Ojama Yellow

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hey, man. I feel your pain. angie ruthlessly beat me multiple times, to the point where I had to grind up a friggin magcargo to deal with her. if you really want to beat the game, id suggest keeping a healthy rotation of pokemon. noibat and pichu at that point really arent cutting it. growlithe is already starting to become rather weak against major trainers. and if your meditite doesnt have pure power, its going to end up being thoroughly useless because pure power is the only reason the meditite line sees usage. I didnt mean to bash on your team stupidly hard (which I probably did and I apologize for that), but my point was that keeping a healthy rotation may be a good idea. if youre having trouble against marianette, why not try rotating in either a fighting type or something that resists normal types? I cant say that the battle suddenly will be easymode (hell, I even had trouble with meganium, stoutland and simipour in my team), but its certainly going to make it easier. also, keep in mind that reborn and rejuv, and other games of the same genre, arent particularly every pokemon players cup of tea. its entirely possible that its not your kind of game- in which case, lay it down for at least a while before you end up tearing all your hair out. good luck! (ps. dont try to make pichu battle against trainers. use it to battle WEAK wild pokemon. it sounds really really boring which it no doubt is, but its a good way to grind friendship without pichu going down literally every time it enters battle.)

my apologies if this comes over as rather frank, or something of the likes, but we didnt actually deserve to know this, per se. by which I dont mean you did something wrong by sharing this with us- far from, actually. getting something off your chest can feel real good sometimes, moreso if you do it in a place youre comfortable in. and I honestly dont know where im going with this so time to drop that. im not gonna pretend to understand what the pain was you went through- while I did undergo bullying myself in high school, it was (to my knowledge) not nearly as harsh as this. however, what I do understand is that shit like that leaves scars that arent easily erased. primarily the self-confidence issues. small story about when I first entered reborn- I was entirely convinced that I was the biggest trash of the earth and didnt even deserve to talk to anyone ever because said people had better things to do with their time than waste it with the likes of me. through a combination of both psychological treatment and this place, ive reached the point where I still beat myself up over my negative points but am able to respect my positives. what im trying to get at is this- I dunno what confidence issues you have, nor do I know how deep they go, but I do know that they can be at least partially fixed if youre open to it. if you dont do so already, id also recommend attempting to make an appointment with a psychologist. this isnt meant in a bad way, but from experience I can say that a good psychologist can really help with these issues. oh, and about the relationships I can only give one piece of advice. dont try to force it, attraction should come near naturally from both sides to create a healthy relationship. and should you get a good feeling from the person youre attracted to, take your chances and ask them out. nothing ventured, nothing gained. I understand that getting rejected often can make you lose hope, but dont actually go into a downward spiral of negativity about it. especially at your current point in life, relationships are a nice bonus- theyre far from something obligatory you need to be happy. edit: oh, and I should actually end this post by saying good luck. I sincerely hope your future goes better than your past.

I voted erwin, olivia and helen and apparently everyone else had the same idea as well edit: HOW DOES ED HAVE FOUR VOTES I JUST H O W

