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[Wiseblade]

The first Gible I catch is Jolly Nature.
The first Gastly I catch is Modest Nature.

Man, Platnum loves me.

You should check their IVs to see if Platinum really loves you.

 

[Frost_Ace]

prankster sableye is the biggest troll ever.

I <3 him so much.

 

[Wichu]

prankster sableye is the biggest troll ever.

I <3 him so much.

Are you running Foul Play? If not, why not? Foul Play has maximum trolling potential.

Here's my weird set:

Sableye @ Leftovers
Calm nature - 252 HP/4 Def/252 Sp. Def, 0 Atk IV
Will-o-Wisp
Taunt
Recover
Foul Play

I might replace Taunt with Confuse Ray or something, since everyone sees it coming now... I could also go more physically defensive rather than the 'balanced' spread I'm using (taking into account Will-o-Wisp).

Sableye is the biggest source of rage quits on my team. Quagsire comes close, but I think Sableye just about beats it.

 

[Exterminieren]

Why not? It's a good show with critical acclaim.

That wasn't intended as being particularly dismissive, it's just my life is going to be hella busy for the foreseeable.
I'll miss so much good stuff.

Well he likes Dribble, so it's not like he's got good taste.

Coming from you, this feels like a compliment.

 

[Frost_Ace]

I use this set:

@leftovers bold
252hp/252def/6sp.def

calm mind
hidden power (dark)
recover
will-o-wisp/taunt

but a foul play set sounds tempting

 

[Cute Dragon Here]

On topic:

What's the best Turtle/Tortoise Pokemon?

It would be cheating of some kind if I answered that, but Turtwig~

 

[Kokonoe]

Hmm, I can't really decide if I like Squirtle or Wartortle more. Those are the tops for me, however.

 

[tiggerkiddo]

Squirtle but Wartortle has his merits. There is no poorly designed Pokemon turtle/tortoise that's for sure.

 

[Boogiepop]

Blastoise Him and his awesome cannons sold me on Blue back in the day.

 

[backlot]

I love using Sableye as well. On mine I use:

Sableye@Lagging Tail
Careful 252 HP / 120 Def / 136 SpD
Will-o-Wisp
Taunt
Recover
Trick

Tricking Lagging Tail onto a Japanese player using Speed Boost Blaziken was super satisfying. I also once used Trick to steal a lum berry from a Suicune the turn after it burned my Sableye with Scald. So much fun.

 

[Syph Medwes]

lol sharp knees

edit: Beef it looks like you were graced with a tag too eh?

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Some neat-o Pokemon flash animations.

Freddy's Blue Nuzlocke Adventure: Elite Four

Shilling Evolves

Pierre Learns Fly

Arceus at the Battle Frontier

Just another day for Arceus (bad voice acting)

Sharing is scaring

Pokemon - Gotta Buy 'Em All (dumb)

 

[Syph Medwes]

Some neat-o Pokemon flash animations.

Freddy's Blue Nuzlocke Adventure: Elite Four

Pierre Learns Fly

These two were quite good.

 

[UltimateIke]

Haha. After watching Andrex's videos, the related videos led me to this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykl__9_ayWo

Any of the ones I've watched by SandwichAndCereal or Notepaddle have been funny.

 

[Frost_Ace]

I love using Sableye as well. On mine I use:

Sableye@Lagging Tail
Careful 252 HP / 120 Def / 136 SpD
Will-o-Wisp
Taunt
Recover
Trick

Tricking Lagging Tail onto a Japanese player using Speed Boost Blaziken was super satisfying. I also once used Trick to steal a lum berry from a Suicune the turn after it burned my Sableye with Scald. So much fun.

does tricking lagging tail still have priority?

 

[Little Green Yoda]

Look what I just got:

I think my Emerald glitched on me or something though. I clearly led off with a Jirachi with a speed of 142 but somehow Jirachi went before Latios and its 143 speed? Since I thought I missed my target frame again, I Master Ball'd it to check how far off I was. I wanted to get it in an awesome Luxury Ball but I don't know if I want to reset this and try again. >_>

 

[Kokonoe]

I thought you were referring to the gameboy micro at first, and I was going to say that's pretty rad. I've never owned one, nor have used one.

 

[Little Green Yoda]

I thought you were referring to the gameboy micro at first, and I was going to say that's pretty rad. I've never owned one, nor have used one.

