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| Topic | Gacha Game General Topic 37: Tower defense edition |
| Calwings 05/04/24 7:56:45 PM #7 | ShadowElite86 posted...
I'm kinda looking forward to Assault Lily coming to global. Same, I'm interested in trying that one out too. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Kentucky Derby Day. |
| Calwings 05/04/24 7:01:34 PM #10 | Just based on the horses' names (which is all I know), I'd probably cheer for Epic Ride because it sounds funny, but that horse like like a 40-something-to-1 underdog and probably isn't going to win.
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| Topic | Gacha Game General Topic 37: Tower defense edition |
| Calwings 05/04/24 6:51:28 PM #5 | I'm still only playing Revue Starlight and D4DJ Groovy Mix, and nothing interesting is happening in either of them. Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel too if you want to count that as a gacha, but that has its own separate general.
Funkydog posted... And Cal is retiring from the topics or CE? I'm not just making these gacha general topics anymore. I'll still occasionally post in them, but considering how little there is for me to discuss about the games I'm playing, it'll be rare. If a new game launches that I want to try, then you might see me around more often. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG/TCG/Master Duel General Turn 21: The Crooked Cook Exodia Mirror |
| Calwings 05/04/24 6:44:55 PM #84 | I'm not a fan of any card game format with fixed decks or over-restrictive deck building conditions. Master Duel's events where they implement a custom banlist to fit the theme of the event are pretty much the extent of what I can deal with when it comes to side formats that don't allow you full freedom. I don't like being forced to play a deck that I don't enjoy, and if Master Duel had a similar event (like some kind of loaner decks only format), I would straight-up skip the event even if it meant leaving gems unearned.
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| Topic | Which anime intros are never skips? |
| Calwings 05/04/24 4:42:23 PM #26 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CBctbw3c0s
By far the best part of the show. 6/10 decent anime, 11/10 metal as fuck OP --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 6) |
| Calwings 05/04/24 4:39:33 PM #39 | At least we know where Carmen Sandiego isn't going to be tomorrow
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| Topic | Michael Jordan - What's the first thing that comes to mind? (Play, quote, etc) |
| Calwings 05/04/24 3:49:12 PM #32 | MEGAsoldier posted...
Space Jam tbh --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 6) |
| Calwings 05/04/24 3:26:29 PM #26 | Falcon
Bond --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 6) |
| Calwings 05/04/24 2:17:53 PM #17 | Ezio
Lloyd --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 6) |
| Calwings 05/04/24 1:06:30 PM #7 | King
Jordan --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | MLBCE - About a dozen games in, how ya feeling? |
| Calwings 05/04/24 12:31:34 AM #71 | https://www.mlb.com/news/marlins-trade-luis-arraez-padres
Being a Marlins fan is a never-ending nightmare --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Post a pic of your favorite video game character |
| Calwings 05/03/24 8:02:24 PM #25 | https://iili.io/JgmfPxS.png
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| Topic | I'm doing another Pokemon challenge run: Ultra Moon with only unevolved Pokemon |
| Calwings 05/03/24 6:06:33 PM #38 | More story stuff. Watching Nebby get SUCC'd by Necrozma was pretty wild. Anyways, first battle against Necrozma in its Dawn Wings form. I tried having Magnemite paralyze it, but it got outsped and KO'd by Moongeist Beam, a move which ignores abilities like Sturdy. I sent out Gastly, and I thought about whether a Shadow Ball (which would be double-super-effective on the Psychic/Ghost-type Dawn Wings) would be enough to knock it out. In the end, I decided to just use Destiny Bond instead, and thankfully Gastly outsped Necrozma without any speed drops being necessary. It got KO'd and took Necrozma down with it.