okay, my brethren, im back for the second part of my post. I could have edited my previous post and I probably should have, but id also like to leave a message here that I kind of wanted about everyone that checks up on this thread to see. ive been hearing things on server lately such as 'I suck at writing appreciation' or 'I feel bad when I write like one line when others go for full paragraphes'. my message to all of you is- dont care about what other people write. this thread is about giving your appreciation to the people you actually appreciate around here. that can be in big lines, small lines, or literally in whatever, really. you dont even have to necessarily post in this thread- its time to quote what a great man once said. 'It would help the world turn a bit better if we expressed our gratitude every once in a while.' - arkhi, original member appreciation thread this thread was originally created to spread positivity, not to compare what people wrote to each other like 'ha I wrote two lines more that means I appreciate more'. no. thats not what this thread is about. even if you just give a bunch of shoutouts without too much extra text, it still makes people feel welcome. makes people feel happy that someone likes them being around. and thats what its all about. okay now that thats out of the way, time to get this show on the road once more with the final ten of my appreciationistics. @Jericho pls no wankerino. its kind of a shame to see you online less these days, but I guess its to be expected- real life is important stuff. ive had my fun talking to you before, and while we really couldnt be more different in a variety of ways, I still think youre a really cool guy, and you should keep on being a cool guy because being a cool guy is what its all about. also, dartz in yugioh abridged is the best anime character ever. thank you? @Kurotsune ey. youve been around less and less, but that doesnt stop me from including you. to be completely honest, I have barely even conversed with you the past year- even though you were partly responsible for the beaver cream incident fuck off kuro I still couldnt just not include you. a big part of the reason for that is that youve kind of forced your help on me once, without my approval, and while I would normally tell people off super hard for doing that, I wont do that in your case. because it actually helped. youre not always necessarily a nice person, but youre a good person. and thats what I really appreciate about you. @Lost Lore LOSTWHY even with the constant innuendos on showdown I swear to god lost youre going to kill me one day, youre still someone that we cant miss there. because showdown would be stupid dead if it werent for you. people sometimes say that im the one to make showdown lobby live- but I disagree there. in my opinion, youre putting in much more work on that aspect than I am. thanks for that. other than that, youre just a genuinely likeable person to be around. so keep being you. @Marcello gottem once more a rather new addition to my list. I really hadnt gotten to know you before...end of 2016, I think? around where I started playing my reborn wonder trade run, I assume it was. and I have to say, you were rather skilled at kicking my ass with well-timed jabs. you still are, actually- but now I got seaking to counter you so fuck off. if I hadnt made it evident before, though, I genuinely consider you a friend, and I just want the best for you, despite the many amounts of times I seaking you. stay cool, friendo. @Odybld thanks for being back. if it werent for you, hunger games simulator hosting on server would have died way more quickly. actually, wasnt it the hunger games sim through which we started talking? I actually dont remember but you just approached me one time because I was being dumb. even though we had our disagreements and arguments, im glad we can look past that now. youre super easy to talk to, and even though you taint my innocence with a lot of innuendos, im glad youre back. sorry for not particularly staying in contact as much while you were gone- im godawful at that stuff, especially if skype was the only way to do so. @President Felix in the beginning we talked a bit. and then we didnt talk for a bit. and then we talked again for a bit. and then we didnt talk again for a bit. rinse repeat rinse repeat. I want you to know that, on my whole appreciation list here right now, ive known you the longest of all, bar maybe ark and azery. youre kind of one of the oldest friends I have in that regard- not as in actual age, but more in how long we have been buds. sometimes you come around to help me a bit, and I seem to even recall I came to your aid once. we dont particularly talk too much at the moment too, but destiny will find a way to make us converse more, trust. it always has. @Spineblade E Y S P I N E eyspine ey spine EY SPINE you knew I had to do it. youve been the target of a bunch of my memes, often against your will, id assume. im sorry about that. despite that, youre still a really cool person to be around. sometimes you seem even more innocent than I am, though. I know, I know, hard to believe, but its true. im sorry for tainting your bird discord with memes that one time, and also be around more. reborn needs you. goddammit spine. @Xiri oh god dammit. if I see you mention alomomola one more goddamn time xiri! my former leader in the great nation of atlantis that we brought to victory, because atlantis was the best and I will not allow any disagreements. thats actually about where we started off, too. though we dont particularly talk as much privately, I still enjoy your presence even though you always throw the fucking fish at me because youre really just a likeable person to be around. also, I enjoy kicking you down in hackmons or mono randoms at times. I would do the same in actual competitive tiers but you just kick my ass to hell and beyond in those so. yeah. thanks for that. @ZEL okay so yeah do I really need to even explain this even more or alright, fine. youre kind, youre nice, youre fun, youre funny, youre cool, youre ama. I honestly dont know what more I need to add, really. when I first sent you a pm after hunger games? I think it was hunger games. anyway, after that, I never could have guessed id still be talking to you like two years after or something. youve helped me through so much shit before too, its not even funny anymore. sometimes I feel like I dump too much trouble onto you, tbh. but then I realize you probably feel the same way and if you do id kick your ass so I shouldnt be a goddamn hypocrite. go to sleep, ama. @Zumi last but not least! the times where I bashed ur f00kin hed in in hackmons and hunger games simulator are more or less about over, but hey, shit happens. and school and work happens too, and honestly, I dont get how you can even call yourself lazy sometimes when I see the amount of work you take upon you. like, what the fuck, zumi. thats not okay. we havent really talked much lately, but thats entirely okay with me. your work should always go first. oh, also, looking forward to the flower parade. im not 100% sure ill be able to make it there with the massive amount of exams ill have to redo in summer, but ill definitely do my best!

