looks so rad

[random stream]

Did you ace to get to navel rock?

[spice rivet]

Ye I aced for the event islands except for Faraway Island since that event was never released outside Japan

I just got to do Deoxys, then maybe Ray, but I already got a shiny Ray from HG.

I also got shiny Ho-Oh from DAs accidentally so I wont bother with that either

[vagrant steppe]

https://preview.redd.it/hdxghy0oulgc1.png?auto=webp&s=dc1d0afa748ef99017a53247cc93af7e07dcaec7

Hmm rain might be too good now

[sleek sky]

Finch shared the top four trios while hunting about the next suspect

Arch probably up next

[vagrant steppe]

https://preview.redd.it/qpxcyw5ehigc1.png?auto=webp&s=7c8711099fc90b7ea5dbbf54e1e5bb0cd533dad0

That explains this meme too lmao

[spice rivet]

And with that, im officially done!

[inland gyro]

"pairings" of 3

[latent sleet]

the fuck is weavile doing there

[inland gyro]

i assume because of its SWSH buffs and being STAB into bunch of common stuff

boots memes on stealth rock which was super into it so no longer an issue, got triple axel and yeah that being ice and ig just other good coverages

i dunno with the other two in its grouping i assume there's some combo there because slowking in not many others and skarmory not at all

[pseudo goblet]

Wished they would just make it permanent for normal Gengar

[mighty storm]

maybe in a future game they will change gengar's shiny

[pseudo goblet]

Heck, I wouldn’t even mind M-Garchomp’s color scheme on normal Garchomp

Or turn Persian’s shiny into some kind of reference Alolan form or Purrserker

[sleek sky]

https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/sv-ou-suspect-process-round-9-voting.3735868/page-6#post-9965669

Kyurem remains unbanned

[crimson moat]

Is this closer than what Mega Metagross was?

[inland gyro]

was megagross never banned in OU just in monotype?

[crimson moat]

I was talking about Mega Metagross in ORAS and SM, where it was banned in SM but extremely close as well

Which I checked, were 57.3% and 62.65% respectively, so this was closer than those

[golden lance]

https://fxtwitter.com/UxSociety/status/1753893135699386474

[placid junco]

just saw a guy click encore like a bastiodon was gonna outspeed azelf

[bleak pine]

Bastiodon deserves the applause.

Good dino

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/serebiinet/status/1754282065158103484?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/pokemonmasters/status/1754414673238036864?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

… the moment I thought to login to Masters after some twitter… and saw this… damn it

[fading stratus]

[pseudo goblet]

Oh, nvm, guess it’s West region’s Feb 5th

Log in just now, hello Sabrina

[pseudo goblet]

Also yeah this means I’ll probably have to wait past midnight to login

AYO WHAT?!? GUARANTEE HYPNOSIS?!? Activation Condition is kinda annoying that’s for sure BUT STILL

… damn it I kinda want this new Falkner, his toolkit is so good

[spice rivet]

Brought up the Emerald shinies, made sure to get a few ribbons along the way

[random stream]

[fading stratus]

lugia is based

[maiden flax]

Based on what!?

[fading stratus]

based on a mfing plesiosaur and a birb

[pseudo goblet]

That fans been theory said legendary was the cause that burned down the tower Beast Trio was in, and shut off from outside feeling guilt

Forgot where I heard it, but it’s out there

probably one of the Pokémon ytb

[spice rivet]

https://youtu.be/TQbKwNmsTes?si=bjoUybxFkoMeT364

Lugia has such a neat origin

[maiden flax]

(I was making a joke)

[fading stratus]

lol

[spice rivet]

I know, I just like the story anyways so I cant pass up a chance to plug it

Early pokemon history is wild

[mighty storm]

I got back into my shining pearl nuzlocke, got a few new team members including a ponyta named Zuko but also lost my machoke (who evolved during his dying breath ) and Luna my golbat

https://tenor.com/view/hope-gif-4531477

[vagrant steppe]

Dude I swear low ELO is harder than high

Just got swept by a Hitmonlee at 1200 ELO because I didn't think it carried swords dance, close combat, knock off, and rapid spin and terraed dark

[kind vortex]

dollar store sneasler putting in work

[vagrant steppe]

It kinda did

Couldn't use arch because I knew it had close combat

Psychic Fangs on skewda missed because of the tera

And then the swords dance/knock off took out pelipper before I could hurricane

And gambit was DoA

[mighty storm]

Iroh (My monferno) died to a crit high jump kick

yeah, giving up this nuzlocke

deleted the file it is done

[kind vortex]

trying to nuzlocke reborn or were you playing something else?

