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  1. <p><p><p><p><p><p>Happy birthday Troll bird!</p></p></p></p></p></p>

  2. <p><p><p><p><p><p>Yeah I know what you are. You're crazy son!</p></p></p></p></p></p>

  3. <p><p><p><p><p><p>............. yeah I have no idea what is going on in your household <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/mellow.png" alt=":|" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/mellow@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /></p></p></p></p></p></p>

  4. <p><p><p><p><p><p>Don't worry about it. It wasn't too right of a time for me either as you could see...</p></p></p></p></p></p>

  5. <p><p><p><p><p><p>Happy birthday Werewolf!</p></p></p></p></p></p>

  6. <p><p><p><p><p><p>Probably in an hour... and @___@ poor Pidgey!</p></p></p></p></p></p>

  7. <p><p><p><p><p><p>Ooh yes. Martin Luther... there's a LOT about this man that changed the way the medieval people thought and a lot in the political landscape. Mind you, his ideas were not new and the Protestant way of thinking did exist since the beginning of Christianity. A very important figure might I add... and maybe one of the reasons why Germany was chosen to be targeted by the Vatican. More on that later...</p></p></p></p></p></p>

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    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Talking about WWI and the events leading to WWII. I could go more into this eventually, and even to the past. However, I'm of the belief Rome (read: Vatican City) is behind all of this, selecting GERMANY in particular to take revenge on them for the Protestant Reformation that took place in 1500s by Martin Luther.</p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>I suppose I could go on PO eventually, but wait a bit.</p></p></p></p></p></p>

     

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    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Media is AIDS. Eh, I think Wilhelm was right in many ways, but wasn't communicating effectively and that everyone was too blinded by their hatred of his personality to understand his goals, and used that little struggle between the Russians and the Germans as an excuse to attack the Second Reich once and for all. Russian's so called allies Britain and France were cheering when the Russian Empire fell and the Americans didn't even join until that moment, and had a clever excuse to join (Lusitania sunk because they brought the ship PROVOKING German U-boats to attack it when the Germans CLEARLY said do NOT bring any boats there). Seriously...</p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>As much as I despise Hitler, I think his leadership skills were rather needed for Germany in shambles at that time... but they shouldn't have kicked the Kaiser out.</p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Interesting. But there were other reasons why Rome fell though, and it isn't just economy. Rome hasn't really fallen btw... it still exists, waiting to be restored.</p></p></p></p></p></p>

     

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    <p><p><p><p><p><p>I never watched Death Note though. How is it?</p></p></p></p></p></p>

     

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    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Well of course, but if it wasn't for the American involvement, the dynasties may have been preserved. But of course there were others. George V calls Wilhelm II the most evil beast who has ever lived on earth. However he declines the idea of hanging him. Wilhelm was sent to exile in Netherlands. Hitler and the Nazis kept toying around with him, but Wilhelm was no friend to them, and Hitler even forbade people to attend Wilhelm's funeral, which most of the Nazis defied. Wilhelm asked that he wouldn't be buried in Germany as long as it isn't a monarchy and no swastikas be shown in his funeral. His first wish was granted... the second one? Not so much <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/unsure.png" alt=":/" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/unsure@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /></p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>France had a huge grudge against Germany mind you since the 1870s... which I'm sure you already knew. </p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>What particular mistake about the Romans are you speaking of? It's interesting you say that because America is pretty much modeled heavily on Greco-Roman influences. Just look at District of Columbia; it speaks for itself.</p></p></p></p></p></p>

     

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    <p><p><p><p><p><p>The stereotypes don't just stop with just the Germans. But Americans are dumb enough that they can't tell the difference between an Arab and a Russian (true fact)!</p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Treaty of Versailles put too much pressure on the Germans... kicking out the Hapsburg and Hohenzollern out of the scene. It was mostly, yes, due to the American pressure and how and why they were involved. Politics is a game... much like chess, the pawns go first. Only with America, it is deceitful. At least in former European monarchies, people would gladly give their lives for their nation to either defend it or whatnot. But with the Americans... there's always some "tyrant" across the seas that they must slay and spread democracy because it is what the people want. Sinking of ships (Lusitania, Maine, etc...) all end up with Americans fighting some foreign nation for the ends of the politician!</p></p></p></p></p></p>

     

