WujiKyurem

Awesome! Gonna try these out when I get the opportunity

Nice job yet again. Lol, her Mega Evolution key item should be the Mega Headset; it's way too fitting. Come to think of it, it would be a really flavorful (albeit minor) touch if every character got a different name for their mega accessory when we rematch them in the postgame. This will make a good petition!!1

This is actually amazing! I love the Fairy, Fire, and Grass forms

Apparently! Lmao, I saw that one when I was putting this together (initially for Ame's tumblr) and I was totally floored. EDIT: I came across this link just now, and I'd say it's worth a read. http://blog.maryfons.com/2015/04/finally-answers-im-pteridophobic/

I was pretty bored, so I did these. Just gonna leave it here. Fair warning -- some of these are in horrible taste. PC: pteridophobia Ame: ankylophobia Adrienn: enochlophobia Amaria: amnesiophobia Anna: phasmophobia Arclight: tomophobia Bennett: entomophobia Cain: chaetophobia Charlotte: eleutherophobia Ciel: acrophobia Corey: gephyrophobia Elena: maieusiophobia Elias: ecclesiophobia Eve: technophobia Fern: misophobia Florinia: scolionophobia Hardy: acousticophobia Heather: isolophobia Julia: ekrixiphobia Laura: phobophobia Luna: achluophobia Noel: pediophobia Radomus: phronemophobia Samson: gynephobia Saphira: syngeneaphobia Serra: catoptrophobia Shade: necrophobia Shelly: bibliophobia Sigmund: nosocomephobia Sirius: trypanophobia Solaris: meteorophobia Tara: linonophobia Terra: scopophobia Titania: siderodromophobia Skipped a few, too lazy ._.

Congrats on 1000! Your line about country music was too relatable lol. 1) Top 5 favorite characters in Reborn, and why? 2) You joined after the dissolution of the original league, so are you taking on Redemption S2? 3) What's your favorite subject in school? Aside from foreign language classes, I suppose. (Read your bio; 4 going on 6?? Impressive. I speak English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.) 4) What travel destinations are on your short list, and where have you already been?

I'd presume something like that is ok, but you may want to check with a mod or ace member. The spoiler period for E16 ended as of New Years Day, so you should be fine. There's a forum rule against advertising but I don't think it applies in this case. And if I'm not mistaken, Lostelle did it in the past -- I could be wrong though.

I sometimes forget that Horsea and Seadra were from Gen 1 rather than Gen 2, since they are so massively overshadowed by Kingdra.

Congrats, dude! Awesome testament to your dedication. I celebrated my six year anniversary before the holidays, but I was an absentee member for a little over half of that time -- and you can actually tell; nobody commented on the status update I put up that day xD. I challenged the league for Seasons 1 & 2 but didn't complete it because other interests of mine distracted me from PO. I stopped logging into the server sometime during the period when TheScarletSword filled in for Ame. IIRC it was because Reborn's user traffic was much lower than usual at the time and I was drawn to PO's main server since I wanted to get better at competitive battling (and play Mafia, welp). I really wish I had stayed, so I'm being active again and doing Redemption S2 to make up for that. A community that I thought was fading was actually stronger than ever when I found this place again. So yeah, happy 5 years -- you've made a solid home for yourself here.

@Cyczer I think part of it is because of how long it's been since I've played competitive seriously. Last meta I knew by heart was BW2, and I've been off and on ever since. My idea had standard Smogon singles in mind since I don't have the right level of patience for monotype, but yeah, I can see how it would make Ice kinda broken

