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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 65
zinformant
11/26/24 7:58:21 PM
#17
While some arguments against Objctmon are valid (cf snow cones, I suppose), a small-G ghost would absolutely enchant an object and wear it. That's not at all unusual, and I find it a neat, sleek design.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 64
zinformant
11/25/24 9:47:27 PM
#17
Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted...
but that fucker looks like he would eat your spleen. Bad ass.

We're going with that.

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TopicRate me as a person based on my top 20 favorite Pokemon
zinformant
11/24/24 7:29:32 PM
#17
TMOG posted...
1 - Shuckle 5. You're off to a great start here.
2 - Bewear 3. Team Rocket Sun and Moon anime vibes.
3 - Riolu 2. Overrated but cute.
4 - Roserade 5. It's one of my favorites.
5 - Zangoose 3. That edge cuts, but everyone has to take a side in the Zangoose and Seviper wars.
6 - Starmie 3. Also overrated but at least looks cool.
7 - Rhyhorn 1. least interesting Rhy-family member
8 - Dracovish 4. Scoring this one depends on if you like it for brokenness or being a literal genetic engineering mistake, but I'll credit either.
9 - Houndoom 2.
10 - Maushold 3.
11 - Sharpedo 2.
12 - Hawlucha 4. Great.
13 - Golurk 4.
14 - Ribombee 5. So underrated.
15 - Popplio 5. Best first-stage starter.
16 - Zebstrika 1.
17 - Charmeleon 3.
18 - Celebi 3.
19 - Plusle and Minun (they're an inseparable duo imo) 4.
20 - Miraidon 5. I've written about this in your topics.

67/100, interesting group. Our interests have some overlap, and you have enough diversity here where you could easily have your own unique team.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 63
zinformant
11/24/24 4:28:04 PM
#6
So, we have a generic gangster versus the lion that consumed the sun. It's no contest.

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TopicITT: I replay Pokemon Silver
zinformant
11/24/24 12:58:55 PM
#70
The games have a rich array of egg moves (which I had thought was a term but apparently not, must have been invented by print strategy guides) where access to many desirable attacks is locked. That's where the Aurora Beam Lapras is apparently hiding out.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gbc/198308-pokemon-gold-version/faqs/10977
Search 'BREEDABLE'.

Leafing through it, I see Octazooka Horsea. That's neat.

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TopicITT: I replay Pokemon Silver
zinformant
11/24/24 10:08:41 AM
#66
Shotgunnova posted...
Kinda odd how absolutely no trainers have used it against me until I'm eastbound from the ice gym area.

The game design is overall wonky because they didn't yet have a vision for how to progress the series, let alone manage the new monsters. That's why so many are relegated to telephone swarm, postgame, or obscure spawn locations like Natu's for wild encounters with sparse trainer representation. You've been fighting the same narrow scope of monsters for ten hours or what have you. Union Cave Lapras is a flex, though.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 62
zinformant
11/24/24 10:04:37 AM
#38
If Breloom died in anger and came back, it'd become...a supreme pizza?

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 62
zinformant
11/23/24 2:24:44 PM
#28
I don't recall mentioning this last round, but they recently released Breloom with Greta in the mobile game.
https://i.imgur.com/GHEp9wr.png

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TopicITT: I replay Pokemon Silver
zinformant
11/23/24 12:50:03 PM
#27
Incidentally, we just passed the twenty-fifth anniversary of the game's domestic release, so this is (if inadvertently) a celebratory run.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 62
zinformant
11/22/24 9:06:38 PM
#9
TheFalseDeity posted...
Glad Primeape got some love but the evo is ugly imo.

There is no universe in which a 'pig monkey' isn't--dead or alive.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 62
zinformant
11/22/24 9:05:53 PM
#8
Now, this round is brutal. They're both incredible Fighting types from very different eras even if we grant that Annihilape is a bit of a throwback. I'm going to echo below that Annihilape's concept is too good to pass up, but Breloom puts up a mean fight.
TMOG posted...
I'll never stop loving that Annihilape's lore is literally that a Primeape got so mad that it fucking died and refused to stop being mad

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TopicWhat's your favorite 3D Zelda dungeon?
zinformant
11/22/24 12:38:38 PM
#12
I love Sky Keep's dungeon-within-a-dungeon design that retreads all of the previous ones. It's a novel experience and was a great way to cap off an otherwise mediocre game.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 61
zinformant
11/21/24 9:38:46 PM
#15
Hambo posted...
Arcanine. Also fuck the anime for pronouncing it the way it does.

