Pokémon GO Gym Update Rolls Out, Brings New Hacking Penalties

A much-anticipated update to Pokémon GO is rolling out across iTunes and Google Play which includes re-designed gyms and an all new badge system, but those trying to illicitly catch Pokémon may be less than pleased. Posted to Reddit by A Niantic staff member, the game’s developer has a new plan to combat use of third-party programs in order to keep gameplay fair.

With the announcement of Raid Battles and the new battle features, we are staying true on our commitment to ensuring that Pokémon GO continues to be a fun and fair experience for all Trainers. Starting today, Pokémon caught using third-party services that circumvent normal gameplay will appear marked with a slash in the inventory and may not behave as expected. We are humbled by the excitement for all the new features we announced yesterday.This is one small part of our continued commitment to maintaining the integrity of our community and delivering an amazing Pokémon GO experience.

While short on details, it certainly seems like a step in the right direction to make the game more fair for players who spend time exploring he real world to catch Pokémon.

In addition, the Fire &a Ice Solstice Event has been extended by 24 hours!

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1,735 thoughts on “Pokémon GO Gym Update Rolls Out, Brings New Hacking Penalties”

  1. Interesting…
    I hope they don’t incorporate more hacking in the main games. Just keep out pokemon that have an actual advantage

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  2. Pokemon GO to the polls. Sorry, I haven’t opened this game in months. In more exciting news, my yellow Joy-Con FINALLY arrive tomorrow, which is awesome. I actually haven’t played ARMS since Sunday because Horizon Zero Dawn has been distracting me…

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  3. Sorry to get off topic so early. But I recently went over my thoughts on poison types and I would like to know yours.
    General thoughts: As a kid I used to hate poison types, they were my least favorite pokemon. They were so annoying and stalely. Koga (ninjas=poison?) used them to stall and he had double team Crobat. My hatred for poison types soon changed as I began competitive. I loved using toxic, even though poison is the second worst status, I thought it was fun wearing down the opponent. Plus Poison Designs are also pretty cool! Purple is a nice color! Now poisons are just used as fairy killers which is also fun.

    Favorite Poison Leader- Koga. He represents poison types nicely. Stall your opponent while dealing heavy damage when they’re weak.
    Least favorite Poison Leader- Janine: Seriously? I worse Koga basically. Worse pokemon, not hard at all. And what do ninjas and poison have to do with each other??
    Favorite Poison Pokemon: Nidoking: Seriously who doesn’t love this sleek purple powerful design. Powerhouse in game, and in competitive.
    Least Favorite Poison Pokemon: Toxapex. I know I said poison types stall you out and make you weak. But that doesn’t stop me from hating this thing. It’s just wary too stalely for me. I cant stand seeing these on opponents team

    Whats your favorite Poison Leader/Pokemon? And least favorites? General Thoughts on Poison Type

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    • Ninjas use poison to kill often, tipping their weapons with it. Also the use of gas perhaps.

      Favourite Poison Type: Venusaur (line)

      Least Favourite Poison type: Garbodor (I don’t hate it though)

      Favourite Leader: Koga, he has the skills, also in the anime he has a Venonat and that’s another favourite of mine.

      Least Favorite Leader: Janine, there’s only 3 and I like Roxie more.

      Poison is a type that I’m OK not having on my team but with the advent of fairy types I do at least try to pack either a Poison or Steel move. Design-wise I think they’ve been quite diverse and I generally like them.

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    • Poison is a coward’s type, relying on tricks and traps to kill your foes without ever laying a finger, a coward’s type
      What poison type users are there except the old fart and his daughter
      Do i have to say anything less than Nidoking being the best?
      and i pretty much hate most poison types but none more dispised than Toxapex, NOTHING WITH THAT MUCH DEFENSE DESERVES REGENERATOR

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    • Ooo Poison one of my lesser liked types due to it being considered a “Bad type” but

      Fav. Leader- Koga and Roxie
      Least Fav.- Plumeria
      Favorite Pokemon- Muk
      Least Favorite Pokemon- Golbat I guess?

      But I like the Pokemon, but it puts me on edge knowing its normally a villianous type, but it’s enjoyable

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  4. Just out of curiosity, what’s the preferred control method for you guys in ARMS? I’ve tried the motion controls to no avail, so I just stick to the Joy-Cons in the grip since I’ve yet to buy a Pro Controller.

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  5. Well I just remembered if any of you still remember it

    My Female friend I was upset about a while back yeah today was her last day she moved back to Georgia today. As much as I will miss her I’ll never forget what I’ve learned from her and how she made me feel. :,)

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  6. Can we talk about how Johto is competitively the worst generation? Literally like three non legendary mons came out of it

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  7. Can we talk about how Ice/Rock is quite literally one of the worst type combos ever? I mean I can think of one worse one but daaamn

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  8. Well speaking of Worst types these are legit the worst typings (Battle wise at least)

    Rock/Ground, Bug/Grass, Rock/Fire, Rock/Ice, Rock/Steel and Normal/Rock

    They just have too many Flaws

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  9. Typhlosion mega evolving, becoming more volcano like, gaining rock type and power gem
    I want this

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          • so? and i use Aqua Jet, and unless the opponent is a special sweeper or a flying type, the bulky investment lets it tank most non supereffective blows and try to get a leech life

            say what you will but i like using Golisopod and tried using it in many different ways and i found the bulky one to be a little bit better than attack, and i’m just trying to make a pokemon i like work despite its shortcomings so please try to respect my aspirations

          • No shit bulky is better
            Swords dance is just stupid though, it’s meant to be C band or AV

          • Especially Shell armour… you are aware of how busted Tough Claws would be on it right?