[mighty storm]

shining pearl nuzlocke

also

https://scontent.fsac1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/425708461_1833064573795920_2456112647933071522_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=7c786a&_nc_ohc=KzpGteirHboAX_80Ei1&_nc_ht=scontent.fsac1-2.fna&oh=00_AfDHAZqbUlWVtqPVtQ9hye2-_RlXb5dhhi1V_Luj-j5INQ&oe=65C5957F

skipping school on a 3rd scarlet file @pseudo goblet

[pseudo goblet]

I still havent done any classes yet

[mighty storm]

this wasnt just classes, straight up no koraidon on that file.

well its in the ball, but like no mount

[pseudo goblet]

wtf 😂

[mighty storm]

I looked at a vid of someone else who did it, they couldnt start gym battles. Hilarious

[pseudo goblet]

you re mad woman

sorry if that sounds bad

[bleak pine]

Oh yeah, I did some similar sequence breaking

[mighty storm]

Basically to recreate it
Before going into the doors to the main area, take a hard left and throw a ball at a certain pokemon to teleport over

[bleak pine]

Apparently if you fling a ball out towards something on a very different level, then you'll get moved next to it to initiate a battle

[mighty storm]

I think it was maschiff? something like that

[bleak pine]

So like, in one ledge in the south, Area 1, you can sequence break to area 5 by flinging a ball against something there in that area

[mighty storm]

yup

[pseudo goblet]

For Arceus sake, go unlock vroom vroom lizard already

[mighty storm]

was all an experiment anyway, wanted to see it happen with my own game. Question now is, which playthrough should I continue.
A. The second scarlet file (2 gym badges already)
or B. New Nuzlocke on shining pearl

[placid junco]

bro thought i would chicken out after i got hit with encore

[placid junco]

just lost a battle where i got a fire fang burn followed by fire fang flinch on the next turn, a freeze from freeze dry, and later a second fire fang flinch

it all came down to an OHKO tho

[vagrant steppe]

When I don't remember what protect is

Or how to switch out

Rate my new team

Pelipper is "Knocked Off Water Stone"

[sleek sky]

hey now
Iron Treads is a UU all-star

top usage five months in a row

[spice rivet]

Nice and easy slide into Master Ball 😎

[vagrant steppe]

True, but "UU's strongest soldier" isn't as funny

[vagrant steppe]

https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/np-sv-ou-suspect-process-round-10-london-bridge-is-falling-down.3736074/

Oh his days are numbered

[spice rivet]

Oh he DEAD

Also heres me killing 6 shiny legendaries at once lmaoooo

[vagrant steppe]

Arch kinda deserves it ngl

Electro Shot is a BATSHIT MOVE

[spice rivet]

Mhmm

And Stamina alongside that goes crazy

[pseudo goblet]

Plus one gecko lol

[spice rivet]

Idk if it uses it at all in singles but being able to "go mixed" thanks to Body Press which does nothing but gain value is nuts too

[sleek sky]

Body Press is pretty good rn
Lots of Darks and Steels in the meta

[vagrant steppe]

I'm honestly surprised Gholdengo and Kingambit haven't been tested again tho

[sleek sky]

People have cooled off on them

They're seen more as staples than problems

[vagrant steppe]

Tbh both need to go again ngl

[pseudo goblet]

Is Terapagos connected to the motorcycle lizards? As in the lore

I don’t mind spoiler, I just like to know yes or no

[sleek sky]

||Not really. No direct connection is made between them.||

[pseudo goblet]

Sooo, in terms of lore, ||the lizards are the loneliest compare to other legendaries||

||cause like, sure Koraidon and Miraidon are a set- but afaik they never interact with each other, just the other member of their own kind||

[placid junco]

bro let literally any mon that can use quiver dance set up

and thats my last battle for the night

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/let-me-in-eric-andre-wanna-come-in-gif-13730108

End in about 3 hours but ughhh

[sleek sky]

When is Pokemon day?

