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Wild Card round starts in a half hour. My prediction is Yankees win the AL and Padres win the NL.

I prefer to watch videos about stuff I'm not interested in playing or watching myself. I mean I don't really need a review to influence me if it's something I want to actually experience myself.

Both great. I have to go with Blastoise though. Although I do wish Venusaur had gotten that Wild Card spot instead.

Venusaur
Feraligatr
Swampert
Torterra
Samurott
Greninja
Decidueye
Inteleon
Skeledirge

5 Water
3 Grass
1 Fire

Very similar trend to my favorite base forms for me. Water is always king as far as quantity, but the Grass types I do pick are usually close to my overall favorites. Feraligatr, Venusaur, and Torterra are my top 3 in that order.

Bulbasaur
Totodile
Mudkip
Piplup
Snivy
Froakie
Rowlet
Sobble
Quaxly

Water nearly sweeps. I don't feel too strongly about Gens 4, 8, and 9, but the other Generations are absolute locks as far as my favorite goes. Fire starters are the definition of always second place to me. I I like every single Fire starter in their base form. It's just that there's always a Water or Grass starter in the same generation that I like more.

Snubbull in Y was my first true shiny ever. I was doing a Nuzlocke of Y when I got it, and I found that Granbull is actually pretty good through most of the game. Fairy typing is really a massive buff for it.

The Silmarillion is my favorite because I find Middle-earth and its history so intriguing. It is incredibly dense though and certainly not for everyone.

CADE_FOSTER posted...

Mets would be smart not to let a division opponent into the playoffs

I know most Mets fans absolutely want the Braves to be eliminated.

That Game 1 was incredible. I only had a chance to catch the end on the radio after work. But definitely a classic.

Irony posted...

I used to like watching the CPU fight each other in Smash Bros

I used to set up tournaments in Melee for this. I seem to remember Ganondorf always doing pretty well. Oddly enough, the idea lost its appeal to me with Brawl and Smash 4 when the rosters expanded. You'd think AI tournaments would be more fun with larger rosters. It just hit different with Melee.

Tyranthraxus posted...

I've seen a few episodes but I'm not invested in it. It looks cool though I guess.

brestugo posted...

It is made with high quality, fwiw. It looks pretty good.

This. It's perfectly understandable why it's so appealing to a younger audience. They're short videos, high quality, easy to follow, and it follows a war that is infinitely escalating.

Yeah Bulbasaur is insanely popular. Definitely one of the most notable missing Pokemon here. Another one who's absence is very egregious is Vaporeon. I'm personally not a fan of Vaporeon, but there's no question about it's popularity.

Choco posted...

why is this close...

I figured it would be. I thought Scolipede would have a good chance of winning because it's a cool Bug. But I think Donphan's appearance in Mewtwo Strikes Back will probably be enough to make it the more popular choice.

ellis123 posted...

There are two answers. The first is simple: I find it beyond dubious that either would ever be popular enough to ever be high on a "favorite Pokemon ever" to the point that their inclusion at all is a product of the way that the polling was done. By having it be based around Pokemon that are just directly surrounding one another you end up with "hot spots" and "cold spots" where there are a lot of popular, or unpopular, Pokemon all in a row and thus the poll is going to be filled with either several Pokemon that probably should show up or ones in which none of them should. My argument stems from the idea that this is in the latter case.

Then you have the answer in the way that things were seeded in that you end up with the seeds largely being based less on the Pokemon in question and more about who the Pokemon is surrounded by. As an example you have Chandelure as the #1 seed, and while I would agree with its inclusion it being the number one seed is based almost entirely from who it's surrounded by: NFE Pokemon. The polling highlighted pretty hard just how disproportionately against NFE Pokemon people were time and time again, and having a Pokemon surrounded by them in the polling pretty much acts as a "natural" complete centralization of the voting. This will have the inverse effect on the parts where there are multiple popular Pokemon or ones in which there aren't any major players in that they will gravitate towards people having random "I likes" and causing the polls to be even just from lack of any real enthusiasm. My argument is that both fall into the latter category, something backed up pretty hard by the overall polling data *heavily* favoring Scolipede as the "high seed" (with 37% of its vote versus Donphan's 27%) in polls that largely didn't inspire larger topics surrounding their specific Pokemon (something that you can point at for basically every "there is a Pokemon who can go all the way" topic).

