I read (I think in the NYT?) a while back that small businesses are becoming targets for hacking where someone breaks into your system, steals data or encrypts it all and then blackmails you for cash in return for not selling it to criminals, not going to the media about it or unlocking your systems. So I can believe it.

On July 29 2014 04:16 Parnage wrote:
Pokemon Y defeated, I'm sure it's just because I was a scrappy kid at the time but I remember the original elite 4 being much harder. Having said that Wikstrom the steel guy is just awesome and I'd love to see him again just for the amusing dialogue. Aftergame looks entertaining, except for the random OKO users in the Battle Points place, literally coin flipped me to death.
Just gotta ev train a bunch of things and level, also I got healbell,seismic toss chanseys now. Countercheckmate?

That game is fun and I wish I could play it. They have bounty hunting, you could call yourself boba fett and run around smacking criminals.

Congrats! The post-game stuff in XY is a bit disappointing but it's still decent. XY does have a lot of ways to post-game power level stuff though so if you want to make competitive teams or just breed stuff in preparation for Pokemon ORAS then that's what I'd aim for.

Also, did you know you can do the Looker side story at the end of the game? It's opposite Sushi Highroller in North Luminose (fly to North Luminose, facing out from the Pokecenter turn left and it's the first alleyway iirc). It's a nice side story although I wish it was longer. If you've played Gen IV and V seeing Looker again is pretty cool.

Also if we're bragging about our breeding, now you need to aim for flawless IVs, egg moves and vanity Pokeballs.

On July 29 2014 04:21 Sufficiency wrote:
Wait you JUST defeated elite 4? Even though you were breeding pokemon with perfect IV?

Wynaut?

PrinceXizor

United States17713 Posts

July 28 2014 20:23 GMT

#52347

he did a really good job with an american accent.

Scip

Czech Republic11293 Posts

July 28 2014 20:25 GMT

#52348

Don't even alert me to the existence of that pokemon Moonbear. Jesus do I hate both Wyanut and Wobbuffet
also

On July 29 2014 04:23 Scip wrote:
I don't know the original elite 4 but if there were some ghost dudes being scrappy would be a pretty big advantage

you'll read my jokes and you'll fucking laugh at them whether you like it or not

onlywonderboy

United States23745 Posts

July 28 2014 20:27 GMT

#52349

On July 29 2014 05:23 PrinceXizor wrote:
he did a really good job with an american accent.

I feel like British actors generally have pretty good American accents but the reserves isn't true nearly as often. Hell, I went for years not knowing Hugh Laurie had an English accent.

AsmodeusXI

United States15536 Posts

July 28 2014 20:28 GMT

#52350

On July 29 2014 05:27 onlywonderboy wrote:

Show nested quote +

I feel like British actors generally have pretty good American accents but the reserves isn't true nearly as often. Hell, I went for years not knowing Hugh Laurie had an English accent.

Fucking Stringer Bell man.

Gahlo

United States35174 Posts

July 28 2014 20:30 GMT

#52351

On July 29 2014 05:27 onlywonderboy wrote:

Show nested quote +

I feel like British actors generally have pretty good American accents but the reserves isn't true nearly as often. Hell, I went for years not knowing Hugh Laurie had an English accent.

They probably deal with our accent a lot more often than the other way around.

PrinceXizor

United States17713 Posts

July 28 2014 20:35 GMT

#52352

On July 29 2014 05:27 onlywonderboy wrote:

Show nested quote +

I feel like British actors generally have pretty good American accents but the reserves isn't true nearly as often. Hell, I went for years not knowing Hugh Laurie had an English accent.

i know radcliffe spent months with a speech specialist to learn the accent. hugh laurie has always had an english accent to me from his prior stuff and i don't like house so.

also

Zess

Adun Toridas!9144 Posts

July 28 2014 20:37 GMT

#52353

The American accent is easier for those learning proper English because American English is just lazier.

Especially if you think about Boston of Minnesota accents where half the vowel combinations are the same.

Marmy

Iran1697 Posts

July 28 2014 20:37 GMT

#52354

Does anyone know if TL is going to sell anymore mouse pads?

PrinceXizor

United States17713 Posts

July 28 2014 20:42 GMT

#52355

On July 29 2014 05:37 xes wrote:
The American accent is easier for those learning proper English because American English is just lazier.

Especially if you think about Boston of Minnesota accents where half the vowel combinations are the same.

those are some of most difficult accents to do, the lazy ones. doing a mimicry of one is easy, but getting the accent down to the level of natives is a lot more work. because it becomes a thing of dialect AND, sound placement AND consonant slurring. instead of just the sound placement and sometimes dialect.