Shanco

Ohohohoho yes he is. Search for the Reborn Quotebook and read through it.

Raine Maida is one of the greatest people to walk the face of the earth. His approachability and genius know no bounds.

Banned.

Don't tell me you haven't heard about this yet... Anyway, it's exactly as it looks. Look 'er up.

Banned for making a ban seem sexual.

Oh. Wow. Aaaaaanyway, tried out Zac today. Turns out he's a good mid, I won't lie. Not as good as he is up top, but he can be an AP mid if you need one. I build him with Sorcerer's Shoes, Warmog's Armor, Spirit Visage, Zhonya's Hourglass, Sunfire Cape, and a wild card, mostly ones with Spell Vamp (ex. Hextech Gunblade) and Health Regen (like Runic Bulwark). I like him top, and mid too I guess. I haven't tried jungling with him yet.

That feel when not at a high enough level to gift anything.

Banned for thinking that she's starting a conquest or is even capable of such

That feel when one-shotting Amoonguss

I know it sucks, but you have to look at the big picture. Being able to sit with your friends at prom means very little, since you will have ample opportunity to converse with them later.

Guess what? It's another Try This set. Haven't done in a while, so... TRY THIS!   What. The Hell. Just Happened to Tyranitar.   Politoed (M) @ Choice Band Trait: Drizzle / Water Absorb EVs: 100 HP / 252 Atk / 156 Spd Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - Waterfall - Ice Punch - Earthquake - Return / Brick Break / Sleep Talk   So today I was staring blankly at the computer with a friend yapping in my ear about Bioshock and how messed up the game apparently was. Eventually, the conversation rant turned to karate frogs. I don't remember how he got there, but that's besides the point. It got me thinking. Karate frog...well at first I thought Toxicroak. Then Poliwrath...then Politoed. Yes, it got that far. Physical Politoed: Mostly for surprise value, but man, does it surprise. A Choice Band makes its Attack go over 400, which means Waterfall hits nicely hard. Ice Punch is some follow up coverage; although it's nowhere near Waterfall in power on Politoed, it still OHKO's many birds including the feared Tornadus-T after Stealth Rocks. Steels can be a pain in the ass, so Politoed has a bunch of options for them; namely Earthquake. If you're fortunate enough to catch something like Raikou asleep at the wheel then you can OHKO them, along with Steels and other Pokemon that threaten to pop your balloon of joy that comes with using CB Politoed. You have numerous options for the last set. Return is an all-around solid attack that's reliable and your best option on things like Gastrodon. Brick Break makes a statement against Tyranitar, telling that son of a b**ch to stop switching in on your damn rainfall. Sleep Talk is a good option in case Amoonguss got the better of you. Get some Stealth Rock support and you'll be good to go. Seriously, do it. It turns 2HKOs into OHKOs.

Banned for not getting that joke

Yeah, that changed to two hours.

In any case, it looks like Zac isn't available just yet. Eh, someone mentioned that it'll be out in a couple days if it follows usual trends for new champions after patches. I'm taking their word for it.

That feel when I got shit to do, man!

