On April 07 2010 19:35 Ftrunkz wrote: What's with all this UU/OU stuff exactly? Do people play games where only certain pokemon are allowed on teams or something?
Pokemon is not a good game for competitive play without rules not inherent in the game as the highest level of play will always have only a few viable Pokemon and moves that make luck too strong a factor.
So competitive players agreed on a system of "tiers" with smogon.com defining the basic tier (and adjusting them as the metagame changes) and being the central community that influences other competitive Pokemon communities. All Pokemon are split into tiers: NFE (not fully evolved), NU (never used), UU (under used), BL (borderline: too good for UU but too outclassed for OU), OU (over used), and Uber. OU is the standard tier for competitive play, but competitive players play other tiers, too, or unlimited.
If you are playing in say OU, you can use Pokemon in tiers in OU or lower (but not higher). A Pokemon is put in a tier based on the idea that it can be compete in that tier but if it were placed in a lower tier, it would ruin that tier by being too good and everyone playing that lower tier would have to use that Pokemon to compete.
The idea of player made rules may sound dumb. But there are enough competitive players for them to agree on competitive rules to make competitive play less boring (i.e. more variation in viable Pokemon and more variation in viable moves).
it sounds good in theory, except for the fact that smogon isnt quick enough and lets pokemon like honchkrow and roserade completely ruin the UU metagame for an entire year before they change anything.
He shows up to challenge you when you have just done something great and are worn down.
You have just been rewarded with your Masters Degree in Cancer Research. In ten minutes you are going to have an interview to get the job of a lifetime with a six digit salary. You'll be able to pay off your student loans no problem. You flip on the TV right before you leave and what do you see? GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK has just found the cure for cancer.
You're training on Route 22 for Brock's Gym, your Pokémon are tired, and who do you see? GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK.
You just beat Lance, the last one of the Elite Four, with all of your revives and healing items used up and being almost raped by his onslaught of shitting dick nipples. In the middle of jamming the A-button, he says you WOULD be the champion, but who has to be in the next room that's so bare it's epic? GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK.
It's 1997 and you're downloading Pokémon porn on your 56k modem. Oh boy, this zip file full of Misty nudes only has 10 minutes left. You've been waiting six hours for this. When the file gets to 99.9%, you start unzipping your pants and are getting ready for the fap of your life. At that moment, guess who picks up the phone and disconnects you? GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK.
You have just fended off a shark, you are bloody and tired but you can climb onto the boat when who shows up to stomp your fingers? GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK.
You and your girlfriend (both virgins) are ready to have sex for the first time. At the moment you get nude and horny and ready to bang your bitch, GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK already took away her virginity. Good luck getting another virgin from CraigList.
Congratulations, You have finally beaten Gary Oak and have no healing items left over. You head over to the Pokemon center and then the PokeMart, guess who blocks the entrance to the Pokemart. GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK That's Right, Gary Oak is just that Epic
You're walking home at night and a nigger attacks you with a knife. You are able to drive him off using years of karate lessons, still sustaining some deep knife wounds. Guess who shows up and asks you for your wallet with a baseball bat? Gary MOTHERFUCKING OAK, that's who.
Gary Oak just finished owning your ass with kung-fu. He's walking to the hospital to recover from the wounds he got. He's tired. He crashes into a mirror, and ends up in a coma. Why? Because not even GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK is safe from GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK.
You are kidding. Its base stats are extremely poor, has very bad type combation, and has no real good moves.
I know. Was talking about coolness factor. :D
I think it really is the best pokemon. You just have to train it as if its ur starter. NO I DIDN'T TRADE ONE OF MY FIRST POKEMON FOR A SYTHER! Other than that, its totally cool and can learn some good moves from TMs and then it just kicks but. I traded for it in every game that I could(some games u would have to wait years for the ability in which case I would just trade for a pikichu/get my own pikachu/trade with myself lol) and then used it to defeat the last Gym Leader after saving it for last.
