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  1. randomspot555
    It's slower (as you point out) and in this speed fast game, that's very important. As a lead, it serves no purpose at all. And with every other team using SR, and his isn't, he has a perfect slot for Ape as a Fake Out-SR lead. It hits harder, but what good is it if most of the other Pokemon it goes against outspeed it and will OHKO it? It's not that he can't use Blazieken, he can do whatever he wants. But in OU, Blaziken needs to be different than poor-man's Infernape, and his set is not. (if you wanna continue conversing, mind taking it to VM/PM? Thanks)
  2. randomspot555
    If you respond to well thought out points on why Infernape is better than Blaziken in this situation by "I don't care" (as well as many other points with the same TLDR response), it shows you are not open to having your team criticizied. You are intentionally putting yourself at a disadvantage. If you can come up with a justification for your team, IE a reason that your Blaziken set is better than Infernape, and more importantly is doing something Ape can't do, then great. But you reject very sound advice with little to no thought. You're not looking to have this rated. Stop posting here unless you are willing to listen.
  3. randomspot555
    Well, offer some evidence. What does Blaziken do against common leads? It's got a ground, psychic, and water weakness, and takes neutral from Explosion, and can't stop Taunt or Stealth Rock set up. Will it even survive the first turn if Azelf hits it with Psychci, or Aero with Earthquake? There's nothing wrong with using your favorites. But there's a difference between using a Pokemon to serve a unique purpose than using a Pokemon as a bad version of another. Blaziken is outclassed by Infernape in almost every single way. Blaziken can do what Infernape can in UU, but Ape can do everything it can in OU as well as run several different anti-lead sets. What use is Fly? It's literally a chance for your opponent to either switch or set up. In the odd Rain Dance team, it's also a great time to use Thunder. Considering flying types only hit bug and fighting for Super Effective, one of thsoe fighting types can hit Mence in the air via No Guard. If you use 3 UU and 3 OU, you need to make a decision of which game you want to play. You might want to look into just ditching your OU Pokes and replacing them with UU/NU so you don't have to worry about getting mauled by Scizor, Heatran, etc...
  4. randomspot555
    We're not like competing with anyone else. We have some things on our forums, and other forums have other features. We're just here to have fun.
  5. randomspot555
    Thanks for stopping by. I hope you like it here and stick around for a while.
  6. randomspot555
    Gold/Silver battery problems are pretty well known. I believe Crystal does not have the same problems, but I'm not 100% certain.
  7. randomspot555
    Pointless lead that serves no real purpose. Swampert, Aerodactyl, Bronzong, and Azelf all have moves that can easily KO it and will even get to set up SR. This doesn't do anything to stop them at all. I could go on and rate the rest of the team, but you basically took 6 Pokemon and threw them together and called them a team. Along with the fairly poor EV spreads such as 255 and the useless move Fly (which should only ever be used on Flygon), I can't see this team doing much against a competent player.
  8. randomspot555
    I'm playing Emerald right now. And since the non-4th gen forums get next to no traffic, figured I'd ask here.
  9. randomspot555
    When you get gym badges, the ones that don't increase level obiedience, they say "your Pokemon will be a bit stronger" or "a bit faster." Does this actually DO anything or are they just fucking with our minds?
  10. randomspot555
    Your "style" is putting you at a disadvantage to everyone else who doesn't follow the pointless rules you impose on yourself. On another note, don't post in the wrong forum. And don't re-post this in Team Discussion until you've read the rules there (IE clearly defined roles for your team). Posting the Pokemon, EVs, and move sets tells us nothing about your strategy. TLDR: Lurk more, read the stickies/rules, and read the forum description before posting in it. Locked.
  11. randomspot555
    Mencie has the better design, by far. I hate Garchomp's design, and I think it's Plat sprite is ridiculous.
  12. randomspot555
    Ok ,I'll try this one more time: Game cartridges are not made individually. They are made en masse. Like, hundreds of thousands all at the same time. For example, the initial pressing of Japanese D/P had a few pretty big glitches such as Ditto being able to keep moves that it copies during Transform, and the E4 Surf Glitch allowing you to capture Darkrai and Shaymin. These only existed in the initial pressing because, presumably, officials caught wind of the glitches and fixed them so that later pressings don't have them. A more recent example is a defect in some baby strollers that caused severed fingers in a dozen or so cases (source). One million were recalled likely because they were made around the same time with the same materials, and if there's a problem with some, there's a problem with all. It's nearly impossible that just YOUR 3rd gen Pokemon game is defective due to it's manufacturing. You're more likely to win the lottery tomorrow. It's far more likely that you or someone else took poor care of it. Because somehow, millions of others were pressed, likely from the same plant yours came from, using the same materials and the same workers working the machines, and they made it out fine. I have several dozen Gameboy fat and GBA games that work fine, some of which have been put through nothing short of hot cars out in humid weather with no shade. I guess? I'm not arguing about cloning. But your claim that your game is/was defective due to it's manufacturing is, at best, unprovable. At worse, a lie.
  13. randomspot555
    Yeah, stick with accuracy in-game. Major hax happens with 85% accuracy moves.
