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Old May 2nd, 2010, 5:41:01 PM   #1
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ENJOY! This is our anniversary issue, and it's packed with content! And welcome to all our new recruits: padawans, writers, artists, and anyone I forgot!
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Old May 2nd, 2010, 5:57:04 PM   #2
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Awesome ^_^
Will edit in thoughts after.

Loving the cover, who did that? (Thanks VKCA)

Edit time ^_^

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I got a mention in the WSC article ^_^
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Old May 2nd, 2010, 6:10:07 PM   #3
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Congrats on the anniversary all!
I'm really suprised healbell bronzong wasn't mentioned in the "moves that pokemon should have but don't" article. Outside that though I really enjoyed the article.
My name has also changed since the ask the admins section, it doesn't really matter but fink doesn't exist on this site anymore (unless an admin wants to change my name back)
I also really liked HellaHellaStyle's art.(the person who did the cover dogfish)

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Old May 2nd, 2010, 6:14:29 PM   #4
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Great article all around, esp that featured OU team ;). Thanks guys!
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Old May 2nd, 2010, 6:33:21 PM   #5
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Loving the cover, who did that? (Thanks VKCA)
Someone already answered, but this page is a staple of each issue, since we <3 our contributors and want them recognised! ^_^
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to be honest, i wasn't satisfied with the last one but this one...man...
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Great job everyone. This issue looks really good. I would just like to say that I messed up on the Power Rankings. I wrote it before the final pairings were officially posted and I got some of the matchups wrong. This won't happen in the future.
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Damn guys, this is some good stuff! I actually wasn't aware that this was out until I was stalking jumpluff's profile and saw her viewing this page...good thing I'm a stalker I guess?

A big congrats to everyone who worked on this, it's splendid :)
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So do I get to have one of those cool artist badges, now?

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Cool. My question made it. But anyhow, what took so long to get this out? The last one was in Mrach, wasn't it?
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Love all the art, and the interview with Earthworm is enjoyable. Still sifting through, but it's all great, as usual! ^_^
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Old May 2nd, 2010, 10:19:29 PM   #12
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Awesome art, especially the cover.
A good issue as always.

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Old May 2nd, 2010, 11:55:53 PM   #13
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One of the best issues out there. I especially liked the featured pokemon (Infernape) write up.
Humorous art too (Disco Dancing Flygon W00t)

I did catch an error. The steel article mentions that Aggron has a number of 2X weaknesses. He only has one (water)
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Just after shortly blabbing how awesome this whole thing is, I´d like to note that the article featuring Venusaur states that:
"Moltres is another great counter to Venusaur, being immune to Earthquake and possessing a 4x resistance to Grass. Moltres can then use the opportunity to Toxic stall, or just unleash one of its fearsome STAB attacks."

Should it be noted, that in case Venusaur stays in, its poison-type blocks the toxic? Overpredicting could easily be the case, but there´s always a chance...
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Just after shortly blabbing how awesome this whole thing is, I´d like to note that the article featuring Venusaur states that:
"Moltres is another great counter to Venusaur, being immune to Earthquake and possessing a 4x resistance to Grass. Moltres can then use the opportunity to Toxic stall, or just unleash one of its fearsome STAB attacks."

Should it be noted, that in case Venusaur stays in, its poison-type blocks the toxic? Overpredicting could easily be the case, but there´s always a chance...
Who keeps Venusaur in against Moltres lol.

Unless you know that you outspeed, in which case you STILL can't do anything to it unless you use Return.
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Posting to say Slaking actually does get Slack Off.

Also the Earthworm interview was great.
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Earthworm's interview was AWESOME!
Good job! Keep it up!
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Old May 3rd, 2010, 7:04:43 AM   #18
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Obligatory good work post! was a good read
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The cover page was a sure sign this issue was going to be a good one. I particularly enjoyed Kevin Garrett's tournament analysis and the interview with Earthworm, and "cookie's Tips" was another personal favorite. I'm also interested in seeing what Phil and Scofield come up with for the OU Metagame Analysis, since technology has kept me out of that for the past few months. Definitely another quality release--well done, guys!
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Old May 3rd, 2010, 5:16:01 PM   #21
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Oh my I didn't see Cookie's "tips"

Freaking funny. Especially when read after Phil's tips.
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Old May 3rd, 2010, 8:42:11 PM   #22
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Nice issue, I liked the Moves pokemon should have section in particular.
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Old May 3rd, 2010, 10:25:17 PM   #23
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Another job well done. Thank you to all the people that put time and effort into this, I enjoy reading it immensely, as I am sure many others do as well.

Just as a small editorial, 2 pokemon with moves I think they should be able to learn are Quagsire with Stealth Rock and Lucario with Aura Storm (lol).
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Old May 4th, 2010, 12:42:09 AM   #24
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Awesome issue. Especially the moves Pokemon should have. Flareon without flare blitz, snorelax without slack off. had my laughin my ass off. The infernape article also had me laughin when I got to the Gorillaz Demon Days CD alteration. Keep up the good work guys!
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