[pseudo goblet]

Apparently February 27th

[sleek sky]

smh that's so far away

[mighty storm]

what did you feed them?!

[spice rivet]

Cheese + Pickles + Vinegar

[pseudo goblet]

😱

Was it worth it at least, what effect were you aiming for

[spice rivet]

Nah, I just "Did it for the Vine" as the kids say

Spend hours RNG maniping for them, get them all the main Champion Ribbons + Beat Red in HG all to do that lmaooo

[bleak pine]

I wonder if the taste of a sandwich really is just based on ingridients

Well, the combination

Like, you put something reasonable on a sandwich like ham and cheese, it'll be good

...Bananas and a whole four helpings of salt, on the other hand...

[spice rivet]

I think Its going hard sour that triggers it

[bleak pine]

Ahhh

[golden lance]

During my birthday

[pseudo goblet]

Oh nice, everybody gets a excuse to ping for that day

[maiden flax]

Actually what is your highest elo?

[maiden flax]

Since this is singles pelippers wants roost

[fading stratus]

no shot you play hydro pump over weather ball

[maiden flax]

Or just surf

[outer eagle]

Gonna do a Map + Pokemon randomizer on White 2
Wanted something that's a bit more on the relaxing side that also isn't predictable like vanilla runs

[fading stratus]

map randomisers are funny ig

[outer eagle]

as long as you have sufficient notetaking it shouldn't be too overwhelming

hopefully i still have my notetaking skills from Emerald

[fading stratus]

create a mfing map in your room

and link the points with a thread

clearly

just like this

[outer eagle]

funnily enough

Pointcrow did exactly that for his map rando run

[fading stratus]

he did?

[outer eagle]

admittedly he combined 3 regions

[fading stratus]

holy fuck

that looks chaotic

I like how he has gym leaders in the sidebar

[inland gyro]

like how he appears twice at once and looks chaotic in both

[outer eagle]

Man was yearning for the sweet release by the end

On another note, managed to stumble into Striaton and caught myself a bunch of post-game level mons

[fading stratus]

time to watch it

now just sweep the game

[outer eagle]

if i can find all the Gym Leaders and League Members

[outer eagle]

There are so many fucking doors in Royal Unova

[placid junco]

i'd like to know what psychotic smogon user made a loaded dice kyurem black set for random battles

[crimson moat]

Probably the same ones that didn’t nerf Zacian until use/win% stats came out

[mighty storm]

Alright new shining pearl nuzlocke time

https://tenor.com/view/turtwig-pokemon-gif-6027238

@bleak pine you are gonna be my rival for this run

[bleak pine]

Ay, alright

[placid junco]

to this day i still don't see the appeal of Marnie

[mighty storm]

Syrup the turtwig has been named

https://tenor.com/view/syrup-maple-syrup-bofuri-gif-24224448

Naive nature

will play more later

[bleak pine]

tort

[pseudo goblet]

SYRUP!!!!

God I’m still waiting for Bofuri S3

@mighty storm you could get Bastiodon and name Maple lmao

[mighty storm]

true

[pseudo goblet]

Too bad no Greninja for Sally

https://tenor.com/view/bofuri-sally-fight-sword-slash-gif-16266542

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/moti_kinako1216/status/1754866925472280886?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[spice rivet]

This is out of the blue but it still rustles my jimmies but I want to know who at the Pokemon company decided "Starter Pokemon" needed to be replaced by "First Partner Pokemon" 🤢

[golden lance]

https://youtu.be/Ek0DX9Ma-xg?si=EZXI3UXQrrt93bAy

[vagrant steppe]

It's funny that Lavos is genuinely one of the best pokemon players of all time

And this copypasta ruined his career

I do respect that he also stuck to it and quit like he said he would

[void herald]

this is like the kind of thing kaiba would say after losing to yugi

[vagrant steppe]

It really is

[random stream]

[bleak pine]

This is a real post?

