Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

[Nick Gars]

Honestly the crater is a pretty good way to go for expansion sake, still got that one door that won't open but definitely seems like it will eventually. Plus the "time machine" is pretty good excuse to release even more Paradox Pokemon.

"Oh it suddenly activated on its own, now there's 12 or so new species we've never seen from random time periods and like an additional 100 Pokemon species from around the world now in Paldea, also something something Arven's parents mystery is involved too."

I'm going to be irritated if they never do anything with that mountain range so many claim is "Kalos". It being completely unclimbable and the way it's shown on the map just screams "we're going to put something over here eventually". I've been able to get inside it thanks to the "fast fly" glitch, but GF have learned their lesson about scrubbing anything they want kept a secret from the game till they release it, as there's nothing of note there.

 

[Executive Petrel]

I'm now at Route 119, beat the Magma Grunts and obtained Mega Latias.

My team looks like this.

Magnemite Lv. 25 in training
Grumpig Lv. 32
Cacturne Lv. 32
Camerupt Lv. 33
Swellow Lv. 33
Marshtomp Lv. 34

Machop died to Numels Lava Plume crit in the Double Battle versus Tabitha,
because May kept being dumb, using Fury Cutter instead of just going for Leaf Blade.
Maxie nearly took out my Swellow and Skarmory thanks to confusion haxx and Skarmorys attack being too low to deal with Golbat.
Zangoose finished it off tho.
Secret MVP is Graveler who carried me through the Gyms 3-5 with a combination of Power-Up Punch, Rollout, Defense Curl and Rock Polish, while the rest of my party was still pretty weak stat-wise due to being unevolved.
I'm unhappy with Grumpig, it misses out on OHKOs it needs to be a reliable member of the team and has a disadvantage against the E4.

 

[The Ultimate Ramotith]

Before I go to the list of items, I should mention that I am planing on using PokeGold instead of PokeCrystal in my hack because of the compatibility of the Super Game Boy. That device fascinates me, especially when others manage to daisy-chain MSU-1 support. After weighing the advantages of each, I am only really going to miss the gender option. Almost everything else is moot after t heavy hacking: location graphics, Pokémon locations, and stories in Johto are not going to apply in Paldea, whereas there are no Apricorns in Paldea, either.

 

[negativlad]

I feel your pain but it's also helpful to remember a bunch of children are playing a children's game.

What annoys me worse is people bringing obviously purchased hacked Azumarill's (which are always shiny) to every single tera raid because they were useful for one and they can't use mom's credit card to buy anything else. So they use belly drum and are one shot. I play support and even with reflect/lightscreen active and me trying to heal them this is the case.

I didn’t know people were buying Azus. I did happen on a shiny azurill on accident and raised it up on candies and protein shakes and bottle caps. I was lucky but it’s perfectly replicable. The idea of buying pokemon when you can literally catch any of them for free with little effort is fucking wild; it’s not like you’ve spent 60 hours trying to farm Stones of Jordan and those ad bots are starting to sound more convincing every minute

 

[Needless]

I'm unhappy with Grumpig, it misses out on OHKOs it needs to be a reliable member of the team and has a disadvantage against the E4.

Grumpig is the Hypno of Hoenn. No real niche as everything it can do another Pokémon can do better. At least Hypno had hypnosis over Alakazam Grumpig has...Teeter dance over Gardevoir?

 

[Leaf Wage Slave Jr]

So, Greninja’s the next 7 Star Raid Pokémon. Poison Type, so at least that’s kinda on theme for being a Ninja?

Yeah watching dipshits bring “totally legit” Azu’s to this one not realizing that Posion beats Fairy is going to be amusing, and get old REALLY fast.

Grumpig is the Hypno of Hoenn. No real niche as everything it can do another Pokémon can do better. At least Hypno had hypnosis over Alakazam Grumpig has...Teeter dance over Gardevoir?

Grumpig also had the disadvantage due to Gardevoir being arguably the first proper Waifu Pokémon. The designers knew exactly what they were doing when they made Gardevoir, no other Psychic type in Gen 3 had a chance

Also I know someone’ll argue Jynx was the first Waifu Pokémon, and someone will be completely unironic about that. I’m more surprised that people haven’t tried to cancel Jynx - is that why she hasn’t been in a Switch game, Game Freak just not wanting the headache of “why’s this Pokémon in Blackface!”?

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

Jynx is fun imo and I'm not shitposting when I say that. Ah may jok roun fuh da whyt folk roun hya o lawd chille.....but I always found her genuinely interesting as an ice/psychic hybrid. Also I like her design. The purple works better for her too. I still think she's based on the yamma uba ladies of Japanese myth mixed with the gangoro trend.