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    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Eh the Russians were a terrible breed at that point too. They were headed by Stalin and it was the Soviet Union, which the Americans would fight afterwards in the Cold War. They only allied with each other for practical reasons, and as much as I hate to say it, but I would side with the Americans in this case, as they are the LESSER of the two evils. But yes, I see what you mean.</p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Oh you don't know how terribly the Germans were treated before all this incident. Kaiser Wilhelm II, aka Kaiser Bill, the one every Allied powers of WWI would say was a tyrant, brute, and evil, was not a bad person at all. He was maligned horribly by the media and the British, especially by his first cousin King George V, who hated his guts. In fact, all of his cousins/relatives hated him, which was sad. Well, I'm not sure about his other cousin, Nicholas II, but Germans and Russians went into war against each other because of Serbia. If they didn't kick out Wilhelm... there would have been no Hitler.</p></p></p></p></p></p>

     

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    <p><p><p><p><p><p>That sounds like stuff I've talked about before. Russian winter storm, always saving them. During Alexander I's reign, Napoleon was stopped hard cold by the winterstorm, here it repeats with Hitler's forces. During the Seven Years War, the Prussian (present day Germany) king was about to commit suicide as he was going to be destroyed completely by the Russians, but a miracle happened according to them... as Empress Elisabeth of Russia died that night and her successor was Peter III, who was pro-Prussian, and he pulled away the Russians from the war. It was called the Miracle of the House of Brandenburg. Hitler was hoping something like that would happen but it didn't... instead he got the Napoleon treatment. Oops.</p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Just stating that because it came into my mind.</p></p></p></p></p></p>

     

  15. <p><p><p><p><p><p>Every time I try bringing that stuff up they go "Oh there he goes again..." It's definitely not easy to talk about stuff like that. Sometimes attentive, other times it's just the typical me or whatever. I don't know if most people really want to go deep.</p></p></p></p></p></p>

  16. <p><p><p><p><p><p>Deep stuff with family? Okay... yeah happens sometimes, but not all the time. And stuff like that brings you down?</p></p></p></p></p></p>

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    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Nothing much man. Yeah it was my birthday, but nothing eventful happened <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/unsure.png" alt=":/" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/unsure@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /></p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>How's you?</p></p></p></p></p></p>

     

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    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Yes moar religious talks we shall <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><p><p>Thanks man. And I do appear on the front page... weird. <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/mellow.png" alt=":|" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/mellow@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /></p></p></p></p></p></p>

     

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    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Party Wraith is in the House Tonight!</p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Everybody just have a good-*gets shot*</p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>NO NO NO!</p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Heh heh, thanks for your birthday wishes SM2. Ca va?</p></p></p></p></p></p>

     

  20. <p><p><p><p><p><p>Thank you PokePoindexter.</p></p></p></p></p></p>

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    <p><p><p><p><p><p>I knew you'd do that. Glad you remembered <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin.png" alt=":D" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /></p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Merci beaucoup, Monsieur Ray!</p></p></p></p></p></p>

     

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    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Emperor Joseph II of Austrian Empire once said "Government should be for the people but never by the people". He was the musical emperor... the one during Mozart's time, and the brother of the tragic Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France.</p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Like I said, democracy is too ideal for people. The elites are looking for a worldwide democracy, reviving old Atlantis. I may sound silly now, but it will all make sense pretty soon.</p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>I would never rely on government for everything. Their role is to protect people's rights and govern over us, not to tyrannise us! Modern republics tend to do that, very unstable. The only reason America doesn't suffer that is because it is based off British checks and balances and some Polish aspects. But still, head of state = president representing Walmart or McDonald's instead of a monarch representing the good of the nation. There's UK's and US's primary difference.</p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Yeah sure, PO.</p></p></p></p></p></p>

     

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    <p><p><p><p><p><p>That's exactly a problem; trivial matters for the sake of stupidity! People these days <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/unsure.png" alt=":/" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/unsure@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /></p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>These presidents know they can pretty much do whatever they want for 5 years (5 years in France... 4 years in U.S. methinks and possibility of re-election) so nothing stops them and will do whatever they want to be in power and do whatever they want to change the political landscape. It's disturbing... and in the UK the PM has too much power atm. The parliament seems to make all the decisions for the Queen... all due to democracy <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/unsure.png" alt=":/" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/unsure@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /></p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Separation can be a good thing sometimes, but at other times it's disturbing (apartheid anyone?). However, right now the world is going into a union that it has never seen before. It's rather scary and seems like the revival of the Roman Empire...</p></p></p></p></p></p>

    <p><p><p><p><p><p>Got three hours to kill? Or too busy?</p></p></p></p></p></p>

     