Woah.

[kind vortex]

the lavos thing is real, yes

[bleak pine]

The friggin' voice is what sells it

[kind vortex]

the voice probably isn't lavos himself

[bleak pine]

Yep

[maiden flax]

Still wondering about this cause as far as I'm aware only me and ren have reached high ladder on this serv (and talk about it)

[kind vortex]

he probably perceives low ladder as harder bc there's all sorts of weird shit down there that can surprise you

iirc he got swept by dollar store sneasler earlier

and if you forget hitmonlee can pack unburden and it gets rolling, then i could see it

[bleak pine]

A real Tae-Kwon-Do sweep

[kind vortex]

makes a decent in game mon if you're playing games where you can play to its strengths adn you get it early

rad red for example

[maiden flax]

You see there is a curve here
Low ladder is filled with weird stuff that barely works
Mid ladder is OU sample teams
High ladder is filled with weird stuff specifically designed to deal with OU

Low ladder is where you'll find fear starts
High ladder is where you'll find a mamoswine specifically designed to deal with meta threats or a tentacruel designed to deal with another

[kind vortex]

people still play fear in 2024?

[maiden flax]

Some people in low ladder do yeah

[fading stratus]

no shot people don't play a mfing ghost type in their team

even low ladder people can beat fear

[maiden flax]

Have you seen low ladder?
They play wack stuff all the time

And naturally there's a reason why these people are still stuck in low ladder

[maiden flax]

Btw the second place team has a clodsire with poison sting and bulldoze

Also a tera ice sticky hold hydrapple

[pseudo goblet]

I’m hearing a W for Clod

[fading stratus]

ayo sticky hold hydrapple?

i didn't know hydrapple even gets that

[maiden flax]

I mean sticky hold eviolite is what dipplin uses

[outer eagle]

Finished my Map Rando White 2 run
Not having to look for the Champion certainly made it a bit more convenient
Also learned a lot in terms of notetaking for future runs
OP Team do be op

[short heath]

Rando map race

[outer eagle]

My focus starts slipping after 4 hours so that won't do

On a more serious note, i prefer to take it slow when it comes to map rando

[fading stratus]

wau chet

used legendaries

[outer eagle]

honestly Garchomp was the true carry, especially for most of the early-mid game

i only swapped to Torn cuz yep click Outrage was getting boring

[fading stratus]

lv 85 garchomp on a game with e4 lv cap as 58

yep easy

[outer eagle]

it's Challenge Mode so the cap is 62. That makes it balanced.

[random stream]

ayy lmao

I'll limit it to 2 per team

[outer eagle]

Dustox the real mvp

[outer eagle]

not bad

[random stream]

Toxic spikes have been nice in the gym leader fights (gave them 2 extra mons and higher levels)

[outer eagle]

just need a dedicated wall to maximize its potential

[inland gyro]

got legends arceus for my birthday so will be playing that

[inland gyro]

have a creator who does powerpoints on mons in competitive and has this in a bit for meganium lmao

[warm sky]

@tacit sphinx

[tacit sphinx]

why would you ping me for this

[warm sky]

I'm mean

[pseudo goblet]

Everytime I see Meganium, I remember the ‘questionable’ Chinese name they gave her, name itself is fine, it’s the modern Chinese slang that ruined it

Fact check on google* okay apparently they gave her a second name, probably during Gen 7 officialize in China

[inland gyro]

why what did it used to be

finally got around to tiering my opinion on pokemon designs (not done alt forms unless its essentially new evo), gen 9 narrowly avoiding joint largest presence in the bottom tier lel

[pseudo goblet]

Let’s say it like this, what other Pokémon in English had two ways to pronounce its name

Both Pokémon had similar reason making people change it

[inland gyro]

that explains nothing for me

all i can think of is arceus

[pseudo goblet]

Got it without realizing lol

[inland gyro]

i take it meganium accidentally sounds like anus in part of it in that pronounciation?