          • WHO CARES, TAPU LELE IS BROKEN, DISGUISE IS A FREE SET UP WHY CAN’T THIS BEAUTIFUL MURDER SEA BUG HAVE A POWERFUL ABILITY

          • With a flashing slash of its giant sharp claws, it cleaves seawater—or even air—right in two.

          • Yet what you suggested is more broken
            M8, let’s not
            Water Bubble isn’t all that broken considering its tiering…

          • tier shmear it still giving it a clear advantage by not getting crippled and boosting its signature attack

          • It’s not an advantage, it just boosts it to the level of other Pokemon
            It’s basically like having a 130ish attack stat without water bubble

          • whatever we both know these will never be
            so lets just go our separate ways and enjoy our delusional fantasies
            Agreed?

          • I’m not thinking a fantasy but sure, let’s stop, whatever lets you sleep better at night

          • I doubt they feel as much pain as I do, does anything I say or do eat away your thoughts late in the night or make you feel worthless and insignificant

          • You’re kidding right? Of course plenty of people do
            Don’t you have a ton of money or something?

          • Like who and how
            Also what does money have to do with anything and besides I’m losing money become damn job is cutting my days I’ve only been getting 10 fucking hours for the last 3 month, I only make 90 bucks a week and that’s not enough to live off

          • Am I? plenty of the people here who work at least get better hours and days
            Doesn’t matter I’ll never have enough cash to move out and continue to live a pathetic excuse for a life

          • You are, one of my friends lived in a basement his whole life and had an abusive dad

          • But you’re still better of than he is! And don’t you get how hard it is to have to sit there as they finally get a house in another state out in the middle of nowhere where they are all alone suffering with that same family and you’re unable to do a thing? Most people have much more to be angry about than losing a fucking Pokemon match

          • Don’t forget I have a shit load of emotional and mental issues, and I’m pretty much by myself every single day, I’m not attractive or smart and things don’t get better for me or my family
            I feel like I don’t belong anywhere and frequently think of going somewhere far far away from everything and everyone and live alone until I die
            I need all the victories I can get to feel even remotely good about myself and lately I’ve been thinking and embracing offing myself because I got nothing going on

          • Being smart doesn’t mean shit in the long run, I look ugly as hell
            How do you think it feels being a perfectionist who’s birth was imperfect? And that someone else caused my birth issues? My very existence shits on my philosophies and I know I’ll NEVER be good enough for myself

          • It does if you’re forced to be around people, do you know how scary it is not knowing something relevant to talk about otherwise it’s just awkward pain,
            And that makes two of us, I’m always going to be autistic and fat and alone so why freaking bother
            Age 30 is the deciding factor, if I’m still miserable and unfulfilled then I will be truly done

          • I honestly don’t care anymore
            Don’t care about myself, shouldn’t really care about those around me and all I feel is unhappiness and anger

          • It is mostly helpful when I don’t want to risk a switch and Golisopod isn’t taking much damage from the move forcing it out. It is highly situational.

          • that isn’t my concern, just let me savor the idea of a Golisopod slashing a opponent in twain

    • Mega Houndoom is probably because of Drought Torkoal and the fact it has its’ Mega speed turn 1 after Mega Evolving now.

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  10. Joke of the day: What do you call a weapon that kills everyone in the immediate area?
    Answer: Ribbon Girl

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  11. I love how the description for the Tribolt arm includes the line
    “Highly recommended if you have bad aim”

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  12. Tips for each character in ARMS
    Mechanica: She’s a little bland, are you sure you wanna play her?
    Spring Man: Don’t depend on your ability, try to avoid dropping that low but if you do, make sure you know what to do
    Ribbon Girl: Don’t gloat, you’ll be a bad person if you do
    Twintelle: Learn to use your ability at the right times, you’ll be godly if you do
    Helix: Learn how the physics and flow of your ability work, it’s REALLY hard to master but you can do a LOT of scary tech if you know
    Byte and Barq: Barq is your god, use him to block grabs or gain a height advantage. Know the field at all times
    Kid Cobra: Master your speed and use it to deal high damage in bursts but know when to retreat
    Master Mummy: Don’t play him…. he’s in desperate need of buffing
    Ninjara: Learn where your teleports make you go. A miscalculated teleport makes you an easy target
    Min Min: I can’t offer help here

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      • I just realized something for you, You said you would be giving in if you went to lower levels, but if you start at level 1 difficulty then learn all the fields and learn opposing maneuvers of opponents then move to level 2 and test yourself to see if you improved after you’ve learned then after you have beaten every character in a difficulty level move up 1 if you lose go back one and challenge only that character again till you learn more then go back and destroy till you are on top!

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  13. SWEEEET!!! I’ve been waiting anxiously to see what kind of penalty Niantic will place on spoofers. This is FITTING.

    Though I’m actually rather worried too, because it’s unclear what kind of method the company will implement to determine who’s spoofing and who’s not.

    “Fire &a Ice Solstice Event has been extended by 24 hours!”
    Meeeeh… boring event! -_-

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          • Because I’m incapable of being calm or happy, I all feel is wanting to hurt myself and others until the feeling burns out

          • That’s not true. I see you calm often. Go listen to like… Studio Ghibli compilations or something. Just try to do something to help yourself

          • I rather just beat the living daylights out of something or bite their neck open
            I’m just so sick of feeling like a loser every single day

          • Do something to help yourself. Go calm down. Please. I don’t want to pretend to know how you feel but just make small steps like that. Meditate or something man, I hate it when you get like this

          • Meditation just makes me angry and the only thing that calms me down is beating somebody in contest, otherwise it’s just an unending cycle of me losing and feeling even worse

          • what’s it gonna do for me honestly, they won’t understand what I do and how much it means to me, none of the people I worked with didn’t understand this

          • Earthen, I’m gonna be blunt with you. You are straight up fucking wrong about therapy. Their job is supposed to be understanding, and it takes time to find a therapist that works with you. It seems to me you expect change in a matter of days and not over time. You really, really need to get out of this horrid mindset and actively try to change yourself. Stop doing little things, one at a time, and you’ll find yourself getting better. Take a walk outside, do SOMETHING.