@Cyczer RIGHT, ICE IS SO MUCH WORSE THAN IT SHOULD BE!!! I love a lot of Ice 'mons and just the concept of Ice-types in general, but they're so imbalanced that it makes me want to cry. They have merits, sure, but they're virtually impossible to use defensively -- unless you're either RestCurseHydration Lapras (which isn't even viable anymore with the Drizzle nerf) or StallRein (but who uses Hail?). Remember how Steel was the type that everyone wanted to be but nobody wanted to have as coverage? Ice is the complete inverse. Everyone wants the coverage, but nothing wants to be an Ice-type. It's so depressing! Here's how I would rebalance Ice: • Super-effective against Bug • Super-effective against Water • Not very effective against Rock • Resists Bug • Resists Fairy Get on it, GameFreak! @Thiazzi a monorun? Nice! I attempted my first monotype playthrough with Water, but I didn't get too far (just past Florinia) because of how bad my old computer was... hopefully I can start a new one up soon. Frogadier was the only reason I was able to beat Julia lol. Protean Lick made me immune to SonicBoom! As far as Dark 'mons go, I can't remember what's available in exactly what order (except Greninja), but I can give you ideas of what to try using. It's tricky to gauge because the game isn't finished yet, but I'd take looks at Honchkrow/Scrafty/Krookodile (Moxie), Sharpedo (SPEED BOOST), Umbreon, Sableye, and Drapion. I think everything else of use is either too gimmicky, too exclusive, or too late in the game to use. @Lagspike Chansey is nice but I always found Porygon2 more fun to use for whatever reason. Probably because it's the most annoying of the Eviolite users, with the possible exception of Dusclops. Jesus, that thing was a nightmare to knock out back in the day.

As far as competitive play goes, I lean a bit on the defensive side, so naturally Steel would be among my favorite types. Also, I'm just much better at evasive play and predicting switches than I am at things like hyper offense. That being said, the type I had underrated the most was probably Dark. I noticed myself using Dark Pokemon (i.e. Bisharp, Mandibuzz, Weavile, Sableye, etc.) considerably more often ever since X/Y came out -- which seems odd on its face. You would think that they'd be worse off with the introduction of the Fairy-type, right? (Missing In Action: Hydreigon, Scrafty. Last seen: 2013.) I'd argue that it has been the opposite. One of the biggest downsides to Dark-types in my mind was that they were generally useless against Steel-types. In the transition from Gen V to Gen VI, Steel lost its resistances to Dark and Ghost. That has probably been the best thing to ever happen to Dark-types, especially since Steels are even more common than in past generations due to the presence of Fairies. So many Pokemon that just weren't offensively versatile enough can now actually put dents in otherwise annoying walls like Heatran, Skarmory, and defensive Scizor. SD Bisharp w/ Sucker Punch became a premier OU threat because it was very tricky to deal with once its checks were KO'ed. I realized though, that some of these Dark-types were almost every bit as useful in Gen V as they were at the time. Defensive Pokemon like Mandibuzz and Umbreon had gained nothing in the new gen except a new weakness, but I still found room for them and the like on my teams. Hell, Sableye was a giant troll even before it could Mega Evolve. So I thought to myself: why didn't I see the advantages to these Pokemon before? I don't know. I never thought Dark was a bad type, I just never knew how good it could be all on its own -- and not just because T-tar or Weavile have good secondary STAB typings.

These are all based on their fully-evolved forms. I: Bulbasaur II: Cyndaquil III: Treecko IV: Chimchar V: Snivy VI: Froakie VII: Popplio Honorable Mentions: Totodile, Torchic, Piplup

If the Relationship Variables thread is any indication of our post-game character interactions, here are the only relevant people who can still die: Lin, Solaris, Sirius, Zero, and Aster. That's not to say that nobody else can die whatsoever. Those deaths just wouldn't be permanent -- which isn't really surprising considering that Anna has Nostra, who is definitely a real Jirachi and therefore capable of granting wishes. Starlight Arena, anyone?

I absolutely love the idea of a competitive format using the field effects, so I'm all for this! The Glitch Field seems like it offers a lot of room for exploration, so I like it additionally for that reason. I posted a topic in the past that a new item or collection of items should be introduced (either in post-game or as exclusively usable in online battles) to enable their holder to create the different fields in certain situations by using certain moves. It/they would be limited to only one holder per team though, just like Mega Stones. I loved the Gen 5 metagame with its weather wars and what not (idk how many people feel the same way xD), so a meta with 34 different 'weathers' is particularly alluring to me.

Yaaaaaaayy! That's actually very satisfying.

