UnendingEmpire

Smogon: I call bullshit (Pokemon)

I've been going on about this since last night. Still not satisfied with the amount of rage I've put out.

To explain:

Smogon said Swagger has officially received its boot out of the Overused tier!

So...according to Smogon, I can use Kyurem-B, Thundurus-T, and fucking Heatran all I want, but my little keyring can't have his Swagger? WHAT. THE. FUCK? This seriously pisses me off, because I only like Klefki BECAUSE of the Swagger + Foul Play combo (currently 2nd fave of all Pokemon, next to Hydreigon). I understand that they try to create a balanced environment, but they're abusing their power a little if they take away Swagger. Taking away certain Pokemon from OU? Of course; I don't wanna contend with Giratina or Mewtwo. Take away certain Mega Stones? Sure thing, Mega Blaziken is ridiculously OP, and Mega Lucario, Gengar, or Kangaskhan can be a major pain in the ass. Take away certain abilities? Uhm...what if I wanted my Glaceon to have Snow Cloak? But this? Bull. Fucking. Shit.

I can easily name at least two counters to everything I just listed after Mega Blaziken, too!

Here goes

Mega Lucario - anything faster than him that has Earthquake, or anything with STAB Earthquake & Sturdy. Choice Scarf'd Garchomp and Max-ATK Sturdy Steelix can probably do this easy as pie. Boom, no more Megacario.

Mega Gengar - Anything with STAB Earthquake that can take a hit from this guy. Stick a Focus Sash on Golurk or something if you must, but Mega Gengar is far from infallible. Even a Max-Speed Jolly Aerodactyl with Crunch would work, BEFORE Mega!

Mega Kangaskhan - Did you know Mega Banette gets priority Skill Swap? Now he has Parental Bond, and Megaskhan has fucking Prankster! XD what can he even do with that!?

Evasion Abilities/Moves - Odor Sleuth, Aerial Ace, Aura Sphere, any of the plethora of moves that ignore evasion buffs, or the handy ability No Guard.

Swagger - Lum Berry, Own Tempo, Snatch, Magic Coat, Mega Absol, Mirror Move, Me First. See how many counters that is? Fucking seven! And I'm sure I missed one, too!

See? For a website that claims to do in-depth research on Pokemon battles to help their members come out on top, they sure are stupid fuckers when it comes to what should and shouldn't be banned from OU. Now I have to play in Ubers if I want to use my damn Klefki, and god help me if Smogon learned my actual Glaceon in Y had Snow Cloak AND Swagger! Oh dear, what ever would they do!? Ban me to death?

Seriously, if any of you Smogon shits are reading this, do a bit of research on your shit before banning it. All these unnecessary bans are easy to counter, and yet we still have fricking Thundurus and Latios in OU. Why is Swagger banned? Fucking WHY!?


/rage

Free-form Monster Highschool RP (OOC/IC)

Tap, tap, tap. That was the main sound to be heard both inside and just outside of the classroom belonging to one Miss Aeron Deepstead. Within the classroom, it would be the sound of her right index finger tapping the black-painted wood of her desk, on which sat a black-covered book with no words on the outside. Outside of it, it would have been the sound of a little bird pecking at the door. A sound like that would never fail to register in a vampire's ears. They're already here? Splendid. Getting up to her feet and closing the wordless book, Aeron made her way to open the door and greet the little blue bird with a smile, a nod, and a "Let's go greet the students, I suppose." Letting the bird lead - even though she could have easily led instead, what with a vampire's speed and all - Aeron followed the little avian guy toward the front of the school, where the students would be.

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E-HEROs also get Miracle Fusion; banishes the materials from your field or grave. Dragon's Mirror is the same deal for Dragon-Type monsters.
Many fusions.

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because Gero's secretary hax'd the roster?

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Any set of players that wants to do that should, certainly. In the meantime, I'm metalheading out (no, I'm not leaving) and seriously wondering if it's about time for me to start doing Touhou one-shots again. And who the fuck I'd write about...
HINT: it's seriously not Seija

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Go the volunteer route. Makes things easier for all parties, yes?

Underrated Video Games

TheRogueRose said It seems like the games I get invested in end up starting to be forgotten.I don't know if Skyrim falls into that category yet, but I feel that Dragon Age is getting there and Inquisition hasn't been released yet.Anyone remember Ty the Tasmanian Tiger?

Fucking yes. Good times until my major insectophobia from the time demanded I stop playing about halfway into the game forever.
And I guess it's time to post up about two more.

Spore
From the creators of The Sims, Spore is a game that makes any inner artist leap with joy. Imagine, if you will, The Sims on an entirely new scale. Instead of just crafting a person or their house, you'll be crafting everything. Create an alien species of your choosing, be they carnivore, herbivore, or omnivore. Watch them evolve as you choose, befriending or preying upon other creatures that you share a planet with. In time, your creatures will form a tribe, then advance later to a civilization on par with our own today. Eventually, the creature you designed and guided from a single-cell organism all the way to a global civilization will become an interstellar empire, trading with, befriending, or waging war with other empires. Craft your own monsters, buildings, vehicles, and starships, and see the creations of other players across the globe appear in your game. Because of all the variety you can find and the power of the simple tools you can use to create your world, no two playthroughs of Spore will be exactly the same, effectively turning it into something an artist can play endlessly.

Touhou 12.3: Hisoutensoku (a.k.a. Unthinkable Natural Law, or simply Soku) and by extension, Touhou 10.5: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
Before everybody jumps at "wtf y u Touhou!?" hear me out. I don't get what the haters of the franchise don't like about it beyond it coming from a country other than the one they're from, and even then, isn't this supposed to be a thread for games that don't get their fair cut anyway? :P

Being the second and third installments in the series to completely stray from Touhou's usual "dodge the bullets" style, SWR and 12.3 are 2D fighter games (well, more like an expansion pack in Soku's case) that uses both melee and projectile attacks. With a total of 20 playable characters, about a dozen stages, and a pretty hefty soundtrack that never disappoints, this duo of games only belongs in this thread because we've since had another Touhou fighting game (Hopeless Masquerade) that surpasses them in every possible sense. This isn't to say that SWR/Soku are bad games. While certainly far from the most ambitious fighting games, they're still pretty solid titles on their own. Graphics-wise, the 2D sprites and 3D backgrounds merge surprisingly well, and the character art (by the one and only Alphes) looks great. And I'm sorry, but Super Smash Bros. has nothing on a final boss theme like this.

Even in the Touhou fanbase, these games were pretty much never mentioned again after Hopeless Masquerade's release ^_^;

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I'm all for it. The show must go on, so do what you must :)

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VitaVitaAR said I have a vague idea maybe.As in a loli who may not be an actual loli who uses Jurracs since that is the only deck I have but yeah. ^^;

Go for it; this RP desperately needs some Dinosaur-type monsters.

Also, after seeing the character in your avatar in a signature from another website, I'm inclined to ask about what anime is that from.

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Anybody who doesn't have a CS but expressed interest: While we certainly don't have space for more competitors, feel free to register. I'd like to set up to that any and every given character will have their own time in the spotlight.

Everybody who already has a character: Let's try to hold back on making new ones for now. If the RP starts to lose members as we progress, and the RP's population gets back to where it was in the first two or three pages, then by all means. Otherwise, let's try to wait a little while ^_^;