The GBM is awesome. The screen might be small but the image looks so much nicer than what you see on a DS Lite. The buttons and D-pad are great too. I think the battery in my unit is getting loose or something though. Often times, the LED lights go red fairly quickly but the lights go off if I squeeze the Micro together.

Oh, and I saved it. I didn't want to spend how ever many days of resetting to hit the spread again. And if for whatever reason my speed check Pokemon didn't work again, I'd have wasted my time trying to get this thing into a Luxury Ball, which for all intents and purposes is a minor aesthetic detail. Being at my computer every 3.5 hours like clockwork was brutal. :[

 

[tiggerkiddo]

This is gonna sound bad but what am I looking at? Other than a legendary Pokemon that is. On another note, that really is a great looking handheld.

 

[Frost_Ace]

This is gonna sound bad but what am I looking at? Other than a legendary Pokemon that is. On another note, that really is a great looking handheld.

A perfect latios?

Anyway just sweeped a team with crocune lolololol so satisfaying.

 

[backlot]

does tricking lagging tail still have priority?

All of Sableye's moves still have priority. I wouldn't use lagging tail otherwise.

 

[Cute Dragon Here]

The GBM is awesome. The screen might be small but the image looks so much nicer than what you see on a DS Lite. The buttons and D-pad are great too. I think the battery in my unit is getting loose or something though. Often times, the LED lights go red fairly quickly but the lights go off if I squeeze the Micro together.

Oh, and I saved it. I didn't want to spend how ever many days of resetting to hit the spread again. And if for whatever reason my speed check Pokemon didn't work again, I'd have wasted my time trying to get this thing into a Luxury Ball, which for all intents and purposes is a minor aesthetic detail. Being at my computer every 3.5 hours like clockwork was brutal. :[

I think the best portable game console screen I have seen yet was the DSi XL's (aside from PPI, which is very low). I think I need to take a look at the 3DS XL's screen someday. The 3DS's screen pales in comparison to the DSi; low-quality IPS looks worse than a high-quality TN panel (I think the colours were represented better). I still have a place in my heart for my now-dead DSi.

I think I now truly know why I don't deal with the RNG minutia at all. Too much hassle to do on a regular basis, and I'm known for settling for less, given time constraints.

 

[Wichu]

Oh, and I saved it. I didn't want to spend how ever many days of resetting to hit the spread again. And if for whatever reason my speed check Pokemon didn't work again, I'd have wasted my time trying to get this thing into a Luxury Ball, which for all intents and purposes is a minor aesthetic detail. Being at my computer every 3.5 hours like clockwork was brutal. :[

Tip: Your Jirachi actually has 156 Speed for in-game purposes.

What frame number is that? I did frame 700000-something for the Regis once, which was about 3 hours too.

 

[Little Green Yoda]

Tip: Your Jirachi actually has 156 Speed for in-game purposes.

What frame number is that? I did frame 700000-something for the Regis once, which was about 3 hours too.

Wait, what? Is this some kind of glitch? Wish I had known about this before. Any more details about this?

Frame number was 762328 IIRC.

EDIT: Never mind, I managed to look it up. Fucking badge speed boost. Ugh. Good thing I didn't reset immediately after seeing Jirachi move first.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Some bad dude on VGMdb just uploaded scans of the Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 Super Music Complete. I'm not kidding: they're real, and they're pretty good. No liner notes and large-scale commentary from either of the main musicians heading up the soundtrack, but a lot of concept art, especially for Aspertia City.

 

[ScraftyDevil]

So, which games in the Pokémon series are considered canon? I remember reading that Platinum was the only DPPt-era game that exists in the Pokémon continuity (making the other two non-canon), but how do the other games measure up?

 

[MikeMyers]

So, which games in the Pokémon series are considered canon? I remember reading that Platinum was the only DPPt-era game that exists in the Pokémon continuity (making the other two non-canon), but how do the other games measure up?

People say Yellow isn't canon, but Red has his team from Yellow in the Johto games (Pikachu, the 3 starters, Snorlax, Lapras/Eevee).

 

[Exterminieren]

So, which games in the Pokémon series are considered canon? I remember reading that Platinum was the only DPPt-era game that exists in the Pokémon continuity (making the other two non-canon), but how do the other games measure up?

It was generally the case that third versions overwrote the other two versions.
Judging by the comments from an NPC in Opelucid, Black and White, and by extension Black 2 and White 2, seem to take place in parallel universes.

