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

[Archeops]

The stadium cards were more like general buffs/debuffs, if I remember right. They weren't, like, a consistent staple, I think.

yugiohs is confusing

Pretty much this, they're cards with effects that are applied to both players that can either be beneficial or detrimental. There was a three-set period where a Stadium from one of those sets had different effects depending on how they were played (Parallel City, Reverse Valley, and Chaos Tower).

As far as being a staple is concerned it varies from deck-to-deck (in some cases being an actual win condition for the deck) and even season-to-season, I still remember when running a 4-card playset of Tropical Beach was necessary for a good chunk of decks in Standard.

They wanted it to solely be a vehicle to get kids to play MTG later on. It's part of why WOTC lost the license to print in North America.

That and reprinting cards from older set in the form of Base Set 2 and Legendary Collection, something that Nintendo wasn't exactly happy with and would've done so again with Legendary Collection 2 if they still held onto the license.

As far as reprinting Modern cards is concerned it's something Creatures Inc. practiced sparingly (mostly due to the potential of a card lingering for too long in the Standard format) until the introduction of regulation marks.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

Maybe I could even be a "Genwunner", when it comes to the TCG.

Hell yea, team TCG genwon represent

 

[Executive Petrel]

Earlier I said TCG may have only been good up to Gen 3 ("EX").

Maybe I could even be a "Genwunner", when it comes to the TCG.

Design wise, gen 1 cards are peak. I know, nostalgia, but there is so much love put into these cards. The artworks don't look like soulless ai art and the cards weren't just flashy, overpowered and high numbers.
Just basic stuff with style.

 

[I_Lurk_Here]

Honourable mention to the 3D and clay cards.

 

[anliteralidiot]

Honourable mention to the 3D and clay cards.

And the crochet ones!

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Hell yea, team TCG genwon represent

That's peak TCG to me (and how I learned the TCG).

And the crochet ones!

If that one were in Gen 1 TCG, it'd be maybe 70 or 80 HP and that attack would be either 50- or have a Colorless energy or two added.

 

[Abella]

I love how we're talking about the TCG but not even bothering with the current insanity involving Costco's release of 151's Blooming Waters Premium Collection box or the dogshit Prismatic Evolutions is dealing with in general.

151 has been fucked and the only really worthwhile cards from it are the big Ed SAR charizard and maybe mew ex because of the ability. That set is only relevant because of the people chasing the Kanto starters and getting them graded, which is also dumb. Grading anything modern and worth less than $100 raw shouldn’t be allowed. All that said, this is just more reason to collect Japanese cards.

Scalpers have always existed, it's just becoming more and more blatant and pathetic as time goes on. Photographic/video evidence people are putting up of this helps with exposing others to it, but it's just a small taste of the stuff that goes on.

It doesn’t help that these people are retarded and just opt for anything they can get their hands on. People are already trying to scalp McDonald’s promo cards. I hope it gets crazy enough to make the news and people get to see these retards being retards.

Design wise, gen 1 cards are peak. I know, nostalgia, but there is so much love put into these cards. The artworks don't look like soulless ai art and the cards weren't just flashy, overpowered and high numbers.
Just basic stuff with style.

I don’t miss when attacks that cost 3 energy for less than 40 damage and no payoff were commonplace, even if the art was nice. I loved the art for neo destinies, but the attacks were usually terrible up until fire red and leaf green.

 

[Valstrax]

Video's made by a troon and is almost fifty minutes long, what's the TL;DR?

 

[anliteralidiot]

I hate scalpers, because I like buying the empty tins for storage. It's like this, but Pokemon tins.

And lately, the tins have been super expensive because the overall price of cards has gone up, due to scalpers.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

Video's made by a troon and is almost fifty minutes long, what's the TL;DR?

>what's the TL;DR?
AI bad, Infinite Fusion bad for using AI because "muh artists"

Not even exaggerating

 

[Punished Brent]

HHHRRRRRRMMMMNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG

yeah so i got myself that shiny alolan vulpix i was talking about on the last page oh, but don't worry, though, it absolutely fucking sucks and it's like the worst possible everything - male, lonely nature, shit stats, no titles

my shiny alolan vulpix is an incel

edit: what really sucks is that i also had an umbreon outbreak, but i didn't have any more herba mysticas after the vulpix outbreak, and despite doing 5 or 6 star raids, i wasn't getting shit. but i figured, i have at least one shiny eevee in one of my other games that i could transfer over, as well as a shiny kanto vulpix, so maybe i'll do that if i'm really inspired.

Didn't they make IV's farming obsolete with some sort of item?

 

[Focken Kiwi]

Didn't they make IV's farming obsolete with some sort of item?

Silver and gold bottlecaps. Unfortunately, there's no item that drops IV's to 0 (would be helpful for 0 Speed Pokemon for Trick Room teams or other very niche uses.)

