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Ivorip, huh? So... we know this one keeps the Dark type and is white. I just hope it does not resemble Absol Rule of the internet

Everyone loves your little announcements and... I have a good idea about what this one will end up as, so... RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!!

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Well, it's a bit blurry. You can't even discern which one is the gym. Post the original to help us see better

I spy with my little eye a little spot for a rare item over that waterfall... That is of course if you close the surf entrance to the upper pool with something like a fence or chunks of wood, piled by a woodcutter living in the city (which makes sense since it's in the middle of a forest) The scene reminds us of Pallet town, opening a path downwards for the only place to find Tangela a new area, probably something like a colony, connecting the mainland with another small town, staying deliberately away from the civilization. I just hope there will be something like a secret path somewhere there, open only after a milestone in the game is reached.

Do you not have a duck pokemon in there? Also, how is the game progressing? Obviously this is a hard time for most members but I suppose progress, albeit slow, is steady. After the first episode is complete, will there be the usual progress bars?

Week 7 Ruby Division Deadpool Vs Shiny Meganium http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-ou-29330 Won. Good game, mate

Just like Spinda

Wait, was that Azery's pokemon? That means the Possum is a standalone, right? No evos for you

I like the design and the fact that it's another contrary pokemon. I already expect Tomas to make an RMT with it. It would be funny if you gave it moves that have increased chance to raise one or two stats. Idea for another feature of the game:

Don't let the ghost confuse you! The pinpointed ones are their real eyes. Bring the image of an orca whale into your head. Remember those big white circles? Yeah, they look like them, but they are not the beast's eyes. Do not let your first view on the creature deceive you! I'd also like to remind you Zim's comments on furries. Yes, why would he mention Banshy as a furry if the hair is only on its head? I'm telling you, those are the eyes and it's controlling some sphere like a puppet, pretty much like Wobbafett does. Don't Dead Open Inside Also, how about a... double announcement this week?