[pseudo goblet]

||In terms of chinese slur, yes||

Its stupid even for those who knows, trust me

Tried my best avoid saying the no-no words lol

[golden lance]

It's ok, you can say EWGF

[vagrant steppe]

FUCK OFF

Literally lost me the gmae

[golden lance]

Unfortunate doesn't even begin to describe...

[vagrant steppe]

Honestly

[vagrant steppe]

What the fuck

[sleek sky]

man believes superman is still real

[vagrant steppe]

Love just letting me setup

[placid junco]

dear pokemon showdown

please remove all instances of the move "spore" from your random battles format, or i will have to partake in regretable actions towards your staff

In minecraft

this message brought to you by the "fuck amoongus" foundation

[sand forge]

Granted, get Tropius stalled

[swift jasper]

God tropius is such a cool design but it's sooooo bad stat wise

[pseudo goblet]

So many Tropius fans

[swift jasper]

Grass is my second most favourite type, and i like tropius a lot since i replayed emerald a million times as a kid

It doesn't have too many hoenn grasses iirc

Like you have seedot/lotad in the early route, then shroom, but others are decently out of the way

Cacnea is an optional desert

Roselia is there ig

And lileep is a fossil

Oh right roselia is not in emerald, that's why i keep forgetting her

[warm sky]

Don't worry it's one of the most annoying mons on randombats

[inland gyro]

lavos moment

[pseudo goblet]

@waxen moat

[waxen moat]

Let's fucking gooooooo

[random stream]

Rip dustox...

[maiden flax]

btw do we know when falinks is coming out?

[pseudo goblet]

Oh shit Falinks is in beta now?

[maiden flax]

yes

so is miraidon

that's where the leaks were from right?

[pseudo goblet]

Saw just now with Falinks, why not Koraidon

[maiden flax]

falinks mechanic is so cool

like no retreat megahorn goes hard

[pseudo goblet]

https://youtu.be/iMK_G1YnLX0?si=FU4o0_P4A1DX00d0

[maiden flax]

look at him go!

[pseudo goblet]

AYO DISPATCH WTH

[maiden flax]

half of miraidon's move set is just xerath from league

[pseudo goblet]

Omg I want Falinks now, goddamn

[maiden flax]

same

[pseudo goblet]

Man, everybody gonna have a bad time on the month Falinks into the game, I can just feel it lmao

https://tenor.com/view/falinks-bea-pokemon-cute-cuddle-gif-15780550

[maiden flax]

btw they have different scoring animations for if you chose beat up or no retreat

[pseudo goblet]

Me questioning why they failed for Cramorant lol

[random stream]

New capture @pseudo goblet

[pseudo goblet]

What that

[inland gyro]

violating gen 6 by rating most of my favourite type mons in it as just being mega forms lmao

[outer eagle]

Seeing Rivalry reminds me of the numerous times i had a genderless mon with Rivalry/Cute Charm

[inland gyro]

my fav mons by type or gen though some were fillers due to my fav for a type being elsewhere

[mighty storm]

https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1755282784107614321

Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) on X

For five days starting 2/8, new spirits from #PokemonScarletViolet, as well as from The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC, will be visiting the #SmashBrosUltimate Spirit Board! Defeat them in battle to earn more snacks than usual.

Twitter · Feb 7, 2024, 5:30 PM

[golden lance]

I thought the game had stopped updating

[placid junco]

Major content yeah

These spirit events probably take a day or two max to set up

[golden lance]

I see

[short heath]

I wonder what the spirit team was like

"Alright, gang"

"One more battle design"

[placid junco]

The spirit team is probably the only people still working on ultimate to keep it running smoothly

[spice rivet]

Since the Sora Amiibo isnt Supported yet, they needed an update to add it. While they were in their they decided to add a bunch of new spirits since they take such little dev time

Theres also rumors of it getting either a rerelease for Switch 2 or a performance update for Switch 2.

[pseudo goblet]

MAMO!!!

