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papercup 07/27/25 4:57:09 PM #51: |
ConfusedTorchic posted... because it's just so easy to get a shiny these daysBut this is the only opportunity to get these particular shinies is the thing. So obviously I want them. --- Switch 2 FC: SW-1438-2772-3312 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Revelation34 07/27/25 4:58:33 PM #52: |
Nichtcrawler-X posted... At some point the joke is just dead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355, Steam: Kegfarms, Switch: SW-1900-5502-7912 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Nichtcrawler-X 07/27/25 5:10:18 PM #53: |
Never said I was making a good joke. --- Official Teetotaller of PotD Dovie'andi se tovya sagain! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Revelation34 07/27/25 5:12:01 PM #54: |
Nichtcrawler-X posted... Never said I was making a good joke. You never made a joke. You still think it's fake. --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355, Steam: Kegfarms, Switch: SW-1900-5502-7912 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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papercup 07/27/25 5:51:31 PM #55: |
I got hate brigaded on Reddit for pointing out the literal text of the event. XD Somebody said that the Shinies will be handed out regardless if the goal is met, and I pointed out that it literally says we need to do 1 million raids for the reward. Several hours of negative replies, rude DMs and hundreds of downvotes followed. It only stopped because the thread was deleted. Never change Reddit, never change. I wasnt even negative or rude, I just said that the event tells us what exactly we need to do for the reward. But apparently that means I need to touch grass, get off Reddit, stop being so negative all the time, etc etc. Im not even mad, just confused and amused lol --- Switch 2 FC: SW-1438-2772-3312 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Flappers 07/27/25 6:03:19 PM #56: |
Barely changed from regular dragonite. Lately even when we get what we want from Pokemon Co. (don't make me bring up BDSP) they fumble. They've been fumbling HARD since SWSH and Nintendo itself has been fumbling since the end of the DS era too imo --- I call Cthulhu "daddy" ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SoreChasm 07/27/25 6:30:18 PM #57: |
Nichtcrawler-X posted... At some point the joke is just dead.If that was originally a joke you were making, the joke was dead on arrival --- Never be afraid to show your emotions, even if they're fake. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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adjl 07/28/25 2:03:56 PM #58: |
papercup posted... Anyway, I keep seeing this sentiment that doing the raids is a waste of time because theyll give us the shinies anyway. Despite the fact that Pokmon has a history of failed community missions and we didnt get the reward. People are seriously passing up on free shinies for no reason. I mean, if you have to do a bunch of raids to get them, they aren't really "free." They're only free if you don't do the raids and everyone else does them for you, which is where community events like this often run into problems (especially with games where community interest in the game has waned such that meeting the goal actually requires people to go out of their way). Essentially, for any given person, there are six possibilities:
Of those, two require effort and reward a shiny, one requires effort and rewards nothing, two require no effort and reward a shiny, and one requires no effort and rewards nothing. The odds of each option aren't necessarily the same, so it's hard to calculate the exact risk/benefit, but just framed like that, the reward:effort ratio is pretty obviously going to be better for not contributing than contributing. Events like this run into the same issue that generates voter apathy: It's very unlikely that any one person's contribution is going to make a deciding difference. If a win is likely, any raids you contribute are probably going to be surplus. If a win is unlikely, you probably won't be contributing enough raids to change the outcome. Toss in that contributing takes a significant amount of time/effort thanks to how annoyingly slow and inconsistent raids are, and caring enough to try contributing just isn't a very attractive prospect. By contrast, Xenoblade X does a similar thing with their world raid bosses, with each boss spawning with a certain number of "resurrection points" that are depleted each time the health bar is emptied. Fighting the boss offers its own unique rewards, though, so there's an incentive to do it regardless of the world progress. Also, because Xenoblade X doesn't care at all about balancing player damage output, those millions of RP rarely last more than an hour because a competent party can knock off tens or hundreds of thousands per round, and that makes it feel like you're racing to be one of the people contributing meaningfully to that win instead of slogging toward a goal that may or may not be reached. For Pokemon to make an event like this work, they need to reward people for completing raids so there's actually a meaningful difference associated with doing them (alternatively, make raids fun enough that the idea of doing them is attractive in its own right, but that would be a substantial overhaul of a 3-year-old game). Otherwise, it's hard for it not to feel like a waste of time. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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papercup 07/31/25 9:17:06 PM #59: |
We killed Wo-Chien 3.5 million times. We are getting the shiny on August 8th! --- Switch 2 FC: SW-1438-2772-3312 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Salrite 07/31/25 9:21:04 PM #60: |
papercup posted... We killed Wo-Chien 3.5 million times. We are getting the shiny on August 8th! Do you have to participate in the battle to get the shiny? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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papercup 07/31/25 9:24:15 PM #61: |
Salrite posted... Do you have to participate in the battle to get the shiny?I doubt it, but you still have a few days to fight it if youre worried about it. Ceruledge. Swords Dance every time it resets stats and spam Bitter Blade. You cant lose. --- Switch 2 FC: SW-1438-2772-3312 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Revelation34 08/01/25 12:42:27 AM #62: |
papercup posted...