  24. Eh the first gym was rather okay. Asides from a critical hit Incinerate that hit my Snivy for lethal damage, I was fine even without the opposite elemental monkey. Problem with Lenora is that Retaliate that comes out after Herdier faints is going to be very lethal (left like 20 HP on my 72 HP Servine). I know there are a couple of fighters available in the following route (Throh/Sawk/Timburr), but you will need to grind to allow them to take a hit or two from Herdier's Take Down. Relying on one slow Pokemon to take down two otherwise powerful ones is tough. Nonetheless, I believe the fighters were placed at that specific route for a reason, despite the fact it is a weird habitat for them to be in. That being said, Watchog itself is not a pushover. I believe it also had stuff like Crunch and Hypnosis to further mess with your Pokemon, and at that stage it was pretty fast for a Pokemon. It's a pushover in the late stage of the game, and if that thing remained Lenora's signature Pokemon during theoretical rematches, it would easily be handed over 9001 times over. But at this point of the game, incredibly tough. Strange. I found Burgh quite the pushover. But maybe because I had a Tranquill (the only other Pokemon I had at this point was Servine in my party). I'm sure they would have been nightmares otherwise for Servine, and it took two Air Cutters to take Leavanny down. Struggle Bug on the other hand is just... meh. It's annoying but not thoroughly dangerous. I'll bet Pignite would make this gym much easier though. Elesa wasn't too tough for my Servine (who was overleveled at this point at 35). However Emolgas were frankly very annoying and Zebstrika can hurt. To be frank, I don't remember what happened, but nothing too serious really because I wouldn't have sent out Tranquill against an Electric gym! I think I spammed Growth + Return or something... I forget. Problem here is all three starters are weak to whatever Elesa has to offer (Aerial Ace hits Servine and Pignite super effectively, electric attacks are the bane of Dewott's existence). I think they intentionally made this one tough because people fanboy over Elesa, but they do offer Ground Pokemon much before this gym, making it easier. Unfortunately, two of her Pokemon happen to be Flying types. Great -__- Clay came at the wrong time; I was able to spam Coil on my Serperior and Leaf Blade his whole team to death. I wonder how it would be otherwise. Now, I caught a Vanillite just outside the Cold Storage place, and I think they were trying to help you out with it because Ice beats Ground. Unfortunately, that wasn't meant to be, as Vanillite's Icy Wind didn't OHKO the Drilburs used by the Jr. Trainers, and even after speed reduction it was still slower than a Drilbur who Metal Claw'd it to death. It certainly isn't happening; the Pokemon offered at this point is hardly of any use. Now there are also Grass Pokemon in the next route (Deerlings and such) which may be of some help, but I didn't try that approach yet. All of the starters has some sort of advantage against his Pokemon, though Emboar is weak to Ground attacks and Palpitoad can still hurt him. Skyla is... nearly naked. What the heck? Only one of her Pokemon knows Acrobatics, and that is Swoobat. Other than that, they all fall prey to whatever you have at this point. Funny how Zebstrika is available at level 27 in the rainy route near the town, so yeah, I thought this gym was pretty easy. I used Serperior's Coil + Return, however. Seems to work every time. In Celestial Tower they offer you some Litwicks to catch in the wild to fight against Brycen. It still sucks though, and Brycen wasn't too challenging. I used my Vanillish's Flash Cannon (TM found in Twist Mountain) and Litwick (level 40 after intense grinding) to fight him. Litwick trollishly needed one extra level to evolve. Cryogonal took minimal damage from either Flash Cannon or Flame Burst though because of its incredibly high special defence. Fighting that thing requires physical attacks and someone who can resist Ice moves. Emboar comes into mind. The dragon gym was annoying, but Serperior's Coil + Return worked because all they would do is spam Dragon Dance and Dragon Tail has negative priority. Cryogonal's problem is... it's too rare, but in theory I think it should work. I tried Vanillish against the trainers in the gym. While holding an Eviolite, over 50% of its HP got chunked off from Fraxure's Dragon Claw who was faster than Vanillish. I hate how overpowered these new Pokemon are Overall I still think the hardest is Lenora. I find some justifications in people claiming for Elesa or strangely Clay, but all in all I think it depends on what Pokemon you have on your team. I just picked the ones I think looks cool, which basically spelled disaster for me during the E4, but still worked nonetheless. The leveling curve was at least better than HGSS's sudden level spikes, I'll give you that much.
  25. <p><p><p><p><p><p>Oh, and the other problem with democracy; people NEVER know what they want. Once people get all that power some few handful of revolutionaries fight for, they all wonder what to do with it. So they just agree with whatever is politically correct or what their neighbours want. I know we all have our opinions, but for the most part, everyone needs a leader. China is a great example: that is a nation that will never do without a leader, and so the communist nation they are in, no matter how bad it is, is essentially the filler for their lost empire. When republics such as America elects their leaders, the leader owes some allegiance to their political party, instead of seeking the benefit of their nation. That is a problem. What America needs is a leader that is beyond popular votes, any partisan political parties, and seeking the benefit of their nation instead of ideologies, but they got past that back in 1783 right? Oh wait...</p></p></p></p></p></p>

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