          • Keep looking. A therapist’s job is to help people in your situation. There are no negatives to looking. It’s either that or staying miserable and angry.

          • You have lots of time, and yeah, I understand money can be an issue. But if you find the right therapist so much change can come from that, and make your life so much easier for you. You gotta be open to this man, please.

          • Actually u should focus on those angry feeling and observe them I mean try to like witness on ur feelings don’t react with them just witness them ….that wat Meditation is about.

          • It’s just all my failures and shortcomings screaming at me and I can’t do anything to change them

          • The past is the past man, and while there’s nothing you can do to change it, you definitely change the future. Not even trying to be corny here man. Change comes in so many forms and you don’t let yourself see it. You need to stop doing this to yourself.

          • Losing, not being good enough, failing,
            I already have problems that will always put me in a disadvantage so I need to win all the time to feel good about myself

          • I had a big issue with win all the time in the past …..but I need really know wat ur definition to the win?

          • That’s very paranoid .u can’t be better than everyone in everything u should separate ur self from ur ego

          • I have to be otherwise somebody is better than me and I’m sick of always being second best, some people may not give a crap but when you have absolutely nothing that fills yourself with a sense of accomplishment or self worth it’s just a painful experience of always feeling that you’re never gonna get anywhere or be good enough

          • There is no such thing as being the best. Someone will always be better than someone else. There are better artists than me. There always will. Artists that are better than me and younger than me. But it doesn’t matter. What matters is that you do something out of love of doing it and not to be better than others

          • That’s not my case, the very idea just keeps me up at night knowing that I failed or was bested, and that pain keeping me up at night, you think I would just drop it and forget but no I never forget. I need to be the best otherwise I’m just some antisocial loser sitting alone in his room wasting the days away

          • Earthen if gaming is negatively affecting you and it’s not making you feeling good then you NEED to stop. You need to listen to these people and explain yourself like you do here

          • I can’t stop gaming it is my lifeblood
            I rather go down fighting reduced to a maddening pulp if I have to

          • Humanz born with double-edged sword that’s called brain u can make great thing with it but if u let it control u ..u will be drawn in hell ……u should be aware ur not ur thoughts ……I don’t believe in god and these shit but we r here for a reason and that reason is to figure out who r really r …….and how all these energy r really one.

          • Right now you’re the best at being an antisocial loser sitting alone in his room wasting the days away. Take control of your life, do something about it, and don’t expect immediate results. It’s going to be a process. And wipe out the illogical thought that you’re a failure if somebody is better than you. There’s always someone better than you, what matters is you still put in the effort to be the best you can be.

          • Sometimes you need to realize when to quit. Not dwell and continuously beat yourself up over it.

          • If you think that way, you’ll honestly never accomplish anything. You complain and that doesn’t do anything man. It takes time to change, you can’t expect miracles man…

          • I just don’t see it happening, I’ll still get angry over a lot of things, be at each other’s throats and still will have bad luck

          • It’s okay to get angry but you need to dedicate yourself to changing. Make baby steps first.

            Even if you don’t think so, you can change your life. But you have to do it. If I could totally change your outlook then I would. But I can’t. You have to. And you can do it.

          • You’re only in your twenties right? Your brain is still fairly malleable and you can change dude. The human mind & body are incredible in how flexible they can be. You’re just being stubborn towards getting better it seems.

          • No it can’t, I’m always going to be angry and depressed and a overall loser
            I can’t even be around people anymore, I just don’t belong anywhere

          • For fuck’s sake man, stop saying that. That’s a lie, and you’re making yourself believe it. That’s what I used to tell myself, before I got help for my clinical depression. You can’t keep using these to control your happiness. Please dude, for your sake, stop.

          • It’s the damn truth, I’ve been angry and unhappy for over 8 years, things never get better and any attempts to change it fall flat

          • Dude!! It’s not the truth. Stop being stubborn about this. Things take time to change, do you not realize this? Do you not understand that things do get better, but to make them get better you have to put effort in as well? You really need to stop this way of thinking, for Christ’s sake.

          • Earthen. Listen to me. Yes. You. Can. Say that to yourself right now. You can change.

            I fucking know it. And you need to tell yourself that. Don’t let your anger get in the way. Say it until you believe it.

  14. Ngl I always find it weird to see people have been posting the entire time I’ve been asleep when it’s also late for them ?