For those who can't be bothered leaving the site to check out the deets, the most recent update includes the following: (Anything in pink is a quote from Morello) Zac's launch, judging by the files included in the patch. Karma's highly anticipated relaunch. Hecarim's cooldown on his W spell increased by just over 20% (who here plays Hecarim, anyway?). "The previous version of Spirit of Dread did not offer enough opportunities for tactical decision-making. With higher cooldowns, our goal is to reintroduce strategic choices other than merely activating the ability whenever it is available." Rumble's ultimate was rewired with the elimination of impact damage in favor of increased burn damage. Said burn damage now has no delay, to compensate for the loss of immediate pain infliction. "Rumbles ultimate was intended to be an area control effect but, with the large upfront damage it deals, it tends to be used more as a long-range nuke instead. With this patch, were adjusting The Equalizer to better match its original intent." Udyr got a big overhaul, including but not limited to: decreased cooldowns on all of his stances, numerous changes to Bear Stance, and some other little things. "Our goals were to make changing stances feel more impactful, transfer power from passive stats to actual noticeable effects and reduce problematic lane issues." Master Yi's Double Strike now gets faster based on Attack Speed rather than being a fixed 0.6 seconds. Akali's stealthing/revealing under Twilight Shroud is now immediate, and she reveals herself as she attacks or casts a spell (rather than upon doing damage). "Akalis Twilight Shroud was behaving inconsistently before this patch, so weve adjusted it to better match its visual and theme, and to provide greater opportunity for counterplay." When playing as Warwick, you can now see the range of a couple of your spells before you cast them (as you couldn't before) Nashor's Tooth costs more money. (now 2500G from 2270G) Turrets are now considerably more powerful. "In Season 3, we made a few changes that made turrets feel less like a safe haven for defenders especially in the early parts of the game. Specifically, with turrets attacking minions in a set order and some champions itemizing for health earlier on, its become easier for teams to push aggressively and even dive turrets with low risk. These changes should give defending players more of a fighting chance when under their own turret." A biggie about this patch, and my favorite part of it, is the champion select / AFK detection addition. If there are any players who fail to choose a champion in a match-made game, their match is terminated (as opposed to being given a random champion), and they are given a queue dodge penalty and removed from queue. This applies to both Blind Pick and Draft Pick games; however, in a Draft Pick Game, the only person assigned a queue dodge penalty is the player whose turn it was to pick when their timer runs out, even if that player is in an arranged team. In these games, players who had already picked a champion when the match was terminated (or were waiting for their turn to do so in a Draft Pick game) are automatically returned to the matchmaking queue. If the player who failed to choose is on an arranged team, the team is returned to the arranged team lobby (and removed from queue) but only the AFK player will be assessed a queue dodge penalty. I like these changes. Makes it easier for a common ADC like myself when my supporter is shit (which will happen a lot with all the free Sonas). I also really wanna see what Zac does. I've been intrigued by Flubber On Steroids and I wanna see what that thing can do. Like I said before, sounds like a really annoying harassing champion that jungles / plays top. Being able to counterplay Akali somewhat easier doesn't hurt either Lookin forward to it. No seriously, I am. EDIT: Karma has been disabled for now due to a bug.

Yep, it's the man Kiozo's birthday. 23 years young. Happy birthday to ya!

Happy birthday to Bohemian (aka Washman!) He turns 20 today Let's show him some love!

Banned for thinking my name and signature are even remotely related.