This leads to a competition between two Pokemon that, in my eyes, just aren't compelling at all in the first place being matched up against each other. It is the awkward cross section of the two flaws in the way that the polling was done. Mind you, I am not criticizing TMOG as it was one of the only ways to get this all done in a reasonable fashion. It's just one of the things that is going to happen every once in a while no matter how you poll.

Obviously the process is flawed, but there is no process that isn't going to be flawed when you're ranking or voting for over 1000 Pokemon. Even in official rankings and polls you'll see Pokemon decently high that seem out of place as far as their popularity goes. If there was an objective way to find the 128 most popular Pokemon for a tournament like this, I don't think it would be that much different.

Personally, I consider this to be the most compelling matchup of this round for a couple reasons that aren't related at all to how popular they might be. One reason of course is just personal opinion. I think they're both almost equally great designs, though I'll give the edge to Scolipede on this one. The other is that they're both similarly themed Pokemon despite one being a giant centipede and the other based off of an elephant. They're quadrupeds that share a number of rolling moves with each other. Perhaps that's not interesting enough to most, but this particular matchup stood out to me because of that.

My introduction to the series. Love it.

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It's going to be incredibly taxing for PC players, which isn't too surprising. I don't mind so much because I built my PC 6 years ago and I'm at the point where I want to build a new one anyway. I just don't know if I'll be ready for February 28th, and I would like to play at launch.

KogaSteelfang posted...

Thanks for the video. I didn't watch anything from the state of play yesterday. This looks awesome.

I'm so glad that I was convinced to give this series a shot many years ago. It quickly became a favorite and I'm very much looking forward to this one.

I first tried it with MH4U because some friends were playing that. And the idea of whacking monsters with giant sticks was more than enough to get me interested. I couldn't really get into it though and I blame the 3DS for that. It just felt like too complex of a game for a pitiful handheld.

But I did try the Rise demo when that came out and loved it. Poured 600+ hours into Rise and Sunbreak for Switch. And this year I've put 300 hours into World and Iceborne. I only have Alatreon and Fatalis left for Iceborne.

It's a great series, and I wish I could have gotten into MH4U back then

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How is anyone supposed to have even an ounce of faith in the justice system when this can happen? Absolutely disgraceful and appalling on every level.

The death penalty needs to be abolished.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMBqJZW6_9k

I quite like the new monsters. Flagship seems kinda goofy, but I expect it to be a very fun fight. Time to start looking at PC parts for me.

I like Alolan Meowth and Persian. Just not gonna vote for the cat over Ttar.

This is so fitting for this franchise.

TMOG posted...

I was planning on going to SW for round 17, but if everyone would prefer we finish off NW first that can be done as well.

Makes more sense to go to the next brackets first, but no big deal either way.

Yveltal doing better than I expected.

Pity vote for Yveltal. I like them both about equally.

I don't see any rule there about not using save states.

Still might be a bit too risky for me though.

Aqua/Magma's stupid plans are pretty much their only flaw. Great teams otherwise. Good and memorable characters, great designs for the grunts, and they are important throughout the entire story.

I guess they could have used some more variety in their Pokemon, but that's certainly not an issue exclusive to them.

I only played ODST about a decade after it released. I have no clue why I never played it or even bought it back when it came out. I was a massive Halo fan and poured a ton of hours into both Halo 3 and Reach from Day 1 of their releases. Not sure why ODST slipped through the cracks until I eventually played it for the MCC.

It's great obviously.

Buoy Base Galaxy. Also the underwater version of the same theme if that fits the water level theming more for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ReSDUFV1nk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QclhRGsgbRk

Minus One, Shin Godzilla, and the original 1954 film are pretty much the undisputed Top 3 Godzilla films. I like all the Godzilla movies though. Even the bad ones. Even the anime trilogy was entertaining enough for me.

Paper Mario I think.

I've not really played many RPGs overall. And probably like half of the ones I have played are Mario RPGs.

Toxicroak is one of the coolest Pokemon they've ever made. Cinderace has an interesting theme, but it's probably the lamest fully evolved starter in the series.

