General Chat: Dawn of THE FIRST DAY (72 hours remain)

cephalopodAscendant wrote:Her plan wasn't totally wrong, she just messed up a couple details.

Fair enough. I'd summon rayquaza, but then it'd turn out i was totally wrong about me being the chosen one. itd just be like yeah!! i summoned a god!!! wait, i wasnt supposed to be the one to do that? shit. fuck. i fucked it up. i have no idea what to do now. And then the meteor would start glowing and my badassitude would be saved by the interference of some random MacGuffin the actual hero got days ago and hadn't looked at since.

Was I the only one who found it immensely amusing that Rayquaza literally ate the meteor? Like, it just ate a fucking meteorite and mega evolved. Right there. Delicious. I cracked up.

She annoyed me faintly. Didn't really think of why - probably just her attitude problems. I mean, we're all there to save the world, no need to be mean about it. Also she stole May and Wally's keystones > dem's mah frenz bitch
I hope she's in future games if only because I like continuity and HATE stupid dead ended cliffhangers (e.g. I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO ASTER OMG SUSPENSE IT IS A MYSTERY no fuck that!)
I also hope the version of Looker that's in our game isn't a looker-from-the-past (from our perspective, since DPPT hasn't happened yet and he hasn't lost his "partner") and is instead our old Looker that has somehow managed to swap timelines+time+place. So the version that *came from* DPPT (different non-mega timeline) and will eventually be the one in XY. Because that would be fun  Might be a fun eventual sidequest across several games, too. Maybe he'll even get a police box and a new attractive female pokemon partner???

i love just how badly zimbabwe screws everything up from what ive seen about her honestly i just like characters who think one thing and then it turns out wrong especially with the parallels between n and zucchini

I guess I should start playing it now.

FUCK SORRY FOR SPOILERS OJ

Eh, I am not gonna complain about spoilers for a Pokemon game. I usually don't mind spoilers. Though I must admit, I was happy that I didn't have the ending of Between Worlds spoiled, because that ending surprised me in a good way.

You know what we haven't done in a while? A fun forum conversation thingy. Not like a regular conversation that is fun, obviously we do those, but like a forum... THINGY. Game/Topic/Thing that gets everybody posting like crazy for a while. The nickname guessing thing was the closest we've had to that lately but it kind of fizzled out AS we were doing it :B And before that, the Smash Bros character thing. We need another thingy. *that's what...she...said?*

...I tend to be the person to put these forward, so I might as well continue doing so?
Umm. I'd ask for everyone's final verdict on ORAS BUT it's a bit early and some people ^^^ haven't finished playing yet so let's not do that yet. How about.

FAVORITE MEGAS THROUGH DESIGN/PURPOSE/USE/ETC GO
and maybe one least-favourite mega if you feel up to it (just one OJ we don't need a list of the things you don't like )


Expected Favorite:

Spoiler:

Actual Favourite:

Spoiler:

Probably the opposite of favorite:

Spoiler:

You kind of messed up you last spoiler there.

Also, I don't hate megas that much...

Okay, so maybe I hate them a little

Should... should I do the expected, actual and not favourite thing, too? Or should I just do my favourite or something? How many are we allowed for each category? I get the just one disliked but how many do we get to like?

Go mad, do whatever you feel summarises your objective thoughts best. Musings on specific megas. Not all of them, just the ones you feel strongly about.

I'm making cookies for Christmas presents
EDIT: ALSO happy birthday Nelly wherever u may be :O
EDIT: Zinnia medley for piano. Interesting. DON'T LISTEN TO IT IF YOU HAVEN'T BEATEN THE GAME because Zinnia's theme is proooooobably one of the better new themes? Not that there's a lot. I actually... didn't like Wally's final one. Kinda flat.

For those of you who HAVE listened to Zinnias theme, will someone PLEASE TELL ME is that an intentional reference to the Team Rocket hideout theme in there??? Someone confirm plz

So I've finally gotten a chance to retry my doomed X nuzlocke from the file that got corrupted, and holy crap I have had bizarrely great luck with catches so far??? Let's see here:

A Chespin with a Brave nature and 20+ IVs in Att/Def
A Jolly Fletchling whose highest IV is Attack
A Scatterbug with Compoundeyes and a near-perfect Speed IV
And a Litleo with a 30 Sp. Attack IV and at least decent-or-better for all other stats.

I have no idea what I did to receive such varied, statistically-good 'mons here, but I am loving it. Yeah, I did get a Burmy that I don't plan on using, but one irrelevant catch and four great ones at the beginning is better than most nuzlockes I do, I think. Plus, I get the chance to re-use my Vivillon and Litleo's personalities I had planned for the original one!

HAPPY NEW YEAR YA BUNCHA WEIRDOS

Favorite megas are definitely Sceptile, Gallade and Gyarados. Least favorite's harder to say but probably Kangaskhan.

Hey, does anyone know how I can get Bank to work again, once it has run out?

As for the Megas

Ones I enjoy:

Venusaur:

Gengar:

Aerodactyl:

Special meantion:

Garchomp:

Least Favourite:

Mewtwo Y:

OverlordJ wrote:Hey, does anyone know how I can get Bank to work again, once it has run out?
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Uhhh...

I feel this is somewhat appropriate!

