[OOC] The War of the Three

[Lucius Cypher]

@Lucius Cypher
I've used Wishiwashi before, and while I have the complete new team planned out and Wishiwashi is not on it, I can say that it's still an amazing fish to use. I didn't run a Rest / Sleep Talk set, rather I ran Hydro Pump, Earthquake, and Ice beam on it, and regardless of my really weird spread it still managed to kick ass when I used it. I'd probably cry if it somehow got access to something like Water Spout, as that could be so strong in a good Trick Room set.

The final team is Tsareena, Garchomp, Celesteela, Tapu Koko, Oranguru, and Araquanid by the way. I'm excited to be using Instruct on my Swords Dance Garchomp.

@Banana

Sounds like a good set up. I should emphasis that you ought to exploit the living shit out of Tsareena's Queenly Majesty and try your best to make her speedy! Without priority moves, even ones like Protect and such, she could even beat the likes of Golisopod to the punch. And while I've never faced one before, I'm almost certain that my Tsareena could outspeed Pheromosa if needed. I certainly hope to test it when I loan my sis my Tsareena.

I've also found, upon recent reexamination, that a lot of my bulky pokemon tends to run the Rest/Sleep Talk combo. I must have some odd fascination for self-healing.

[Gardevoiran]

@Lucius Cypher
If my Tsareena from my main adventure is Jolly, you bet I'm going to be abusing the SHIT out of Queenly Majesty and making her as fast as Sonic.

[Mega Birb]

@Banana
Alternatively, I have a super bulky one that runs an Assault Vest. Her only real weakness is physical bug and fire, and so few of those exist in the competitive scene that I don't worry about it that much. She also dominates Royales, slow but she hits like a brick.

[The 42nd Gecko]

@Lucius Cypher Grafdakka is definitely my favorite fighter who fights for fighting, as well as my by far favorite Machina. However, there's honestly not a lot of stiff competition.

Eos is an ice queen. With no development.
Titania, like all Flamelord characters, always seems to get her interesting character development/fights canceled at the last second.
Zealot isn't sword Zealot, so I'm not interested. Also, he's shown up for shooting like, one, maybe two arrows. And is a sniper.
Bastion is mostly interesting for her ties to Diana and Victoire, which promptly got ignored and now she's just another sniper.
Marquis is best sniper. Which is the most boring thing to watch in a fight. He's my runner up on style alone.
The Mecha Maids.. I don't know how to place it, but somehow their supreme faith in how if everyone follows their orders, they'll surely win this time, bothers me. I have the same problem with Victoire. Also, more fucking sniping.
Alexi is my own character, so I'm not a particularly good judge.
Cherry is still fresh. Not a lot of showtime yet.
Bonesword doesn't really feel like a machina. Sure, he fights for them, but he doesn't really feel like a machina. Same deal for Alexi, really.
Emu is.. well.. she was emotionless. And she becomes emotionless whenever ice queen butts in. So, eh, she's had like, one half of a scene that almost developed her character? At least she's got a nifty powerset and inspired Artoria?

[KoL]

@Mega Birb @Banana @Lucius Cypher

Hey, guys, the OOC is already to fast for some of us when we are talking about relevant issues. A few posts out of context aren't a problem, they can be even good to get freshen the spirits, but between you three, you have taken about a whole OOC page already.

Don't you think you should move this parallel conversation to a PM, or something like this?

[Flamelord]

Titania, like all Flamelord characters, always seems to get her interesting character development/fights canceled at the last second.

@The 42nd Gecko

Such is my fate. qq

[TheWendil]

Eos is an ice queen. With no development.

@The 42nd Gecko

I tell this to KoL all the time. And do they listen? What do you think.

Zealot isn't sword Zealot, so I'm not interested. Also, he's shown up for shooting like, one, maybe two arrows. And is a sniper.

@The 42nd Gecko

Who? That character doesn't exist here. No idea who you're talking about.

Bastion is mostly interesting for her ties to Diana and Victoire, which promptly got ignored and now she's just another sniper.

@The 42nd Gecko

You want the lewds?

I have the same problem with Victoire.

@The 42nd Gecko

Victoire is an arrogant prune. What did you expect?

[The 42nd Gecko]

@Flamelord There is a category in my ersatz awards that exists mostly for you "Character I most think deserves to get to do something awesome".

