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Considering they stemmed from redlining, they never should have been legal.

Anotger reason: a lot of really Gen 1 were designed before they had the typings mapped out and they just gave them a plethora of moves. See the Nidos, Rhydon, etc.

Personal anecdotes. Moved from Florida to NJ.

In Florida, kids would go to the mall or the beach, not much else to do. The only remaining mall is a bougie tourist trap - no theater, few food options, only bougie stores (no Hot Topic, books, Claire's, etc.) Kids had hobbies, like dirt biking, video games, DnD, or literal drag racing.

In my nice military/college town in NJ, there's lots of kids who wander the city in bikes. Unfortunately, I think most of them have parents who kick them out so they can do drugs all day. Most of them are good kids with bad guidance, but they are absolutely the types to break sinks at Starbucks or harass strangers because they're bored. Most people would rather not see/deal with the problem than try to help them or give them something to do.

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I like the One Punch Man manga. It's a great shonen superpower series with some humor. But it's never going to hit the peaks the comic did.

You don't need to name it after me, but just as a penguin somewhere please.

Let's go.

Hardest part is seeing specter which is significantly less common than spectre, besides old fogey American writers which I've already complained about.

archizzy posted...

It wasnt like it was ever hidden. For people who follow the NFL this has been known about since it happened. Its not finally coming out. Hes not exactly been quiet about all his goofy beliefs.

I don't even watch sports and I knew about this.

You should watch Gankutsuou, it's an anime adaptation from the perspective of Eduard.

It's fun for a first playthrough, but replays show the seams. There's 3 or 4 parts of the game where the pace just hits a brick wall. LoZ and LA don't have that problem, IMO. Especially towards the start, both games just put you in the action and keep on giving.

I like the Capcom games, but I'd put them even-ish with LttP. Same issue, bumps in pacing. They have a different feel, so it's reasonable to put them on the top or bottom depending on preference.

There's a reason LttP mods that cut out all the story are so popular >_>

My Chem teacher did that on a midterm or something. Lots of students giggled and gave away the joke. There were still write-in questions to keep it fair.

Seaman_Prime posted...

Its obviously gonna be a one piece swimsuit (a man thong)

He left his "treasure" in one piece, absolutely.

One of few cereals that changed the formula for the better since the 90s. Lost that weird plastic taste and just tastes like cinnamon and sugar.

It's a good platformer, but really bad at showing off the PlayStation and has some terrible mechanics (saving).

15 million merits

Problems with pre-college tests:
- almost entirely correlated to income
- poor indication of future college achievement
- can be pricey to take/retake
- racial biased all over

Pros of pre-college tests:
- can highlight outliers
- extrinsic indicator of success, can study for the test

I went to a college "without grades" and standards were MUCH higher than a nearby well-regarded university. Grades are a real shitty metric in the first place if you think about it for a second.

There's enough safeguards to block children before they even see the can.

Caffeine labeling should be much better though, especially with food.

The Brady Bunch.

What's the book that describes young Albus and Grindelwald? That makes it pretty clear what his sexuality is without stating it. And the one before does a good job hinting at it.

Video games used to have a significant used games and rental market. That's more or less evaporated with games discounts only covering some of that space.

I don't think I'd like that. Stick to the main crew as much as possible, they're already spread thin enough.
A side series would be fine, but villains don't need to justify their motivations, it should be obvious enough. Wano was kinda rough because of the focus on back and side plots.

On the other hand, Kuma's backstory was amazing. But that was semi-diagetic.

I went through a time where I tried to play as many Sonic clones as I could.
It's got good art design, though basic technical graphics (see the bosses) and nice music. It doesn't have the momentum issues many Sonic clones had, not is it a collectathon, thankfully. I honestly think it feels better than Sonic 1, it's just too basic in terms of level design, like Commander Keen.

Got to Proud difficulty, weapon still stuck at 150. Need to farm vitality hooves.

Quick quest is fine, don't worry about it.

There's some teams online that beat 99% of fights, if you know what moves to make.
If you want to ruin the fun of building your own teams: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/4th-generation-battle-facilities-discussion-and-records.3663294/

Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted...

You know sometimes when a sequel is just absolutely mind-blowingly better than the original? Like, they took the concept of the original, improved upon it in every way, while doing something fresh and new with it? Yeah?

... yeah this ain't it.

You got me.

This popped up on my feed the other day: https://youtu.be/pZ6C69ZvW-w?si=r-aKj1NTGi9kK_ts

I prefer Golden Axe 1. Partly because I know every layout, but mostly because of the music and sound effects.
The update to the magic solved a big issue, though. Very appreciated.

FF6 has worse sprites for characters than the original.
FF1 has poorly styled sprites. The fighter and monk, in particular, look less cool.
The rest are pretty good.