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5311
« on: October 29, 2017, 01:49:23 PM »
For someone who claims to attempt to limit suffering you sure put yourself through enough of it unnecessarily.
it loops around, though, because through this suffering, i attain enjoyment through the validation of my own superior taste i guess i'll start here  even my dad used to listen to this
5312
« on: October 29, 2017, 01:29:48 PM »
because i hate trap music and i enjoy torturing myself
recommend trap artists
5313
« on: October 29, 2017, 01:20:19 PM »
just picked it up, but i can't play right now
people have their sportsball to watch
just Switch to portable mode
yeah, but i want the first time i play to be on our nice new TV i feel strange being suddenly excited to play this game when i wasn't really all that hype for it when it was announced
5314
« on: October 29, 2017, 12:45:09 PM »
just picked it up, but i can't play right now
people have their sportsball to watch
5315
« on: October 28, 2017, 10:46:57 PM »
i have attempted 60 anime
5316
« on: October 28, 2017, 10:39:12 PM »
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Kyoto Animation, 2006, two-and-a-half episodes) Can't do it, guys. 2/10
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Madhouse, 2006, Mamoru Hosoda) Pretty simple movie with a simple premise and a simple plot. Like a lot of these highly-regarded anime films, it's rather difficult to outright hate when the message is so strong. The worst things I can say are that the animation wasn't the best (for a big budget project), and the score was pretty forgettable—but good music in anime is quite rare. I don't know, it's all right. It needed a lot more for me to consider it truly worth watching, though. It's just one of those stories that's been done a million times better, and usually by the Western film industry. 5/10
Steins;Gate (White Fox, 2011, three episodes) I like the premise, but the show itself turned out to be quite dull and uninteresting. The characters in particular are terribly bland, and I hate all of them—especially Mayuri, and the show has probably the worst sense of humor out of anything I've attempted to watch. It's very rare that an anime succeeds in making me laugh, but I can at least appreciate that something funny happened. Here, there wasn't a single joke in the three episodes that I sat through that did not make me physically cringe. Also, the harem vibes are really fucking gross, and I find it hilarious how often these sorts of these are always swept under the rug by fans. 3/10
Gintama (Sunrise, 2006, two episodes) It's not good when a comedy bores you to tears. The fact that there's a billion episodes of this shit made me drop out early, and the characters were testing my patience. Kagura is particularly insufferable, and overall, I wish I could go back to not knowing this show even exists, because—again, like Tiger & Bunny—while it may not have been the worst thing I've ever seen, I don't understand why this is one of the highest rated shows among weebs on MyAnimeList. Yeah, I only saw two episodes, but you'd think a show that good would grip me from the word "go." 4/10
Bakemonogatari (Shaft, 2009, five episodes) I've made a decision. At some point in my life—preferably before I turn 25—I'm going to procure a gun. I don't really care how I get it. I don't really care what kind of gun it is, either. It doesn't really matter. The point is, I'll be getting my hands on a firearm within the next few years. That gun is going to hang over my bedpost. Mind you, I wouldn't do anything stupid or drastic with it—it's just going to hang there. Once I move out, I'm going to take it with me, so that every single night that I sleep, it'll always be there over my head. This will serve a symbol—perhaps a monument—to my personal strength and willpower. Because every single time I watch a show like Monogatari, the constant temptation to just end it all, quickly and painlessly, will literally just be hanging over my head every step of the way—but I'll refuse to give into it. And I know that I'll refuse, because I'll know that the struggle will only be temporary. 0/10
5317
« on: October 28, 2017, 06:17:15 PM »
haven't had many opportunities lately >write article
>advance state of the art
>submit to conference call for papers
>pass peer review and get invited to present your work
>free travel, accomodation and food
>
>profit
Nothing but upsides Verb.
>work >effort ahaha, you're funny
5318
« on: October 28, 2017, 05:14:31 PM »
i'm pretty sure jono's "brain" is just a thick cloud of cheetoh and fart smoke
5319
« on: October 28, 2017, 02:39:31 PM »
so, this little dance that pauline does:  is actually a recreation of the movement that she does in the arcade game: 
5320
« on: October 28, 2017, 12:57:01 PM »
yeah, totally
haven't had many opportunities lately, but i still find it pretty fun
5321
« on: October 28, 2017, 09:40:07 AM »
5322
« on: October 27, 2017, 09:49:37 PM »
Sheila the Scyther - 55 - 134.3333333333333
Peckham the Lanturn - 55 - 132.3333333333333
Shuckie the Shuckle - 55 - 131.3333333333333
Narayan the Skarmory - 55 - 124.6666666666667
Alkali the Beedrill - 55 - 117
Rosalie the Smeargle - 55 - 85.83333333333333 I'm ready for Blue now, I think. I checked Sheila's and Narayan's Hidden Power—they have Ghost and Psychic, respectively. Not very helpful; I got rid of them immediately. On Alkali, I replaced Focus Energy with Return. I think Focus Energy has far outlived its usefulness at this point. Peckham wanted to learn Hydro Pump at one point, but I made the tough decision to decline it. Surf isn't quite as strong, but it still gets a rain boost on top of Mystic Water, and it's perfectly accurate as well. Accuracy is something I value a whole lot. Rosalie will hopefully not see any action whatsoever, but I'm having her hold Leftovers just in case.
