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Hi I'm... ... refusing to type like that. Welcome to the site.
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Hey Matt, Welcome to the forums. It's always nice to meet another veteran . Good luck with the RNG stuff, I wish I could help but sadly I've not a clue how to do it, lol. If you need a hand with anything OTHER than that feel free to ask See you around.
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This again.
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You banning me for that is like ... I dunno. Me banning you because I have a cover of Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence. On a totally different tangent, though somewhat relevant to the post in hand; is it just me or do Depeche Mode songs always sound better when someone else is covering them?
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Analysis: Pokémon Black & White Metagame~
Tbird replied to Sabeta's topic in Competitive Battling Discussion
Well... I guess I'll post here . I must say, through all of my scepticism and cynicism things haven't turned out too bad. I am thankful for the gifts the older stuff got given this generation. Namely, as Wraith touched upon, Mischievous Heart Sableye; Dia on the battle field - Naked Tom Embodied to Wraith. It really is a beast, I had been excited ever since the release of the Dream world abilities and, boy, has it delivered. Currently I'm running (and dare I say I was the first to run) a move-set of Sub/Protect/Will o Wisp/Nightshade. Priority on all but night shade means that I can Burn stall many physical attackers; most of whom being of the fighting nature so switching in is all but a given. Similarly, I can switch in on a lot of specially inclined folk and do the same, it becomes harder because after the burn they can still break through my substitute but I can take a nice hefty chunk away before switching someone else in on a resisted move and getting rid of them . He's been an asset to all of my gen 5 teams thus far and seems to be the defensive king pin needed to get passed a lot of the new physical guys. Porygon2 is another gifted pokemon this generation. in prior generations it was used to get rid of the likes of Salamence and Gyarados and this generation it got given a 30% defensive boost in form of Evo- Stone for all the more walling to help with these new uber powered pokes. Running a set of Trick Room/ Recover/ Boltbeam means I can PP stall A LOT of guys (Even physically enclined folks thanks to burn support from Sableye) whilst being an offensive threat at the same time. Roopushin laughs at poor P2, but that's where sableye steps in (so long as it's not a guts variant). She reminds me of a Jui-jitsu vet'... able to attack and hurt things even when in a bad spot . A lot of guys that were good in Gen 4 are still good now. Flygon can still revenge and scout things as good as ever; Starmie is still a great spinner/ status absorber. So I'm happy. While stuff is definitely getting trolled on (Machamp, Scizor, Hitmonchan < Roopushin) there's new viability to be seen. I've not tried a whole lot of things as of yet, but I am certainly very much aware that this trapping candle is going to be a pain in the ass, the weird legendary cloud guys; namely the ground flyer, aren't going to be easy to deal with. I do, however, fear that stuff like Scizor may fall into UU territory. Machamp will survive due to its awesome lead role. But I know for sure, UU won't be a pretty place to play in. Stall isn't completely viable. I haven't used ut, but I didn't use it in gen 4 either. It seems that instead of their being stall teams there will be stalling pivots; pace setters, so to speak. For instance Jolorda can stall until the cows come home, Sableye too can do this (WoW/Toxic). And I guess I quite like that. The feel that instead of it just being your standard 6v6 battle royale, you do need to set the pace of the battle if you want to get somewhere. A lot of my teams are built with a long-haul in mind, and while in gen 4 it was possible to get a quick sweep out of a long-game team, in Gen V you have to implement and dictate the pace lest you get beat by someone elses pace. (I hope that makes some sort of sense.) Briefly I touched on some of the broken-ness. But I won't go into detail there. There's too much stuff I haven't tried for me to comment on it plausibly and I've not tried in any intricate sense to counter said problem pokes. As for balance; You can't tell at all. With this current Level 100 tier, and people using that as an excuse to use clearly over powered pokes, getting any sense of balance is quite far off. However, in battling guys with pokemon that will clearly be OU > it feels almost balanced, by no means stable as I still don't know who most of these new guys are just yet, but certainly almost balanced . I don't know, I miss Scizor already . I suppose if you forget about gen 4 and take generation 5 as if it were the only generation, or at least with an unbiased frame of mind, there is balance - a lot of new hard hitters, but more defensive capabilities thanks to new abilities/changes and new items. Overall I am really quite happy. the pokemon still look dumb as hell, but I've been using my old favourites and testing out their new toys, and I think if you were scared of Gen V then doing that is the best way to get into the new generation. Oh ... Ugly moth is ugly. And God damn it I will make Butterfree sweep! -
You're banned for making about as much sense as a one legged man in a butt-kicking contest.
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You're banned because: A) You're unlucky B) I feel like it C) all of the above... JUST MOAR. G'day to ya lassy.
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<p><p><p><p><p>You sir are a troll.</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">I love your new avatar</span></p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>And feel free to continue editing your ideals and integrating them into my VMs.</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Maybe it's time to call yourself Wraith69? </span><img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/laugh.png" alt="xD" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/laugh@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /></p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Any way see you soon <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin.png" alt=":D" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">My little Bo-Peep TROLOLOLOLO</span></p></p></p></p></p>
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<p><p><p><p><p>You sir are a troll.</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">I love your new avatar</span></p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>And feel free to continue editing your ideals and integrating them into my VMs.</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Maybe it's time to call yourself Wraith69? </span><img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/laugh.png" alt="xD" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/laugh@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /></p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Any way see you soon <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin.png" alt=":D" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">My little Bo-Peep TROLOLOLOLO</span></p></p></p></p></p>
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<p><p><p><p><p>You sir are a troll.</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">I love your new avatar</span></p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>And feel free to continue editing your ideals and integrating them into my VMs.</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Maybe it's time to call yourself Wraith69? </span><img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/laugh.png" alt="xD" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/laugh@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /></p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Any way see you soon <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin.png" alt=":D" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">My little Bo-Peep TROLOLOLOLO</span></p></p></p></p></p>
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<p><p><p><p><p>You sir are a troll.</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">I love your new avatar</span></p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>And feel free to continue editing your ideals and integrating them into my VMs.</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Maybe it's time to call yourself Wraith69? </span><img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/laugh.png" alt="xD" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/laugh@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /></p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>Any way see you soon <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin.png" alt=":D" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">My little Bo-Peep TROLOLOLOLO</span></p></p></p></p></p>
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I believe you can get it from here.
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B**** I'm from the north and I'm coming down to ban ya' .
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Eek don't make your own threat-list... They got one at Smogon. I had it bookmarked but ... well it's not there anymore .
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Zurugga/zukin are the best pokes in the whole of gen 5 . Don't be hating on the sexiest fighting type ever . ^--- completely sans Sarcasm, I truly do love Zuruzukin .
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<p><p><p><p><p>You dirty, dirty frog <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/tongue.png" alt=":P" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/tongue@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" />.</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>"Monarchy can easily be debunked, but watch the faces, mark well the debunkers. These are the men whose taproot in Eden has been cut: whom no rumour of the polyphony, the dance, can reach - men to whom pebbles laid in a row are more beautiful than an arch. Yet even if they desire mere equality they cannot reach it. Where men are forbidden to honour a king they honour millionaires, athletes or film stars instead: even famous prostitutes or gangsters. For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison."</p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p>~ C.S. Lewis</p></p></p></p></p>