More like, where do I exchange the money? Do I have to rebuy Bank from the shop or something?

Hmm, I dunno! I'd imagine you renew it through the app itself, but since payment is done via the eshop, it'll take you there eventually. But it's kind of moot isn't it since it hasn't been out a whole year except for early Japanese adopters and there's nobody who'd have to renew it?

But the free trial was only a month, wasn't it?

Hey guys, I'm gonna do a Giveaway k? These are all Pokemon that I've used in the past that are usable, but just aren't getting use anymore because I have things that outclass them. They're particularly handy in the Maison or battling people on the PSS.






Things on offer:

5th gen Moxie Salamence
4th gen Nat.Cure Starmie
4th gen annoyer Umbreon
6th gen rest-talk Gyarados
2 perfect (untrained) Axew (booby prizes!)




Rules:

Must have a 3DS and 6th gen game, sorry Kotakun  I'll save you a Pokemon for that fateful day.

Must have WiFi whenever. No rush.

To participate, post a single nickname from the list below, and guess the Pokemon it applies to from the giveaway.
Post ONE and ONLY ONE nickname-pokemon pair. No exposition on it or any of the others, and no second guesses!

The Pokemon you get is the one you've suggested, providing you got the right nickname! So try to guess (and post) the nickname for the Pokemon you want the most. If you've guessed one of the others, keep it to yourself

Chronological order applies so first to guess a Pokemon correctly gets it.
After a certain point I'll allow second guesses until everything has been won!
One of the prizes has a Master Ball attached

And for the guys that aren't participating, please don't guess the nicknames or suggest hints k? Continue doing what you're doing :O




NICKNAME LIST and one dud:
(select one and only one!)

• AKU
  
• ANDROMEDA
  
• FRANCISCA
  
• KERAVNOS
  
• SABRA
  
• SALINE
  
• TYRIAN
  

I'm idly considering going for the Starmie, but I've got a question first. Can we know the genders in advance? I think I have a few names figured out, but a few of them have a couple options depending on the genders.

Nope, sorry Genders would be too much of a hint. As it is, I'm pretty happy with the selection - some could go either way.

I will give you one hint.

Starmie is definitely not female.
...

Because it's genderless geddit
(Not that that affects my nickname decisions: see Faraday the Magnezone)

Edit: the more I think about this, the more interested I am in the strategic mechanics behind the ruleset. I didn't realise they were there until a moment ago. Since you only get one shot per round, it is advantageous to take your time before making a decision, however that narrows your options based on what earlier people have said and also the gifts are given chronologically. Also, if you only suggest names/pokemon that haven't been used already in the round, you increase the chances of winning *something*, but decrease the chance of winning anything specific.
It also occurs to me that nobody can win a booby prize without actually trying for one. I didn't think that one through enough.

It was a long shot. Oh well.

hey i have two sixth gen games so since i half qualify twice doesnt that mean i fully qualify once?

no im respecting the rules by not guessing but the game does have some finite upper limit for how long it goes the stats on that would be easier without the duplicated axew but wheres the fun in copying boring derangement probabilities?

now if six people guess each name only once in a round and each pokemon once in a round (so like a is charizard and b is venusaur and c is blastoise and d is magikarp and e is dragonite and f is the other magikarp) then the odds that someone gets it right on the first try is 276/360=76.7% which is a lot better than the 455/720=63.2% if the two axews werent the same if you only have one axew guess then that drops to 232/360=64.4% which is still an improvement and if nobody guesses for any axews then it drops to 97/192=50.5% because those axew sure help the probabilities
that only applies for random guessing for the first round as if there is any strategy at all then the odds of a match are better and in later rounds where certain answers are known wrong then the odds still are better until such a time where 24 wrong answers have been given by which time every answer must be correct though certain scenarios lower this for instance double guessing axew takes only 20 wrong answers for everyone to be given out and ignoring axew takes actually the same amount of time

FUCK IT, WHATEVER

KERAVNOS - GYARADOS

I GOOGLED IT AND THERES AN NPC NAMED KERAVNOS IN WORLD OF WARCRAFT AND HE IS A HYDRA

I'm guessing Andromeda for the Starmie, then.

iT we weren't supposed to explain them.

I think I know the name of an Axew but I kind of want to try to get the Salamance...

Okay, I assume cA is right and iT might be right and if I'm guessing the Axews right that leaves, hmm...

I'll try Tyrian for Salamance, it's one of the two names I'm considering and the other one could maybe work for Umbreon instead. Fingers crossed.

Tyrian the Salamance

I'll take two more suggestions from people before I start another round, assuming there are even two more people. Where IS everybody lately? I know Octi and Drega are busy but where is Spark, and we haven't heard from Tinning in a while or pD in ages. (Though he and octi regularly post on MSPAF :'( *neglected*) I see Ninten often enough on the 3DS heheh. And Muffinz always appears eventually, hi muffinz! Same for Hanky.


Edit: some hints. When googling, you can remove things from the search result by putting a minus in front of them. So googling: faraday -wikipedia -magic will show all results for Faraday that don't involve Magic or Wikipedia.
Also, some of the names are much more obscure than you'd think and can't be found by only googling the names. For confirmation, google a nickname in addition to some property of the pokemon to see are there any matches.