Next up was the battle against the beefed up Ultra Necrozma, who is level 60 (higher than my whole team) and starts the battle with +1 stage in all of its already massive stats. Like I said, I wanted to try and beat it without resorting to the Zorua Illusion strategy first. I put the Eviolite on Magnemite, I sent it out, I picked Thunder Wave, I prayed that it would survive a Photon Geyser, and it did! Necrozma easily KO'd Magnemite with a second attack, then I sent out Gastly. I picked Destiny Bond, but Necrozma was paralyzed and couldn't move. So I picked Destiny Bond again and... THE MOVE FAILED!? https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Destiny_Bond_(move)#Generation_VII Destiny Bond will always fail if it was successfully executed on the previous turn. Well, shit. All right, let's reset and try this again. Magnemite paralyzes Necrozma with Thunder Wave and then dies, I send out Gastly, pick Destiny Bond, and... NECROZMA ATTACKED FIRST THIS TIME!? Is it a speed tie, or does Necrozma not have set stats and its speed just happened to be slightly higher this time? Either way, I reset, but this time I used the 4 Rare Candies that I've found along the way to level up my Gastly and raise its speed some more. Finally, on the third attempt, the plan worked. Magnemite paralyzed Necrozma, then Gastly took it down with Destiny Bond. This was a bit annoying, but it feels more satisfying taking this big glowing bastard down with my main team than if I had brought out Zorua and cheesed it with Illusion. My current team: (asterisk = getting boosted experience for being past its evolution level) Lv55 Popplio* Lv56 Magnemite* Lv57 Cutiefly* Lv59 Gastly* Lv56 Crabrawler Lv58 Mudbray* Next up is Mina's trial, which is a long one. It's basically a gauntlet of trainer battles against previous trial captains, leading up to an annoying battle against a Totem Ribombee. After that, all I have left is the grand trial battle against the last island kahuna, the trip up Mt. Lanakila, and then the Pokemon League. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 5) |
| Calwings 05/03/24 3:59:05 PM #32 | Falcon
Bond --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 5) |
| Calwings 05/03/24 2:51:26 PM #21 | Ezio
Lloyd --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 5) |
| Calwings 05/03/24 1:15:50 PM #7 | King
Jordan --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | I'm doing another Pokemon challenge run: Ultra Moon with only unevolved Pokemon |
| Calwings 05/03/24 1:08:49 AM #37 | zinformant posted...
I feel like most folks are overpowered come that Totem battle, but you really dived into the mechanics of it necessarily. Great fights. Bullet Punch Scizor is serious Diamond and Pearl era vibes. Thank you. My Pokemon are several levels above the Totem Pokemon, so a normal team would be quite overpowered at this point. But the fact that I'm using unevolved Pokemon with lower base stats takes away the advantage that the higher levels give me, so I have to resort to more complicated strategies to win. Also, I've decided that I'm going to try and beat Ultra Necrozma with my current team first before I resort to the Zorua Illusion strategy that I mentioned earlier to cheese it. Magnemite resists all of Ultra Necrozma's attacks, but its signature Photon Geyser attack ignores abilities like Sturdy. If Magnemite can't survive a resisted Photon Geyser with the Eviolite equipped, then nothing on my team can and I'll go get Zorua. But if it can survive a hit and get off a move, then I might be able to win and that would feel way more satisfying. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | I'm doing another Pokemon challenge run: Ultra Moon with only unevolved Pokemon |
| Calwings 05/02/24 11:34:45 PM #35 | I did more story stuff on Exeggutor Island, then fought my way through a lot of trainers in Vast Poni Canyon to reach the site of the next island trial against Totem Kommo-o. Since it's a Dragon/Fighting type, I figured a double-super-effective, Choice-Specs-boosted, STAB Dazzling Gleam from Cutiefly would do a ton to it, but I also knew that I would probably need to lower Kommo-o's speed with other Pokemon before I send in Cutiefly to finish it off. I also taught Dazzling Gleam to Gastly via TM just in case something unforeseen happen to Cutiefly.