Oh, she appears in E16? Well now I feel stupid. Haha

Just to clarify, you're talking about tchar136 and tchar130 respectively? So I guess we definitely haven't seen the last of Cal, then. As for the other one?

Lol, squidboy's expression is priceless!! And I don't think I can unsee Ame's... Lusamine was unsettling enough without googly eyes

Early Morning Theory --------------------------------------------------- Radomus and Serra are revealed to be the parents of Anna and Noel. Serra and the twins didn't know this because Radomus (w/ assistance from Uxie?) wiped their memories of him and of each other to protect them from Team Meteor. Bennett didn't know about his half-siblings because Serra was rather promiscuous during her modeling days, and she kept their identities a secret from him with the hope that her son would make the right choices in the future if his mother set a proper example. Going back to Team Meteor, they were now seeking Radomus' pendant and blood both. Several years of his actions had finally caught up with him. You see, Radomus (just like Corey) became an agent of Meteor in an effort to impede their progress from within -- he knew exactly what kind of threat they posed to Reborn, and it was for that reason he chose to play white rather than black. At some point, he managed to gain the respect of El, who was the owner of the Amethyst Pendant before him. After they had done some more 'bonding,' El trusted Radomus enough to give him the pendant in a way that mirrored Solaris giving El the Emerald Brooch (the same one that cured his blindness). Radomus would eventually be exposed as a fraud though (possibly by another up-and-coming agent named Lin), and a manhunt began when word of his treachery got out. He was fully aware of how far they'd be willing to go to reclaim their lost key, and he was now on borrowed time. Ever the strategist/pragmatist, Radomus chose the best remaining path available to him. In sequential order: he gathered his family together, had Gardevoir use Hypnosis on them (putting them to sleep), purged all knowledge of one another from their minds, gave Nomos, Nostra, and the pendant to the twins, placed them at the Orphanage's doorstep under the cover of night, and turned Serra (plus any other relatives he had) loose when she woke up the next morning. Team Meteor's only concern is with collecting the four keys, so if they were to locate Serra and ask about Radomus and the pendant -- and when they see how clueless she is about what they're asking -- they would have no cause to threaten any lives. In a move befitting a Chess Grandmaster, Radomus sacrificed his own happiness for the safety of the people of Reborn. Pretty sad tale. Side Notes: 1). I know Zina Vanhanen is a thing -- and while that could be a potential hole in this theory, I don't believe her relation to Radomus is ever stated. If she indeed is Radomus' dead wife, this theory would be completely debunked because of what he told Gardevoir about soulmates in his Interview Intermission. 2). Serra says at Voclain Estate, "I'm fairly certain that I've only had one child, and he's right here." The key word here is 'fairly.' If someone had one child, they probably would be more assertive than only being 'fairly certain.' Perhaps her deep subconscience survived the memory wipe and was on display for us in this scene? Also, she said at some point that she gave up modeling for Bennett's sake. Maybe she didn't mean right after his birth, but after she had been relieved of her ties to Radomus and the twins. 3). Although I say that Radomus gave Nomos and Nostra to the twins, it's entirely possible that he didn't know they were real Pokemon like many of us theorize. Anna is a different type of psychic than her father; more perceptive than procedural. Anna is to Radomus as Kiki is to Samson. 4). My initial explanation leaves this hole: who helped Radomus raise Anna and Noel? And to that, I say Serra did. She could have used many of her modeling tours to drop by Vanhanen Castle so she could fit in her share of parenting -- and Bennett would be none the wiser, since he was probably off studying butterflies anyway. I would think that Spinel Town's crime rate is very low, which means that Serra wouldn't have to constantly worry about Bennett's safety. 5). If you find any other holes in this theory, let me know.

Welp. Solaris McMahon confirmed. Wait, does this mean that every physical blow the Meteors inflicted on people with their Pokemon was fake? If that's the case, Reborn would sure have a lot less dead people. EDIT: Here's a horrible idea! Replace 'Battle- Dramatic.mp3' with this.

I'd consider taking part in something like this. I'll follow this thread in the meantime.