5323
« on: October 27, 2017, 05:46:58 PM »
i stream every anime that i watch
Piracy isn't cool
i'm probably the last person you need to be telling that but i'm also not pirating anything
5324
« on: October 27, 2017, 04:34:04 PM »
Honestly the "people do it anyways" argument is the worst form of justification for anything
Why does it need to be justified? People are gonna use shit, I'd rather they're budded out taking a nap than drunk and beating their wife.
The ideal world of nobody using drugs isn't gonna happen anytime soon.
Everything we do should be justified
Just because something is the norm doesn’t mean we should just accept it
We only got to this point in human history because we wanted to change the negatives in our society
Most massive changes occur when we pioneer in completely new directions, without regard for the problems.
For example, electricity may be seen at first glance as an advance against our dependency on fossil fuels to light our homes, but when you consider that our dependency actually increased as a result, you realize that this modern marvel was, in fact, developed purely because we could. It's the same with advances in aerospace, compound materials, and nearly every other revolutionary product.
These advances were made purely in the interest of advance, no matter the eccentricity and no matter what problems may be resolved, or created, in the fallout.
We owe societal advancement to people who ask questions that have not been asked before, not to people who scurry about trying to solve all the world's problems.
damn you're stupid as hell😂😂😂
you both are
5325
« on: October 27, 2017, 03:49:22 PM »
i stream every anime that i watch
5326
« on: October 27, 2017, 02:32:42 PM »
Crunch time for the squad. For Blue, I'm gonna try to bring everyone up to level 55, or at least 54.
To help Shuckie stall with Toxic, I taught Protect to Sheila, Alkali, and Narayan. This will also help them scout out dangerous moves, and it's just a cool move to have in general. I also replaced Sheila's Slash with Return.
Looking over some options in the box in case shit hits the fan. Kurama is still on deck should anything horrible happen, but I really hope it doesn't come to that, given how frail he is. If it does, I'll have to teach moves like Sunny Day and Fire Blast, as well as teach Agility to Rosalie, forgoing Substitute (which would suck major ass).
I haven't forgotten about December, Verbette, Mr. Green, or the others either. Just trying to carefully weigh the options.
Worst comes to worst, I have a Snorlax (strongest non-legendary in the game).
If I totally wipe to Blue or Red, though, that'll be curtains for the run. I wouldn't wanna continue after that.
5327
« on: October 27, 2017, 01:29:27 PM »
Question for you.
Considering you're not a huge fan of Nintendo's Amiibo business plan (if I remember correctly) but also don't like """modding,""" what's your stance on the 3rd-party Amiibo Cards people have been selling that allow players of BOTW access to the exclusive outfits like the Fierce Diety set, Epona, and Skyward Sword outfit?
as much as i hate amiibos, i hate trampling on IP rights even more as unfortunate as it is, if we're interested in using nintendo's products, and we care about having a moral compass, we're pretty much obliged to directly purchase literally anything that nintendo wants us to pay money for the fact that i don't support amiibos means that i don't get to reap any of their benefits; to do otherwise would be hypocritical, or having my cake and eating it too i won't stop anyone else from getting their hands on bootlegs if they want to, but for me, two wrongs don't make a right though i can totally understand wanting to, and i can understand the frustration nintendo ought to produce amiibo cards themselves for people who just want the content that they're being locked out of, and aren't necessarily interested in hunting for extortionately-priced toys as well
5328
« on: October 27, 2017, 01:03:35 PM »
Would you ever smoke a blunt or rip a bong with me?
Sure why not. You grow your own?
Kill yourselves
Gotta agree with verb on this one.
