Zafur

I'm not sure if it's worth it. I have a DS and DS Lite... Kinda lame already that I got a Lite. So it's hinge cracked... I'm not sure whether to trade it in to get a DSi in blue for $100 or wait for the price drop to, I'm guessing, $130, to be able to get it in my favourite colour. Or to get it at all.

Yeah um. I don't mind if you mention religion but I think you went too into it, especially for something that doesn't have to do with religion in the first place. And no. Are you not familiar with Atheism and various philosophies? Full reply coming soon... Still typing it. ___________________________________ Reply: Look, you're taking this way too wrongly. WHERE are you getting all this? I'm going to try and clear up some things I think weren't properly explained. "Zafur, dont you see? That is how kids end up ruining their life. They constantly want freedom. Freedom is all they want they crave it and hunger for it and their parents wont give it to them. So A. They learn to respect parents and wait patiently for adulthood B. They end up killing themselves C. They end up killing parents and self. D. They disobey completely and eventually destroy their lives with drugs and alcohol. E they could even get involved in a gang and get killed or die of drunk driving. Did you see that most of those scenarios were hazardous to health. I'm not saying that it happens all the time I'm just listing possibilities." I'm talking about RESPECT one has for someone else. The only reason why most of these scenarios are bad is because you're jumping to such negative and off base conclusions. In fact, I'm not sure why you're basing most of this on freedom. I don't even "crave and hunger" for it myself. You're talking to one of the most laid back human offspring I've seen. I barely ask for the most common teenager liberties, such as hanging with friends. Is this the reason why you focused on teens wanting too much freedom? "You should be able to speak up for yourself and defend your own opinions and not have to back down just because they're your parents and "they say so"." Honestly, if you're seeing this as wanting "too much freedom"... I don't know. I believe this is the most basic amount of freedom you can give a person. If your parents say the sky is green and the grass is pink, you're going to back down and take it? If your sibling did something and blamed it on you, and you have enough proof that it wasn't you, you're going to not explain yourself and try to make them see that they're wrong? These are liberties I give people that I don't even respect myself. Even criminals get the chance to explain themselves. In fact, I don't see how wanting something as basic as this will make a person want to commit suicide, unless their parents were particularly abusive. "It is good to be civilized and it is ok to want freedom, however what is wrong is the ways you use to obtain freedom. Intentional disregard for rules to get freedom is horrible but gaining respect from your authorities and elders who then in turn give you some freedom to do___ that you could not do before is the correct way." Where are you getting this idea that I believe people should intentionally disregard rules from? You're SO offbase. Yes, I believe that you should work to gain things you want. It's how life works. However, I'm under the belief that everyone should be given a basic level of respect, and that level grows or diminishes based on how the person behaves. I'm not saying to completely have no respect at all for someone just because you "don't like" them. No need to act childish, now. "However, if you just cant wait for it and rush out of the house at 18 and never look back 1. you will destroy your family relationship 2. You will crush your parents 3. You are more likely to do drugs later on in my opinion. Freedom has his pros and cons but for now as kids (i'm pretty sure rinky is one) the gist of freedom problems is how we get it. We still have to listen and obey are parents I'm not exactly sure what you were getting at Zarfur." What's your obsession with drugs? Lol. Might be true if said teen was stupid enough to not work out the situation instead and later regretted it. If they truly felt like it was right, though, then I believe they should be happy, if they manage to make it by themselves. Of course we have to listen to parents. Our parents just need to return the favour. When I said: "Also, if someone was acting like that to me, I wouldn't have enough respect for them to "obey" them." There is a reason I put quotation marks around obey. I don't mean I was going to say "And why should I listen to you?" every time that person asks something of me. I specifically mentioned after I was still going to remain civil with them. I was referring to the amount of obedience and submissiveness the guy's father demands of him. The basic things you should be doing, like chores, yeah, I'd still do them. I wouldn't be doing his every will and whim, though. This guy is obviously getting a power high off of his son. He's completely using him and probably also abusing him mentally. If I was abused and used like that, I'd lose respect for whoever the person was. How much I lose correlates with how badly they were treating me. I have the belief that you should always try to talk it out completely. If that fails, then I lose respect. Sometimes I think a bit less of a person if I have to talk it out with someone, and I think I shouldn't even need to, but I usually get over that rather quickly.