I haven't logged in in more than a year. --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355, Steam: Kegfarms, Switch: SW-1900-5502-7912 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Salrite 08/02/25 1:19:26 AM #63: |
Ugh, I hate how I'm stuck between hating that game and never wanting to touch it again, and having them dangle exclusive opportunities at event Pokemon. If I don't get these shinies now, I may never have the opportunity again... And that's exactly how Game Freak manages to hold us by the balls. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ReturnOfFa 08/02/25 1:26:29 AM #64: |
One of my friends is rationalizing it as a fellow adult man, but the rest of us are poo-pooing it. --- girls like my fa ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Vicaris 08/02/25 5:46:27 AM #65: |
How do pokmon games get away with having PS2 graphics? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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papercup 08/02/25 8:00:58 AM #66: |
Vicaris posted... How do pokmon games get away with having PS2 graphics?Because kids. And also stupid people like me that bought it on launch --- Switch 2 FC: SW-1438-2772-3312 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Salrite 08/02/25 2:05:44 PM #67: |
papercup posted... Because kids. And also stupid people like me that bought it on launch Let's not completely blame ourselves. They did sell us on a previous banger in PLA. That's why I was so eager to get back into Pokemon after years. Of course, they went right back to sucking again. Also, "PS2 Graphics" is being generous... ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Snoregasm 08/02/25 2:11:02 PM #68: |
Pokemon on Switch 2 https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/8120cc6e.jpg --- Guilty of snore crimes ... Copied to Clipboard!
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adjl 08/02/25 3:39:11 PM #69: |
Vicaris posted... How do pokmon games get away with having PS2 graphics? It's not really a series that demands high fidelity, given the cartoonish art style. There are obviously many ways it could be improved, given Game Freak's resources (even if they don't have a ton of experience with 3D games after so many years of being near-exclusively 2D, they could easily hire people with more experience), but I'd consider it to be in the same vein as Mario Kart in that there isn't a lot of need to tap into any tremendous amount of graphical power. S/V's unforgivable shortcomings are more technical than graphical. The Switch was limited, certainly, but when you've got games like Nier Automata and Xenoblade 3 being released around the same time and running significantly better despite being more demanding, despite the resources behind Pokemon, that's obviously a failure to optimize and not anything truly unavoidable. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Revelation34 08/02/25 4:47:22 PM #70: |
Vicaris posted... How do pokmon games get away with having PS2 graphics? https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/10nxqyo/best_graphics/ Yep Pokemon definitely looks like PS2 graphics. --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355, Steam: Kegfarms, Switch: SW-1900-5502-7912 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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papercup 08/03/25 9:27:20 PM #71: |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0__HZs_rpw Chien-Pao raids are now on! It is Ice Tera type, so use Fightingvor Fire types against it. We need to defeat it 1 million times! --- Switch 2 FC: SW-1438-2772-3312 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Salrite 08/04/25 1:09:43 AM #72: |
A fellow Austin John Plays viewer I see ... Copied to Clipboard!