[mighty storm]

@pseudo goblet Khu post, and looks like ||ILCA unova||

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/red-eyes-dark-dragoon-yugi-yugioh-gif-24006966

[mighty storm]

||chibi dragons, blue-eyes white dragon, red-eyes black dragon. It's gonna be a BW1 remake by ILCA isnt it? cuz thats the same colors as reshiram and zekrom.||

[mighty storm]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/izFMUARluYE?feature=share

Arven can have shinies

[golden lance]

||Summer the white one is called Reshiram||

[mighty storm]

omg didnt notice I said kyu

[random stream]

Rip @pseudo goblet hitmontop used explosion and KOd mamo at 88%

[pseudo goblet]

Why you using ice type against fighting anyway lmao

Randomizer?

[vagrant steppe]

Oh god don't let ILCA make a Unova game

[sleek sky]

jeez rain is so tense to play against
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2055202556-2dfoiorjf92af7jaafsypllz63ixp1dpw

[random stream]

Yeah rando

funnily enough this enemy mamoswine exploded on me

rip Venusaur

[harsh path]

Clodsire is the Capybara of Pokémon

A beast which none cannot love

[pseudo goblet]

whats @tacit sphinx opinion on it?

Seeing its a pokemon variant from Raz's favorite gen, afaik

[tacit sphinx]

i hate it

[harsh path]

Clodsire or the original?

[pseudo goblet]

I think she meant Clodsire

[crimson moat]

But don't you want BW1 with EXP Share, ugly models, Fairy Type, and a slightly worse side content?

[outer eagle]

you mean without exp share?

[crimson moat]

fuck u rite

lol

But yeah no the result of ILCA getting a gen 5 remake would likely just be slightly worse BW1

with the only benefit being fairy type

[outer eagle]

for all we know they might even remove some beloved feature or something...

like seasons

[crimson moat]

and dynamic music

[inland gyro]

i really hope they don't get ILCA to do it again given the responses, though then again they might also get them to do it again because it still sold stupid crazy

[crimson moat]

They unfortunately will due to sales being the same as ever and the cost to make probably being low

[inland gyro]

pokemon fans trying not to send mixed signals and suffer stockholm syndrome challenge, impossible

[crimson moat]

it's more that most fans don't care

They see pokemon, they buy pokemon, they play 1 run until the elite 4, they might catch a few more pokemon, they put down the game

[outer eagle]

it's unrealistic to expect the 3rd version to sell as much as the first 2

it's not even fan mindset

[inland gyro]

erm... wasn't talking about plat

[outer eagle]

oh bdsp

[crimson moat]

Well yeah with Platinum sure,
But BDSP taking anything from Platinum wouldn't have affected sales, just affected cost to make the game

[inland gyro]

at this point i'm wondering when the pokemon games will have sudden crash moment like WoW and CoD did

[crimson moat]

Doubtful

[outer eagle]

most people probably don't even check out trailers or preview b4 buying

[crimson moat]

After SV's technical performance, really doubtful

[outer eagle]

much less looking up overall opinions on the internet

[crimson moat]

Pokemon branding is too big to fail

[outer eagle]

they see the Pokemon label and just grab it

[inland gyro]

CoD and WoW took a lot of crap for having a bunch to quit as well

WoW was like... 3-4 really bad to mediocre expansions before the big drop off?

lot of complaining for a while

[outer eagle]

how long did it take for overwatch to die anyways

[crimson moat]

I mean we've had very, very vocal complaints since SwSh

[inland gyro]

OW has been dead for a while

[outer eagle]

OW dying was partly because they introduced OW2

[inland gyro]

given blizzard doing everything in its power to piss off fans

[outer eagle]

so the playerbase was inherently split

[crimson moat]

And the only reason LGPE didn't get any flak was because Pokemon settled expectations by promising SwSh would be the big focus for comp players

[inland gyro]

i would say like even a year before OW2 it was dead

[outer eagle]

maybe for vgc swsh was a competitive haven

seems they loved dynamax there

[crimson moat]

Anyone who only believes in watching Wolfe probably thinks so

[inland gyro]

btw you guys seen that github page where you can show favourite type per gen etc?