What's wrong with weed? It doesn't hurt anybody.
and if it doesn't hurt anybody that means it's good haha right on brother
5329
« on: October 27, 2017, 10:35:59 AM »
>naming your Pokémon
>ever
No thanks.
wow do you even love your pokémon
5330
« on: October 27, 2017, 01:06:14 AM »
That said, the less likely I am to use a Pokémon, the less creative I care to be. I have a Goldeen that I named Monty for basically no reason. The last Pokémon I caught, Staryu, is named Decarabia, after my favorite Shin Megami Tensei demon.
5331
« on: October 27, 2017, 01:03:22 AM »
where do you come up with your nicknames
Funny you should ask—I normally go with a special theme, like Greek Gods or something, but this time, I decided to just pull them straight from the noggin, just to force myself to be creative. Since I caught Scyther in this game's equivalent of the Safari Zone, it made me think of how someone like Steve Irwin would react to seeing one in the outback. I almost named her "Crikey," but then when I realized she was female, I went with Sheila instead. Aussie slang is fun. Lanturn is named Peckham after "Peckhamian mimicry," the scientific term for an angler fish's method of predation. Probably the name I'm least proud of on my A-team, but it's grown on me. When I caught Alkali, she must have used Poison Sting on me six or seven times before I was able to find a safe way to weaken her. She never poisoned me a single time. When a bee sting's venom is not acidic, it's alkali—so I figured that would make a pretty good name. Rosalie is named after Rosa Bonheur, a French animalière (an artist who paints animals and animal behaviors, just like a Smeargle). When naming Pokémon after real people, I typically use their surnames—but in this case, "Bonheur" happens to sound a lot like "boner," even when pronounced properly. So I just went with her birth name instead. It was too perfect, otherwise. Skarmory is named Narayan, because I was listening to The Prodigy at the time, and it seemed quite fitting. In Hinduism, Narayana is basically the god of gods.
5332
« on: October 27, 2017, 12:26:42 AM »
i really want it, but i have so many other things to play too
5333
« on: October 27, 2017, 12:21:06 AM »
All right, here's where everyone is at in terms of stats: Pokémon - Level - Stat average
Sheila the Scyther - 51 - 123.5
Peckham the Lanturn - 51 - 121.5
Shuckie the Shuckle - 51 - 121
Narayan the Skarmory - 51 - 114.3333333333333
Alkali the Beedrill - 51 - 107.3333333333333
Rosalie the Smeargle - 51 - 79 Everyone's looking pretty good. - I've reunited the five champions, boxing Kurama for the time being. - Shuckie knows Toxic and Protect now, making him a premiere staller. - Alkali knows Hidden Power Dragon again in place of Cut, just because. - Rosalie sketched her fourth move: Belly Drum. In ten more levels, Rosalie's gonna sketch Baton Pass from my Mr. Mime. The original plan was to have her sketch it from Madam, but then she went and died. Chaplin happens to learn the move naturally as well, though, so that's still an option. My level cap right now is 58, so she won't be able to abuse her strategy during the Blue fight. After I fight Blue, though, the level cap will shoot up to 81 or something, so that'll work out just fine.
5334
« on: October 26, 2017, 11:18:04 PM »
Would you ever smoke a blunt or rip a bong with me?
Sure why not. You grow your own?
Kill yourselves
5335
« on: October 26, 2017, 05:50:21 PM »
No preference, they're both good when they're good.
One of the biggest caveats with procedural generation is the high emphasis on rng (especially with roguelikes). Would you consider this frustration or a feature (more replayability)?
Feature. As long as you have a robust algorithm, you can minimize the frustration that such RNG would cause. I think Minecraft does this reasonably well, and I've heard good things about Diablo, but it's definitely an issue that some other games seem to struggle with (No Man's Sky, Daggerfall).
5336
« on: October 26, 2017, 04:48:28 PM »
All right, I took out Brock, Blaine, and Sabrina.
Brock was pretty easy overall, but things got a little bit dicey with his Omastar. I tried having Narayan fight it with Steel Wing, intending to reduce its high Defense a little bit, but I forgot—Steel Wing doesn't lower their Defense. That's Iron Tail.
Still, the move did exactly 50%, so I thought it would be okay to just go for it aga—AND THEN IT FUCKING MISSES of course why do I never learn from these things jesus christ
The Omastar responded with Surf, and Narayan barely survived with 17 HP left. From then on, I switched to Madam and had her blast everything away with Psychic, because that's what she does.
Blaine should've been easy, too, but I lost yet another Pokémon due to bad RNG. I lead with Madam and just spammed Psychic throughout the whole fight, pretty much—but his last Pokémon was a level 50 Rapidash, and Madam was level 47 at the time. I assumed she would be able to take it on, because Rapidash's Special Attack is quite a bit lower than its Attack—so, even if it uses something crazy like Fire Blast, Madam should honestly be able to tank it.
