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| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 32 |
| zinformant 10/16/24 12:19:25 PM #20 | Bronzong is so cool while Typhlosion is still a generic mammal even with its redesign. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 31 |
| zinformant 10/14/24 5:42:26 PM #26 | I had forgotten that there was another meme when I announced the death of memes the other day. Let today be that day, instead. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 30 |
| zinformant 10/13/24 8:56:49 PM #24 | I understand that Timburr stood in for Machop, Woobat for Zubat, Basculin for Tentacool, and so on, but Audino never felt annoyingly filling in for Chansey. Were folks just tired of grinding them selectively? I found it a cute design whereas Flamigo is Larry-dull by comparison. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 28 |
| zinformant 10/10/24 3:13:02 PM #4 | Memetics perish today. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 27 |
| zinformant 10/08/24 7:01:52 PM #5 | There's this segment at the end of Sword and Shield DLC 2 where Tyrantrum are running around like they own the place, and they will chase you if you aren't watching your back. It's thrillingly terrifying. https://i.imgur.com/qMhDcjs.jpeg Goodra is cool, too, but fossils are just generally more interesting designs. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 26 |
| zinformant 10/08/24 6:48:35 PM #40 | I saw the words 'memes' and 'starters' floating around and will use now as the opportunity to state that Mudkip has no business advancing even a single round more. The meme was dumb decades ago and has aged as one would expect. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 26 |
| zinformant 10/08/24 12:51:58 PM #29 | Up for Diamond players who couldn't get Mismagius. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 26 |
| zinformant 10/07/24 7:45:28 PM #4 | So, SV's literal memelord boss' ace monster is a Tera Electric Mismagius; I never really understood what they were going for with that. Many of the other off-type Tera bosses in the game make sense (eg Truleewoodo). Anyway, I have nothing against Mightyena, though it is a little abused by both Teams Magma and Aqua, but chose Mismagius. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 25 |
| zinformant 10/07/24 10:42:22 AM #19 | While I have been playing since the beginning, my favorite entries are SV and XY, and I firmly believe that the best entries in the series are base SM (Mimikyu's introduction); there is really no palpable first generation bias here. Even so, Mimikyu is overrated. We get it; it wants to be Pikachu and cannot. Get in line; so does everyone else not called Charizard. I suppose we can say that its Trial has good ambience and that its gameplay gimmick is amusing the first time. I just do not understand Meme-kyu beyond that especially in context of A) other Pika-clones and B) other lore-rich Ghost types. Whatever the outcome here, this was a close, well-matched round. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 25 |
| zinformant 10/06/24 7:57:06 PM #9 | Hambo posted... Two different types of cute-but-spooky and they're both good. But Cubone is cuter so that. Also I still kinda wish Mimikyu came in other forms disguised as different pokeymans. This concept has so much potential. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 25 |
| zinformant 10/06/24 7:56:08 PM #8 | Mama's capital-G Ghost swoops in to make Cubone cry and Mimikyu feel bad for being ugly again. Cubone has some incredible artworks over the years for being, frankly, a throwaway monster. It's cannon fodder trash mob tier in game design terms but was never treated that way in terms of concept. The original card features it longingly looking at the sky. https://www.serebii.net/card/th/jungle/50.jpg Second generation, it cries itself to sleep because it's lonely. https://www.serebii.net/card/th/expedition/103.jpg Jumping to sixth generation, we have awareness of nuclear familial structure. https://www.serebii.net/card/th/breakthrough/77.jpg The recent 151 throwback set features a moon once again coming full circle. This is the Cubone that I chose to display. https://www.serebii.net/card/th/151/104.jpg --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 24 |
| zinformant 10/06/24 12:42:58 PM #19 | Up for arachnophobia. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 24 |
| zinformant 10/05/24 7:29:05 PM #8 | I feel pressed to note after Ampharos and Mareep in rapid succession that Flaaffy is my favorite. Anyway, Galvantula had cool features in the recent card game set based on DLC 2. Tera Stellar special artwork: https://pokemoncardimages.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/images/Stellar+Crown/168.webp --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 19 |
| zinformant 10/01/24 9:33:50 AM #29 | Up for Speed Boost Mega Blaziken. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 19 |
| zinformant 09/29/24 5:24:42 PM #21 | They're both pretty neat, but the chicken ekes out a win. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 18 |
| zinformant 09/28/24 4:38:07 PM #6 | Shotgunnova posted... Scyther is just a Scizor waiting to happen. This is why I voted for Altaria. Scizor is one of the coolest, sleekest designs they have. Scyther is just a brute in the same vein as its opposite version exclusive (?), Pinsir. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 17 |
