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3rd Gen ladder uses Emerald sprites which do not use the updated FRLG Kanto sprite set and instead use the ugly, quickly put together Kanto sprite set for RS.
it is quite literally a step back in presentation.
It has been mentioned but to further differentiate Salamence from Nite besides Speed (which is a significant difference) it also has Intimidate which can force a lot of switches even on Pokemon that check it. My Scizor doesn't fear Dragonite switching in on it, but an attack drop from Intimidate...
It’s amusing that people are saying to ban sleep (and have banned a bunch of other shit) but are just like “yeah, Jirachi is fine”
I’ve been hating him since at least 2008, probably earlier.
Yeah I think Sand Veil was banned before Latias was unbanned. Arena Trap was banned? So I see we’re taking the “1 step forward 1 step backwards” approach
What would you guys consider the peak of online battling? I think we pretty much all agree that pre-DP had a more shallow pool since DP introduced online battling to most but where did it peak after that? Is it the current gen? I remember BKC (I think) saying that the Shoddy days was the peak of...
Excellent post, I came a couple of years after you but the culture was still like that (might still be) on here. I was the opposite though, I could see even then at 13-14 how cringeworthy some of the people on here were and tried to avoid being one of them. I feel like that type of behavior is...
back in maybe 06-07 I used go on Serebii and watch Youtubers who battled liked YukiJadenSurvives, mtgxerxes, Kawalski25, WillisTheUnbreakable, etc. These were the D/P days.
Serebii had a Pokemon of the Day which was for competitive purposes and they also had an IRC channel for battling but...
I accidentally clicked STOP TIMER after starting the timer when my opponent left. Got this message.
Basically I'm going to be forced to concede to a low rated battler because it is impossible for me to claim a victory. Not a big deal because I'm very casual these days and only use 1 team, so...
Biological evolution takes a very long time meanwhile cultural evolution happens rapidly. Only people who probably maintained their own cultures with very few changes over several thousand years are hunter gatherers. Compare your culture and any culture from today to the last 50 years. Then 50...