oh oh, bby. this years appreciation goes out to the people ive liked being around the most this year. my friends. lets do this. also alphabetically listed because why not. @Alex who else but you. even though our conversations are often nothing but memes and innuendos being thrown back and forth the innuendos mostly from your side, I very much enjoy said conversations. plus, youve been really helpful towards me in the past. the situation you helped me with like a year ago? your support/help was way way more appreciated than you may imagine. also, I have to thank you for the sunglasses bluedoof- hes beautiful. also this is an edit but I nearly forgot to mention youre super kind. because you are. really are. @Arkhi I dont particularly converse a lot with you, but thats because I think (correct me if im wrong, or not, you choose) that most of your talks happen in pms and I am an absolute trashbag at doing pms and very much prefer group chats. despite that, I love your presence in chat. really do. your jokes are pretty much always on point, and your atoks are by far my favorite emotes on discord. oh, also, creme. @Azeria > having to say positive things about azery :/ in all seriousness, youre actually a really cool guy. im glad that youre still around, because that really wasnt evident, considering where you came from. ive said it multiple times before, and ill say it again- I havent seen anyone change (for the better) as much as you did during my time on reborn. love beating your shit in in hackmons and monorandoms, because lets be real, we both know the opposite aint happening. keep going the way you are, buddy. @Chimchain ey. you surprised? I hadnt particularly talked that much to you before 2017, which is kinda funny because we both were active people in the rp subforum back when I was still active there. either way, for some reason you decided to come more on server for a short while in...2017, right? anyway, glad you did. I quite like talking to you, not to mention beating you up in duel links. shame youre not around as often anymore- but honestly its understandable considering you have a life that needs to be led. @Cyanna Cyril how the fuck didnt I talk to you more back when we were both in atlantis tbh. I think I only really started conversing with you when I gave you some feedback on a redemption team of yours? either way we talked for like two hours about it and that kind of broke the ice. and now youre super cool and I just cannot imagine how I didnt start actively talking to you earlier. ive seen you online less on showdown lately, though. may be my own fault for also being on less, but still. even if you constantly make those fkin alomomola jokes, ive still grown real fond of you. stay cool. @Etesian youre absolutely one of the odd ones out in the list, and thats not meant in a bad way. I dont remember at all how we started talking, when we started talking, and why we started talking. but I dont regret it at all. youre an incredibly cool dude, even if you shit talk me all the time. but hey, in return I whoop your ass in hackmons, so I guess we are even there. youre also one of the very few people I consistently talk to in pms, and thats a huge ass achievement because I dont know how you manage to keep me interested but you manage and its awesome. also, you helped me with an issue some time ago too, and I thank you for listening to my mad ramblings that day. @Hukuna the Undying bet youre surprised. you really shouldnt be. even though we talk about never anymore (totally my fault because aforementioned being garbage at pms), I really did enjoy the conversations we had back when we somewhat consistently talked to each other. im glad your self-esteem isnt as shit as it used to be, because really, youre a fucking rad dude and if I see you self-depreciating yourself one more time youre going to catch a trout in your face. we clear? we clear. @Hycrox buddy. chum. pal. matey. friendo. if I look at my 'closer' circle of friends, youre one of the few new additions that appeared compared to last year. your meme levels are off the chart, and thats fucking awesome because memes are fucking awesome and so by default you are fucking awesome and we are both fucking awesome and im using the word fucking too much in this sentence but I dont care because we are going to make this thread great again its true. what a story mark. @IntSys without you reborn showdown would be even deader than it often is at the moment, and I thank you for that. even if you may not realize it, youre a really cool dude to talk to. I really like your presence in chat, even though we barely ever have a serious conversation. I dont know too much about you (did someone say garbage at pms and everything?), but just know that I really like your presence, otherwise you really wouldnt have made it to this list. @Ironbound and here we go. we really couldnt be more different from each other. youre a realist, im a dreamer. youre a worker, im a lazyass. you like celesteela, I hate celesteela. and yet we are real good buddies and I absolutely love it is the way it is. youre one of the really few people that I sometimes show my serious side to, and thats because your presence kind of brings it out in me. that isnt a bad thing at all, btw. oh, also, magneton > magnezone. sue me. @Isa.phoria of everyone in this entire list, you are probably the most odd one out. thats not meant in a negative way- far from it, actually. I normally get to know people and bond with them by meeting them for the first time in a chat service like showdown or discord, but you are consistently not active in any group chat at all. instead, you just approached me one day after some shenanigans in a forum status, and thats how we started talking. even though we havent particularly talked much lately, I still want you to know I care about you. so here. I care. youre cool. wheres the caveman. this list is not yet complete. there are still ten more people that need to be added, and they will be edited in later. also, there are a LOT of people that didnt make it to this list. I could list all of them here but honestly I dont want to ping like half the community atm. I just want you to know, all of you who make showdown, discord and/or forum live, im happy youre around. no exceptions. reborn wouldnt be the same without you, person. on that note, id also like to state something I noticed here. lately, ive been hearing people (mostly older members) saying that the forums are dying and activity has been going down. however, looking at this thread and the people who posted in it, forum looks absolutely alive to me- theres just a new batch of people that prefers to post in other parts of the forum. and it makes me super paranoid and makes me think that the newer and older 'generations' of reborn people are getting split more and more. so id also like to take this opportunity and say thank you to the 'newer' members of reborn that I dont necessarily know. you all are playing a huge part in keeping the forum alive at this point, as well as creating an influx of new members which is invaluable for every community. sincerely, thank you all.