 

[tiggerkiddo]

It was generally the case that third versions overwrote the other two versions.
Judging by the comments from an NPC in Opelucid, Black and White, and by extension Black 2 and White 2, seem to take place in parallel universes.

Wait...what?

 

[OMG Aero]

Whatever version is canon is dependant on whatever version you play since White 2 and Black 2 reference their previous games.
There is no one true series of events until another game comes out that only references one of those series of events.

 

[backlot]

People say Yellow isn't canon, but Red has his team from Yellow in the Johto games (Pikachu, the 3 starters, Snorlax, Lapras/Eevee).

I don't think it was meant to be his Yellow team specifically. They probably just gave him every starter so that anyone who had played Red, Blue, Green or Yellow would recognize the Pokemon they started with in his lineup.

 

[Drago]

lol sharp knees

edit: Beef it looks like you were graced with a tag too eh?

Was there a tag thread or something?

I've seen like 10 new tags today

 

[Professor Beef]

lol sharp knees

edit: Beef it looks like you were graced with a tag too eh?

Why yes I was.

 

[Kokonoe]

Doesn't Diamond and Pearl reference Gold and Silver's Red Gyarados?

 

[Drago]

Doesn't Diamond and Pearl reference Gold and Silver's Red Gyarados?

It may have been Platinum, but one of those three definitely references the Red Gyarados in the beginning of the game

 

[MikeMyers]

Blue Gyarados looks better, dammit.

 

[OMG Aero]

Doesn't Diamond and Pearl reference Gold and Silver's Red Gyarados?

Diamond and Pearl do (according to Bulbapedia in Platinum the news story is different) but the Red Gyarados is in Gold, Silver, Crystal, Heartgold and Soulsilver and Platinum just omits the reference, it doesn't retcon it or anything. So that reference doesn't really mean anything aside from placing Gen 4 after Gen 2 or really close to it.

 

[Exterminieren]

Wait...what?

You have to show an NPC a Pokemon with Charge from the opposite version to get a Cell Battery in Opelucid. I can't remember the exact quote, but reference is made to the two versions existing on different planes ie. parallel.

 

[tiggerkiddo]

Oh I thought you meant B/W and B/W2 took place in parallel universes from the earlier games...umm carry on! tigger's an idiot.

 

[Kokonoe]

Oh I thought you meant B/W and B/W2 took place in parallel universes from the earlier games...umm carry on! tigger's an idiot.

No, you are a Spinda.

 

[Man God]

3rd gen RNG abuse is the stuff of madmen.

 

[Little Green Yoda]

I think I now truly know why I don't deal with the RNG minutia at all. Too much hassle to do on a regular basis, and I'm known for settling for less, given time constraints.

3rd gen RNG abuse is the stuff of madmen.

To be fair, it's only the 3rd gen legendaries that are a pain in the butt to get good spreads for. 3rd gen RNG breeding doesn't require that much wait time and is pretty straightforward.

OTOH, I find it a hassle to constantly go into the DS settings to set the correct time/date on each 4th gen RNG attempt.

 

[MikeMyers]

I wonder how much damage Poisoned Guts Flareon can do to a Vaperon with Facade.

 

[Frost_Ace]

I wonder how much damage Poisoned Guts Flareon can do to a Vaperon with Facade.

Vaporeons usually run max defense, so 50% max.

 

[MikeMyers]

Vaporeons usually run max defense, so 50% max.

Damn, might be able to OHKO with a Critical Hit then.

Poor Flareon, will he ever catch a break?

 

[tiggerkiddo]

Mikey, I think we need you to hack the games and give Flareon the love he deserves.

 

[ScraftyDevil]

Mikey, I think we need you to hack the games and give Flareon the love he deserves.

Good idea. Do this.

And, uh, while you're in there, could you give Scrafty Sucker Punch?

Please?

 

[Kokonoe]

I do miss using level 100 Caterpie with 999 in all stats with Fire Blast, Hydro Pump, Hyper Beam and Thunder in Gold.

 

[Syph Medwes]

I do miss using level 100 Caterpie with 999 in all stats with Fire Blast, Hydro Pump, Hyper Beam and Thunder in Gold.

Lance's Dragonite must recharge!

 

[MikeMyers]

Lance's Dragonite must recharge!

Not if it KO's your Pokemon.