Darvan Korematsu

Just have one thing to say. Thank God that Kangaskhanite, Mawilite, and Gengarite ar3 banned in this tier on general usage. We don't need them shenanigans up in here.

Hm. Good to see new faces on the staff after the turbulations of the past few weeks. Ah well, keep it modded well and stay vigilant.

Tfw I'd make a cri post but a female friend of mine asked if I wanted to see Deadpool tonight. Ah well. Companionship ladies and gentlemen!

Now here's an interesting concept bent to a usable form Mega Castform Type: Normal (changes by weather) Ability: Converge [made-up ability] (summons Hail, Rain, or Sun randomly upon entering battle. Changes typing by weather. Reverts to Normal when weather expires) Atk: 70 Def: 80 (+10) SpA: 110 (+40) SpDef: 90 (+20) Spd: 100 (+30) I have always thought Castform was a really cool Pokemon and should have its creators thrown in jail for making it suck beyond all reason. I get it was a gimmick, but this would finally make it usable. It would have a fairly balanced Ability that wouldn't work 100% of the time in it's favor, give STAB to Weather Ball and give it coverage in other awesome Weather moves like Solar Beam and Thunder. It has a fantastic movepool but terrible stats. Removal of the weather would ultimately kill it, as it becomes very weak then.

Well I'll throw on that I don't think this will be a Gen 7 game for a couple major reasons. Mostly having to do with Kalos not having their "Legendary Trio" actually be released normally (which may indicate we get them normally later on). Plus don't forget that Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire plopped an additional 20 some-odd Megas and two completely new "Megas" in the form of a new mechanic of "Primal". I don't think this new Pokémon is a herald to Gen 7, but merely a hidden addition to Gen 6. Remember when those hackers found out about Hoopa, Diancie, Volcanion, and the Mega Lati twins? This new mon I'd bet is somewhere along those lines.

Corrin's counter is ridiculously powerful. It would be OP if the window wasn't so small and the decent ending lag wasn't there, but of course it can be played around, it can't stop it from being scary. I Up-Smashed with Little Mac into one on FG and it KILLED me at roughly 18% --> taking me to ~55%. This was the first time I played against a decent Corrin and needless to say I was steamed from an early death. Tbh they should probably decrease the kill range on it because it's still absolute balls nonetheless.

I'm sorry Lexi. It's just not even productive anymore. Please just put this poor thing out of its misery.

You know what? Mods I am absolutely tired of this shit. Eviora you are literally contrbuting absolutely god dang nothing new to this conversation. Not to mention you are arguing in circles. You're only getting preachy and stuck up with your own so-called values. I would normally respect anyone's opinion around here, but literally pretty much everyone is against you here. It's not even about the God damn Draft anymore, because you have reduced this argument to nothing more than incoherent bickering between you and the others against you. What I find ironic about this is if you're using a computer and Internet, you most likely live in a democratic country where you are given multiple freedoms that many foreign citizens could only hope for. The fact you're just absolutely denouncing a chance to defend what someone can and most definitely would take from you is abhorrent. That you'd give up and surrender so easily like a dang pansy. When some jihaddist or insurgent or other influenced person invades your home and slits your throat when you could have utterly destroyed them otherwise is just foolish. It'll be too late to regret your thoughts and actions then. Like there is little to no respect in these and it is absolutely painful to watch you shoot down every little quote with some anarchist bullcrap. When you said you don't even need to include women in your response I knew immediately it was gonna go to shit fast. We don't need it here. Dear mods, please shut this damn thread down. It has clearly worn out it's debate. I'm sorry but some of us actually care about what we live for and would be willing to die for it if worst came to worst.

Okay amazing is probably an exaggeration, but they don't screw you over for serving in the Armed Forces. Read up on these. They're fairly nice to people who have served before (my grandfather and uncle who both served in the US Air Force are still eligible for the first as far as I know).GI Bill: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Bill GI Bill (Education for post 9/11): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-9/11_Veterans_Educational_Assistance_Act_of_2008

Okay to be honest here, I'd find not much of a problem in allowing women into the draft. If they can pick up and fire a gun, use machinery, or have any generally useful skills, they should be able to serve their country. Oh don't worry they can sure try to find something for you to do. The biggest problem I see with this argument is people generally associate the draft automatically with duty on the front lines. That is not always the case however. If you are proven or suspected to be unfit for it but are still of use for them, they could stick you in somewhere like cleaning, cooking, mechanics, etc. The military and their establishments function like their own little town on a base of any kind. Now would I be supporting women for front line duty? Personally I'm against it unless they're proven otherwise, because historically men have been the warriors and women have been in the clerical roles and it hardly should change here. Actually, in retort to someone's "mandatory service" comment, I would definitely support a system where 18 year olds automatically serve their country for 4 years. I believe Mael could also back me up here, because the military teaches you more than how to shoot a gun. You learn survival, discipline, combat, and a slew of other useful skills depending on your M.O (where you work). It would discourage general laziness, educate and sharpen the populace, and maybe give people a potential path to go after the mandatory 4 years in over. Plus in America, the benefits for retired and active servicemen is amazing. Particularly free healthcare (that's a HUGE game changer when you'll never have to pay much for hospital bills and other med shit). Also, to put it in perspective, here's another little quote. "You wanna live in the land of the free and the home of the brave, but the brave can't be free if the land isn't home and that land won't be home so long as folks out there want to take that American flag and shove it so far up your anus that you crap stars and stripes for a week, and as you're sitting there on the toilet with the star spangled Moctezuma's Revenge (real bad diarrhea travelers get) there's one thing I can guarantee, you won't care then..." - NSA agent, South Park (on security) http://genius.com/South-park-nsa-monologue-annotated Basically unless your homeland has regally screwed you beyond all recognition, you should serve in the military when you are called to arms. It's an innate human instinct to protect all that you have worked for. - Darv K.