| zinformant 09/27/24 5:45:06 PM #14 | The games imply that Aegislash was wielded by knights of the old Kalosian kingdom during its warring; that's pretty neat and could become relevant again in Z-A. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 16 |
| zinformant 09/25/24 10:49:47 PM #35 | I don't know where the Donphan appreciation is coming from but love it. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 14 |
| zinformant 09/24/24 10:00:29 AM #38 | Tyranitar bizarrely is popular and underrated at the same time; it might be its age. I chose it, regardless. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 13 |
| zinformant 09/22/24 7:00:20 PM #13 | Gengar was never, at any point in time, cool or interesting. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 12 |
| zinformant 09/22/24 9:56:10 AM #19 | Up for Commander Saturn. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 12 |
| zinformant 09/21/24 8:22:02 PM #11 | Toxicroak is lucky that it generally looks awesome because it's not exactly peak humanoid monster design. I have always liked it and am honestly surprised that it is receiving this much recognition. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Ultimate Fire Emblem Character Battle (Nominations) |
| zinformant 09/21/24 12:36:23 PM #25 | Annette Seteth Mist Shannan Lif --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 11 |
| zinformant 09/20/24 7:50:23 PM #11 | I blame Smash if Talonflame fizzles out. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 10 |
| zinformant 09/19/24 3:41:40 PM #2 | Well, this is going to be brutal. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Sometimes I forget the perfect being (Jesus) was killed by people |
| zinformant 09/18/24 4:22:03 PM #31 | shockthemonkey posted... Whatd he do between 12 and 30? Look up the Jesus in India documentary (free on Youtube, apparently). While not archaeologically rigorous, it's interesting enough. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 9 |
| zinformant 09/17/24 7:04:03 PM #14 | Hydreigon just isn't my style, so I am voting against it despite it probably being the more interesting of the two. I love the idea of the heads mauling each other; it's Dodrio on steroids, inebriated. But, as recently discussed, Hydreigon is not the only hydra in town anymore... --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 8 |
| zinformant 09/15/24 8:52:27 PM #9 | Mega Rayquaza is really cool in its own right, but Pidgeot hits many of the same highs without half the effort. https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/8/8d/PidgeotExpedition23.jpg --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Oracle of Ages... Good games or nah? |
| zinformant 09/15/24 8:51:05 PM #10 | They are two halves of one whole where Seasons is best played first. Play Ages with a password from Seasons next; it is the stronger game by far. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 7 |
| zinformant 09/14/24 6:15:23 PM #14 | MartavisBryant posted... Any vote for Galarian Weezing is a joke vote It's this, unfortunately. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 6 |
| zinformant 09/13/24 9:18:20 PM #15 | Kami_no_Kami posted... Voting for DUX. Dux is, indeed, a legend. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 6 |
| zinformant 09/13/24 6:44:46 PM #8 | They're both reasonably interesting designs with Arcanine having a little more going on. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 5 |
| zinformant 09/12/24 10:05:43 PM #14 | There is a segment in Black and White 2 involving Zoroark that is extremely interesting from a thematic point of view. There is simply no contest here. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 4 |
| zinformant 09/11/24 10:43:03 PM #15 | It should have been Snowy over Ninetales. I chose Sandslash for Crush Claw. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 3 |
| zinformant 09/10/24 10:59:04 PM #25 | Meh. Confession: I did start with Charmander back in ninety-eight, so that loyalty marks my vote. I also did raise a Toxel when I first played Shield but was disappointed once it evolved. They grow up so fast... --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 2 |
| zinformant 09/09/24 7:47:56 PM #10 | Cool Houndoom card artwork: https://pokemoncardimages.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/images/Night+Wanderer/066.webp https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/5/5f/DarkHoundoomNeoDestiny7.jpg Mega: https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/8/80/MHoundoomEXBREAKthrough22.jpg --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Round 1 |
| zinformant 09/08/24 7:40:51 PM #18 | Both of these are great designs, but Victreebel edges it out for me. The carnivorous plant is a little more interesting than a haunted light fixture. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | 80's/90's toys that you remember |
| zinformant 09/08/24 7:38:32 PM #54 | GS4Life posted... Omg yessss great toy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2t4MBhGAg8 --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | No commentary playthroughs on youtube feel kind of off. |
| zinformant 09/07/24 5:51:51 PM #21 | No commentary is the gold standard. Those of us who want to reference clean footage do not want somebody's face overlaid with their banter for sixty hours. My usual go to example for this is supposing you had wanted to watch Etrian Odyssey 3. Years ago, you might have been stuck with this guy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khgzLiugxlo We don't need you reintroducing yourself every twenty minutes among other cringe. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Preliminaries, Paldea Wild Card Set 2 (FINAL ROUND) |