vs. FruitJuice / Clouds and Puddles / Sunset / no idea what to call him anymore   Reuniclus: It's so slow, it's fast.   Battle between [Astra]FruitJuice and [星] Ryan C started! Tier: OverUsed Mode: Singles Rule: Rated Rule: Sleep Clause Rule: Freeze Clause Rule: Species Clause Variation: +23, -9 [Astra]FruitJuice sent out Genesect! [星] Ryan C sent out Deoxys-D! The foe's Genesect's Download activates! The foe's Genesect's Attack rose! Deoxys-D is exerting its Pressure! Dark Desire is watching the battle. Start of turn 1 The foe's Genesect used U-turn! It's super effective! Deoxys-D lost 223 HP! (73% of its health) Deoxys-D held up its Red Card against the foe's Genesect! The foe's Kingdra was dragged out! Deoxys-D used Stealth Rock! Pointed stones float in the air around [Astra]FruitJuice's team! Dark Desire: WAT Start of turn 2 The foe's Kingdra used Surf! Deoxys-D lost 81 HP! (26% of its health) Deoxys-D fainted! Dark Desire: it's not a King or a Queen anymore FJ? :c [Astra]FruitJuice: :P [星] Ryan C sent out Cofagrigus! Start of turn 3 The foe's Kingdra used Surf! Cofagrigus lost 181 HP! (56% of its health) Cofagrigus used Trick Room! Cofagrigus twisted the dimensions! Cofagrigus restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Start of turn 4 Cofagrigus used Shadow Ball! The foe's Kingdra lost 45% of its health! The foe's Kingdra used Surf! Cofagrigus lost 159 HP! (49% of its health) Cofagrigus fainted! [星] Ryan C sent out Scizor! Start of turn 5 [Astra]FruitJuice called Kingdra back! [Astra]FruitJuice sent out Politoed! Pointed stones dug into the foe's Politoed! the foe's Politoed's Drizzle made it rain! Scizor used Swords Dance! Scizor's Attack sharply rose! Rain continues to fall. The foe's Politoed restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Start of turn 6 Scizor used Bug Bite! The foe's Politoed lost 85% of its health! The foe's Politoed used Scald! Scizor lost 154 HP! (45% of its health) Rain continues to fall. The foe's Politoed restored a little HP using its Leftovers! Start of turn 7 Scizor used Bullet Punch! It's not very effective... The foe's Politoed lost 14% of its health! The foe's Politoed fainted! Rain continues to fall. The twisted dimensions returned to normal! [Astra]FruitJuice sent out Chandelure! Pointed stones dug into the foe's Chandelure! Start of turn 8 Scizor used Bullet Punch! It's not very effective... The foe's Chandelure lost 56% of its health! The foe's Chandelure used Flamethrower! It's super effective! Scizor lost 186 HP! (54% of its health) Scizor fainted! Dark Desire: Iron Plate? Rain continues to fall. The foe's Chandelure restored a little HP using its Leftovers! [星] Ryan C sent out Landorus! [星] Ryan C: Close enough Start of turn 9 Landorus used Rock Polish! Landorus's Speed sharply rose! The foe's Chandelure used Shadow Ball! Landorus lost 202 HP! (63% of its health) Rain continues to fall. The foe's Chandelure restored a little HP using its Leftovers! [星] Ryan C: Metal coat Start of turn 10 Landorus used Earth Power! It's super effective! The foe's Chandelure lost 30% of its health! The foe's Chandelure fainted! Rain continues to fall. [Astra]FruitJuice sent out Genesect! Pointed stones dug into the foe's Genesect! The foe's Genesect's Download activates! The foe's Genesect's Sp. Att. rose! Start of turn 11 Landorus used Earth Power! The foe's Genesect lost 87% of its health! The foe's Genesect fainted! Rain continues to fall. [Astra]FruitJuice sent out Jirachi! Pointed stones dug into the foe's Jirachi! Dark Desire: Iron Plate helps more though right? Start of turn 12 Landorus used Earth Power! It's super effective! The foe's Jirachi lost 91% of its health! The foe's Jirachi used Iron Head! Landorus lost 99 HP! (30% of its health) Rain continues to fall. The foe's Jirachi restored a little HP using its Leftovers! [星] Ryan C: Doesn't matter Start of turn 13 Landorus used Earth Power! It's super effective! A critical hit! The foe's Jirachi lost 8% of its health! The foe's Jirachi fainted! Rain continues to fall. [Astra]FruitJuice sent out Breloom! Pointed stones dug into the foe's Breloom! Start of turn 14 Landorus used Earth Power! It's not very effective... The foe's Breloom lost 42% of its health! The foe's Breloom used Drain Punch! It's not very effective... Landorus lost 19 HP! (5% of its health) Landorus fainted! Landorus had its energy drained! Rain continues to fall. The foe's Breloom's Toxic Orb activated! The foe's Breloom was badly poisoned! [星] Ryan C sent out Rotom-W! Start of turn 15 Rotom-W used Hidden Power! It's super effective! The foe's Breloom lost 53% of its health! The foe's Breloom used Spore! Rotom-W fell asleep! Rain continues to fall. The foe's Breloom restored HP using its Poison Heal! Start of turn 16 [星] Ryan C called Rotom-W back! [星] Ryan C sent out Reuniclus! The foe's Breloom used Drain Punch! It's not very effective... Reuniclus lost 66 HP! (16% of its health) Reuniclus had its energy drained! Rain continues to fall. The foe's Breloom restored HP using its Poison Heal! Start of turn 17 The foe's Breloom used Seed Bomb! A critical hit! Reuniclus lost 270 HP! (67% of its health) Reuniclus used Trick Room! Reuniclus twisted the dimensions! Rain continues to fall. The foe's Breloom restored HP using its Poison Heal! Start of turn 18 Reuniclus used Psychic! It's super effective! The foe's Breloom lost 47% of its health! The foe's Breloom fainted! Rain continues to fall. [Astra]FruitJuice: gg [Astra]FruitJuice sent out Kingdra! Pointed stones dug into the foe's Kingdra! Dark Desire: o-o [星] Ryan C: gg, good sir... Start of turn 19 Reuniclus used Psychic! The foe's Kingdra lost 42% of its health! The foe's Kingdra fainted! [星] Ryan C won the battle! [星] Ryan C: For Kuro!