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papercup 08/04/25 11:58:40 AM #73: |
Occasionally --- Switch 2 FC: SW-1438-2772-3312 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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papercup 08/08/25 1:30:42 AM #74: |
You can claim your shiny Wo-Chien now! And keep killing those Chien-Pao raids! --- Switch 2 FC: SW-1438-2772-3312 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Salrite 08/08/25 4:03:33 AM #75: |
Chien-Pao! Right in the kisser! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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papercup 08/13/25 4:18:53 PM #76: |
I have a large shiny collection in gens 6 and 7 that I feel I should move up soon. But I made the decision to take a bunch of them through contests and league and battle maison and all that for ribbons before I do that, so Im logging into Omega Ruby every 4 hours to plant/water/harvest berries for pokeblocks. >.> --- Switch 2 FC: SW-1438-2772-3312 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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JOExHIGASHI 08/13/25 7:40:37 PM #77: |
I hate it --- In the long run we are all dead ... Copied to Clipboard!
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papercup 08/17/25 5:22:38 PM #78: |
We defeated over 3 million Chien-Pao raids! Ting-Lu raids start tonight. Planning on running an Azumarill. If that doesnt work Ill figure something else out. --- Switch 2 FC: SW-1438-2772-3312 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Salrite 08/18/25 1:47:26 AM #79: |
Does Ting-Lu specialize in defense? I feel like with only Tier 5 raids the Belly Drummers will cream them easily ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Zeus 08/18/25 3:08:32 AM #80: |
Did somebody find a monkey's paw or something? agesboy posted... dragonite's always looked goofy as hell The RB sprite looked kinda badass. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Salrite 08/18/25 7:20:57 AM #81: |
papercup posted... We defeated over 3 million Chien-Pao raids! Ting-Lu raids start tonight. Planning on running an Azumarill. If that doesnt work Ill figure something else out. Well, Azumarill is a bit too fragile, but Belly Drum Iron Hands was easy mode again. Too much health and defense for Ting-Lu to do anything. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Salrite 08/18/25 7:22:24 AM #82: |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qe9O90cD80 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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papercup 08/18/25 7:24:39 AM #83: |
Yeah I didnt actually try any raids last night. I was busy playing Donkey Kong lol will try today though --- Switch 2 FC: SW-1438-2772-3312 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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papercup 08/18/25 11:50:15 AM #84: |
Oh Azumarill totally worked for me. Hes pretty weak before terastralizing, but after the shield goes up and he resets stats, Tera and belly drum and liquidation. Shield breaks instantly. --- Switch 2 FC: SW-1438-2772-3312 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Salrite 08/18/25 7:44:19 PM #85: |
Oh, my Azumarill is running with Aqua Tail, and with the 90 percent accuracy, it does tend to miss way more than it should. I never thought of Liquidation, but that makes way more sense. Either way, I couldn't keep his health high enough to survive a Belly Drum, even if I'm able to actually do one. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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papercup 08/21/25 1:28:21 PM #86: |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyfDz36JkkU good trailer. Not really a fan of this design --- Switch 2 FC: SW-1438-2772-3312 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Kallainanna 08/21/25 8:18:27 PM #87: |
papercup posted... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyfDz36JkkUThe best speculation I've heard is it getting an poison-type attack that's super effective against steel (or an ability that makes poison do 2x damage to steel), which would at least let it do something that Venusaur doesn't already do better, which has been Victreebel's problem since Gen 2. Design is...weird, but honestly I don't know what you would do with it, it's already so well-designed as a pitcher plant. Now it looks like a water gourd? Give it some water coverage maybe? --- "I used to hate myself, but now I think I'm alright I don't know quite who I am, oh, but man, I am trying." - Courtney Barnett, Small Poppies ... Copied to Clipboard!
