Recent content by lilyhollow

https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxfHOVbxysiQYgjBfT7e7Tk4CtzErlkPUH A cool UNI clip. Seth is just the best, I feel that his gameplay captures the 'spirit of what it is to be an assassin' better than any other fighting game character I know of.

^ A lot of us older people are *super* lucky to have grown up with a 'long-form' internet. As a teen, I was proud to participate in debates and discussions with full-grown adults, harvard graduates (coolest thing ever when i was a kid), and the like. It massively developed my analytical...

"hot take": no, it doesn't! it says something about the nature of the system in which we live. i could go deeper into this but i think it's still not allowed on this site so ill stop there!!!!!

I recommend studying boring* stuff a lot, and using that to build up your skills as you incorporate it into the fun cool stuff you want to draw. Specifically: perspective, basic shapes/forms, and anatomy. In that order, I guess. *this is only boring for some people. For me personally it's very...

I have two proposals for Sonic Boom: Move Name: Sonic Boom New Type: Normal New Base Power: 1 New Accuracy: 100 New PP: 20 New Effect: Deals 80 damage to the opponent. Raises the speed stat of the user by one stage. Description: Something I've been thinking about for a while. Right now, the...

In an abstract sense I agree with you; what's important when bad things are happening is to do work in order to prevent the bad things from happening. But as a practical matter, human emotions condition human behavior. When people are furious, they can be motivated to do very powerful things...

Venusaur (Eeveeto) Tangela (Soda_Eesti) Gyarados (THE_CHUNGLER) I think each of these changes takes a Pokemon that is just on the edge of being able to do something in RBY OU and gives them that bump they need to be worth considering. It won't turn any of these Pokemon into instant A-rank or...

I love a lot of what you're saying here. I don't want to put it all on the parents though. I can understand why parents will give in and let their kid have a smartphone when it's both (a) *very* normal these days, and (b) a way to keep their child occupied. And most parents are very very busy...

This is very difficult because of the"only moves the Pokemon knows in future gens" restriction! I feel like everyone else already covered the most interesting things. ^_^ Name: Flareon New moves: Growth, Dig Description: Flareon would probably still need one or two additional buffs for it to...

Would it be appropriate to discuss Shogi ("Japanese Chess") in this thread? I hope it gains more traction outside of Japan; in terms of pure game design, I feel Shogi is easily the most 'modern' game in the chess family. The game has drops (you keep captured pieces and can return them to...

Today, a ceasefire has (supposedly) come into effect. Here are some more cool posters! The formatting of the post was troublesome for some reason, so apologies for the weird spacing. At the end of this post, there is also a link to Haddi Ya Baher (هدي يا بحر), a revolutionary Palestinian song...

one small note: "division" itself is not the problem. actually, division is necessary in a world where a globespanning empire has inflicted mass slaughter and starvation on a besieged population for years (among countless other crimes spanning centuries). if you want to solve the sense of...

Violet Version Resource Update! Today, June 10th, marks my 20th year on this website. Disturbing! To celebrate, I've completed a Violet Version-related project I've been working on for over a year: finalizing its manual. It now has improved formatting, additional clarifying notes, and even a...

Today marks exactly two decades since creating a Smogon account! To reminisce, I would just like to present one of my favorite memories from this website: the 2009 Smogon April Fools' prank. This really must be the greatest April Fools' joke of all time. At the time, I was shocked when it was...

Today is Nakba Day, marking the 77th year since the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their homeland by Zionist forces. So, it is as good a day as any to post some Palestinian posters. Some of these posters will also give respect to the strength and bravery of Yemen, which I wanted to...