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so I read this last week but was thinking about it again today when this thought crossed my mind: "who loves drama more than those nerds studying at Smogon University? no one" http://stanford.edu/~dbroock/broockman_kalla_aronow_lg_irregularities.pdf...

I've got another science project! For my last project on amino acids, thanks to your help, I was able to talk about the simplicity of glycine (although it still looks as flat and unsymmetrical as ever, billymills), the vivid colors of tryptophan in a 3D protein structure (before this, I thought...

Hey guys! I'm doing a project for a school science fair and I would like to know your favorite amino acid. My favorite is histidine because imidazole has interesting properties and histidine is able to perform some nifty actions! Did you know that we all contain histidine? Have a nice day!

Context: my school has an annual four-day scavenger hunt and we currently hold the record for the largest scavenger hunt in the world. Past items have included: building a nuclear reactor (completed), getting your team name onto the South Pole, etc. It's a pretty big deal on campus. More info...

"A stranger is being shown around a village that he has just become part of. He is shown a well and his guide says "On any day except Sunday, you can shout any question down that well and you'll be told the answer." The man seems pretty impressed, and so he shouts down, "Why not on Sunday?" A...

I assume there are people here who play or at least have a passing interest in the scene. There are definitely others who are much more qualified than myself to write about this, but the past year has seen a shockingly fast growth of Starcraft 2 as an "eSport". From just a single league a year...

http://www.politicalcompass.org/ Most of you have probably heard of this "test" and/or taken it before. Basically it claims to place you on a grid from economic left to right and social libertarian to authoritarian by asking you a set of questions. A few of us were playing around with this...

Burunkeru Credit to Rising_Dusk for the format! #593 Burunkeru Typing: Water / Ghost Ability 1: Water Absorb Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move. Ability 2: Cursed Body If hit by a contact attack, that attack is Disabled. Ability 3: Damp (Dream World)...

http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/clefable status: GP 2/2 didn't feel like just writing a skeleton and I don't mind making changes so I just wrote the set. super rough draft anyways. Xia is supposedly doing a Clefable revamp but the thread is basically dead and he hasn't posted in C&C for...

http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/altaria Status: Posted 8/24 - 1/2 GP Checks Set Order: Offensive DD -> Support -> Choice Band -> RestTalk DD -> Defensive DD. [SET] name: Choice Band move 1: Outrage move 2: Earthquake move 3: Sleep Talk / Dragon Claw move 4: Rest item: Choice Band nature...

http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/drapion status: posted 9/14. GP 2/2, probably ready for upload. weird overview. didn’t really know what to write about. feel free to give me ideas. I merged both specially defensive sets into a single set… QC let me know if this seems okay. they...

<@whistle> if a damage calc is like 95-105% <@whistle> do we cap it at 100% for analyses <%Fuzznip> hi <%Fuzznip> what? <@twash> it doesnt matter <@twash> but i'd say no <%Fuzznip> Yeah, it caps at 100% <@twash> that's silly, really <%Fuzznip> Well that's what I've been told <@twash> because if...

http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/houndoom status: draft posted 8/28. ok you can grammar check now (9/13)! done! rewrote everything. this shit was outdated. this should replace the entire on-site analysis. if Anachronism’s SpD Early Bird set gets written, it should go after the...

http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/starmie status: draft posted 8/15. done? GP 2/2 changes: - rewrote everything. - removed Reflect Support. - changed EVs on Rapid Spin set. - switched around set order as per QC recommendations. - removed inferior item, nature, and move...

MY POKEMON: Slowbro, Toxicroak, Registeel, Poliwrath WANTS: Twist of Fate's Sceptile, Synre's Mesprit, Eo Ut Mortus's Moltres and Nidoking --- UU (Flawless, Redistributable) Slowbro OT: PHILLIO - test the slashes on the bulky water set (ice beam and light screen) and the slash in the last...

Current Status: Grammar/Prose Checking post which Pokemon you're checking before you check them. edit your original post, without deleting the reservation text, when you finish. if you have a content related issue label it clearly. I realized it would take me ages to get this done by myself...

so yeah I've been hearing people mention how there's lots of parts to C&C now and that it could be confusing for new people, and I agree, so I wrote this. the target audience is someone who is relatively new to C&C/Smogon and wants to get involved. I think it includes all the relevant...

status: GP 2/2 most of this was written with gendered pronouns so that's what I'm using, whatever. please do grammar checks with explicit changes (show all the original text that you delete in red). http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/monferno Monferno has no true "offensive" sets...

http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/lucario status: done [Overview] <p>Lucario is one of the top offensive threats of DPP OU, boasting high Attack and Special Attack stats, decent Speed, great STAB attacks in Close Combat and Aura Sphere, and many other useful attacking options. Its...

#stark cup This thread was approved by Aeolus. * updates will be added to the end of the post So you do well on the ladder, but wonder how you would fare against some of the top players in the game? Or maybe you’re tired of facing the same set of opponents over and over, and want a new...