It's time for the world to know (or just be reminded) of my preferences. Ground : The type of the Earth. Seriously underrated type, having 2 resistances (rock and poison) and 1 immunity (to electric), Ground could ask for more on the defensive side. Offensively it's one of the best, wrecking teams, as 5 types are weak to it, and even if a flier appears, Ground types usually have a good movepool to get rid of them, mainly Rock and Ice type attacks. Another thing that adds to the type is the great variety it has. Most people think immediately of bulky pokemon, mostly used as tanks or walls like Gliscor, Hippowdon, and Quagsire, when speaking about the Ground type. However one can also find great supporters like Swampert and Garchomp, some fast sweepers like Excadrill, the vicious Landorus bros, and Krookodile, or just heavy hitters like Golurk, Diggersbytho and Mamoswine. And of course, who can forget his majesty, the one who knows all, the unstoppable (under certain conditions) powerhouse Nidoking is? Naturally, Ground itself has a shortage of good moves to exploit, mainly having to deal with Earthquake and Earth Power for both the physical and special side of the competitive attacks. Fortunately it has a vast array of moves to use, thanks to the many different secondary typings, and the fact that Ground types essentially have to learn moves from other types to compete. Being immune to paralysis outside of Body Slam and Glare is a great way to sweep, and even if you didn't, the generally good defensive stats guarantee you wouldn't go down without dealing some serious damage yourself. Funny thing is that the current megas Ground has are few and do not help the type as much as it needs it, but they sure can destroy the enemy teams given the chance. Just take a look at Camerupt after 2 Rock Polish, or Garchomp with the adequate paralysis support. We need the following type combinations: Ground/Fighting, Ground/Bug. Ground/Dragon, Ground/Fairy, and more of Ground/Dark and Ground/Ghost Next type is Steel. Those little pesky things define the metagame with their presence in both defense and offense. Actually being so sturdy just thanks to their type, almost always guarantees problems for your opponent. Weak to the most major offensive types (fire, fighting, ground), they know they should have serious reasons to stay in the game, and they do with their great amount of resistances (and an indifferent immunity to poison). Nerfed to not be able to stop Ghost and Dark anymore, they lost a bit defensively, but they gained a lot offensively, being one of the two only threats to the new menace of the meta, the fairies. Truth be told, Steel benefited more from the Fairy birth than Poison, mainly because it was already a good type to use and, compared to the Poison type, you have more pokemon to work with. Don't judge me wrong. I adore the Poison type, but I feel that they were not treated as equals, being given mediocre movepools, lower base stats, and few secondary typings that could help bring them into the competitive without having to rely on certain niches. Steel didn't have that. Some Steel pokemon rely on their brute strength and sturdiness to survive, while others are complacent about their mediocre-to-good base stats and good defensive typing to go all-out and wreck havoc. Steel types can serve a multitude of roles, and the most fascinating thing is that the same pokemon could play different roles based on the team it's in. Certainly things like Ferrothorn, Bronzong, Skarmory, and Empoleon are more passive players that may deal damage based on the occasion, but you'd also look at Heatran, Aegislash, Scizor, Aggron, and Metagross, that can work defensively at one point, be a scarfed sweeper at another, or just go crazy, pull of a mega evolution and decide to finish with your team a few turns earlier. We need the following type combinations: Steel/Poison, Steel/Fairy, and more of Steel/Water, Steel/Fighting Third type in terms of fondness could only go to Rock. Underrated, ridiculed, cast away by those who cannot understand the power they hold. Certainly they come along with many weaknesses that vary, so they can never feel safe. Sure, there are few Rock type pokemon that can stand their ground against the vast majority of the metagame being able to land a Super Effective hit. Definitely, I have not forgotten how few of them are seen in the meta, and how some repeat themselves. However, there is no team without a Rock coverage move, and multiple Rock resistances. Funny how the type used the least in the meta (even behind Ice) is the one every player fears the most. Even funnier is how, through all generations, they didn't dare give Rock a strong move with perfect accuracy or one with side-effects that lower stats, much like every other type has. Up until now, only 4 moves are viable for competitive (2 physical, 2 special) with the 2 special ones being so scarce, you won't even see them unless you battle a Diancie or a random HP-Rock. However, Rock has it's quirks that bring its abilities to the frontlines and make monsters like Tyranitar, Terrakion, and Aerodactyl, look even more fierce. Basic source of badassery; the sand. I hope nobody forgets how Rock types get a 50% boost in SpD when the sand's up. If Tyranitar was not so weak to Fighting and Earthquake was not so common, you would not dare face it in the sand, especially since its other weaknesses are more often than not, not STAB boosted, therefore not guaranteeing a kill. Moving on to the next best thing that makes the type cool again, and that's no other than the one, the only move almost guaranteed to be seen in every single match. No I'm not talking about Hyper Beam, you genwunners. It's Stealth Rock. Yes, the move that's wrecked so many friendships and makes Fire, Ice, Flying, and Bug types think twice before entering the scene again is of the Rock type. Speaking of Rocks, yes there is the problem that they are also underrated as a type and many pokemon could use some better stats or movepools to be better in the competitive, and being given a wider selection of secondary typings would be great, since they can use them to a full extend. Even so, in the lower tiers you can make use of walls like Cradily and Gigalith, man up and attack with Armaldo, Tyrantum and Rhyperior, or just sweep the floor with Aerodactyl and Barbaracle. We need the following type combinations: Rock/Electric, Rock/Ghost, Rock/Poison, and more Rock/Fighting, Rock/Bug and Rock/Flying Notes: 1) I am well aware the types above benefit most from Sand teams 2) Forth place goes to Poison, Fairy and Psychic, even if the top 3 are just minor preferences over the other types. I love all types equally. Except for you, Ice. 3) The Zygarde forms are going to Rock, shake the Ground, and be hard as Steel

Wat is tis Dolan shit?

Banshy, 5 days a month

Could you do Deadpool or Quicksilver? If you do more than fictional heroes, make Gandhi