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  16. Defeated Nacrene’s gym in my Whitelocke :^]

    Team:

    Cid the Pidove lv 18
    Tellah the Munna lv 18
    Roni Figaro the Servine lv 18
    Quina the Roggenrola lv 21

    Rip Sabin the Timburr (I couldn’t save it) and Edward the Panpour (I couldn’t even give a reward)

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    • D:
      Good luck on your locke tho 🙂 I did a White Wedlocke a few weeks ago, and there was so much death.
      Right now I doing a White 2 nuzlocke which is doing much better (probably because it’s less difficult xD). About to enter Drayden’s gym with only 5 deaths so far

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        • I’m suprised myself, considering I’m not overleveled at all and have been on the same levels as the gym leaders. Believe me, I had way more deaths in my Wedlocke (wish I had my sheet of it still so I could tell you how many, but I averaged around 1-2 per gym leader and the E4 killed 4 mons, and N and Ghetsis killed 5 of my remade team)
          And thanks, hopefully the trainers there and himself don’t jinx me and wreck my team xD
          They are:
          Lindy the Ampharos lv 45
          Kaylen the Jellicent lvl 45
          Jack the Raticate lvl 45
          Firestar the Darmanitan lvl 45
          Patch the Gligar lvl 45
          Arya the Lilligant lvl 45
          (once I face all the trainers, I’m gonna train them up to be the level of the Haxorus so lvl 48, so I don’t go in overleveled)

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      • I’m doing a W2 Nuzlocke right now of Marvel hero’s so far 1 death at the first gym

        Black Panther the Purrloin

        In spite I’m over training my team for the Gym so far
        Rocket- Oshawott lvl.11
        Groot- Sunkern lvl.10
        Storm- Mareep lvl.12

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        • Lindy the Ampharos lv 45
          Kaylen the Jellicent lvl 45
          Jack the Raticate lvl 45
          Firestar the Darmanitan lvl 45
          Patch the Gligar lvl 45
          Arya the Lilligant lvl 45
          Patch is a recent addition, who was replacing Yassen the Drapion who had fallen to the triple battle with the Magby and Magmar

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      • Hows white 2? Ive always wanted to nuzlocke challenge mode, but My cousin has my white 2 and I cant get challenge mode with it. Stupid GF and their stupid Challenge mode after post game

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        • I am not doing challenge mode, but even with my 5 deaths, there have been many close calls, so I say it probably will be more so with challenge mode on.
          I also know that when I did my Wedlocke on Black 2 a year or two back, it was more difficult (still without challenge mode)

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  17. Why am i the only one that thinks a Fire/Fairy bipedal Unicorn Warrior would be rad? Imagine him, with a long sword made out of the same thing as him horn, surrounded by pink magic!… this is the only way GF could make a bipedal horse look cool.

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      • I regret reading comments… The worst thing is that a group of motherf*cking a*sholes saying that nobody in Poland wants refugees… I’m f*cking pissed

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          • I know that, I was only joking ;). The same holds true for all ethnicities/nationalities, not all people are like that. The internet is just a sad place for these people to meet up because they are afraid of real consequences in the real life.

            But as an outsider I have to say there’s the appearance of big hostility in Poland towards (muslim) refugees, with many citizens citing that the fact they don’t have refuges is why there’s hardly any terrorist attack in the country. Little do they know that Poland is just not a good target for an attack compared to Brussels, Paris or London.

          • Yeah, it is a sad place. It’s true that we didn’t have so many terrorist attacks, but at the same time it’s like praising china for not having fat people, because there aren’t so many white people there.

  18. I want more USUM news…….I want to know if I was justified in being a bit disappointed or if I was completely wrong and should actually be excited….lol

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      • I mean that’s basically their MO. They announce the game with little or no info and then they show off more later. That much isn’t too surprising lol

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        • It isn’t suprising per se, but that isn’t to say it’s a good business model. Much of the USUM backlash came from people not knowing what the game is.

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          • It’s the general business model of many video game companies tho. I mean freaking Square Enix teases games that don’t come out for a decade later lol. I think a month isn’t too hard to wait. Granted I’m complaining hahahaha Anyway I will agree with you that the fact that no one knows what exactly the game is and it seeming looking like a generic 3rd version has brought a lot of disappointment. I for one am disappointed myself. thus why I’d like more info so I can confirm my sadness or get excited lol

          • The thing is, they’re a big enough company that they’re able to do that. People generally know what to expect from GF, but they can’t expect to show 20 seconds and catch the eyes of everyday fans.

  19. So I switched Seraph (who’s Timid) out against an Umbreon with Pursuit

    Not even half damage and I nearly shat myself thinking he died

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  20. Speaking of losing fire types, just lost Firestar the Darmanitan in my W2 Nuzlocke D:
    One of the trainer’s Druddigons has Rock Slide, so rip to him.
    Sadly, unlike his book counterpoint, he has only one life not nine :'(

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  21. On the plus side though amongst all this death, I learned Patch the Gligar is a bamf #1 champ that takes hits for days with an Eviolite

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  22. Nrrrgghgghhhh i got a sudden craving for Platinum the only problem Pokemon roms are scarce these days and i don’t trust most sites to give me a safe reliable rom and emulator and i can’t shell out 50 bucks to buy a spare copy on Amazon
    and more important is a team
    Torterra/Infernape
    Floatzel
    Rampardos
    Drapion/Toxicroak/Lucario
    Garchomp
    Abomasnow

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  23. Iron Man is mine! >:D
    Team:
    Rocket- Oshawott lvl.14
    Groot- Sunkern lvl.14
    Storm- Mareep lvl.14
    Iron Man- Magnemite lvl.12

    Just gotta train up for Roxie then its off to Castelia City! My goal is I want a Flaaffy and Dewott before fighting Roxie

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    • People are reading this the wrong way. I think he’s saying that they’ll show more of Metroid in 2018, while Yoshi and Kirby will actually release that year. Then he kind of throws Pokemon at the end of the list as a game that’s been announced but releases in 2019. I hope I’m wrong about this.

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      • Idk about that. He explicitly says Prime is coming next year (iirc) and I think if he meant that they’ll just show the games off then he would have just said so. He doesn’t have to be criptic to say they’ll show trailers of games next year. That’s a given.