I think it sharing the same art style as Link's Awakening remake is the only real reason it might not feel like a main Zelda game. Obviously, it absolutely is one though. I'm excited for it and will be playing day one.

Even with bases being easier to steal now more than ever, Ohtani is still second in all of baseball this year in Stolen Bases. Yes, he certainly has an advantage comparative to historical players with the new bases. Still, unquestionably an absolutely legendary offensive season.

6-6, 3 HR, 2 2B, 2 SB, 10 RBI

That is one hell of a statline.

Seaman_Prime posted...

IIRC he did have the power of invulnerability and there was a prophecy that no man would ever kill him, and he really took that to heart.

Although when Eowyn did reveal herself to be a woman, it made him briefly hesitate in doubt. Ultimately, it's less that "no man can kill me" and more that nothing could kill him under normal circumstances. Barrow Blades aren't easy to come across, and virtually nobody had the courage to stand up to the Witch King in combat like Eowyn did. But that's what ultimately did him in.

So I don't think Treebeard could kill him, but maybe he could fuck him up a bit? Maybe getting stomped on by an ent could at least briefly put a Nazgul out of commission? I have no idea.

You'll never need to play multiplayer again now that Followers are going to be the new norm.

But also, solo is better anyway.

xTreefiddy350x posted...

I agree, with the exception of Umbreon. Specifically shiny Umbreon

Yeah Umbreon is probably the best of them.

I think all the Eeveelutions are rather overrated. Leafeon is one of the cooler ones, but it's nothing compared to Hydreigon.

I think all the Pokemon based off of inanimate objects get a lot of unfair hate. And usually the likes of Voltorb and Grimer are brought up as a counterargument when people are critical of newer ones like Klefki, Garbodor, etc.. But honestly I think Voltorb is absolutely brilliant in its design. I like the more complex Pokemon, but Voltorb's simplicity makes it so effective as a Pokemon design.

Also, I think regular Weezing is one of the best Pokemon ever made. I don't think it's that unpopular because it is a Gen 1 Pokemon after all. And it had a significant presence in the anime. But I think even then, it's pretty underrated.

darkace77450 posted...

https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1835669975425560617

Remember when this sack of shit mocked Pelosi's husband after someone tried to kill him with a hammer?

I utterly despise this worthless fucking piece of trash. I'm glad his father doesn't give two shits about him.

Pidgeot is decent, but it's not even the best Normal/Flying bird in its Generation. Fearow is much cooler. Dodrio too actually.

I only tried it for the first time this past year and I've only ever had salmon. It's absolutely delicious though. The grocery store I work at is considered to have some pretty good sushi.

I'd like to try some of the other types, but I'm not exactly sure what I can and can't eat since I have a shellfish allergy.

BlackScythe0 posted...

So I've been thinking. Garchomp is the favorite to win it all right?

Garchomp will be lucky to get past round 2. I think Aggron has a pretty strong chance of beating him.

Mustache battle

Weezing's gonna lose pretty bad, but I do like both Weezings more than Alakazam.

Yes. You are literally handed Poisoned Apples at least once during the Dark Brotherhood questline.

Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted...

Like I mean, if this was SirFetch'D I'd see it, but really CE?

Sirfetch'd is actually in the next bracket, but it'll probably get obliterated because it's up against Mudkip. So I guess if you're a fan of either, Farfetch'd does have a better chance of advancing.

I prefer regular Arcanine, but the Hisuian isn't bad. Better than Farfetch'd.

Never liked Ninetales that much, Alolan or regular. Sandslash gets my vote.

Blue_Popo posted...

I cant get behind this at all

I don't think it's the best though. Alien and Aliens are clearly better films. But Predator is close and probably my favorite if I had to pick.

Predator might be my overall favorite of the combined Alien, Predator, and AVP franchises. I absolutely love the scenes near the end where Dutch is prepping for his fight with the Predator.

I also think Charizard is pretty overrated, but he's still cool. Toxtricity isn't too bad, but it's not as good as Charizard. Depending on the outcome of the next match though, this might be the only time I vote for Charizard this tournament.

Venusaur got totally robbed though. Only one of the three final stage Kanto starters that didn't make it. In fact, that whole line got totally screwed. It's rare to have a three stage Pokemon line be all outstanding designs like Bulbasaur's line is.