Dat stache... ~ It's-a-me! Mael !~ ^no, not happening

I may as well put in a few words, even though I am by no means an expert on the matter. In my opinion the two subjects belong to the same discussion for the mere purpose of reaching a conclusion. It is understandable that the discussion may fly in circles and at some points is is easy to derail it either by mistake or on purpose, but the separation will ultimately lead to one ranting thread and another that begins setting the basis of the debate whether to switch or not, but will end up being a v2 of this one, as transcendance from one system to another cannot be abrupt. We should at this point consider whether it is humans that exploit the system's flaws, or it is the system itself that urges the humans to move towards that direction. The usage of the basis the system sets might be a slightly different discussion, aimed towards eg the money spent on defense while the educational systems face the most serious of issues, in terms of critical thinking, amounts of useful information gathered, and creation of skills for later use. As correctly stated, the farther the problem is, the less you care about, due to lack of empathy. Of course "far" may not always be described in terms of length-distance. Jericho mentioned the companies that thrive on the market while creating jobs for more people as their capital increases. Of course they cannot be considered a charity, as the social benefits their actions create are caused by the need to move forward in the competitive scene. Their higher taxation will hurt them due to the sudden loss of capital, and the flow of money will decrease on their part. At the same time, with proper legislation, smaller companies will get the chance to compete with them, which in turn will continue the process of creating more jobs, coming from either the economic collosus or the smaller ones trying to reach a higher standard. The point is that in cases like this it is not the system that causes the problems, but the way your enforcement of laws allows exploitation or lets companies run wild and create monopolies, in fear that the current situation collapses and leads to something worse, no matter how small your current gain is. Given how intertwined the various types of companies are, it's not surprising. Moving along those lines and straying a bit from the main axis of the topic, I'd like to make a point on how the state/country/continent prefers to still enforce the same agenda on the current events, investing more on certain things it doesn't need (like the army) and letting others under-subsidized or underdeveloped, due to the give and take from their sponsorship and how this downgrades the economy. Regarding the vast amounts of war expenditure and the infographics posted above, it stands to no reason to invest that much money in the army, the political campaigns and non-renewable sources of energy. Following this argument, and given that almost everyone can undestand that the problems arousing in the current capitalistic society have as a major factor the *human nature, investing in education (especially being free for all, but that's another subject) and trying to make it more efficient from the very first grades of elementary school, to the highest classes in uni, seems to be the best start in creating solutions for the problems in capitalism, or, if we decide to follow that path, in the creation of a new system that is in theory fairer and distributes wealth based on intelligence, working hours, difficulty, and amount of knowledge needed for the job. ((*here, I am referencing human nature, as the model of humans created in the current society, the ones that follow the basic norm "do what you want and strive only for yourself, disregarding the others" and follow a mentality that "other's problems do not concern me")) Since education has been industrialized, and up to a point it has become just another company field, it could also follow the basic rules any capitalistic model does. However the case is not as such, due to the only source of steady income being the tuition. Certainly the sponsorships and state funding helps, but that is more targeted towards research, which in turn means that the company-uni is more inclined to spend their money towards that field, rather than encourage more sufficient learning in the classrooms. Certainly there is constant progress in that domain too, but it doesn't skyrocket like the others, for the mere reason that money runs the company, and money goes where the investor wants it to. Solving this issue, or at least balancing it, leads to the creation of more self-aware individuals with empathy and of course higher academic knowledge and skill, which leads to the creation of a more efficient workforce which at the same time puts the general good above the personal gain, simply because it can see that the profits outweigh the problems that are possibly caused by this mentality. Certainly the statements above might contain flaws caused by the non-fluency of the English language and might sound a bit optimistic, but bear with me there. Returning to the foundations of the discussion, and replying partially to posts above, a successful model of Communism cannot be illustrated here, because it has not existed yet. In theory the various pros could be seen in the early USSR under Lenin, but that's it. Human nature again leads to corruption, and while someone might say that an individual is less qualified to hold a country than a group of "experts", they should be reminded that those "techs" are humans too. Ideas are always subject to lobbying and as such, even if several minds may be more efficient than 1 in 7/10 cases, bad decisions are always part of the game. Especially when those stack on each other, either by following a route that is fundamentally flawed, or by sheer inability to fix earlier problems and trying to patch them with disputable solutions, they can lead an economic system to fail miserably and be treated as an atrocity in certain western societies. The very concept of Socialism includes the benefits of Capitalism with the social concern of Communism, at least in theory. Several models of basically capitalistic economies with varying levels of socialism (seen more in the northern European countries) are being proven more effective than the mere notion of "put more capital on the capital" that are now in place in US/UK. As mentioned before, moving to the other system means having in theory closed the loopholes and in order to do that, a complete view of the "new" system needs to be already put in paper. Moving from one system to another will need constant changes in legislation and that's not only hard to do because of reliance to certain interests due to sponsorship (solved by the change in voting methods, if the links from Grey are correct -- can't see them now due to bad internet connection, but I suppose are the ones on the animal kingdom) but also difficult to implement because behind all changes hides the human mentality, afraid of change and complacent on a system that may not be good enough for them, but is the one that they know how to work around in order to survive or just "have it better than the guy next door", and perhaps some with -communication power- know how to manipulate the system's anomalies in their favor. The latter is the main reason any system that is not doomed to fail immediately after the first hardships arise (and of course not dealt with massive bloodbaths) keeps on surviving with periods of prosperity and others of crisis. As Jericho mentioned the pendulum as a simile for the system to get back on track when the shit hits the fan, it is actually in the very essence of capitalism to have periods of problems, because the constant accumulation simply leads to that point. The only problem is that the gradual redistribution may not work in the people's favor all the time, as the prerequisite to remove the people who control the media and have influence over presidential candidates or politicians in general (to speak of more countries and political systems) is far from being applied, since they inherently become a part of the system itself as much as the political parties in question allow them to, thus turning a democracy into an oligarchy (but that's for another time). Even if we bypass this obstacle, the whole world has the same system, meaning that the start needs to global and simultaneous for it to work. Otherwise, assuming one country with enough economic power (in order to maintain it) starts moving towards the new system, the others will lobby against it because their short-term interests are being hindered, thus forcing it to fail with multiple embargos and propaganda. Recap: before providing measures to enforce the "pendulum" one must realize the reasons why the people, the system, or even the economy itself will not accept it or project it as a viable solution.

Normalize just for the lolz

Ban Banshy from the meta! I bet i learns Uproar at least... Perhaps Hyper Voice too....