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        • I actually changed my mind completely. It does sound like Metroid is definitely a 2018 title, but Pokémon is probably still more likely for 2019 if it’s a new generation. For some reason I’m still not 100% sold that this is the next mainline game, since they haven’t explicitly said it, but it’s pretty darn likely. It’s all very confusing right now.

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    • I highly doubt metroid and Pokemon are going to be 2018. I mean we have only heard that the games are in development and haven’t seen anything of them. Surely if metroid was 2018 we would at least see a small trailer?

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    • Why wouldn’t it? I mean, if it is a SM fifth version it will certainly be 2018. If it’s a new gen it will most certainly be 2019, though.

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  24. Why is buiding actual teams so hard. I made an amazing Poison Type Mono, but I have no motivation to actually build it in again like I want to. I need to just order a hacking device

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  25. I pre-ordered the Amazon Echo Show. I’ve been waiting a long time to get one of these AI devices, but when I heard the rumors about this premium model I decided to wait until now. I’m now part of the future…

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  26. I see everyone here doing nuzlockes and I get surprised that people can play the same thing over and over again. No matter how good a game is I can’t replay it

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  27. Hi everyone!
    Ceres, the latest newbie, has arrived! After several years of lurking and occasionally posting something anonymously, I finally found the courage to become a full member of the Jungle. I look forward to share ideas and thoughts on Pokémon and being part of this family in general.

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  28. I had the biggest scare I didn’t realize Team Plasma was using Bide and kept hitting with Thundershock and when it attacked back I though Storm was dead and started to become horrified. Till I saw it survived with 5HP left I was so relieved

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  29. bored
    Pebblett
    Small Rock PKM
    Rock
    Sturdy
    Just a spherical blackish brown rock with four small rocks that serve as either 4 feet or 2 feet and 2 stubby arms, it has a crude eye sockets that hold nothing, and lastly a small underbite with two square teeth and a tiny spike on the head
    “Small and overlooked pokemon that spend most of its life underground, it shuffles its four stones to move around”

    now it evolves into 2 pokemon based on the circumstance
    if leveled naturally it becomes the violent physical attacker
    Quarumble
    Clobbering Pkm
    Rock/Fighting
    Sturdy/Sheer Force HA: Anger Point
    A hulking cluster of boulders that vaguely give it a humanoid body, its main head has glaring eyes and long pointed horns and jagged teeth. and many rocks giving it arms and heavy fists and short stump like feet
    “After enduring the hardships of evolution it unleashes its dormant fury, it punches mountainsides to break loose stones to add to its body”

    and very rarely if it is taken to a special Volcanic area, the natural energy from the land causes it to evolve into the special attacker
    Kragma
    The Lava Pkm
    Rock/Fire
    Sturdy/Magma Armor HA: Anger Point
    its body is now melted into lava, it has a liquid magma body with short flat feet and very long stretchy arms with 4 long fingers and wide palms, its head is deformed with glaring melted eyes and a globular mouth and it retains two long horns, its body is pitch black with bright glowing yellow with energy
    “The intense heat has melted its stone body into intense magma, during battle it ignites its body with flames and ravages the area”

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  30. If you haven’t heard, we’ll likely see the new Pokemon game in 2018. I thought that was pretty obvious because GameFreak was hiring staff that worked on Wii U and PS Vita titles to assist with animations, character modeling, programming, and data work in March of this year. They’ve likely started planning and development about year or two ago. I’m excited to see this new Pokemon title! E3 2018 should be even more exciting next year.

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      • They said it probably won’t be released for over a year, but technically November of next year is over a year from now. Plus the communications director from NOA said in a recent interview that the Switch Pokemon game will come next year. We’ll have to see what actually happens, but it certainly is possible it could come as early as next year.

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  31. I have been sitting here for 10 minutes thinking of something to type and all I can think of is… Hi how are you doing today everyone?

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  32. Time for Steel Types.
    Favorite Steel Type Leader/ Pokemon
    Least Favorite Steel Type Leader/ Pokemon
    General Thoughts on Steel Types?

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    • You caught me one of my favorite types!

      Favorite Leader: Jasmine
      Least Leader: Wikstrom
      Favorite: Steelix
      Least favorite: Ferrothorn

      I honestly love it! It has alot of Good qualities and can be useful in battle

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    • Fav: Jasmine and Mawile (Mega)

      Least Fav: Wikstrom and Wormadam

      Gen thought: Steel types are awesome. Except for Wormadam-it’s trash.

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    • Fav leader: Byron the anime helped
      Favorite: Excadrill need i say anything else, its a freakinjg badass mole with steel claws and a horn that can morph into a drill
      Least Favorite: Ferrothorn, I. HATE.THIS THIIIIING
      Thoughts: honestly me and Steel types have been growing apart lately, i really don’t like that many Steel types aside from Excadrill, Aggron and Forretress so far none are doing it for me no mo

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    • FL: Steven Stone. This cool sophisticated guy is my favorite champion. His design is just so crisp
      FP: Aggron! Of Course Aggron had to win, Have you seen a Pokemon look as powerful as Aggron? No. you haven’t

      WL: Byron. He’s rubs me the wrong way. He doesn’t really look like a steel leader, and His hair is just so weird. He also looks too young to be Roark’s dad.
      WP: Bronzor: Going through Diamond with enemy having this thing is the worst. It just never dies.

      General Thoughts: Steel type is one of my favorite types. It’s one of those types, when paired with pretty much anything it just works. Their designs are all really cool and powerful.

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    • Favorite
      Steven
      Empoleon

      Least favorite
      Wikstrom
      Klink line

      Love the type, one of my favorites. Could use cooler designs though

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    • Fav:
      JASMIINNNEEEEEE
      Dialga/Escavalier

      Least fav:
      Wikstrom, mostly cause I like the others ones better than him
      Forretress, its design just isn’t good imo

      It’s around the middle for me. Love the defensive power they possess, but they are alright to me.