[Mega Birb]

@KoL
Good point, Pokemon stuff will get moved to a PM. But character discussion is half the reason the OOC exists, the other half is mostly memes and CS's.

[Gardevoiran]

Oh shit I want to make a heaven character now for sure but like a general for the harpies.

@Mega Birb Would you be ok if I did this?

[The 42nd Gecko]

Who? That character doesn't exist here. No idea who you're talking about.

@TheWindel

If you ever start that roleplay again, I am torn between two characters, Blind Librarian, and Monkey again to try and get a sword duel with Zealot.

You want the lewds?

@TheWindel

I feel like the aspect where Diana refused to hurt a human no matter what, and how that emotionally affected Bastion, and the pressure put on them from the outside world in the avatar of Victoire, was very compelling. I'm sad the whole "treatment of humans" subplot has largely been ignored in favor of larger explosions. Also, yes.

Victoire is an arrogant prune. What did you expect?

@TheWindel

Yes, but there's that certain, I don't know what, that separates "I love to hate this character" like Sliske, and "I am so salty we are saving you" like Victoire.

[Mega Birb]

Oh shit I want to make a heaven character now for sure but like a general for the harpies.

@Mega Birb Would you be ok if I did this?

@Banana

There are two requirements: Female, Syphax can smash.

Also @KoL we're totally doing the thing in whatever this next conflict ends up being.

[The 42nd Gecko]

@Mega Birb Is the thing getting Syphax transformed by Artoria?

[KoL]

@The 42nd Gecko

Except that Victoire is actually a strategist expert in crowd control tactics, she really knows how to turn the tide of battle in the Demons' favor, just look at how much a nuisance she is whenever she's deployed. The thing is that nothing ever goes according to plan and for some stupid reason she gets cheapshotted everytime I bring her up. The worst is that people always find where she's hiding without even getting clues first (Right @Banana Bonesword?). This tends to ruin any strategist's day.

Second, she usually just gives directions, but rarely tries to order people around. This time she was the biggest team player in the whole battle, without a doubt. But, because shit always happens the Demons may still lose.

Nobody can say that it's her fault, though.

For Eos, she was never meant to be a really compelling character. The fact that I can never use as many characters as I want to precludes any form of development for her here on this RP. Also, there's the fact that if I ever deploy her, I cannot use Ni-Mu which is a much more promising character which (given enough time) will see some development. Like most of my characters, they are born of very bland concepts, but given enough time and proper circumstances all of them develop into unique individuals. I just don't know if I'll have this kind of time for all of them here.

[Flamelord]

Hn, gonna have to respawn Tartys for this Heaven fight soon.

@Flamelord There is a category in my ersatz awards that exists mostly for you "Character I most think deserves to get to do something awesome".

@The 42nd Gecko

I'm honored to hear that, regrettable fact that that is the award aside.

[Gardevoiran]

@Mega Birb
Will be female, and only on special occasions like birthdays and Saturdays.

[Mega Birb]

@Mega Birb Is the thing getting Syphax transformed by Artoria?

@The 42nd Gecko

I really want that to happen at some point, but that isn't the thing. The thing is Torag riding Diana into battle and fucking up literally everything.

Also wait isn't Diana a Manakete?

[TheWendil]

I feel like the aspect where Diana refused to hurt a human no matter what, and how that emotionally affected Bastion, and the pressure put on them from the outside world in the avatar of Victoire, was very compelling. I'm sad the whole "treatment of humans" subplot has largely been ignored in favor of larger explosions. Also, yes.

@The 42nd Gecko

You're forgetting the fact that KoL has a bad habit of making character arcs and then subsequently never doing anything with them. But the human subplot never changed. I've said many times IC that Bastion's looked down on in the Machina ranks for being human. Hence why her only friends are a "useless Flame character" and Diana.

And if Henry manages to capture Bastion, I'll give you ArtoriaxBastion.

Yes, but there's that certain, I don't know what, that separates "I love to hate this character" like Sliske, and "I am so salty we are saving you" like Victoire.

@The 42nd Gecko

I mean, KoL would argue Victoire is the only one in Hell who gets shit down. Lucille calls you idiots for a reason.

[Gardevoiran]

@KoL
I apologize for that stuff, and I promise Bonesword will not do it in the next battle.

[Mega Birb]

@Mega Birb
Will be female, and only on special occasions like birthdays and Saturdays.

@Banana

Then by all means, make the thing.