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where centrak europe atttttttttt edit im so sorry but yea central europe is athing we dont js7t go at west

If you don't use a bunch of Meteor grunts as a free babysitting service while you get shit done elsewhere, then what are you doing It's cost efficient Anyway, welcome to Reborn! Have fun with the rest of the game, and embrace the edge

Happy New Year! I fell asleep and woke up six hours after midnight, so I hereby declare 2019 my year of good sleep. Which would be sorely needed, because my sleep schedule is shit. But on a serious note, I just hope I can continue to improve my wellbeing. Managing mental illness when you're forced to live with people who refuse to acknowledge what you're going through is far from ideal, but despite everything, I've made progress. I've nearly made it through last year without hurting myself, so if I can make this year relapse-free that'd be huge. Also, more exercise and more taking care of my body in general. I'm finally no longer underweight, time to get in shape! I dropped out of uni last year, but I finally got a small job that can cover my insurance bills, so I hope this year I'll manage to get into an actual career. I also hope that all my plans for traveling and meeting my friends will work out. I'm planning to see a bunch of people from here next summer and want to spend the next Christmas + New Year's Eve with my boyfriend, I'd be over the moon if both happened.

the anti self-depreciation robot is gonna kick your door in, lía

Most people I'd have wanted to nominate are already in their respective categories, excellent. Can I nominate Plok for Cna't Spel twice tho... I would like to nominate @Ironbound for Most Likely to Take Over the World And I think we can add our @YinYang9705 to Most Sarcastic Member but like, in an affectionate way ok And finally myself for needing a hug... I mean what? Don't actually do that

lía is the smelliest auth we don't need a voting for this zzz

I've always used set, though not actually for any difficulty-related reasons or whatever - it's just that when I was a kid I always found it super annoying to be asked if I wanted to switch out my Pokémon, and so made sure to always stay on set. It was just a silly preference over saving time, and I didn't realize until many years later that there could be tactical reasons. Simply never changed my habits. I do think I'd find it a bit boring to be able to switch out my 'mons with no consequences, though. Both make perfect sense to me gameplay-wise; if the opponent has to select a new 'mon after one got knocked out, there's reasonable time for the player to switch their own out as well. Solid reward for defeating something. I don't think of it as an unfair advantage, rather I'd say it's the other way round, with set just being a slight increased difficulty setting.

I, too, would like to explore the depths of Tarzan Mountain.

Maybe I'm misremembering, but I vaguely remember Cain already having a mixed team before, didn't he say something to the extent of not wanting to fight Radomus with a team full of Poison types, and thus having made some changes? I feel like I remember that from my first playthrough, which was in E14. That said, I think a mixed team makes sense for his character. It'd be symbolic of him running away from home and abandoning the responsibility as the reserve poison leader. He might've wanted to break out of that old life, including dropping the monotype.

fixed that for ya :] marc is a WEAK NERD

"I had to burn everything!" Well, y'see, that's exactly how Sirius likes it :] Edit: They still confuse Sirius and Solaris with each other, huh? Sirius didn't kill Kiki u_u

I've done Psychic, Ground and Steel, have a Normal/Flying run that I haven't played since Luna because E18 distracted me, and am currently doing a Dark mono that I started for alpha testing. If you're not sure how well you would do I'd definitely pick a type that has a good early availability. Psychic was my first pick because it's one of my favourite types, and gives you a decent number to choose from even early in the game. There's a lot of variety in second typings and your access to new mons grows steadily. It also benefits from Psychic Terrain - a move that you get access to with Musharna and Beheeyem (and can breed onto Drowzee and Fennekin, among others). Having a move that can overwrite existing fields and give your typing an advantage is pretty significant. Personally I also found Dark to be an easy type to play with early on because you can throw together a team right away (the alleyways alone give you three different Pokemon already) and because Mightyena with Moxie is actually amazing. Depending on what type you pick and what 'mons you use I'd consider at least some half-hearted EV training, though. I've not bothered with it in my mixed run when I first played, but I've had battles where the investment really paid off. In my Normalbird run, for example, the Speed EVs on my Swellow determined whether or not I could beat Serra. (Untrained I got outsped by Froslass, trained I did not.) You may also have to warm up to the idea of rotation, and occasionally raising 'mons you don't necessarily want to use. Sometimes it really is that much easier to grab a temporary team member for a battle you're stuck on. It's a lot of fun, though! You're sometimes forced to get creative in ways that you wouldn't if you could just pick up anything convenient, and I like that about challenge runs. It also doubly makes you consider mons you'd have ignored previously (hello, Wormadam :'D)

A'ight, I'll go online and send you a request, then! Edit: If you want your 'mon back do let me know, though! ^^ Wasn't expecting that one aha

I don't have any Natu with particularly high IVs at the moment (that's why I asked if it'd be important^^), but if you prefer to trade in 12-ish hours anyway then I can certainly try to breed some better ones. I don't think I can get you anything perfect, though. Right now the best I have is 3/19/22/15/22/19.

"OWO get rekt" - Chandelure (2018) Shame about Mo not getting the Laura team-up, though. Would've liked to see that happen.

I got a bunch of Natu, if you don't mind the fact that their IVs aren't anything awesome I could send you one over for "free" (read: whatever random 'mon you can part from). Online name's Ama, just let me know if you're interested and when you're online.^^

How the hell did I only see this thread now? Your art is gorgeous and I adore that Ciel drawing! The pose is amazing, and the light effects - wow! The way the light scatters looks so cool. (I also love Altaria's squishy cheeks~) The composition of the Amaria drawing is also very lovely. I see I've already been beaten to suggesting ZEL like, twice, but I'll just make it the third time then :] Their actual aces are technically their eevees, but y'know, I quite love the design of PULSE Magnezone...

We're all about shared fun here, so you can substitute the drinks with juice, potato chips, mossy pebbles, or anything else that floats your culinary boat. I will be the last person to discriminate based on the legality, morality or price of consuming actual alcohol.

If anyone wants to keep me company It's a work in progress.

At least Serra is legal without doubt, that's a refreshing change. I'm out of booze and couldn't take shots for "she bad" this time, though. I'll just have to double up next time. Now, the amount of sadness I feel over seeing a Klinklang's potential wasted like that...

It's funny 'cause PULSE Abra is already rigged in the player's favor by making it more likely to use Hyper Beam than the AI would normally, giving you all those sweet recharge turns. Granted, it'll still take out 'mons, but this is one of those battles where the opponent is programmed to go easy on you.

"You have nothing that's super effective against bugs, you have an entire team that's made to fight an ice type leader" hsgdfkjfewgf If there's one small thing that kills me every time, it's hearing "this doesn't make sense" / "this is dumb" / variations thereof in situations where a little bit of thinking would reveal that the thing does, in fact, make sense. Like, say... the gym puzzle here. Twit did super well on this battle! As for Nappy's complaints, he's been throwing around "this is stupid" / "this is bullshit" at every inconvenience so much it's lost all meaning lol

I'd assume we only get to see the Bennett battle today, I don't really see them putting the gym leader battle in the same episode as another major battle, unless a miracle happens and they blaze through Bennett with none or minor losses. But from how it usually goes, I'm guessing they need time between the battles to put together new teams.