 

[Abella]

I hate scalpers, because I like buying the empty tins for storage. It's like this, but Pokemon tins.
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And lately, the tins have been super expensive because the overall price of cards has gone up, due to scalpers.

My wife wanted to get an empty obsidian flames ETB box to put the bulk she’d pull that was already in her binder but these vantablack niggers are trying to sell them for like $30-$40. We’ve both been contemplating just dropping the hobby and sticking to the vidya because soon mega is coming back in the TCG and that was an ass gameplay mechanic.

 

[俺たちファームズでノッテる]

Anyone playing Pokemon go? I've had to stop my hunt for the galarian birds after the polar vortex came through. It's a fun experience to say the least. It's just a type of thrill that no other game in the series can provide. Which leads to my conspiracy theory that TPC sabatoges Go since they don't want it becoming the main experience.

 

[anliteralidiot]

Anyone playing Pokemon go? I've had to stop my hunt for the galarian birds after the polar vortex came through. It's a fun experience to say the least. It's just a type of thrill that no other game in the series can provide. Which leads to my conspiracy theory that TPC sabatoges Go since they don't want it becoming the main experience.

Go is sabotaging itself. Everything they've done since they ended the COVID buffs has just been ass. You need an absurd amount of people to do a gigantimax raid, but you can't rely on remote raids anymore, you need irl people. It's stupid.

 

[Kerry]

Anyone playing Pokemon go? I've had to stop my hunt for the galarian birds after the polar vortex came through. It's a fun experience to say the least. It's just a type of thrill that no other game in the series can provide. Which leads to my conspiracy theory that TPC sabatoges Go since they don't want it becoming the main experience.

despite its flaws, i still find it to be a good motivator for me to get off my ass and go outside for a walk every day. I dislike how they seem to really hate their casual playerbase. if you dont pay up and play in a group, it feels like you miss half of the stuff an event offers. for a game that is about going outside and catching pokemon, many pokemon sure are behind either raids, event passes, random rare spawns from lures or inside eggs. like with the current event, why is rookidee inside an egg, when people mainly want it for pvp.
also about pvp, its really funny how they decided to have a pvp event when there is a gamebreaking bug in the game which lets you freeze your opponents game during a pvp match.

 

[Archeops]

Oh, and the full 100-card list from Battle Partners (Japan's version of Journey Together) and its secret rares were revealed a while back. This is the set that brings back Owner's Pokémon to the mix and, if the initial 100-card list is to be believed, retires Tera Pokémon from the game. For those wondering which Trainers are featured in Battle Partners its Iono, Hop, N, and Lillie.

I hate scalpers, because I like buying the empty tins for storage. It's like this, but Pokemon tins.
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And lately, the tins have been super expensive because the overall price of cards has gone up, due to scalpers.

Empty tins are best bought in-person or in online bundles on resale sites like eBay, the only downside of the latter is the shipping charges.

My wife wanted to get an empty obsidian flames ETB box to put the bulk she’d pull that was already in her binder but these vantablack niggers are trying to sell them for like $30-$40. We’ve both been contemplating just dropping the hobby and sticking to the vidya because soon mega is coming back in the TCG and that was an ass gameplay mechanic.

I stopped using ETBs for bulk ages ago, now I use cardboard "cheese" boxes that are actually designed for it.

despite its flaws, i still find it to be a good motivator for me to get off my ass and go outside for a walk every day. I dislike how they seem to really hate their casual playerbase. if you dont pay up and play in a group, it feels like you miss half of the stuff an event offers. for a game that is about going outside and catching pokemon, many pokemon sure are behind either raids, event passes, random rare spawns from lures or inside eggs. like with the current event, why is rookidee inside an egg, when people mainly want it for pvp.
also about pvp, its really funny how they decided to have a pvp event when there is a gamebreaking bug in the game which lets you freeze your opponents game during a pvp match.

That's the case for me, I usually find myself getting out of the house when there's a nice 1-2 day event and I'm actually contemplating getting a ticket for the in-person Go Tour: Unova event that's happening next month.

 

[俺たちファームズでノッテる]

I'm so excited for Fused Kyurem. Just having one would make me happy of course I will get a bespoke option. But I am gonna be a happy Moai.

 

[anliteralidiot]

why is rookidee inside an egg,

Magnetic lure spawns them fyi

 

[俺たちファームズでノッテる]

I'm fine with GO locking certain Pokemon behind certain gates, whether it's a raid, Dynamax, or even egg. part of me does get the idea of Niantic wanting people to head outside and play the game. I understand that. However on the same coin, what better way for me to engage in the ecosystem of GO, which is location data, foot traffic, and taking AR snapshots? It is when they release a new Pokemon into the wild off-rip. I think the issue here is that Niantic is an AR mapping company first gaming company 2nd. I think they straight up do not understand fully what makes people want to play this game. Again for me, it's not so much of a problem as I really do like raiding and the grind. I am not a casual player. But what sucks is that if people are using this game to make up for their lacking collection it straight up can be miserable.