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    • Fav: Steven, I guess. None of the others are very good.
      Least: I dislike all the others. Jasmine’s team is trash, Byron is ugly, Wikstrom is ugly and from Kalos

      Fav Pokemon: Magnezone!
      Least: Klinklang and that ugly line. Sad they’re basically the only pure steel line

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  33. I just realized why the Green and Pink joy-con haven’t been announced yet, it’s so obvious. NoA is probably waiting for the Splatoon 2 Direct in a couple weeks, like they did with the ARMS Direct. I’m mentioning this because I’m really enjoying my yellow ones 😛

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  34. I like Menacing’s idea:

    Favorite Ghost Leader/Pokemon?
    Least favorite Ghost Leader/Pokemon?
    Thoughts?

    Mine:
    Favorite: Agatha and Decidueye
    Least favorite: Fantina and Gourgeist

    One of my favorite types!

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  35. Well, just finished Gokaiger. I have to say, I loved it from beginning to end. It really holds up as an anniversary series. There’s so much more I need to see/see more of: Jetman, Liveman, Go-Buster (I’ve seen the first episode), and Kyuranger (Same as Go-Buster), just to name a few.

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  36. So I’m seriously going to start watching Game Grumps again. I want it to eventually become a daily thing like it used to be, but I have a LOT to catch up on. For someone who’s missed the past 8 months or so, where should I begin?

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  37. Well I’m calling it a night and my team for today

    Rocket- Dewott lvl.17
    Storm- Flaaffy lvl.16
    Iron Man- Magnemite lvl.16
    Daredevil- Zubat lvl.17
    She-Hulk- Roggenrola lvl.16
    Wolverine- Skitty lvl.15

    Badges: 2
    Deaths: 2

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  38. so i’m sitting here playing wow while WTing on the side thinking another unsuccessful WTW
    turns my neck for one second and bang shiny Jolteon, obviously a hack but free Life Orb

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  39. I wonder how the map for USUM will look. There’s gotta be a change like the ominous vortex for Sinnoh in Platinum or half the region covered with ice for Unova in BW2. Personally I’m hoping to see the remains of a horrible forest fire…on Poni Island…the northern part of the island..

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        • That doesn’t sound bad at all, like maybe the new areas could include undiscovered underwater caverns for you to explore

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        • Make it actually increase and the temperature is always above 110 degrees , the Aether Foundation is now a climate change denial foundation and you have to battle for the survival of the islands.

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          • I would rather my Pokémon games not broach topics that are too political. I mean they have already predicted that Barack Obama and Trump would become Presidents by heavily emphasizing the character Brock in the anime and Gumshoos respectively.

          • It’s actually sad that the climate has become to be seen as too political.
            Person 1: “It’s been hot these days, innit?”
            Person 2: “Sorry don’t want to discuss the weather, I’m not into politics.”

          • I was joking in my reply and thought that your idea is good. But I agree with your sentiment in that climate change can be considered a political conversation especially if you are not on a college campus. I currently attend a campus that has a strong marine science program and is in Miami so it is safer to talk about climate change as an academic topic. I’m not so sure about other campuses.

          • The concept of global warming was created by and for the Alola Region in order to make Aether manufacturing non-competitive.

    • I get the feeling it might be BW2 Isshu like update.
      The theory someone had was they possibly might extend to 8 islands which would be great but if they don’t the least I expect is a solid change 2 the region, new additions etc

      Gotta say tension is real high -_-

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  40. After a year of where my interest in anime kinda faltered, I’m now interested in watching some anime again thanks to Aot season 2 and BnHA. Any animes y’all want to suggest for me to watch?

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    • I love phantom, but I’ve never seen it live. It’s super long though, and honestly, for me, it depends on how Phantom’s voice sounds that determines if I like that production of it or not

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  41. My favorite thing about ARMS is finding a cocky individual on Ranked mode who keeps rematching you even though you win every single time. AKA rank farming.

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      • I can respect it too, but at some point you have to realize that there’s a skill difference between you and your opponent and you’re only deducting points from yourself. Eventually I was like “really?!?” after the 8th time or something.

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        • Yesssss you aren’t using a spammed character
          I’m currently Megaton Slapamander Helix
          Or slammander, which ever the fire one is

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          • Yeah, B&B all the way for me. I keep trying to go back to Master Mummy or Kid Cobra but I’m so used to B&B already. I said he would be my main before the game came out but it’s just coincidental that its play style works for me.

          • Mummy is actually the worst and Cobra is CONSTANTLY spammed
            Same for me and Helix
            Though I’d hate fighting you… my experience says Helix is kinda countered by B&B

          • Is Kid Cobra impossible to beat?? I mean, I haven’t gotten the game yet but I heard that’s basically all anyone ever plays.

          • I actually beat him with Helix who’s considered Low tier
            He’s not impossible or even the best character
            Twintelle is hard to play really well but she’s better and Ribbon girl is absolutely skilless and also top tier
            Kid Cobra is just behind those two and is also really friggin cool
            He’s just extremely good

          • Ribbon girl is if anyone, I’ve yet to beat one

            BUUUUUTT
            Literally 90% of people play Cobra

          • I’ve been having some serious trouble with Twintelle and that damn Bayonetta time-skip BS. Definitely my toughest struggle (but not by that much).

          • Yeah she’s a top tier character but not played as much as some others because she seems to actually require some timing

            Fun fact: Helix is considered the hardest to play followed by B&B

            It’s scary being the only flubber in a meta of snakes and Ribbons

          • Seriously, B&B is hard to play? Well I’m sticking with it then because, for me, it’s actually easiest.