I'm not sure if that's true or not, it's likely my parents think similarly. I, however, hate when you're forced into obedience and submission. You should be able to speak up for yourself and defend your own opinions and not have to back down just because they're your parents and "they say so". This isn't a neoNazi country, you should have the right. If anything, you should be like a trained and loyal dog, eager to please out of earned and deserved loyalty and "love". Not a broken horse forced into it. This is because I agree with Lady Aquarii's statement. Respect should be earned. Who the person is, is usually irrelevant. I think it's that you're not sure what I meant by losing respect. Just because I lost respect for someone doesn't mean I'll act like a melodramatic teenager and try to make the person's life Hell or anything. I'll still act like a mature, civilized person. (Reply is cut a bit short due to me having to leave right now. I might expand on it when I get back.)

Just had to comment. I agree with hiding things upwards, no one EVER looks up. Parents always check dressers though. I also think under the bed is a bit obvious. Try to keep it "hidden in plain sight". Something that stands right out won't be checked unless they really wanted to find something and were willing to rip up your whole room for it. If they were looking, they'd check more hidden places first and wouldn't think of checking something that looks so innocent. Don't make it TOO easy and obvious, though. Also, if someone was acting like that to me, I wouldn't have enough respect for them to "obey" them. I'd be civil and all but... Anyways, it's probably best for you to act "submissive" but indifferent like Lady Aquarii said.

Because it's more orderly in general, and humans like categorizing things. Better than RPs/Fanfics spamming the off topic board if enough people get interested. And I don't know about you, but I don't go around clicking people's profiles. I wouldn't have known that you wrote if you didn't mention it. Posting fanfics in their own section can be beneficial to people looking for good reads and feedback. Maybe it can also be a place to post Pokémon related fanart along with the fics. I'm not sure if we currently have enough people interested for it to be worth it, though.

Jynx. xP

Yes, it's perfectly possible through selective breeding. Just get two parents that combined, have 31 IVs in all stats, and you have to get lucky. Should be easier in the Advanced generation, since in D/P/Pt, the HP and Def IVs get passed down less often than usual.

Hariyama.

I have to leave pretty much right now, so we'll battle tomorrow?

Hm. I think it might've picked up the hidden hex values. I did the values for Platinum correctly but the Pokémon I was editing originated from Diamond, and I had forgotten to change it.

Oops. Sorry. I thought of that later, after I posted. Seems kinda obvious now lol. Are you guys working on extracting the data? I remember that being mentioned earlier on the old forum. I got that error trying to upload something for the first time. English ROM. Might've been the Pokémon though, since it was against another random trainer.

Breloom.

Umn.o-o In no particular order: Bayleaf Torterra Breloom[Also looks cool as shiny] Tropius Cradily [shiny<3] Celebi? Maybe?[shiny<3] If I had to choose ONE... Maybe Tropius. I got insanely attached to one in one of my GBA games. Probably Ruby or Emerald.

Ralts

Okay, I'm new to double battling and made a team more of "for the lulz" than one properly made for serious competitive battles. I want to see how well it can actually do. Rules: -Double Battle, four against four. -I don't want my team disclosed while I'm still testing it, so try not to name them by species while discussing it here. - I'm actually lenient on rules. Only thing is that all Pokémon must be able to legally exist in game. So no illegal eggmoves, stats, etc. I don't care too much species or item clauses. No AR codes either. - No ubers, for now. FC: 2793 6437 7301

Lopunny.

This is interesting, I haven't heard of the VS Recorder checking the legality of Pokémon. Then again, I haven't been playing Platinum much. I wonder why they would implement it into the recorder though...

Jackalope. Uh, I mean. Jumpluff, is it?

There's only two Pokémon with y, I think. Umm... Charizard.

Lemme see... Sneasel, especially shiny. Weavile looks too icky... The other mains I like... Umbreon/Absol/Mightyena. There's a few others, but not good enough to list as "favourite". Like Sableye, Houndoom's chain and Stunky...

Seviper. Omfg page stretcher. O_x

The style was at first a bit weird for me also, but I got used to it quick enough... I just try to ignore how skinny some of the characters look because of it. Lol I think the style was good, even if I'm not particularly for or against graffiti. The game itself was very nice. Some unexpected twists to make up for the slight clichés... [possible spoilers]Got kinda annoying being "reset" to the beginning of "the game" after a while though.>>;; [/possible spoilers]

Octillery

Clamperl. :3 One of the most forgotten Pokémon.

Quilava?