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

the removal is baffling.
not really
it saves them the effort of trying to reconcile the retarded changes they made to friendship in BDSP with the affection-based moves from when those two systems were separate instead of intertwined to make sure you get a Truly Lobotomized Gaming Experience™️
 
Yes; sorry. I needed to put in more work rather than just letting Twitter ezise the image.

Either way, my hacks are going to be called 'Hessonite Scarlet' and 'Sugilite Violet', befitting how a lot of games are named after precious matter. I wanted gemstones that had names that had the feeling of adjectives while not being very long. Moreover, actual hessonite ranges from red t orange, which fits how the school in Scarlet is literally called 'Orange' in Spanish.
I am wondering on changing Dive with Return and having another move be switched to Frustration, since they gave the Friendship value a lot of meaning... especially since Annihilape i still going to evolve through low friendship. I feel that Larry would give out Frustration.
I think you should replace Dive with Return.
Unless you want to include the HM of dive in which case I think you should keep it as I've always enjoyed the underwater feature.
 
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Re-adding the friendship moves would be great, especially with Return the removal is baffling.
I feel like Larry could keep Facade though, I liked that line he has where he says something along the lines of "Kids don't need to put up a facade" or something like that.
Larry said that facade was the "move of the working adult".
Yes. In truth and honesty, Facade was going to be one of the highest-priority reinstations because of that quote from Larry. The only reason why Facade was removed in the first place was because I had to cram over 600 moves in 254 slots.

not really
it saves them the effort of trying to reconcile the retarded changes they made to friendship in BDSP with the affection-based moves from when those two systems were separate instead of intertwined to make sure you get a Truly Lobotomized Gaming Experience™️
Since I am going to use pokegold, which does not have affection, there is no need of reconcilation.

I think you should replace Dive with Return.
Unless you want to include the HM of dive in which case I think you should keep it as I've always enjoyed the underwater feature.
I actually ha difficulty deciding between Aqua Step and another Water-typed move. I think that was Aqua Tail. I must have put Dive because they have the same BP.
 
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Well I officially hate online Tera Raid Battles, trying to get Iron Leaves after failing to get it on the first run out of the question due to laziness but I managed to get one after ten or so tries. Weirdly enough the bet 'mon I had for it was Gholdengo, all I had to do was swap out Hex for Shadow Ball and swap out its Spell Tag for an Electric Seed.

I’ll also be taking part in the 2023 Global Challenge III this weekend, since I’m mostly doing this for the participation prizes I’ll probably just do my three battles and then get the hell out of Dodge,

Oh, and TPCi just updated the sunsetting page for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online app and released a news post. The game will be taken off of app stores and its servers will be taken offline on June 5th. After that point the only official way to play the game digitally will be through the still-extremely-buggy-despite-being-in-development-for-more-than-two-years Pokémon Trading Card Game Live app.
 
Well I officially hate online Tera Raid Battles
it took you this long?

best 'mon I had for it was Gholdengo
Fun fact, this is the case for most things
Gholdengo is actually fucking broken in loads of situations due to its good typing and even better ability + movepool (iirc). Has been terrorizing the meta for a while and inflicting its atrocious appearance and accursed existence upon all who dare to use Smogon or the three people that play VGC.
It carries on the longstanding tradition of only the ugliest-possible Pokémon being the most competitively viable that has been staunchly upheld since the dawn of online tournaments in gen 4. God bless the wretched and vile being known as Gholdengo for his service.
And only his service.

Oh, and TPCi just updated the sunsetting page for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online app and released a news post. The game will be taken off of app stores and its servers will be taken offline on June 5th. After that point the only official way to play the game digitally will be through the still-extremely-buggy-despite-being-in-development-for-more-than-two-years Pokémon Trading Card Game Live app.
man, I still have like a thousand online URLs for TCG Online just sitting in tins gathering dust. Maybe I should redeem them all now so I can get a quick TCG fix lol.
No comment on the rest of the message, it's par for the course with this franchise by now. Depressing that even their shitty-ass terrible mobile games can't be brought up to the most basic of standards anymore. (:_(
 