  14. randomspot555
    You are insisting that cartridges can just magically fail. That's false. The facts are this: G/S have battery issues that will prevent saves from being made. No other Pokemon games have any reported defects. If your game honestly was defective, Nintendo has been very good with their warrantty's even replacing it way beyond it's extension.
  15. randomspot555
    You might've meant that, but you certainly didn't say that. So you don't understand how a Pokemon generated from a code is not legit?
  16. randomspot555
    In the Gold/Silver games, yes. In other Pokemon games, no. Any problem with a cartridge is much more likely due to poor care on part of the owner, or purchasing a bootleg, than the quality of the cart itself. The carts are manufactured in mass quantities. It is extremely unlikely that only a few carts would have problems and 99% of the others from the same pressing would be fine. These games aren't supposed to last FOREVER. But since I can easily find Pokemon games of all gens that work (again, except G/S), anybody experience problems with carts probably took poor care of it.
  17. randomspot555
    I prefer not to worry about Focus Blast. I do usually run Curse-Sub sets so I don't often worry about it, but if there's no sub, I'm switching no matter what. I prefer to concentrate on Heatran's Earth Power. With 216 sp D and max HP, I think Heatran's Earthpower is something like a 4hko. Without those spD EVs, it can easily get a 3hko, maybe even 2 if it gets a SpD lower hit.
  18. randomspot555
    I'm open to Wi-Fi tournaments. However, please stop posting threads like "hey guyz want a tourney?!?!?!". Start by communicating with people and make sure you have enough people for the tournament to start before posting a thread. IE if it's a gyms + E4 + Champion, you need 13 people with their teams ready and all that good stuff.
  19. randomspot555
    Game batteries just don't magically die. I have tons of Gameboy fat games purchased back when they were originally released that still work. The only Pokemon games released that had battery issues were the Gen II Gold/Silver. And the problem isn't the battery being "dead", because games still work. It's just save files might get erased and you can't save again. I've never heard of any of the 3rd gen games having an issue with still working due to the battery.
  20. randomspot555
    No shit. Any Arceus from an Action Replay code is hacked.
  21. randomspot555
    Hippowdon as a lead still works, at least against Pert, Bronzong, and Metagross. Depending on how common the latter two are, you might want to switch Celebi out for a Rotom form or Dusknoir to absorb explosions. Swampert has a hell of a time against Aerodactyl and Azelf suicide leads, who'll always Taunt first because Swampert has no way of dealing with them. You can have Scizor take out Aerodactyl (it'll still get SR). And Heatran can safely switch into Azelf for the most part. In fact, it shoudl be the switch since it would work out great if it was Trick-Scarf. I really don't see what Gliscor is doing that Hippow isn't already doing. Even kept around, Toxic isn't necessary since Tentacruel is laying down spikes. It can still stay on the team, but it's not doing anything Hippowdon already isn't doing. Speaking of Tentacruel, I think you've completely missed the point of it as a Rapid Spinner. Giga Drain is useful against ONE Pokemon, and that Pokemon is just doing to Earthquake it. The big selling point is Knock Off (as well as absorbing Toxic Spikes,etc..). You KNOW that dumb Rotom is going to come in and block your Rapid Spin, so Knock Off that Choice Scarf it tries to trick onto you. Band Scizor is meant to be switching in and out a lot. Superpower over Brick Break. You've got a good combination of covering your weaknesses, you've got various checks on status, but only two Pokemon are really on the offense. Everyone else is hoping that their defense plays well. Gliscor is dead weight on this team, and you have no clear Gyarados counter...or even a single electric attack. So here is your new Pokemon: Rotom-L w/ Leftovers Levitate Bold/Calm 252 HP/168 DEF/88 Speed - Leaf Storm - Thunderbolt - Reflect - Light Screen/Will O Wisp Any number of Hidden Powers can be run instead of a Screens place. This also still gives you that ground immunity that you got out of Gliscor. Also serves as a pretty decent check on Swampert as well. Will O Wisp seems pointless with Screens down, but it helps immensly with Scizor switch ins. It'll do a laughable amount of damage with Pursuit while you don't switch out and T-bolt it to death.
  22. randomspot555
    This is for game discussion, not hacking help.
  23. randomspot555
    The honest answer is we have no idea as no one outside of those employed by The Pokemon Company (who host the tournaments) has any real knowledge of the machine outside of what individuals witnessed at tournaments. My personal opinion is don't be a dick. At the tournament, there will be hundreds, maybe even thousands, of people who either choose not to hack, don't have the ability to hack, or might not have even heard of it. It's different among casual play, but when there's prizes involved, cmon, be a man and raise legit Pokemon.
  24. randomspot555
    So who handles username changes? A-Admins and above?
  25. randomspot555
    So...basically, you want a translator and a web designer to work for free so you can put a bunch of fandom crap on the Internet? There's a good reason why so many fan-subs of Japanese animes stop being translated, because so few people have the computer and language skills in English and Japanese to carry out the task. Good luck, but you are naively idealistic about basically hiring two people doing work for free.
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