Interesting point. Hardy was once the Champion of the original Reborn League. Rock TR Triples is what I'm told he liked to play in the later seasons. This battle is a real toss-up in terms of what it can be. Unless he's got an uberly broken Field, I feel like people will beat him in 1-2 tries mostly judging on the sheer amount of really good Water/Ground/Steel/Fighting types not mentioning other subtypes that can be covered, although I'd put my money on Stealth Rocks being used. Imo he's probably gonna be one of the more disappointing battles if one is even remotely prepared.

Idk. Mega Scizor is pretty dank as well.

Well there it is from Commander. Spoken like brave trooper. Whoever resides within this Renaissance League team, I'm gonna make this one last statement from the Redemption team. If you absolutely want to follow through with this idea, put some thought into it. Everything Commander said is pretty much applicable to what I would probably tell you. I tell you what though, make it unique and memorable. Each Leader we've brought on board has been a real pleasure to work with. Make it something all your own if you truely wanna take off. Only time will tell. I've talked to the other staff, they will stop hounding you about this. We will leave you to your own devices. Peace and godspeed. -Darv K.

Well...might as well tend to the embers while they're still hot. Like Xiri, I am one of your Redemption League staff members. While I'll agree with most of the points made so far, I'm gonna back my fellow staff members who have posted on here so far. In all honesty, Dash went absolutely bat-shit bananas over this when it first formed. The rest of us ranged from meh to unhappy about it. I was one of the "meh" people. Frankly, I don't have a problem with such a League functioning as long as it does not intervene with ours in any way shape or form. But (please correct me if I'm wrong here), when Amethyst anoints Redemption as Reborn's "new official League", of course we are going to think we are the big kids on the block. However there are more problems to it than one would realize. A. Dash is afraid of someone potentially sullying our already shaky reputation. We've already had problems in operating the League before, and I'm sure most of you guys have seen it. B. The people behind it. Dash is not just concerned, but fearful because of one of the members on this "new League's" so-called "team". The one we are not particularly kosher with is a challenger in our League has often made jokes or comments directly and/or indirectly at our female Leaders and made them very uncomfortable and a couple have definitely skirted on breaking Forum Rule #7. If said person were to assist in a new League, we do not want to see what is held in store for the female Leaders of this League. C. Honestly the amount of effort that was put into this at first was pretty scant in the beginning. What sets us apart is how much time we spent trying to meticulously craft something of our own. I was on the team for 2 months before the League actually took off just figuring out where to place the 18 Leaders as well as us. The amount of sacrifice that went into this League only to have it torn to shreds by Half-Assed Carpentry Inc. is just appalling to us. But that's not what I think really. That's the reasons I believe Dash isn't so cool with this League. I'm sort of mas o menos about this because we got our thing and you got yours. I say feel free to do whatever. But if you so much as snatch any hard content from our system, in terms of sprites, badges, names, etc. I won't have any problem with you guys getting shut down. But until then, strive to make something unique and make it your own. If it flourishes into something more then go for it. - Darv K.

Arceus. Literal Arceus since you were gone. Holy crap prepare yourself.

Gonna throw this out there. Gardevoir from A to A+ This is pretty much speaking from personal experience and playing it very smartly in the early and mid game. It isn't really a beast until it gets Calm Mind, and that combined with Draining Kiss makes it a self-sufficient tank pretty much if you have a Potion or 2. I got this lucky lady as my starter and haven't looked back ever since Keta. I may have overleveled it to Gardevoir vs Keta, but the impact was HUGE. Pretty much every Leader from Keta to Val as well as other key battles so far hath faced the wrath of CM Gardy either singlehandedly sweeping or chunking out crucial players. Even NARCISSA couldn't stand eating up Psychic/Draining Kisses from a Gardy with CM boosts that softened some of her key attackers. Despite the horrid physical defense, I think it'd make a solid A+ mon.

Poliwrath ain't the greatest thing in the world for a rotation, but it is something that can both learn and give STAB from Surf and Waterfall. Regarding your original question though, I would say try both and see what you like more. Double Psychics would help you out quite a bit in situations that call for it. Personally I like Gallade more because of free Swords Dance and his breeding movepool has enormous loads of support if you're gonna try that, although both get their own quirks.