it took you this long?
I tend to do Tera Raids solo but in the case of Iron Leaves (and possibly Ceruledge unless I get lucky with Surprise Trade) I had no other option but to do an online Raid.
Fun fact, this is the case for most things
Gholdengo is actually fucking broken in loads of situations due to its good typing and even better ability + movepool (iirc). Has been terrorizing the meta for a while and inflicting its atrocious appearance and accursed existence upon all who dare to use Smogon or the three people that play VGC.
It carries on the longstanding tradition of only the ugliest-possible Pokémon being the most competitively viable that has been staunchly upheld since the dawn of online tournaments in gen 4. God bless the wretched and vile being known as Gholdengo for his service.
And only his service.
Gholdengo is honestly a beast for solo raids thanks to the Nasty Plot/Metal Sound/Hex/Recover core, I only break out other mons like Iron Hands or Annihilape if Gholdengo can’t do the job due to weakness.
man, I still have like a thousand online URLs for TCG Online just sitting in tins gathering dust. Maybe I should redeem them all now so I can get a quick TCG fix lol.
I’d personally redeem ‘em before the date comes up, opening pre-Scarlet & Violet packs in Live is nasty due to them cutting down the amount of cards in ‘em (TCGO gives you a digital version of said pack while Live gives you a neutered 5-card pack, the only upside of Live‘s packs is a very rare chance of having one of your common or uncommon cards swapped out for an ultra-rare or higher).

Oh, and the real kicker for the transition is that there’s very little compensation for what isn’t transferred from Online to Live. You get anywhere between 500-12,400 Crystals (Live’s “premium” currency that can be used to buy packs and other “sealed” items) depending on how many unopened packs you have in your collection on transferral while up to 4 copies of each Black & White-on card will be transferred to Live and you get no form of compensation for extra copies or any HGSS-Call of Legends cards in your collection. Decklists aren’t transferred either but no one really cares about that since everyone just netdecks these days.
No comment on the rest of the message, it's par for the course with this franchise by now. Depressing that even their shitty-ass terrible mobile games can't be brought up to the most basic of standards anymore. (:_(
I’m really only complaining about it due to my old-as-shit iPhone losing the ability to play Live properly around December, I might upgrade it in the near future but I’ve heard that the problems that plague my current model are also present in newer models.
 
Speaking of pokemon dominating in the meta, Zacian has been absolutely dominating in Pokemon Unite with no signs of stopping.

This is largely due to the fact that, on release, she was absurdly strong and could almost effortlessly win games back-to-back. She was slightly nerfed later on, but that has done nothing to stop her partner-in-crime Comfey from boosting her to dominance.
 
Speaking of pokemon dominating in the meta, Zacian has been absolutely dominating in Pokemon Unite with no signs of stopping.

This is largely due to the fact that, on release, she was absurdly strong and could almost effortlessly win games back-to-back. She was slightly nerfed later on, but that has done nothing to stop her partner-in-crime Comfey from boosting her to dominance.

Was Zacian in Unite as OP as how she was in VGC last year?
 
Fixed Incineroar? How about replacing Incineroar entirely?
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That looks better than most real Pokemon post gen 3/4. It reminds me of a slightly shittier legendary beast from gen 2.

i miss team rocket.
No other team even comes close.

Oh, and TPCi just updated the sunsetting page for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online app and released a news post. The game will be taken off of app stores and its servers will be taken offline on June 5th. After that point the only official way to play the game digitally will be through the still-extremely-buggy-despite-being-in-development-for-more-than-two-years Pokémon Trading Card Game Live app.
I know they won't, but it's a perfect time to make another Pokemon TCG RPG.
 
The only thing Incineroar should be replaced with is with an even bigger and buffer Incineroar.
Like this?
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I don't know what that means but I'm proud of him and support him, he's brave and stunning.
To sum it up:

In USUM, there's a post game story about an alternate version of Giovanni Invading Alola along with the help of every team leader from Gens 3-6 (all of them coming from a world where they accomplished their goals and won) to form Team Rainbow Rocket. You beat them, because of course you do, and Giovanni and his team scaddels to come back another day.
 
Speaking of pokemon dominating in the meta, Zacian has been absolutely dominating in Pokemon Unite with no signs of stopping.

This is largely due to the fact that, on release, she was absurdly strong and could almost effortlessly win games back-to-back. She was slightly nerfed later on, but that has done nothing to stop her partner-in-crime Comfey from boosting her to dominance.
my god Zamazenta is never going to get a break lmfao
I don't think there's ever been a Legendary duo this insanely lopsided before and, as usual, it's always the shittier design doing better numbers
 
I know they won't, but it's a perfect time to make another Pokemon TCG RPG.
Agreed, the climate surrounding the TCG (formats and which companies' hands are in the TCG cookie jar being the two big hurdles) is just too different for a proper game, the best you can do right now are games like YGO's Master Duel and MTG's MTG Arena.

Oh, there's one more thing I forgot to mention: the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online and Pokémon Trading Card Game Live are all TPCi-fronted ventures. TPC, Creatures Inc., Game Freak, and Nintendo have no involvement in either app and there's no Japanese equivalent. Live is also inaccessible if you're not in an area where's Pokémon's presence isn't officially managed by TPCi.
 
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