As it turns out, the SOS-call Pokemon turned out to be a bigger issue in this battle than the Totem Pokemon itself. In my first attempt, I led with Magnemite to survive a hit with Sturdy and successfully paralyze Kommo-o with Thunder Wave, then Kommo-o SOS-called a Noivern who KO'd Magnemite immediately. I sent out Mudbray (with the Eviolite for more bulk) to KO Noivern with Rock Tomb and then lower Kommo-o's speed with Bulldoze. After a few turns, Kommo-o made a second SOS call for a Scizor... who knows Bullet Punch. My plan of Cutiefly outspeeding and KO'ing Kommo-o was now out the window, because Scizor immediately one-shotted Cutiefly with a priority Bullet Punch. Time to reset. In my second attempt, instead of going directly to Mudbray after Magmenite, I sent in Popplio first to hit both Kommo-o and Noivern with an Icy Wind. Then, I had Mudbray focus only on lowering Kommo-o's speed with Bulldoze while leaving Noivern alive. When Mudbray went down, then I sent out Cutiefly, hoping to KO both dragons with a single Dazzling Gleam and end the battle without seeing Scizor. It outsped the -1 speed Noivern and hit both of them hard, but Kommo-o had a Roseli Berry to weaken the Fairy-type damage just enough to survive and SOS-call Scizor! After Scizor KO'd Cutiefly again, I was tempted to reset again, but I didn't. I sent out Gastly, praying that Scizor wouldn't use Bullet Punch. Thankfully it didn't, so Gastly used Dazzling Gleam to KO Kommo-o before going down to Scizor's Pursuit. All I had left was Crabrawler, but it managed to beat the remaining Scizor 1-on-1 to get me the win! It only took me two attempts, but this battle was still a roller coaster of emotions. Next up is more story stuff, including the battles against Necrozma. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Are you watching this season's Hideo Kojima-approved anime? |
| Calwings 05/02/24 9:11:40 PM #25 | DarthAragorn posted...
Dub is good for all of them but for Love is War I actually strongly recommend the dub instead of sub I can also vouch for the Kaguya dub being amazing, but it's not for everyone. Kaguya is very much one of those "try a couple of episodes both ways and see which one you like more" type of shows because of how the dub just has a totally different vibe than the Japanese version sometimes. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Bro .. |
| Calwings 05/02/24 9:09:17 PM #20 | Brohemian Rhapsody
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| Topic | Are you watching this season's Hideo Kojima-approved anime? |
| Calwings 05/02/24 8:36:51 PM #20 | Rika_Furude posted...
I havent watched anime in years. I think the last couple I watched were Chainsaw Man and Erased, maybe I watched some other stuff A few recommendations that I liked: * Akiba Maid War * Brave Bang Bravern * Deca-Dence * Eighty-Six * Kaguya-sama: Love is War * Lycoris Recoil * Oshi No Ko * Sabikui Bisco * Sengoku Youko * Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle * Spy x Family * The Apothecary Diaries * The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady (AKA "MagiRevo" for short) * Ya Boy Kongming --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Are you watching this season's Hideo Kojima-approved anime? |
| Calwings 05/02/24 7:56:15 PM #15 | This show is batshit insane and I'm loving it so far. All of the girls are great, but the blonde is definitely my favorite.
ironman2009 posted... i'll wait for the superior dub Sadly, it looks like this show likely won't get one. Crunchyroll isn't giving it a simuldub, and these days they haven't been doing many dubs outside of their seasonal simuldubs. So if it doesn't get a simuldub, the chances of it getting a dub at all are pretty slim. If it does get one though, I'll gladly go back and re-watch it with the dub. I've done that with several other past shows. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Preliminaries, Round 7 |
| Calwings 05/02/24 7:32:12 PM #9 | https://iili.io/Jgr98Kv.gif
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| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 4) |
| Calwings 05/02/24 4:34:41 PM #39 | Carmen
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| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 4) |
| Calwings 05/02/24 3:11:40 PM #27 | Falcon
Bond --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 4) |
| Calwings 05/02/24 2:07:18 PM #14 | Ezio
Lloyd --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 4) |
| Calwings 05/02/24 12:57:44 PM #3 | King
Jordan --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | spice and wolf remake is perfect so far |
| Calwings 05/01/24 10:23:26 PM #17 | Ubergeneral3 posted...
The first season should end where the first series ended so if you like the orginal more if would probolly be safe to watch that and then continue one with the remake (when it gets past where the first books ended.) I'm going to disagree with this. The original anime adapted volumes 1-3 and volume 5 of the source material, skipping volume 4 along the way. This reboot will almost certainly include volume 4, and based on what I've heard from source readers, volume 4 has some very important stuff that's necessary for the later parts of the story (which they didn't know at the time when the original anime skipped it). Plus, there are apparently already some differences in the adaptations, where this reboot is sticking closer to the source material. As a result, watching the original and then trying to jump into the reboot at that point in the story will most likely cause a lot of inconsistencies, and the lack of volume 4 will be a big problem later on. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | spice and wolf remake is perfect so far |
| Calwings 05/01/24 8:22:19 PM #15 | Rika_Furude posted...