 

[Nauseated Courgi]

Also I know someone’ll argue Jynx was the first Waifu Pokémon, and someone will be completely unironic about that. I’m more surprised that people haven’t tried to cancel Jynx - is that why she hasn’t been in a Switch game, Game Freak just not wanting the headache of “why’s this Pokémon in Blackface!”?

Where have you been? That little controversy happened ages ago. Why do you think her skin color was changed from black to purple?

Also I like her design. The purple works better for her too. I still think she's based on the yamma uba ladies of Japanese myth mixed with the gangoro trend.

That IS what her design is based on. It's skin color was made purple because people mistook Jynx for blackface.

 

[Leaf Wage Slave Jr]

Where have you been? That little controversy happened ages ago. Why do you think her skin color was changed from black to purple?

Wait fuck, I missed that? Goddamnit

There’s occasional downsides to not giving a shit about Twitter - I miss funny shit like that…. That said, people in general are stupid enough I’d fully expect them to retread this “outrage”

 

[Bunny Tracks]

Jynx is fun imo and I'm not shitposting when I say that. Ah may jok roun fuh da whyt folk roun hya o lawd chille.....but I always found her genuinely interesting as an ice/psychic hybrid. Also I like her design. The purple works better for her too. I still think she's based on the yamma uba ladies of Japanese myth mixed with the gangoro trend.

That IS what her design is based on. It's skin color was made purple because people mistook Jynx for blackface.

We talked about this earlier in the thread, but the tl;dr is that Jynx' design is based on a lot of unrelated things that all work surprising well together while aditionally having small details that lead to a very interesting, and creative design. Unfortunately, it's one of those small creative details that unintentionally ended up being a problem.

She's supposed to be based on gangoro, yamma uba, yuki onna, and the Nordic goddess, Hel. The all-black face was not an accident, although it wasn't supposed to represent racial blackface at all. The intention was to show that Jynx does not actually have physical body, but is instead supposed to be an entity possessing earthly objects like wigs to disguise that fact.

This is why Jynx does not have footprints, and why it fades away leaving only its blonde hair when it faints in the Stadium games.

Unfortunately, the design does look a lot like a racial stereotype, so they had to change it. It's one of those shitty coincidences that just happen sometimes in the industry. It sucks, but it is what it is.

Despite all this, the design still works as Hel is described as having bluish-purple frost-bitten skin. The only downside was that the hidden meaning of the design was lost, and much like Porygon, Jynx has been virtually abandoned by GF because of the controversy.

 

[Nauseated Courgi]

Wait fuck, I missed that? Goddamnit

There’s occasional downsides to not giving a shit about Twitter - I miss funny shit like that…. That said, people in general are stupid enough I’d fully expect them to retread this “outrage”

It wasn't even that recent. This happened way back in the 1990's if I recall.

 

[Executive Petrel]

Grumpig is the Hypno of Hoenn. No real niche as everything it can do another Pokémon can do better. At least Hypno had hypnosis over Alakazam Grumpig has...Teeter dance over Gardevoir?

I'd rather have the pedophile tapir on my team than Grumpig. He's got better utility, is bulkier and can make use of his attack stat.
I mean 45 ATK on Grumpig and no Psychic until Level 52 (the tm is in victory road), but Zen Headbutt instead. You're basically stuck with psybeam.
See, it's Power Gem missed out a kill on a fucking Swellow, has to be a really bad SpAtk IV.

Despite all this, the design still works as Hel is described as having bluish-purple frost-bitten skin. The only downside was that the hidden meaning of the design was lost, and much like Porygon, Jynx has been virtually abandoned by GF because of the controversy.

and Uri geller Kadabra too.

It wasn't even that recent. This happened way back in the 1990's if I recall.

One of Cancel cultures earliest victims.

On the Origin of Species: Jynx - Bulbanews

bulbanews.bulbagarden.net

 

[Jetpack Himmler]

So, Greninja’s the next 7 Star Raid Pokémon. Poison Type, so at least that’s kinda on theme for being a Ninja?

Yeah watching dipshits bring “totally legit” Azu’s to this one not realizing that Posion beats Fairy is going to be amusing, and get old REALLY fast.

That explains a lot.

I haven't encountered any Azumarril's on the Greninja raids I've been on. Indeed, the reason why I managed to catch mine is because because my partners weren't retards and my Gastrodon could tank Greninja's hits. One of them brought a Toxicroak which was genius since A) it has the Dry Skin ability, B) is resistant or neutral to Greninja's attacks, and C) learns Swords Dance and Earthquake.

I got some satisfaction using Mud Slap, which probably helped too.

 

[Nick Gars]

Still haven't found my Celebi, but I'm also not sitting there resetting hundreds of times a day. I'll give it 20 minutes here and there a day, but fuck doing this shit all day.