And then it critical'd. A one-hit KO at full health. Can't tank that.
According to Showdown's calculator, Madam was guaranteed to have survived with about 30-40% had it not been a crit. I can't be upset at random bullshit—it happens, and it wasn't my fault at all. The only thing I could've done was to just NOT use Madam, but I'm not the kind of person who lives in fear that every attack is going to result in a crit. Just gotta go for it sometimes. The only upsetting thing is having lost a pretty solid teammate who has been here since the Lake of Rage.
Only a couple Pokémon left to use, now—Rosalie the Smeargle and Shuckie the Dragonslaying Shuckle. I decided it was time to bring back Rosalie. She knows Spore now, miraculously, so she'll actually be extremely useful in these upcoming fights.
When I fought Sabrina, I played it excruciatingly safe. Even though she only has three Pokémon, a STAB Psychic is going to hit like a freight train, so I made liberal use of Narayan's defenses and struck her down with Sheila.
There's only one gym left now, and this is gonna be the toughest one before Red.
I'm giving it some thought right now, and I'm considering retiring Kurama early. He'll never evolve, his stats are very, very low, and his overall usefulness has been tapering off. If I bring back Shuckie, that'll also reunite the five surviving champions—and, yeah, I think that's how it's gonna have to be. I'll teach Shuckie Toxic before the Red fight and see where that takes me.
5337
« on: October 26, 2017, 04:16:04 PM »
No preference, they're both good when they're good.
5338
« on: October 26, 2017, 03:07:47 PM »
Had to replace Quadcore with somebody, so I went with Madam, even though I need to start training Rosalie, too.
Misty was simple enough to take out—Peckham ran a train over her with Rain Dance + Thunder. Quagsire may have been immune, but it still couldn't handle a rain-boosted Surf.
Just four more badges.
5339
« on: October 26, 2017, 12:28:34 PM »
Janine was supposed to be the easiest gym leader.
She specializes in Poison, which is perhaps the most underwhelming type in the game. It's not super effective against anything, it doesn't have any powerful attacks to exploit, and her entire team is comprised of Pokémon in their level 30s, whereas my team is comprised of five level 50s and a level 45 Porygon.
My Porygon can also change into the Steel-type, like I described earlier, which invalidates all Poison-type moves. Theoretically, all I need to do is set up Conversion, and I've instantly won the fight.
And, sure, I won the fight. But in true Verbatim fashion, I found a way to fuck something up.
I led with Quadcore, intending to use my patent-pending Conversion + Iron Tail strategy.
She led with her level 33 Crobat. I have literally no reason to be afraid at all. She uses Confuse Ray, which is perhaps one of the only moves she can actually use to fuck with me. But it's okay, because all Quadcore has to do is convert to Steel-type, and he'll be absolutely fine.
But Quadcore hits himself. But okay, that's fine. I'll just try it again next turn. No big deal.
Then Crobat uses Screech, putting me at -2 Defense. But it's OKAY. I'm still not worried.
But then Quadcore hits himself AGAIN, taking a little bit of extra damage now after that defense drop. He's at 65% now.
BUT IT'S OKAY, BECAUSE IT'S A LEVEL 45 AGAINST A LEVEL 33.
HITTING MYSELF IN CONFUSION TWICE IN A ROW IS ONE IN FOUR, SO IT'S BOUND TO HAPPEN ONCE IN AWHILE.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG IF I TRY TO GO FOR CONVERSION A THIRD TIME?
The Crobat could get a critical hit on Wing Attack. That's what could happen. Quadcore fucking dies.
That, my friends, was a chain of events that had a 1 in 64 chance of occurring, and—don't worry, I checked the numbers—it was the only chain of events that NEEDED to happen in order for this fucking Crobat to actually take out my Porygon. According to Showdown's damage calculator, Quadcore easily could've survived the critical hit. He just didn't. The RNG won.
This all could've been prevented if I just used someone else, like Narayan, who doesn't need to waste a turn using Conversion to be a Steel-type. I just wanted to have a little bit of fun with my favorite Pokémon, that's all. Silly me. I seem to have forgotten what run I was playing. The run that's been fueled by pure shit, piss, and memes since the very beginning.
I proceeded to slaughter the rest of her team effortlessly with Sheila. I wanted this fight to be a little bit more fun and interesting than that, but the game wasn't having it.
I mean, I guess random death is interesting in and of itself, but for fuck's sake. It just had to be my favorite.
5340
« on: October 26, 2017, 10:58:42 AM »
the worst thing about the game is just the concept
like, what place do zombies have in this franchise
but it's whatever
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