Recent content by CTangent

I do. I noticed in another thread that you said you lived close Atlanta, so we probably live very close to one another :). I live in area north of Georgia, around Marietta, Roswell, Alpharetta, and Milton (all of my daily activities surround GA 400).

Awesome! I just got accepted into Georgia Tech, and I'm planning to go there, and I've heard that the difficulty level is ludicrous. I got mailed a transcript since I took Morley's Calculus II class at my high school, and it said that the Dean's List is a 3.00. I can't wait to go, even though...

Well, it's too late now, isn't it? It would have been nice if there was some sort of indication a few weeks ago that you'd disqualify prospective newbies... Roshi's post sums up my feelings entirely. I understand the reason why this rule was implemented (I used to visit a Guitar Hero board, and...

Well, this is bizarre. I was hoping to use the tutoring process to become more integrated into Smogon's community, but this catch-22 would prevent that from happening. I would make dumb and uninformed posts if I tried to post now. I echo the above concerns about post counts... I also rarely...

Final Submissions: Nautyss - A combination of nauta (Latin for sailor) and abyss. I figured the narwhal would be a creature capable of navigating the vast depths of the earth. "Nautis" is another form of the word "nauta" in Latin, further indicating the nature of this dude that I just made up...

I'm just getting started in the CAP server, and I can say that the Power Hour and Mini-tournament ideas appeal the most to me as an outsider. CAP trivia seems as if it would have to be catered to people that already know and understand the intricacies of the metagame, not new visitors. I...

Well, we do. Sort of If you shine light through a liquid, the speed of light decreases slightly in accordance to whatever the index of refraction of the liquid is. (index = velocity of light in water/c) If the water is moving, according to Newtonian mechanics, the new velocity of the speed of...

Time is completely relative. Time dilation is the slowing down of time for the observer that is moving with a velocity close to c. As far as modern physics can tell, there is no ultimate frame of reference of "time". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity_of_simultaneity For an observer on...

Yeah, but since you can't actually get to the speed of light (your speed is the limit as v -> c), time doesn't stand still, it just passes extremely slowly. Time dilation is equal to the change in t over the square root of 1 - v^2/c^2. For small values of v (i.e. normal speeds on Earth), delta...

I've been lurking at this site for a long while, but I have been unable to say/contribute anything constructive because of how little I know compared to the seasoned competitive battlers. I tried to figure it out myself, but I'd be able to learn so much more through a tutor. (I missed the last...

As a preface to this, I am 16 years old. To be honest, I don't consider myself a "good" driver. My glaring inexperience behind the wheel translates to a lack of confidence in my knowledge of the rules of the road (which I know very well, but I second guess myself on occasion). I have never...

Shoddy Battle nick: CTangent Age: 16 Time zone: EST Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 5 PM - 12 PM, give or take a few hours depending on what I might be doing that day. Experience level: I'm still very new to this game, but I can hold my own near the bottom of the ladder :P. Consider my...

Isn't that why Smeargle has Ingrain to baton pass?

Well, in the sense that my core strategy revolves around baton passing, no. For example, I don't specifically use Togekiss to pass Nasty Plot boosts unless I'm about to die and I've got +6 special attack that I don't want to waste. The only exception to that is Ninjask, and since I'm low on...

It's extremely rare that Ninjask doesn't get the pass off. In fact, I was able to pass of +4 speed and +6 attack (lol) to Salamence in the last game and swept like a monster. Donphan has been working very well, much better than my games with Starmie did, so thanks for that.