venus decks have been rather loved lately. joined a duel links discord before, and theyre talking about how venus is currently one of the best things. also about how every deck needs three enemy controllers. I still have none. reading like a book is rather easy when mind scan exists, tbh. level monster could be cool, but with how fast-paced the game goes, I dunno how much use they will see. keeping them alive will be a problem, id assume.

I very much disagree. the only season of pokemon anime that felt better than xy&z for me was the dppt anime, and that was because the cast was by far the strongest in there, in my opinion. brock took up the role as brotherly figure, dawn had quite a lot of screentime despite not being the actual main character, and paul was and is just the best rival ash has ever had in all anime series. the original series was lmao. im not gonna lie, it was bad, but it was bad because it was new to the creators as well. it was bad in the same fashion duelist kingdom was bad for yugioh, and a lot of alike things. you could see the quality improving over time (most notably in the silver conference which is still my second-favorite anime league up until now), but really, most of it was just experimental. hoenn was quite literally a new beginning. ash started out as a complete rookie for the first time again, joined by a coordinator- also a new thing. hoenn was somewhere in between johto and sinnoh anime, and while it was by no means really bad, I found it to be really bland. morrison was a lastminute addition because they realized they forgot a rival and the hoenn league sucked majorly. sure, animations were rather cool, but corphish knocking out half of morrisons team on its own? fuck off. sinnoh anime didnt bring anything new to the table, which, ironically, was their greatest strength. dawn was an improved may (what with anime contests being fleshed out at this point), brock reprised his role as big bro and fan favorite, and then theres paul aka best pokemon anime rival ever. id apologize for stating this as a fact but I literally cannot proclaim it as about anything else. actually, fuck it, entire paragraph on rivals lets go. the original series had gary, ritchie and harrison. gary started out as a meme, as unrealistic as possible. during the johto league, writers wisened up and realized their anime wasnt fully gag-driven anymore. thus they made gary suddenly more mature and an actual respectable rival. this would have made him good except no character development. just BOOM hes not an asshole anymore. ritchie was there to make ash lose in indigo league and didnt even appear in the silver conference. harrison was there to make ash lose in the silver conference. tyson was basically the harrison of hoenn. morrison fucking sucked. stephan was...actually not that bad. legitimately one of the few bw characters that didnt piss me the fuck off in like every episode. shame about no character development, though. same with bianca, actually. please dont mention cameron or virgil, though. trevor and tierno were kind of strange. they were the first kalos rivals introduced but really got dropped super fast in favor of sawyer and alain, which was a good idea too. the former two were super static, while alain and especially sawyer got major character development. alain was broken as hell and a borderline tobias (winning the lumiose conference semifinals using two pokemon), but he was shown to not be unbeatable, plus character development. good rival, not awesome. sawyer, though, started out as a full rookie, and despite being introduced rather late, managed to become rather vital to the plot. he respected ash, looked up to him, and once even had an argument with him. hands down my second-favorite pokemon rival introduced. alola... I dont even know, man. the sinnoh rivals, though. barry was eh, and by far the worst of the sinnoh rivals. but his ingame counterpart was also annoying so ill let it slide. conway was...disturbing. while his strategic style of battling was rather new (only done by katie before), he was the most static of all sinnoh rivals. so I dunno. nando was interesting- he had both an interest in battling and coordinating, which was a complete u-turn