Discussion thread [Serious]

[Arkannine]

So it invalidates their ability?

[keja]

Yes. Brilliant for some pokemon, awful if slaking or regigigas hits you.

[Arkannine]

But the opponent wouldn't bring a Slaking to battle. Unless he knew you'd use the mummy, or if it's overused.

[keja]

Well that's the thing. New generation, whole new strategies.

[Arkannine]

Lol, then the strategy would be not to use a strategy and kill their slaking without a mummy.

[keja]

In double (or triple) battles, i can see them going in as a pair.

[Arkannine]

I see the possibilities.

[Flying Sheep]

Yeh, the triple battles kinda through things into a whole new game of their own. Btw, how many NPC triple battles do you get in the actual storyline?

Also, your third Pokemon you listed before, the blue one, I dunno if it's just me, but it bears similarities to Croagunk/Toxicroak. Is it an evo?

[keja]

Well, in white version, there are quite a few triple battles dotted around the region, and also there is a random trainer every day you can battle in the city with the 8th gym. In black version instead they are replaced with rotation battles which i don't know anything about. I imagine it's like a tag team battle or something. White version has one rotation battle and black version has one triple battle, as far as I know. You cans still do both in multiplayer on either game though.

And no, the giant frog guy isn't related to croagunk. It's a new line similar to poliwag's. There are in fact no evolutions to previous pokemon, although some designs look like they were originally going to be.

[Flying Sheep]

Rotation battles sound kinda silly, and I can't really imagine how that'd work, but I'm sure it does. >.>

Ah kk. I reckon they shoulda made a couple of evolutions, I dunno why, but to me, Tauros has always been begging for an evo.

[bjrocks1]

I GOT IT!
You sit on a spinning disk and have a Pokemon Battle while trying not to slide of the disc due to centrifugal force. And you can't hold on with your hands.

[keja]

Rotation battles sound kinda silly, and I can't really imagine how that'd work, but I'm sure it does. >.>

Ah kk. I reckon they shoulda made a couple of evolutions, I dunno why, but to me, Tauros has always been begging for an evo.

Tauros is very powerful already. Fairly high speed and very high attack with STAB from return. It's a force to be reckoned with.

[lunar_furor]

I'm a little disappointed that there are no evo's from previous chars... I like those.

[keja]

Yeah. I think the reason they didn't was because of all the complaints of gen 4 evolutions, as well as the fact they're pretty much starting over. The new region is supposedly in America and is based on/draws inspiration from New York, where you won't find any older pokemon until post Elite 4.

I still wish they added a couple, like an eeveelution. Or a tauros prevolution that ties it to milktank. That's what those two need.

[Gamma]

How about we get back on topic here?

[lunar_furor]

I thought that was the topic...

[Gamma]

Topic one:

So I was thinking
About religion earlier this week and I've found three points of discussion to start with.

1. Do you believe there is a higher power? If so, in what form (please no disrespect to other's beliefs)

2. What is your opinion on "the afterlife"?

3.What is your opinion on atheists as a people? for example do you feel they are offensive? (I'm trying not to put words in your mouth)

I do not feel there. Is a higher power as such, just that the universe is one entity that has always existed, but is constantly changing, with births and deaths occuring frequently. It'ts kind
Of like how a Portuguese man of war is.

I don't think t here is an afterlife... I believe that when something dies it is replaced as a cell would be but not reincarnated, because if you cannot remember anything from a past life
then it's hard to prove you are the same person.

By giving Atheism a name, you almost making it a sect, with it having a set of beliefs and large number of "followers" who preach to others. If, instead of claiming to be atheist, you quietly denied the existance of a
God, you wouldn't be thought of as one of the things to so adamantly dislike ( for want of a better word).

This is the topic.

[atomtengeralattjaro]

wrong, the topic changes sometimes. The peeps were talking about some pokemon stuff, let them be. Or suggest another topic.

[keja]

Yeah, the topic changes regularly.

Right now it's pokemon, and also why Gold is the best pokemon game.

[bjrocks1]

Haven't played Gold, but I have played Soul Silver, and it's a pretty cool guy.