| zinformant 09/03/24 6:53:19 PM #3 | Clodsire and thank you for organizing this bracket. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | JAKAS Presents Good Movie or Bad Movie - Aladdin and the King of Thieves |
| zinformant 09/02/24 10:11:47 PM #9 | This otherwise forgettable film was made for Kingdom Hearts which refuses to touch it. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Preliminaries, Paldea Wild Card Set 1 |
| zinformant 09/02/24 8:08:56 PM #11 | I am still with Glimmora even though I know it's toast. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Preliminaries, Round 108 (final non-Wild Card round) |
| zinformant 09/02/24 2:46:42 PM #17 | Paradox Entei is often a laughingstock; I'm genuinely surprised that it received so much attention today. Meanwhile, the future Paradoxes continue to be acknowledged as uninspired (never mind that their base forms were not terribly popular to begin with). There are some inventive fan designs out there for future Paradoxes. I saw a Paradox Doduo once that was fantastic. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | A silly question about Pokemon types |
| zinformant 09/02/24 1:53:26 PM #5 | There is clear intention behind it, but attempts to explain the trends have largely failed. There is some merit in viewing the first listed type as the primary type, but it's useless information. I don't even think the default Tera typing is based on the order. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Preliminaries, Round 108 (final non-Wild Card round) |
| zinformant 09/01/24 7:00:58 PM #12 | Bonus covers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siACnhU4278 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-95j0UVljrg The 'demake' guy has not arranged the Hidden Treasure theme yet, but he did recently do the miniboss battle. DLC spoiler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0OK5D1xmiU&t=16s He also did Ogerpon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjmO1rbv1fc Bonus TCG artworks, Terapagos: https://www.pokebeach.com/news/2024/06/ar-card-3.png Hydrapple: https://www.pokebeach.com/news/2024/06/ar-card-4.png Clearly, someone worshipped all of these terrible apple monsters once. Ogerpon: https://www.pokebeach.com/news/2024/05/439867260_404292412567268_8100429081535187281_n.jpg --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Preliminaries, Round 108 (final non-Wild Card round) |
| zinformant 09/01/24 5:38:59 PM #9 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGYHfRFvuPk Turtles all the way down, kids. https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/2/22/Disc_Pok%C3%A9mon.png https://i.imgur.com/1io35CR.jpeg There is no comparison, discussion, or debate. A fun factoid is that the DLC emblem is the eighteen type hexagons mobilized into a reticle for beam attacks. https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/9/97/The_Hidden_Treasure_of_Area_Zero_logo.png https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/5/59/Stellar_Terapagos_using_Meteor_Beam.png (The tail comes from Urashima Tarou.) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Gishi47zu-vol2-009-Gekko-zuihitsu-Mizunoe-no-Urashima.jpg Bonus Terapagos plush toys: https://i.imgur.com/FUZDnVZ.png --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Preliminaries, Round 107 |
| zinformant 09/01/24 1:04:39 PM #15 | Once again, for those new to SV lore, the Three Stooges are based on Momotarou. https://blog.sakura.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/momotaro-history-1.png https://i.imgur.com/J4mzxnH.jpeg Momotarou, itself, is in the next batch. I feared that this round would pit the cover legends against the DLC covers, but, apparently, not. My vote is for the best paradox, https://i.imgur.com/zFP4o3B.jpeg As a concept, I was not entirely thrilled with the open world motorbiking upon announcement, but it grows on you quickly. The cover legends are quirky, inquisitive, and observant yet never annoying partners. Ride monsters will never be the same after these games, and I cannot fathom traversing a new region without my bike brother. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Preliminaries, Round 106 |
| zinformant 08/30/24 7:39:58 PM #22 | Hambo posted... Wo-Chien became my capture specialist in Scarlet. Deals status and can avoid KOing with Ruination. Maybe it's insulting to use an avatar of destruction as a non-lethal agent, Well, I'm amused. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Preliminaries, Round 106 |
| zinformant 08/30/24 6:37:52 PM #14 | I feel the need to provide literature on the lore of the legendaries because folks are going to sleep on these designs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Perils https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tst-2z7420w&lc=UgwAaXyU936buF4Ng9V4AaABAg (You have to actually open that link, not drop it down, because it links to a comment.) Anyway, I voted for Paradox Gallade. It has a neat animation where its arms pop out to form its weapon, but I cannot find a clean one with so much garbage on Youtube. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
| Topic | Best Pokemon Tournament: Preliminaries, Round 105 |
| zinformant 08/30/24 6:41:31 AM #12 | Up for Paradoxes. --- While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate |
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