Ark-uh-nine? If you mean that our-kay-nine sounds more correct, its cadence feels off in English if one was just reading the name freshly.

Anyway, Ark-uh-nine is overrated. It's remarkably fine, but Empoleon is a severely underrated design.

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Topicthey climb trees now?? they climb trees now
zinformant
11/20/24 11:13:09 PM
#5
Fascinating.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 60
zinformant
11/20/24 7:25:42 PM
#9
I understand the appeal of this Moltres, but it's too edgey for my taste.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 59
zinformant
11/18/24 11:32:48 PM
#14
I just might have some shots for this.
https://i.imgur.com/967SHpO.png
https://i.imgur.com/IYyOSCo.png
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https://i.imgur.com/PfEQnL0.png
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https://i.imgur.com/q9H9oYa.png

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Topicyou have to name ur hypothetical baby after a pokemon
zinformant
11/17/24 10:11:32 PM
#19
Iron Bundle

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 58
zinformant
11/17/24 3:57:37 PM
#4
Feraligatr has been oppressing us with its ugly mug for a quarter of a century now. Meanwhile, Pangoro is going to wreck you.
https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/1/16/PangoroRageBrokenHeavens56.jpg
https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/a/a1/PangoroTeamUp94.jpg
https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/c/c6/PangoroCosmicEclipse120.jpg

Don't mess with it.
https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/2/2a/PangoroFusionStrike174.jpg

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 57
zinformant
11/16/24 8:45:20 PM
#10
Metagross is the most 'overdesigned to look cool' thing ever, but Pachirisu is budget Emolga (yes, I know that the latter succeeded it). I'm more of a Metang guy.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 55
zinformant
11/13/24 9:37:28 PM
#10
Gardevoir < Gallade << Iron Valiant

Lapras has always enjoyed a privileged spot in the series and, arguably, rightly so. It ferried Ash around and particularly had a mean showing in the first Orange Gym in the show whereas it was reserved as a gift in the original games. It being a rare once weekly spawn in the sequels carried that torch. I never really thought deeply about Gigantamax Lapras; I suppose that's a Perish Song?
https://www.serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/131-gi.png

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TopicTrump better pick somebody who writes in cursive for Secretary of Treasury.
zinformant
11/11/24 9:46:47 PM
#2
Consider me edified.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 53
zinformant
11/10/24 4:19:08 PM
#3
Darkrai is one of the most pointlessly evil monsters. It induces bad dreams because that's what it does. Riveting design.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 51
zinformant
11/07/24 11:01:38 PM
#10
Scizor's animations in Pokken are wild.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 50
zinformant
11/06/24 9:23:10 PM
#17
LeCh0nk posted...
Garchomp is ugly and overrated

It's this. Happy thirtieth anniversary, Street Sharks.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 49
zinformant
11/04/24 9:03:48 PM
#23
Frosmoth is awesome, but:
Kanaya413 posted...
Dianna Aggron

Well, this.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 47
zinformant
11/02/24 11:34:12 AM
#6
Wonder Guard is one of the coolest abilities in the series.

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TopicMaple Forest - a beautiful Link's Awakening inspired game
zinformant
11/02/24 11:28:10 AM
#3
Tag.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 46
zinformant
11/01/24 9:40:32 PM
#28
Up for Mewthree.

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TopicPhotography General: What Should I Shoot?
zinformant
11/01/24 8:56:24 PM
#13
Rock strata, tag.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 46
zinformant
10/31/24 7:18:34 PM
#10
Gyarados is overrated. It's so remarkably ugly.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 45
zinformant
10/30/24 10:40:21 PM
#11
Paradox Gallade is one of their best new designs while Ceruledge exists. It wounds me that it's going the way of Miraidon.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 44
zinformant
10/29/24 9:33:39 PM
#8
Genesect is supposed to look cool, and I always felt like it was an awkward miss. Maybe, that's because it is literally a freak of engineering by Team Plasma, but I just cannot get into it.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 43
zinformant
10/27/24 7:21:49 PM
#2
Holy uninspiring round.