He shows up to challenge you when you have just done something great and are worn down.
You have just been rewarded with your Masters Degree in Cancer Research. In ten minutes you are going to have an interview to get the job of a lifetime with a six digit salary. You'll be able to pay off your student loans no problem. You flip on the TV right before you leave and what do you see? GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK has just found the cure for cancer.
You're training on Route 22 for Brock's Gym, your Pokémon are tired, and who do you see? GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK.
You just beat Lance, the last one of the Elite Four, with all of your revives and healing items used up and being almost raped by his onslaught of shitting dick nipples. In the middle of jamming the A-button, he says you WOULD be the champion, but who has to be in the next room that's so bare it's epic? GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK.
It's 1997 and you're downloading Pokémon porn on your 56k modem. Oh boy, this zip file full of Misty nudes only has 10 minutes left. You've been waiting six hours for this. When the file gets to 99.9%, you start unzipping your pants and are getting ready for the fap of your life. At that moment, guess who picks up the phone and disconnects you? GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK.
You have just fended off a shark, you are bloody and tired but you can climb onto the boat when who shows up to stomp your fingers? GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK.
You and your girlfriend (both virgins) are ready to have sex for the first time. At the moment you get nude and horny and ready to bang your bitch, GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK already took away her virginity. Good luck getting another virgin from CraigList.
Congratulations, You have finally beaten Gary Oak and have no healing items left over. You head over to the Pokemon center and then the PokeMart, guess who blocks the entrance to the Pokemart. GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK That's Right, Gary Oak is just that Epic
You're walking home at night and a nigger attacks you with a knife. You are able to drive him off using years of karate lessons, still sustaining some deep knife wounds. Guess who shows up and asks you for your wallet with a baseball bat? Gary MOTHERFUCKING OAK, that's who.
Gary Oak just finished owning your ass with kung-fu. He's walking to the hospital to recover from the wounds he got. He's tired. He crashes into a mirror, and ends up in a coma. Why? Because not even GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK is safe from GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK.
You are kidding. Its base stats are extremely poor, has very bad type combation, and has no real good moves.
4th gen Scyther gets a great physical bug move (X-scissor), extremely high attack and speed + technician + aerial ace + STAB = really fucking good. CB Scyther can perform decently in OU play. Most people only prefer Scizor due to type combination and extremely high defense.
You are kidding. Its base stats are extremely poor, has very bad type combation, and has no real good moves.
4th gen Scyther gets a great physical bug move (X-scissor), extremely high attack and speed + technician + aerial ace + STAB = really fucking good. CB Scyther can perform decently in OU play. Most people only prefer Scizor due to type combination and extremely high defense.
Eh, I don't really agree with this. Scyther performs rather poorly in OU simply because it's outclassed by sweepers that are simply stronger and have a much better typing. The reason why scizor is so popular in OU is because it can do many things well (scouting, revenge killing, sweeping, ability to cope with dragons, etc.) and has the great typing to stay alive (10 res, 1 weak).
Eh, I don't really agree with this. Scyther performs rather poorly in OU simply because it's outclassed by sweepers that are simply stronger and have a much better typing. The reason why scizor is so popular in OU is because it can do many things well (scouting, revenge killing, sweeping, ability to cope with dragons, etc.) and has the great typing to stay alive (10 res, 1 weak).
In my second playthrough of gold im using scizor as a batton passer, really good defense with only one real weakness, fire, and can baton pass both sword dance and agility.
On April 14 2010 08:00 obesechicken13 wrote: Most(or many) of the pokemon pics on the internet are either in the random pics thread or on deviantart. You don't really need a thread for this.
Thanks for letting me know that 3 months and 9 pages after I opened it!
Is this suppose to be funny because the trainer doesn't know that syther can't learn fly or because the second trainer is flying on a much smaller pokemon? And I'm pretty sure the trainers would sit on the pokemons that fly, not stand with their hands up in the hair and mouth open like an idiot.
EPT
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