Pokemon Corner

[Tai_MT]

Totally not fair to show me Clannad After Story.  Now I'm going to go into the corner and cry

 

[hyde9318]

Not knowing that anime but following TPP very closely, I too will go to the corner and cry alongside you...

 

[Tai_MT]

Clannad is a "slice of life" anime that has two seasons.  The first season establishes the characters and their relationships as well as short term goals.  The second season sees these characters into adulthood where things get... much darker.  I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it...  But let's just say it's one of the few animes where I had to pause in FOUR separate episodes to bawl my eyes out.

As a guy, that's a bit embarrassing.  Still, it remains one of my most favorite animes for being such a powerful story.

 

[hyde9318]

I may have to check it out then and see how it is for myself.

 

[Seacliff]

Clannad is a "slice of life" anime that has two seasons.  The first season establishes the characters and their relationships as well as short term goals.  The second season sees these characters into adulthood where things get... much darker.  I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it...  But let's just say it's one of the few animes where I had to pause in FOUR separate episodes to bawl my eyes out.

As a guy, that's a bit embarrassing.  Still, it remains one of my most favorite animes for being such a powerful story.

Clannad isn't all that much of a 'slice of life', if you think about it. It get's overly dramatic and supernatural sometimes, but it's really good.

I just put it under 'game adaption anime' and it's all good.

 

[Pern]

Don't know if it was mentioned before, but the host on Twitch has confirmed that they will continue with Generation 2 after the Elite Four is defeated. I wonder if they can get through the entire main series? I'd certainly watch them all! Part of me wants to turn off releasing Pokemon but that wouldn't be in the spirit of true anarchy. But man we've lost a lot, haha.

 

[Seacliff]

Don't know if it was mentioned before, but the host on Twitch has confirmed that they will continue with Generation 2 after the Elite Four is defeated. I wonder if they can get through the entire main series? I'd certainly watch them all! Part of me wants to turn off releasing Pokemon but that wouldn't be in the spirit of true anarchy. But man we've lost a lot, haha.

Up to Gen 3 would be awesome, gen 4 and 5 would be hard with touch screen controls (because we all want to mess with the Pokemon watch). Gen 6 would be next to impossible with the 3D circle pad.

AND let's NOT do Firered/Leafgreen, some spammer is going to *** the L and R button like crazy, I know it.

 

[Solo]

Hi, just wanted to share my joy! I finally managed to obtain my dream Braixen some time ago (forgive the subpar image quality):
 

 
It's a shiny female with the egg moves Wish, Hypnosis, and Heat Wave (using Heat Wave seriously reminds me of Meltdown from FF6, awesome). Wish was especially tricky, because I had it on Slurpuff by getting it to Level 45, but Slurpuff can't breed with the Fennekin line, so I had to breed it with my Raichu, then evolve the Wish-knowing Pichu into Pikachu and breed it with a female Fennekin/Braixen/etc... As you know, I had to keep breeding each time until I got a female in order to get one knowing all these moves. Lastly, I added Dream Eater with the TM. Then it was on to the Masuda method once again!
 
I actually have another shiny Braixen, but when I saw its egg moves, I was really inspired, and sought to get another one that knew those moves. And it just so happened to be female (so rare, I was amazed). I intend to keep it as a Braixen (in fact, my ultimate intention is to raise it to Level 100). This is probably my single most favorite Pokémon ever; I just love everything about it!

EDIT: In fact, here's a really great battle video: PYFW-WWWW-WWW5-NUTQ. It's my father and I using not-fully-evolved Pokémon in a rotation battle. You can see how this Braixen really held its own!
 
More images:

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It's a beauty, right?

Pokémon-Amie with Braixen! Joy!

It's snack time, my pretty!

I absolutely adore Braixen's mannerisms! Spinning, dancing, giddy goodness!

So, what are everyone else's favorite shinies? I also got lucky and got a shiny Ralts quite quickly (in only 56 eggs using the Masuda method), because I wanted that gorgeous shiny Mega Gardevoir. My next goal is a shiny Eevee, to be evolved into that nifty green Espeon.

 

[Pern]

I missed the Giovanni fight which is a shame. But TTP now has all badges! What surprises me though, is the fact that they somehow coordinated an effort to go back to Cinnabar to grind in the Mansion. How they managed to get people to agree to go from Viridian back to Cinnabar while ignoring those who wanted to go straight for Victory Road is astounding. The grinding party must have outweighed the let's complete the game people. It's amazing how anything gets done in that game, though it's not completely random so it's bound to happen sooner or later. The subreddit for TwitchplaysPokemon has so much fanart, comics and funny things to look at relating to the stream. I spend too much time there.

 

[hyde9318]

Honestly, this really shows how pokemon players act overall. That just proved that a majority of players prefer to grind and be ready for the E4 before moving on. Really cool to watch honestly.

 

[Tai_MT]

How many of them are simply grinding for EVs and competitive play?    I think that'd be awesome to see that kind of debate among the players.

 

[hyde9318]

Non right now, but I bet you that conversation comes up when they reach generation 3. The first two generations werent really the same in terms of IVs and EVs, so not much to worry about there. So I wonder if they are going to try EV training when Ruby or Sapphire comes around, lol. That would be hilarious.

 

[Seacliff]

Non right now, but I bet you that conversation comes up when they reach generation 3. The first two generations werent really the same in terms of IVs and EVs, so not much to worry about there. So I wonder if they are going to try EV training when Ruby or Sapphire comes around, lol. That would be hilarious.

Yeah, EVs weren't present in the first two games at all under my knowledge, and it's like IP is something to worry about since every captured Pokemon is pretty much an accident. And R and S aren't all that hard up to the E4, but the E4 is just brutal, so I wounder how that will turn out.

Also, this is honestly one of the best boss themes I've ever heard. From the least likely game, too.

 

[Pern]

I'd say I'd go pretty badly after seeing them get a Koffing down to 5% health, switch to another Pokemon then run from battle, haha. Have they successfully used a potion on anything before? They might need some for the Elite Four. If they have money that is. They black out a bunch.

 

[NPC]

They usually throw all their items out before they use them.

 

[hyde9318]

Yeah. Honestly, I cant remember any time a useful item was actually used. And they should stay far away from all pokemarts and PCs. If they go to the mart, all their money will be used on random stuff. If they use a PC, at least one pokemon is getting released. Both situations are like walking into a black hole for Twitch.

 

[Seacliff]

They'll probably beat it though, they have an over leveled bird-jesus along with zapdos. Not to mention helix alive.

 

[hyde9318]

Praise Helix, our lord and savior, amen.

 

[Solo]

Got my shiny Eevee! But it's such a beauty that I might keep it the way it is and try to get ANOTHER one to evolve into Espeon...

It seems like every generation, I find myself delving a little deeper into the hard core of Pokémon. I've never bred egg moves or actively sought shinies before, for example... awesome!

 

[hyde9318]

It may be because this generation finally made it interesting and not as much of a grind to either get shinies or comp pokemon.