Another one of those "wtf was going on there, but hell, I still laughed" moments Isaac Clarke: * * * * Trevo! ~~~ Trevo burned away all his anger. ~~~ +Eternal Edge: Hey Isaac Isaac Clarke: (19:47:16) Isaac Clarke:Have a good night Trevo! +Eternal Edge: Erm +Eternal Edge: nv +Eternal Edge: nvm Hedron is Sorry: It's the internet, you can cuss here Hedron is Sorry: watch Hedron is Sorry: *** +Swimming95: no you fucking can't Hedron is Sorry: oh guess you can't Hedron is Sorry: i can cuss too Hedron is Sorry: BUTT Hedron is Sorry: hehehehehehhehe Isaac Clarke: ... [sF™]Will: I know I can post my soc and it comes up blurred [sF™]Will: *--**** +Eternal Edge: Oi +Eternal Edge: how about +Eternal Edge: kjdfh +Eternal Edge: /d +Swimming95: Odd Future, tell these peeps that no fucking cursing is allowed :3 Isaac Clarke: ^ Good job on ur grammer [sF™]Will: lolur +Swimming95: you just wish you could bend grammar to your will Isaac Clarke: ^ I dont wish, i do +Swimming95: I can evan bend spelling [sF™]Will: As per example Odd Future: Yeah, niqqas don't fucking cuss. *** Isaac Clarke is god of spelling wurdzzz *** Odd Future: >> Odd Future: << +Swimming95: thanks +Swimming95: hmm... new topic now Isaac Clarke: *uck Odd Future: "Here's a give a fuck cake" Isaac Clarke: (19:50:28) Isaac Clarke: duck Odd Future: "Maybe I should have some" Odd Future: "Asshole, have none."

Throwing in my bit...it's about the ladder. N There were a bunch of us talking this morning (i think it was me, Brave and Explosms but that really doesn't matter) about looking at the ladder and seeing how many of the people who are at the top 10 or so right now, for the most part, coincides with those same people hand a shit load of other alts (over a hundred in some cases). We kinda came to a consensus that starting over with a new alt contributes largely to why they are up top: - you get bigger boosts for winning off the bat, which could surpass progress of a hundred battles as previous alts in as little as three - It's also a way to take a massive chunk out of scores that are higher up, potentially lifting another alt to the number one spot where the "fallen opponent" used to be before losing 25+ points in one battle It's easy to tell that a second/third/hundredth alt has pretty good odds to heavily skew scores on the ladder in one's own favor. That said, it seems to be a good idea to place a limit on the number of alts one can use for the competition (perhaps something like three). Using different alts over and over again is, more or less, an equivalent of boosting - unethicality to gain an advantage. Nobody should have to stoop to such a low - I used one alt to get to 1328 in OU, and I'm confident others can do the same. Hey, it's my opinion, but I know I can get some people to agree with me on that one. EDIT: I seriously hope this isn't an April Fools joke, or else I just made myself look like the biggest idiot in Reborn history.