Primarily playing SP, getting every ribbon for my "Summer shiny event" (2015, I think) Palkia, Dialga and Giratina for when S/V get Home support. My Dialga only has the Shining/Brilliant master contest left.... But I need a fuck ton more champion/contest star stickers because of the stupid "visual" category. There's just one problem... Maxed Cynthia is 100x more theatening than in the original games. Half my fucking team are level 100 Ubers, and ev'd, and she still spits in my fucking hair like it's nothing.

Where the actual hell has  this difficulty been? Why the hell is it that the game not developed by GF actually knows how to throw a genuine challenge at you?



Edit: Also, FUCK making poffins in BDSP. The Switch has a touch screen, let me stylus that shit like the originals. Not only is joystick spinning awkward and fucking tedious (especially on a Lite), with the speed they expect you to go at stage 3, it's like they  want you to fucking break your joystick.

 

[zyclonPD]

Another tera raid event, another example that the Pokémon community does not know the type charts. Why would you bring a FAIRY type to fight GRENINJA with a POISON tera? Why?

 

[Inafune Fanfiction]

After seeing a vide on the guy who leaked Halo 4, I realised that my hack could be trouble the same way. Though many, many hacks are still shown freely, there have been a few that were subjected to takedowns. That is the reason why the new Pokémon Crystal Clear had to be in hiding.

I am worried that my project is going to be the same way. If anything, I am also worried that others would use the DMCAD of my project in yet another attack against Null. After all, if they canno take dow Null on 'Terfascism' charges, they could take down him on piracy charges, even if I just upload a patch.

I have no lack of original ideas; I am jus that big a fan of Pokémon. Th is a labour of love, not spite.

EDIT: the video

Fake and gay. That account and xbox would have been permabanned quickly and quietly behind the scenes if it was at all legitimate. Plus the official servers weren't even up yet 6 months before launch so the only mode they could play is maybe the campaign. Multiplayer and Spartan ops were completely restricted to being online only.

 

[The Ultimate Ramotith]

Fake and gay. That account and xbox would have been permabanned quickly and quietly behind the scenes if it was at all legitimate. Plus the official servers weren't even up yet 6 months before launch so the only mode they could play is maybe the campaign. Multiplayer and Spartan ops were completely restricted to being online only.

What about Pokémon Uranium, Evoas, and Prism, though?

 

[Inafune Fanfiction]

What about Pokémon Uranium, Evoas, and Prism, though?

The video was about a halo 4 leak. There are pokeMMO's still up and running so they wouldn't do shit.

Still haven't found my Celebi, but I'm also not sitting there resetting hundreds of times a day. I'll give it 20 minutes here and there a day, but fuck doing this shit all day.

Primarily playing SP, getting every ribbon for my "Summer shiny event" (2015, I think) Palkia, Dialga and Giratina for when S/V get Home support. My Dialga only has the Shining/Brilliant master contest left.... But I need a fuck ton more champion/contest star stickers because of the stupid "visual" category. There's just one problem... Maxed Cynthia is 100x more theatening than in the original games. Half my fucking team are level 100 Ubers, and ev'd, and she still spits in my fucking hair like it's nothing.

Where the actual hell has  this difficulty been? Why the hell is it that the game not developed by GF actually knows how to throw a genuine challenge at you?



Edit: Also, FUCK making poffins in BDSP. The Switch has a touch screen, let me stylus that shit like the originals. Not only is joystick spinning awkward and fucking tedious (especially on a Lite), with the speed they expect you to go at stage 3, it's like they  want you to fucking break your joystick.

I think the tards that genuinely do things like the bdsp poffin minigame on a regular basis are the loudest ones sperging about "MUH HECKIN BROKEN JOYCONS D00D! THIS IS GENOCIDE NINTENDO!" Had my lite for over a year now with zero problems.

 

[zyclonPD]

I think the tards that genuinely do things like the bdsp poffin minigame on a regular basis are the loudest ones sperging about "MUH HECKIN BROKEN JOYCONS D00D! THIS IS GENOCIDE NINTENDO!" Had my lite for over a year now with zero problems.

I've had a few things like this kill joycons and pro controller's. Basically any game that requires L3 or R3 for a significant control key will eventually cause drift. I lost a thumbstick on my pro to animal crossing because you need to press in L3 then move the joystick to run. After 400 hours in animal crossing it would just drift on its own.

 

[The Ultimate Ramotith]

Edit: Also, FUCK making poffins in BDSP. The Switch has a touch screen, let me stylus that shit like the originals. Not only is joystick spinning awkward and fucking tedious (especially on a Lite), with the speed they expect you to go at stage 3, it's like they  want you to fucking break your joystick.

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