[outer eagle]

i saw the lists of people

not the page itself

[inland gyro]

like this

[outer eagle]

probably too tedious to do one myself tbh

[inland gyro]

https://cajunavenger.github.io/

[outer eagle]

i will leave the last 3 rows empty

[inland gyro]

also yes i unironically put most of my gen 6 favourites just being megas

dogass gen for designs

[outer eagle]

gen 6 introduced very few mons tbw

so fair enough

[inland gyro]

and they sucked

[outer eagle]

i think i liked Aegislash

can't remember much else

[inland gyro]

also i tried to not repeat pokemon twice in a row otherwise meloetta would appear 4 times for gen 5

[outer eagle]

Hawlucha was fine but not my favorite not even close

[inland gyro]

malamar and sylveon are my top picks

[outer eagle]

oh right...

sylveon exists

[inland gyro]

also when i was reading hatterene pokedex i was thinking to myself "its a fellow autistic", randomly googling another thing about it and as i'm thinking that someone on reddit also saying autism lmao

[outer eagle]

wow they really included the pokestar prop monsters

[inland gyro]

ok is that what some of the random crap was?

[outer eagle]

yes

[inland gyro]

this relating to it?

[outer eagle]

i only know because i tried to complete the pokestar studio quests once

"tried"

[mighty storm]

until we get a capybara pokemon

[outer eagle]

can you save your lists somewhere?

oh i see

download image

[inland gyro]

going back to it saves

to post i just screenshot

[outer eagle]

i do my chrome at like 175% zoom

so that's not too ideal

damn the gen 2 grass types selection is fucking barren

meganium is only picked cuz literally everything else is even worse to me

[fading stratus]

[placid junco]

Re: BW1 with the fairy type comment

The cottonee line is genuinely the only Unova Pokémon I can think of off the top of my head that would affect

[outer eagle]

damn gen 2 literally only has 1 Ghost type

didn't even give me the illusion of choice cuz there's no choice at all

[placid junco]

Reminder both larvitar and sneasel in GSC are locked behind 16 badges

[inland gyro]

dragon as well

[placid junco]

And hondour was locked to a single patch of tall grass in kanto at night only

[dawn skiff]

[inland gyro]

wait they made new pokemon in the gen that required beating both regions?

[dawn skiff]

Yeah this is why I hate trying to rerun GSC bc

[placid junco]

Yes

[inland gyro]

bruh moment

[dawn skiff]

The variety of Pokemon is very mediocre early on

[inland gyro]

wasn't sneasel total ass because not only weak stats but because dark STAB didn't align with being physical and its ice moves sucked?

[placid junco]

Slugma, houndour, Murkrow, sneasel, and larvitar are all locked to kanto at earliest

[outer eagle]

well at least i fucking love Kingdra

Misdreavus on the other hand

[placid junco]

Yes sneasel sucks

[dawn skiff]

Misdreavus is locked to Mt. Silver right

[placid junco]

Basically half of the new Pokémon lines are locked behind like 12 badges bare minimum

[dawn skiff]

Yeah

Annoying that crystal locks out mareep too

Natu is stuck behind a random cave in johto

[placid junco]

Reminds me of how for the longest fucking time stunky and glameow could only be obtained in diamond and Pearl respectively

I think mirage spots in ORAS was the first time glameow was obtainable after Pearl

[outer eagle]

Last 3 rows are empty cuz i haven't played gen 8 and 9 nearly enough to have a decent verdict

[inland gyro]

fellow dunk on gen 6 by just picking megas XD

[pseudo goblet]

I see 4 legendary contenders for your favorite of the favorite lol

[outer eagle]

what can i say

Giratina is peak design

[pseudo goblet]

Others are Fini, Kyogre and Yvetal

[outer eagle]

gen 6 is kinda memes tbw

cuz it has so few good mons

so Yveltal sticks out

gen 7 is somewhat similar but it at least has more non-legendaries that i like

kyogre is just the king of gen 3

so it's hard to dispute there

[pseudo goblet]

So what’s with Venusaur and Crobat lol

[outer eagle]

i simply like those

Venusaur was my first starter and is also my choice for the best Kanto starter

[pseudo goblet]

🤝

[outer eagle]

Crobat is just old reliable

always there and is never dead weight

[pseudo goblet]

If only steel types doesn’t exist lol

I kid

[outer eagle]

surely Jasmine with her underleveled mons will pose a challenge