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papercup 08/27/25 12:24:10 AM #88: |
You can get a shiny Keldeo in Home if you complete all three Galar dexes?! Why didnt anybody tell me about this?! I need to do this! Also you can get a shiny Enamorous for uploading all 242 PLA Pokmon, which I cant do since 4 of them are locked behind BDSP save stuff and I dont own BDSP. Also shiny Meloetta which I cant get either since I dont have the Gen 9 DLC x_x --- Switch 2 FC: SW-1438-2772-3312 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Muscles 08/27/25 12:37:29 AM #89: |
Vicaris posted... How do pokmon games get away with having PS2 graphics?I haven't played since Sword, and I liked Sword, but the dlc and feeling that it was the beginning of the end, the last hurrah, made me stop --- Muscles Chicago Bears | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Bulls | Chicago Cubs | NIU Huskies ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Salrite 08/27/25 9:34:05 AM #90: |
papercup posted... Also you can get a shiny Enamorous for uploading all 242 PLA Pokmon, which I cant do since 4 of them are locked behind BDSP save stuff and I dont own BDSP. I bought a used copy of BD specifically for this... It's actually not a bad game. I don't know what people were complaining about. Other than it not being that much of a change from the original. Which is fine by me because Diamond was the last game I remember liking before I stopped playing until PLA. And I don't have a problem with the art style either. Also, it's only Darkrai and Shaymin. And no, they have to be specifically from PLA. I tried transferring the free Darkrai I got in Violet and it didn't count. papercup posted... Also shiny Meloetta which I cant get either since I dont have the Gen 9 DLC x_x I'm just missing the final two Pardox ones from Scarlet, the Entei thing and Giraffe Garfield. Don't want to trade away my two to get them. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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adjl 08/27/25 11:15:04 AM #91: |
papercup posted... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyfDz36JkkU It looks like a Pikmin enemy. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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papercup 08/27/25 12:25:21 PM #92: |
Do you not need a BDSP save to get the Manaphy and Phione? Edit: also popped Shield in to progress the story so I can start collecting some missing Pokmon. My god, the outline and light cel shading really does help to make Pokmon look better. Hopefully Gen 10 they actually put time and money and effort into because god damn, Gen 9 is a disaster. --- Switch 2 FC: SW-1438-2772-3312 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Salrite 08/27/25 7:42:18 PM #93: |
papercup posted... Do you not need a BDSP save to get the Manaphy and Phione? Nope. I guess BDSP just gives you the clues on how to do it, but you can still access them in PLA if you know what you're doing. A very specific set of steps if I recall. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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papercup 08/28/25 10:23:07 AM #94: |
https://youtu.be/RYCOc3SiU7A?si=fWKrqB8muxX6AWLa Mega Hawlucha! I think we can say pretty conclusively at this point that the leak a few months back was 100% real. --- Switch 2 FC: SW-1438-2772-3312 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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adjl 08/28/25 11:16:37 AM #95: |
Okay, that one's actually pretty cool. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Kallainanna 08/28/25 11:21:55 AM #96: |
OMG yesssssss that one fucking rocks! Just dials its design up to 11. --- "I used to hate myself, but now I think I'm alright I don't know quite who I am, oh, but man, I am trying." - Courtney Barnett, Small Poppies ... Copied to Clipboard!
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papercup 08/28/25 1:58:59 PM #97: |
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/7e836aa6.jpg I hope thats what the shiny actually looks like. Took one of the ugliest shinies and made it beautiful. --- Switch 2 FC: SW-1438-2772-3312 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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GanonsSpirit 08/28/25 3:01:54 PM #98: |
Nice, a mega that's actually good unlike the last 2. --- http://i.imgur.com/tsQUpxC.jpg Thanks, Nade Duck! [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[|||||||||||||]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Salrite 08/28/25 6:30:23 PM #99: |
It's literally just a yellow cowl... Edit: Oh... and a mighty large dong ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Kallainanna 08/28/25 8:04:24 PM #100: |
Salrite posted... It's literally just a yellow cowl...Yeah, a cool as shit gold-and-black cowl that builds on its pre-existing luchador theming. ...and a mighty large bird dong, yes, very observant. --- "I used to hate myself, but now I think I'm alright I don't know quite who I am, oh, but man, I am trying." - Courtney Barnett, Small Poppies ... Copied to Clipboard!
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