On June 23 2010 17:49 TheAntZ wrote:
The pokemon analogies are awesome. I thank you for not using the latest pokemon though cuz god they confuse me so much :p

What's that? I only recall there being 151 pokemon

ONLY!!!!

Goatlust

Australia131 Posts

June 24 2010 08:34 GMT

#42

Haha, I loved the pokedex. Great coverage as usual.

letian

Germany4221 Posts

June 24 2010 11:36 GMT

#43

that was a beautiful article! I liked the pokemon part))) love it! more please

CROrens

Croatia1005 Posts

June 24 2010 15:05 GMT

#44

haha Hyuk = Parasect... description fits so well

FreezingAssassin

United States455 Posts

June 24 2010 15:45 GMT

#45

very nice ahha. The insults to pokemon. Classic XD

Chef

10810 Posts

June 24 2010 18:44 GMT

#46

I actually really like the new map. It reminds me of Ride of the Valkaries, which was a great map. Adds a huge amount of variety in the games we see, given how different it has to be played. Too many maps in the pool can be played the same way right now, so I'm very appreciative of a change.

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I feel like StarCraft is turning into Pokemon. Each player has 5 dumb pokemon, one for each set, and in the middle of the battle one of them has emotional issues and falls unconscious unexpectedly. You know who's starting pokemon is Charmander? It's Flash's starting pokemon, cause his build just ran around like a little retard screaming its name so that Jaedong would know to use a water type pokemon... that is, if Jaedong even knew how pokemon works! What a noob!

ondik

Czech Republic2908 Posts

June 24 2010 21:23 GMT

#47

how come Kwark still doesn't have a star or writer's icon or something like that?

Abenson

Canada4122 Posts

June 24 2010 23:06 GMT

#48

Is there any way I can watch the games?
Is there a search function or link available?

garlicface

Canada4196 Posts

June 25 2010 00:01 GMT

#49

Definitely nicknaming my Parasect Hyuk after this. Like everyone else is saying, great analogies!

SilverSkyLark

Philippines8437 Posts

June 25 2010 00:34 GMT

#50

Fuck yeah HYUK!!

StorrZerg

United States13919 Posts

June 25 2010 06:59 GMT

#51

pokemon analogies tied in great

Really liked the analysis as well, great job kwark ^_^

StorrZerg

United States13919 Posts

June 25 2010 07:00 GMT

#52

On June 24 2010 16:32 slowmanrunning wrote:

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What's that? I only recall there being 151 pokemon

ONLY!!!!

Well since the last time you played there have been several more versions of the game released, each one adding more pokemon lol. probably over 400 now

sc4k

United Kingdom5454 Posts

June 25 2010 11:52 GMT

#53

pokemon analogies are just amazing. Please do a pokedex for the entire current league roster xD

Rkie

United States1278 Posts

June 25 2010 18:09 GMT

#54

In the mean time the corsairs had cleared Calm's main and natural of overlords and two dark templar were single handedly winning the game.

gaizka

United States991 Posts

June 26 2010 07:31 GMT

#55

Pokemon analogies :D

XtrEEmMaShEEN3k2

United States122 Posts

June 26 2010 15:21 GMT

#56

Hyuk is PARASECT. At face value, Parasect seems to be rather useless, having poor stats and being the very weak “bug” type. On closer examination, Parasect has a wide variety of annoying tools at his disposal, from the ability to leech his opponent’s health away, amplify his own power, or put his opponent to sleep. Used correctly, these skills can bring down even the most powerful opponent, though at times it can come down to pure luck. </div>

Being a "Bug" type in and of itself is not a "weak" type. Bug is often a very helpful secondary type.
Offensively, Bug has fairly decent coverage, hitting Psychics, Plants, and Darks for super effective. Heracross, for example, as a Bug/Fighting type, was one of the best physical attackers in the game in the II and III generations, and the Bug typing goes fairly well with the Fighting typing, since its Bug attacks will ward off Psychics that hurt Fighting types. Fighting also gives Bugs a way to deal with Steel and Rock types.

Defensively, Bug is also okay with a few key resistances against Fighting, Ground, and, to a lesser extent, Grass (which isn't that great of an offensive type). Fortress, for example, is one of the best defensive monsters in the game, seeing play in both OU and even Ubers. Being Bug/Steel, it has a total of 9 resistances and only 1 weakness, allowing it to Tank attacks while being a good Support Pokemon. Scizor shares its typing and is used more for Tankish offense, being able to switch in and deal a lot of damage.

The PROBLEM with a lot of bugs though that they often have a secondary typing that's a piece of **** with Bug. The particularly large number of Bug/Flying types is notorious for this. Both Bug and Flying are fairly good defensive types. Put together, though, they're ABSOLUTELY horrible defensively, as they don't cover their weaknesses very well because they LITERALLY resist the same types (the Flying additionally resists Bug and is IMMUNE to Ground), but a lot of different resistances among the two, so they are shared when put into 1 Pokemon. 4x weakness to Rock is particularly jarring. With Stealth Rock in play, all Bug/Flying types lose 50% every time they switch in. Why Nintendo keeps literally spamming Bug/Flying types is mind-boggling.

Parsect's Bug/Plant typing isn't AS bad, as its resistances aren't as redundant. The problem is while Bug is an okay defensive type, plant is a pretty bad defensive type. Like Bug/Flying, when these types are put together, their weaknesses are particularly magnified. Six weaknesses, particularly TWO 4x weaknesses to Flying and Fire. The Fire weakness is particularly notable. One of Parasect's 2 possible abilities is Dry Skin. While Dry Skin gives it an immunity to Water (which, again, is kind of redundant with its Plant typing), it also gives Parasect the ONLY 8x weakness in the game, to Fire.

As mentioned before, while Bug is an okay-good Offense type, Plant isn't particularly good. As you mentioned, Parasect's low stats don't exactly help it either. It being one of the slowest Pokemon in the game doesn't help it either. Its only saving grace is that it's only of the only 2 Pokemon in the game to learn Spore, and even then, Breloom is always going to be the better choice, unless you're going for a gimmicky Kyogre counter.

Its "skills" wont help bring down anything. Its poor defenses prevent it from doing anything with "leech his opponent’s health away", and its poor speed makes it unlikely to hit anything before it dies after it "amplifies its power". It's just an overall bad Pokemon.

Sorry, Pokemon nerdiness seeping into this discussion.

rugmonkey

United Kingdom126 Posts

June 26 2010 15:30 GMT

#57

I believe in Sea hopefully this time he will make it further.

MangoTango

United States3670 Posts

June 26 2010 17:22 GMT

#58

A wild raticate has appeared! It used STANDARD PLAY! It wasn't very effective...