from how things were before- you had to either battle or coordinate. he did both, and it made him super interesting. and then theres paul. the rival that took the best out of all anime rivals. he was a better gary in the way that he used to dislike ash, but eventually grew respect towards him gradually, not BOOM here it is like gary. he was a better sawyer in the way that he got character development, but while sawyer only appeared late in the journey, paul had been there since the beginning, giving him super many chances to grow as a character. he was a better conway, because he also used strategy in his battles, but he was flexible- conway was arrogant and sticked to one plan, too certain it would work out. he was a better alain, too. the power gap between him and ash seemed to be much smaller than between ash and alain (bar the lake acuity battle where paul outstrategized ash super hard). im sorry, but theres literally NO WAY anyone can convince me paul wasnt the best rival. anyway, back to sinnoh. good rivals, good companions, battles that used actual strategy... not gonna lie, the only thing about sinnoh that I could say was less good was the massive amount of filler episodes. not all of them were interesting to watch. oh, and the sinnoh league was hype as fuck. ash vs paul in league are still my favorite pokemon anime episodes up until this day. oh, and fuck tobias. nearly forgot that. unova can fuck off. iris was a throwback to misty, just being there to be there, but unlike misty she was super annoying and god shut the FUCK up. cilan had to take over brocks role and I gotta be honest. I was legitimately surprised there could be a worse companion than iris. bw had good moments, but most of the time was just please stop. kalos was great. it felt like something between sinnoh and unova for me- not as much strategizing as sinnoh, much better characters and companions than unova. serena was far from as static as people claim her to be- I can at least remember one moment where she got so mad at ash that she could have slapped him. which also was character development for both, btw. showcases were kind of just there and could have been executed better, tbh. clemont and bonnie were okay, but much more static. however, they were played rather well, in my opinion. and the kalos league, oh god. though I hated how short it was and how much the focus was put on mega pokemon and ash-greninja, those animations were goddamn cool. and the team flare arc was really what the team plasma arc in bw should have been if bw didnt fucking suck super hard. it was balls-trippingly epic, and after the ash vs paul league battles, the megalith zygarde fights were my favorite anime episodes. sun/moon is strange. it feels like theyre going back to kanto mechanics and I dont know how to feel about that. boy, what a rant.

just about. you cant pick srs from packs though, but the selection is still really dumb. also, I pulled my third daedalus. meme deck incoming. edit: tried to counterbuild harpies yesterday for platinum, only to not face harpies at all. but at least I got this replay out of it.

I DID IT DIDITDIDITDIDITDIDITDIDIT I REACHED PLATINUM 1 IN RANKED and apparently I had misunderstood what the prize was for reaching platinum 1- I thought it would be a random sr card obtainable in the game. that isnt the case. you instead get to choose an sr card out of a WIDE variety of cards (all the card trader cards, all the drop rewards from duelists, even the ones from events like yami bakura and pegasus)... I was tempted to pick reverse trap, toon world or enemy controller but then remembered how much champions vigilance carried me and I got a second copy of it. the deck with which I reached platinum looked like this blue-eyes white dragon (3x) blue dragon summoner (3x) kaibaman (2x) paladin of white dragon senju of the thousand hands sonic bird kaiser sea horse neo the magic swordsman burst stream of destruction stamping destruction twister white dragon ritual champions vigilance mirror wall windstorm of etaqua and now that ive got a second champions vigilance, ive swapped stamping destruction out for it. twister is still around because harpies hunting ground and relinquished are still annoying.