          • Here’s why
            Helix: The reaction time for knowing when to stretch and Shrink is INSANE. Also knowing how to utilize everything is nuts
            Byte and Barq: Barq has a mile long list of techs to do and you need to know a ton of them to be a serious contender

          • Makes sense I suppose. I definitely understand Helix (because I see people screwing it up a lot), and I also see that I have a lot to learn. The thing is, I see a whole lot of potential if/when I do discover those strategies.

          • Agreed
            Also bad Helix’s are friggin hilarious to watch
            (apparently someone who was good with Helix says the popper was good on him, glad my prediction was right)

  42. So you know how we’ve got literally no news alongside that strange announcement for USUM?

    I’m actually not mad and think it’s good.
    The longer they take telling us anything the more the tension and anticipation rises.
    Plus if they revealed something more in the direct compared to say next month if we get a reveal it would be like “oh USUM has this and that” well that’s cool but when we get news now it’ll be like “Wow they’ve got this in USUM and we predict that this means this” etc

    GF are clever. They know that with past games they’ve revealed too much so this time they might tease us more.
    Either way I’m really excited for USUM, I have high hopes and think they’ll be as good as BW2!

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      • I’m pretty sure they revealed a good amount for Gen 5/6 and as for SM well I wasn’t around much then.
        My point being they just basically showed us 2 new forms and the name of the games. Usually first trailer has more to it or at least some E3 info.
        I feel like they are purposely holding back more this time around.

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        • BW – Names (Zorua and Zoruark revealed before)

          BW2 – Names

          XY – Starters and cutscenes of the key ends

          ORAS – Names

          SM – Names

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  43. Today’s episode was pretty lackluster, but I totally have a newfound liking for Olivia
    she’s super affectionate towards pokemon

    my only confusion was what illness did that Wailmer have

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  44. So sorry for the spam again, but does anyone want to play me in Smash 4? I need to practice up on my Lucas Zelda and Lucina skills! and FG people are pretty punkish. We can even use items if you want? We can make it fun

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  45. I have recently been thinking about locations for Generation 8. I have 4 different countries in mind that could make some interesting regions. India, China, Australia, and Germany. I choose India and China since they are emerging markets for the video game industry, and they have diverse biomes, and different weather effects could have a constant impact on the region. Australia is one the list since most of the animals on the continent are pretty dangerous . I have Germany to finish off the list, since it would be interesting to have it as a region. There are a lot of other possibilities for gen 8.

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    • I vote Australia too, literally everything there will try to kill you

      As for starters I am not rolling out every bush baby or koala,

      What about
      Grass Frilled necked lizard
      Fire Tasmanian Devil
      Water Buffalo

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    • I kinda want Britain tbh, we could have four (five including Republic of Ireland if they’re thrown in too) sub regions with unique cultures and stuff

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      • Britain would be a smart choice, if they choose to incorporate all of the UK. That region would be pretty close to Kalos if they base things off the country’s position in the real world. It could also give us some history about that big pokemon war that supposedly happened in Kalos. Also, I hope that they would make it a bit bigger than Kalos and Alola.

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  46. 6 hours of boring work, We probably will have a solid 2-3 weeks of news drought
    At least starting tomorrow 4 more weeks until Splatoon 2

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  47. More CryptoPokemon stuff. This time, rather than creatures that are rare, yet natural, this time it’s synthetic Pokémon that escaped into the wild and causes rumours to spread.

    (Incoming wall)

    #???-Hextaer (Hexa- + Air, 4 Hydrogen and 2 Oxygen molecules)
    Reactant Pokémon
    Flying
    Plus/Minus/Hydration
    Evolves into Breamae after defeating 18 Pokémon*
    *Fainting will completely reset this, and it will slowly decay in storage.

    This CryptoPokémon is an oddity, and whilst it has vivid descriptions, its existence is doubted. Hextaer resemble sentient, enlarged atoms, being a singular round Pokémon surrounded by six orbs (which are joined together in pairs) of hydrogen and oxygen. It is believed that it will seek battle with other Hextaer in order to build up enough energy to evolve.

    Apparently, Hextaer will sometimes both unknowingly and in a form of barter trade orbs with other Hextaer. However, they will always attempt to keep their hydrogen to oxygen ratio at 2:1, as this is absolutely necessary for evolution.

    #???-Breamae (Break + Make without Ks, Activated Complex between atoms)
    Activated Pokémon
    Electric
    Moody/Hydration
    Evolves into Dahimo* with
    A Water Stone (Dahimo Liquid)
    An Ice Stone (Dahimo Solid)
    A Fire Stone (Dahimo Gas)
    *Will devolve if fainted, boxed for a certain amount of time, or after a certain amount of days without evolving.

    If Hextaer resembles three pairs of diatomic molecules, then Breamae represents the moment these molecules react. Its conjoined orbs have broken apart and have attempted to reattach in a different order.

    Literally bursting with various forms of energy, it is reported that Breamae is vicious. It’ll attack anything in order to gain enough energy to evolve, and if reports are true, for good reason: Braemae who do not gather enough energy will devolve and have to gather up enough energy to evolve into Braemae again.

    #???-Dahimo (Corruption of DHMO (Dihydrogen Monoxide), 2 Water molecules)
    Reactant Pokémon
    Water (Liquid Form)
    Ice (Solid Form)
    Flying (Gas Form)
    Elemental State/Hydration

    Exposing a Braemae to an evolutionary stone will act like a catalyst, lowering the energy needed for Braemae to evolve – however, it will also determine the base form of a particular Dahimo!