I never watched the original. What should I watch? I'd say watch the reboot that's currently airing, especially considering that it might fully adapt the source material while the original is left incomplete. There's a decent chance that this reboot could make the original completely obsolete, just like the 2019 Fruits Basket reboot did to the original from 2001. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | I'm doing another Pokemon challenge run: Ultra Moon with only unevolved Pokemon |
| Calwings 05/01/24 6:04:16 PM #34 | I went through a few routes on Poni Island, fought a bunch of trainers, and then did some story stuff at the Ruins of Hope. Nothing really interesting.
My current team: (asterisk = getting boosted experience for being past its evolution level) Lv51 Popplio* Lv52 Magnemite* Lv52 Cutiefly* Lv51 Gastly* Lv51 Crabrawler Lv53 Mudbray* Since there wasn't much to talk about in this update, I'll take this time to talk about the possible last team member that I mentioned earlier. I would like to use Poipole on my team, but it comes at level 40 and has a slow growth rate, so it would take a lot of training for it to catch up with the rest of my team. So I'm going to pass on Poipole, and my current team is indeed my final team for the playthrough. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 3) |
| Calwings 05/01/24 3:39:04 PM #30 | Ezio
Undertaker Spidey5 posted... Is this the first save that you've run since the cancelled one? I didn't see any others in the archive since that one, so I'm pretty sure this is the first one since then. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG/TCG/Master Duel General Turn 21: The Crooked Cook Exodia Mirror |
| Calwings 05/01/24 3:35:41 PM #74 | It finally happened. After almost 50k gems sunk into the pack, I finally got an actual Sky Striker royal rare!
https://iili.io/JgwRGjI.png https://iili.io/JgwRETN.png Speaking of Sky Strikers... after seeing multiple videos of Joshua "Oh my god yes I love Raye I would die for Sky Striker Ace Raye" Schmidt playing a Snake-Eye variant using Sky Striker spells to help him break boards, I'm very tempted to try building a similar deck in Master Duel. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 3) |
| Calwings 05/01/24 2:25:50 PM #17 | Falcon
Lloyd TMOG posted... Me, who has hosted multiple tournaments on CE and wasn't invited to submit the winners: >:| I didn't see yours in the archive, so either they were from before 2017 (which is as far back as the archive goes) or they weren't Save That contests and were some different kind of tournament. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 3) |
| Calwings 05/01/24 1:15:19 PM #6 | King
Jordan --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Pokemon Sun/Moon. |
| Calwings 04/30/24 9:01:59 PM #6 | I'd recommend the Ultra versions rather than the originals. I'm playing Ultra Moon right now (for the first time in a while) and enjoying it quite a bit.
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| Topic | MLBCE - About a dozen games in, how ya feeling? |
| Calwings 04/30/24 8:04:03 PM #66 | Shotgunnova posted...
Nice losing streak youse gots there, San Diego. It'd be a shame if...it continued. Can't be worse than the Marlins are doing --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | There's too much god damn Isekai |
| Calwings 04/30/24 5:39:25 PM #18 | There was also that Sasaki And Peeps show last season, where the archmage-turned-talking-bird got isekai'd from the fantasy world into the real world, then in turn isekais the main character into the fantasy world, and the two of them are constantly going between the two worlds on different adventures. So that one's technically a two-way isekai, with both protagonists being isekai'd in opposite directions.
Even if it's really convoluted like that, at least that's some kind of innovation and creativity being brought to a genre that desperately needs it. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Preliminaries, Round 4 |
| Calwings 04/30/24 5:33:22 PM #18 | Voted Jigglypuff because [insert Hungrybox pop-off clip here] but I like pretty much all of these.
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| Topic | There's too much god damn Isekai |
| Calwings 04/30/24 5:25:47 PM #16 | Karovorak posted...