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TopicAI powered transcription service used by hospitals invents things no one said
zinformant
10/27/24 7:00:26 PM
#11
The documentation burden on physicians and nurses runs deep. AI's role is nascent but is critical to counterbalancing all of the nonsense that folks are expected to type these days. Growing pains are expected at this stage. Give it five years.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 42
zinformant
10/27/24 6:39:41 PM
#30
You wish you were this cool.
https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/d/da/MiraidonexTemporalForces122.jpg

It was a good fight.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 42
zinformant
10/26/24 8:11:07 PM
#12
Differences are nicely compared side-by-side with the Meowths.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WjhZtrUK8o8/maxresdefault.jpg

The rationale behind them is that the Pokedex was growing too large such that we can curb the expansion by tweaking existing designs. Some of the redesigns are really great, so it's been fun to see what variations and unusual evolutions they come up with.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 42
zinformant
10/26/24 7:49:07 PM
#6
https://youtu.be/rYU8-VS8BZ0?t=70

My trainer class is Biker today.
https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/4/4a/Spr_RG_Biker.png
https://i.imgur.com/zFP4o3B.jpeg

Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted...
Actually, I dislike Miraidon more. Looks like it belongs in Duel Monsters or Digimon.

This is a plot point in Violet. Miraidon is Paradox Cyclizar with the Paradox name Iron Serpent. It's not supposed to look like a normal monster.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 41
zinformant
10/25/24 10:22:33 PM
#18
Big Terastal heart:
https://youtu.be/DV824hr9EJw?t=921

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TopicCroc Legend of the Gobbos Official Trailer
zinformant
10/25/24 6:03:30 PM
#13
Will it get a physical release?

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 41
zinformant
10/25/24 5:57:29 PM
#3
Excadrill is more interesting but if only a little. They both have more going on than Umbreon.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 40
zinformant
10/24/24 5:42:04 PM
#13
Giratina has three powerful appearances across the series. Dragapult has next to none.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 39
zinformant
10/22/24 9:24:14 PM
#12
Please banish Grimmsnarl back to Sesame Street.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 38
zinformant
10/21/24 11:00:23 PM
#15
uwnim posted...
The robot ones are the worst. Literally every one is Iron ___

Make them out of something else, and we can name them differently!

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 38
zinformant
10/21/24 10:59:28 PM
#14
While I am usually all for Paradoxes and can also get behind the more Misdreavus-as-opposed-to-Mismagius theming, Flutter isn't it.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 36
zinformant
10/20/24 9:45:42 AM
#19
Rotten apples...

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 36
zinformant
10/19/24 7:33:40 PM
#12
TMOG posted...
Why does Eevee have seven evolutions

You beat me to it.
(The answer, however, is SV to run a Penny team.)

I understand why Umbreon is winning, but I am still disappointed. It's not even close to my favorite Eeveelution let alone stacking up against a DLC story boss design.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 35
zinformant
10/18/24 9:32:59 PM
#8
Gigantamax Alcremie is kind of a big (pun intended) deal.
https://www.serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/869-gi.png

It is arguably the more interesting design than Steelix, but the latter mirrors the minimalistic simplicity of the Gym that it debuted in. It's sleek, shiny, and wrecks things.
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Jasmine/Quotes#Pok%C3%A9mon_Gold,_Silver,_and_Crystal
Clang!

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TopicAsk a Forester/Wildfire Fighter anything.
zinformant
10/17/24 7:52:09 PM
#5
Tag.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 34
zinformant
10/17/24 5:31:46 PM
#15
Base Sun and Moon are the best games in the series, but Nidoking sweeps here.

https://www.serebii.net/card/dex/034.shtml
Nidoking has a lot of menacing artworks that bleed strength and just a presence? It's different than Aggron or Rhyperior and is hard to pin down, exactly. I'll try to say more in its next round.

Kommo-o is fun to say, though.

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TopicBest Pokemon Tournament: Round 33
zinformant
10/16/24 4:30:09 PM
#10
This is a really dud round, but I can understand the appeal of each. I chose Gholdengo out of SV favoritism.

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