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Hard work pays off
Dreams come true
Bad times don't last
But bad guys do.
A lesson for you, everyone.
Never give up - if you want, you'll make it.
Whether you favorize light or darkness
There is hope for any of us - there is a chance for a better tomorrow
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Okay... I don't know if it's because I hit the ice rink with my head hard enough, or someone was adding something to my water...
But I got such idea that-... well, another big project demanding big research.
Why can't I be simple, I often ask myself.
Well, if I was, I would be as boring as never-changing, predictable TV show airing for 40 years straight which exists purely for nostalgic reasons.
Hmph. You can at the very least try to guess what it might be.
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Okay...
How in the world have I won 3 days (2 consecutively) doing... the things I usually do?
I'm here for just an almost 3 months; with the first created content/post was made around 2 months ago... And somehow I have 3 days won?!
I mean... I'm not complaining, but after seeing that, and the veterans who are regulars, have - like - only 4 or 5 days won, I feel a little bad for them, honestly.
Maybe that's just dumb luck, maybe I'm better than I think, I cannot find the answer.
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I’ll be honest: a large part of me wants to answer some cliché comment about “back in my days…” or “some of us have lives…”.
Both would be blatant lies, on my part at least. I’ve (out of
procrastinationcuriosity after seeing your update) glanced at the leaderboard.
As far as I can tell, there aren’t that many ways to get enough reputation points in a day (like, a scarcity reputation economy?) – also, that the bar is high to get a like. I feel that it’s most about standing out in a good way to sufficiently many people.
Yet many people mostly lurk, only show up on Discord, or focus on subthreads that get few reactions (team advice, trades, bug fixing?).
I see five ways to manage it: niche, charm, numbers, luck and cooperation.
“Niche” refers to highly appreciated content that only you (not you, Oscarus, you, a generic forum member) and a few people can deliver: basically the dev blogs, other official announcements, some art threads, perhaps some popular playthroughs?
By “Charm”, I mean the ability to stand out (somewhat) outside of a niche. If you write a striking (memetic? insightful? merely funny? unexpected? whatever goes!) comment in the E19 hype thread, for instance, and then get a significant reward. Creating your own niche should also count, too.
“Numbers” is when you get a like per post, but you can make many such posts in a day.
“Luck” is when… well, you’re getting more likes than you usually do, and nobody else is occupying the field.
“Cooperation” is when you agree with other people to boost one another. I don’t know if there’s a rule about it or if no one cares enough to abuse it. But I expect there are milder forms of cooperation. After all, you need an audience if you build a niche.
So, niches are few, there are too many people for luck to count much, cooperation is small scale only (and sort of “cheating”), and both charm and numbers require a measure of innate talent and dedication.
If the fun isn’t in the reward, why focus on that?
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The said remake of my first project is here: enjoy
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What is better overall? Slow, bulky pivoter, or fast and very offensive pivoter?
Should that specific Pokemon take hit, then switch out to other, or switch out as fast as possible, and give it to bulkier Pokemon or someone who resists?
Oh, I should specify that the specific Pokemon is is pretty defensively built in terms of base stats and typing, but also isn't particularly slow either, around 80 Base Speed.
I know that this might be a dumb question, but I have a dilemma about the project... the 15th one this day...
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Splitting EVs... SUCKS!
Having to calculate how many EVs in HP or either Defenses are necessary to survive that specific move from that specific Pokemon on that specific Field with that specific stat changes and with that specific moveset...
It wouldn't be that bad if I had a list of Pokemon opponent could have theorically bring, but NO - they can bring fucking everything! And knowing some of them love doing random strats with very niche or useless Pokemon-... Those from Smogon boast how they can create the best movesets, stat spreads and all, but only because they - most of the time - have a predetermined list of Pokemon that can appear on that specific tier. And those Pokemon usually already have specific moves, so it's far easier.
But I, knowing that every single Pokemon (even those NFE) with random movesets can appear, and also Fields are a factor too-... I can't split EVs like a pro because of that. And I can't split EVs at all...
So... In that project... You will have simply 2x252 EV and 1x4 EV, because I don't want to waste my life doing something which is completely insignificant.
SpoilerAnd no, I won't be copying from Smogon.
I do have some dignity left, haven't I?
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I mean that every set would consist of 2 stats having 252 EVs (maximum) and 1 having 4 EVs because... 6 EVs will have the exact same effect as 4 EVs, and 2 EVs the effect of 0 EVs
EVs work in such way that 4 EVs are equal to 1 point in total stat. That's why all stat spreads have the EV numbers sorted in that way so every number of EV given to one stat is divisible by 4.
Yes, the maximum number of EVs total is 510, but 510 isn't divisible by 4, so there will be points left, which will do nothing.
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Gen 9 is being introduced: Pokemon Scarlet/Violet - we're returning to naming after colors, huh? And honestly, I wonder in what kind of direction will it be taken?
Apparently, basing on architecture and names of known Pokemon, it's gonna be based on Spain and/or Portugal.
Also... I ADORE the grass starter (Sprigatito), and the others are, ummmm, ok. And the game itself looks decently - but I mostly care about storyline, because the Sw/Sh one sucked, despite one of the best bunch of characters in all mainline regions.
We only have to wait until December, most likely, to see how are the games gonna roll.
Plus, I don't know why, but I imagine Amethyst banging her head against the wall with other devs watching, because she knows there's a chance that after a year, fandom will ask "Gen 9 in Reborn when?", when Gen 8 isn't even certain to be included.