The genre would not be the issue, but every single Isekai seems to get more and more lazy. Yep, pretty much. Isekai with an actually unique premise that are also well-written and well-executed are becoming increasingly rare these days, often getting flooded out by the dime-a-dozen generic ones. I mentioned A Salad Bowl Of Eccentrics earlier, and that show has been an absolute blast so far. "Princess from a magical world gets isekai'd into our world, gets addicted to reading the Detective Conan manga, and uses her magic to help a detective down on his luck solve cases as his assistant" sounded really creative, and so far the show's quality has lived up to that interesting premise. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 2) |
| Calwings 04/30/24 5:13:07 PM #46 | Oh yeah, Kaja. Before I forget: You misspelled Trogdor's full name in the list. It's Trogdor the Burninator, there's no G in the second part of his name.
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| Topic | There's too much god damn Isekai |
| Calwings 04/30/24 4:14:12 PM #6 | I'm at the point where I actively avoid isekai unless it's a sequel to one I previously watched and enjoyed (like Konosuba S3 this season) or it has a specific hook in is synopsis that personally interests me (like A Salad Bowl Of Eccentrics this season, though that's a reverse isekai and not a traditional one). No matter how good an isekai is, if it's just a generic isekai with no interesting hook, I won't watch it. It could be an absolute masterpiece like Jobless Reincarnation, but if it looks and sounds too generic, I won't watch it.
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| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 2) |
| Calwings 04/30/24 3:09:27 PM #26 | Bond
Spike --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | CE Census 2024 - Alt or Main? |
| Calwings 04/30/24 2:12:52 PM #6 | mobilebloechel posted...
I guess I'm technically an alt that became a main This, though my original main is still around (and is now my alt) and can also access CE. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 2) |
| Calwings 04/30/24 2:08:19 PM #18 | Falcon
Lloyd --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Save That Winner (Round 2) |
| Calwings 04/30/24 1:00:58 PM #5 | King
Jordan Kajagogo posted... Quick announcement: looking through some things I just discovered that Obi-Wan Kenobi won Star Wars Characters...so I'm adding him in. He probably would have been saved in the first round anyways if he was in from the start, and it's still early enough where it shouldn't matter. Since it's so early on, no objections here. He most likely would have survived the first round easily. I'd laugh if he immediately went out in this second round though. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | "Vote blue no matter who" |
| Calwings 04/30/24 12:54:52 PM #35 | pinky0926 posted...
I think America would have a much healthier political landscape if people voted for party and policy over individuals, and I think being a single-issue voter is unwise and short-sighted This, generally. HOWEVER... Rai_Jin posted... they are correct at this moment. ...this is what applies right now. Trump and the current GOP that has become warped around him are just THAT much of a threat to this country as a whole. This is no longer a matter of "policy vs. policy" or "party vs. party", this is a matter of "preserving democracy vs. letting this country become a fascist dictatorship". --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | imagine if all you drink is Soda. |
| Calwings 04/29/24 10:12:05 PM #6 | I drink a lot of soda, but I drink plenty of water to balance it out too.
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| Topic | List of anime that I have rated 10/10 |
| Calwings 04/29/24 10:10:56 PM #19 | ssb_yunglink2 posted...
holy shit somebody whos actually watched one outs One Outs is fucking amazing and I totally recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it, but I can understand why it's not talked about much. It's a baseball anime and a gambling anime, neither of which are all that popular in the west compared to Japan. It's a show from 2008, not old enough for 90's and early 00's nostalgia but also not new enough to have aired on modern streaming services. And on top of that, it currently has no legal way to stream it, so you have to find an old out-of-print physical release or use "less than legal means" to watch it. I would love for HiDive to pull One Outs out of licensing hell and give it an English dub like they recently did with another gambling-focused anime, Kaiji. --- https://i.imgur.com/PmF1p9q.jpg |
| Topic | Just curious, is loli stuff still allowed on this board? |
| Calwings 04/29/24 9:53:43 PM #9 | No hornyposting of any kind is allowed anymore. Loli, adult, real, fictional, whatever. This is a no horny zone now.
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| Topic | NHLCE - Playoffs are set! Who ya got?!? |
| Calwings 04/29/24 9:50:59 PM #110 | Panthers move on! Let the rats rain down!
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