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By that I mean that... I have almost no ideas for towns, cities, and other landmarks. As of right now, only few names and concepts (like an ancient, mostly underground temple built by first people who arrived to Sacroc, where that is the only place to encounter Sacronian Beldum's line in the wild).
Weird, because I even have a shape of a map of the region.
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Honestly, seeing people just shove their, very often incorrect, opinions down our throats, and having us - the "normal" part of the fandom - deal with it... It can get really tiring.
I know I should not be that "aggressive" or "offensive", but this community is almost the complete reverse of Twitter, so I think I'll be understood if I say... that copying and overexaggerating statements, then forcing others to believe that, is dumb, boring, and makes the rest of fandom look bad.
And it only gets worse: with the introduction of Legends: Arceus and appearances of the ancestors of "overrated" characters, the situation is worse and worse. I- I won't go into much of a detail, because the chances of spoilering are giant, but trust me - seeing the comments on major platforms like YT, Twitter, etc. in major "channels"...
PewDiePie was right all along, it seems.
That is why I'm quite "active" here - people aren't toxic, the responses and conversations are on acceptabpe level, and there's no cursed images. And, thank Arceus, because while I was watching some fanmade pics on Google Graphics... I won't show it to you, I won't present it even in "SPOILERS" section, just to save your eyes. And your sanity.
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Apparently, I can't do any creative projects without overanalyzing everything possible.
For the remake of my first project here, I've written over 1000 words describing... only one of Ame's Pokemon in the "in-game" team. Imagine how long it would've been describing others!
For the record, I did include "alternative" sets for that Pokemon - they won't have the stiff only-4-moves sets, but also they might have alternative moves for some cases, like when I couldn't decide what attacking move would work the best, so I gave a few of them in one slot so one could select which one is more useful overall.
I ain't a competitive expert - if so, I do it for fun. But I like watching False Swipe Gaming, which have taught me more about it. They also do that what I'm intending to do:
In this potential set for "ES Killer" Arceus-Normal in Ubers thier of Gen 5 metagame, in the 3rd move they were given either one-turn medium-strong Shadow Claw, or very powerful yet two-turn Shadow Force. In the 4th... just whatever suited the most against metagame; whenever it is Psyhical, Special or Status move.
So I'll be doing it too; if having problems, just select a few options and comment them. So... Yeah, it's gonna be VERY long.
But you seem to like that kind of complicated shit. After all, it is forum of Pokemon Reborn... This fandom LOVES complicated shit. So I think it will be at least decent; definitely better than the previous one.
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Sorry I'm bothering, but I want to ask the question.
While creating the update to Ame's "semi-canon" team, should I:
- limit myself to Pokémon available only in Reborn (canon Pokémon from Gens 1-7)
- use some Pokemon from Gen 8 (new ones and Galarian forms) and Aevian Forms from Rejuvenation (because Reborn and Aevium are, sorta, connected to each other)
Please, be honest with me - say what you think, not what I want to hear.
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Honestly? I think you’re overthinking this. But it certainly also depends on what you’re trying to do. Is it more of an Ame-themed team, or something that in game would be a good Champion team?
I believe the latter requires to stick to Reborn availabilities (absent any compelling reasons). But if you lean towards the former, I wouldn’t be shocked if Ame had a Galar Pokemon or an Aevian form – within reason: she’s not Aevian or Galarian (unless you want to make her so), but she’s a traveller (as suggested by the first game scene).
PS: you said you were writing fanfiction. Could you give me the link, please?
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About fanfic...
I'm repairing it, as there were quite a few holes (literally) and I think not so much emotions in dialogues, and the aesthetical descriptions sucked; I'm not an English native speaker so my vocabulary is limited
Of course, over the time, the writing style was better, but wanted to refresh everything.
Fortunately, I have finished the first semester in "undergraduate education" already, so I have 3 weeks of free time, and I'll try to repair it completely, so I can move on.
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Looking back at it... I'm not really proud of my first "project" here - creating Ame's potential team.
While I've really worked on it, and didn't intent to fuck this up, I had made a grave error: I had mixed the game and anime logic too much. Like... WAY too much.
In short, focusing too much on lore and personality of Ame, both in games and my fanfic (which on its own isn't a bad thing; both can cooperate with each other as there are no major contradictions in neither of them; mainly because Amethyst didn't show much, if anything, of her OC's backstory and daily life), but trying to create a team, which would suit both in games AND anime, and additionally forcing her to have half of her team be in a specific type, when in given type speciality (Dark) there aren't many canon Pokemon which would suit her; the only are Absol and Umbreon (which is both the ace of Luna and Zero, so it wouldn't work out). If I had access to fanmade Pokemon from other games, I could even create a full Dark team which would be perfect this way and that way.
But without it, that team gamewise was... mediocre at best, and lorewise wasn't perfect either.
I've been called out because of that a few times, and I won't be defending myself - I really, really screwed up. And since I'm a perfectionist, I'm gonna repair this mistake asap. So expect in a some time a solid reboot of this project.
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I don't know what was harder: creating 3 Fields about 3 Gods which are similiar to each other yet different enough and all of them making sense... or editing and posting them here without any mixing and editing problems. Oh well...
But... please, here they are:
https://www.rebornevo.com/forums/topic/58553-pokemon-legends-arceus-field-effect-13/
https://www.rebornevo.com/forums/topic/58554-pokemon-legends-arceus-field-effect-23/
https://www.rebornevo.com/forums/topic/58555-pokemon-legends-arceus-field-effect-33/
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I've seen some content from Legends Arceus (because I won't be buying game since I don't have Switch and don't intend to have; but the game is great), and I have only one thing to say...
Now I know from who did Jaern take his egocentric point of view and sense of fashion...