    Dahimo’s three pairs of conjoined orbs can change between ice, water, and steam. This is a reaction to a rapid change in temperature, and whilst every Dahimo has one of three base forms, all but a few special Dahimo are said to be able to change states.

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    • Did you actually research this at all or is it a coincidence that most of this is right? For example, for 2H2 to react with O2, all of the bonds need to be broken before the reaction occurs. You explained this in your description of the evolution process. My only criticisms are the following:
      1. Combusting H2 usually requires additional energy (like a flame), to overcome the energy needed to break the stable O2 and H2 bonds.
      2. The Gibbs free energy for the reaction 2H2+O2 -> 2H2O is negative. So the reverse reaction has a positive Gibbs free energy. Thus water will not spontaneously decompose into 2H2 and O2.
      3. State changes aren’t reactions. So the evolutionary stone stuff on’t act as a catalyst because it’s not a reaction.

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      • Oh no I’ve got Chem, this is all just bastardised simple stuff I made on a bus ride! ^^

        Thanks for the feedback tho, I knew state changes weren’t reactions but I guess I should’ve simplified a bit less to the point it was incorrect

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  48. I started drawing papyrus…. but then I turned it into a papyrus redesign…. and I’m not sure what is it now…

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  49. Holy fuck there is not enough vodka in the world to deal with a three hour bus ride full of cringy 15 year olds

    Send jesus

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  50. I’m so sick of work, old people keep bugging me to lift and load stuff and they don’t even tip.
    Just want to go home and finish Midsummer Festival so I can get this new toy
    [Set of Matches]
    “Set yourself on fire, for reasons”

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  51. Who in Arceus’ name thought having the Lucky Egg be a rare item on a rare Pokémon was okay? Like jeez how easy it was to get made XY and ORAS way easier if you used it and I can respect that but I honestly didn’t think it existed before then

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    • They technically gave you one free in BW, honestly who cares.
      I just feel each generation of new players are dumber and lazier than the last so Gamefreak has been dumbing down the difficulty
      And besides Lucky Eggs are just good to have around and it’s really your business if you use em

      But if your one of those dingleberries who gives his every teammate a Lucky Egg to use then its overboard

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      • There’s difficult and then there’s tedious, and what GameFreak has been doing is making their game a lot less tedious.

        And it’s a Platinum Nuzlocke, unless I plan on switching my whole team on one thing I won’t need more than one.

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      • I do kind of hate the fact in Sun and Moon so many items are rare, but necessary for things especially why do they just give item for Magmortar and Electavire, but no decency to let Weavile’s just get given!

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      • At least they said b2w2 would take place 2 years after the Originals and the games had 2 in the name and they didn’t reveal it after a long pokken trailer.

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    • I’m disappointed that USUM doesn’t appear to be something more interesting, but people need to move on. They’re focusing too much on the “alternate story” idea. You could say that Emerald and Platinum were technically “alternate stories” of their original games too. We don’t know for sure what USUM are, but one thing they are for sure NOT are sequels. People just need to move on…..Also you can’t really compare actual sequels to a reg 3rd version…….

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  52. Earthen just reminded me of one of my biggest hatred’s since Gen.4

    Why on the F*CKING EARTH IS WEAVILE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET???!!! In Sinnoh you get its item in a hidden room on VR! Johto at the Battle Frontier post game and Sneasel is only available post game without trade! BW Route 13 and Gear Station (Understandable because they don’t appear here at all). BW2 Giant Chasm and Gear Station which is pretty late but understandable. XY and ORAS both only available post game for battling in the stupid mansion! And Grah! Sun and Moon… only available on 5% of Jangmo-o and 50% on the extremely rare Kommo-o!!!!!!

    I mean would it kill them to make Weavile easier to obtain, I mean they just give you a F*cking Latios/Latias, but have no balls to give a great Pokemon any actual way to be obtained before Post-Game in the games they appear in!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  53. @People who make stories for their play thoughs of Pokémon: any of you ever shared your stories or do you keep them to yourself?

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  54. since i got trainersonas on the mind (and i’m uber pissed off)
    do you sometimes give your pokemon backstories, personality traits and so forth?
    if so name like 3 you know by heart

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    • Demeter the Lurantis (First Sun run) – Caught by here trainer after she stole berries off him. As she was injured, she could not hunt as she normally would. She was grateful, and to repay the favour, assisted her trainer in defeating Totem Wishiwashi by taking down its allies and lowering its health. Following this, she decided to remain with her trainer and is one of his best battling Pokémon.

      Proud, motherly, and resourceful.

      Bablyon the Salazzle (First Sun run) – Was causing trouble in the Wela Volcano Park by using her pheromones on all male (Pokémon and people) visitors and having them serve her as a queen. As a result, only females and those immune to the pheromones (such as my trainer and Kiawe) had to bust them free. Demeter battled Bablyon in order to free her comrades who’d fallen under her spell, and Bablyon the decided that a trainer would pamper her better than some unwilling servants.

      Snobby, demanding, yet fiercly protective.

      Petaya the Salamence (First AS run) – As the hero of this story was training to attempt the Pokémon League, an aggressive Bagon attacked. She was captured to help against Drake, master of dragons, yet was unruly and disobedient. However, when her trainer showed interest in helping Bagon fly one day, she gained a bit of respect, before fully trusting him when they bonded whilst trapped in high tide on the basement of Shoal Cave.

      Curious, aggressive, but ambitious

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    • My umbreon was found as a dirty Eevee in an alley in Hearthome City. I gained his trust, it quickly became apparent that he suffered from self-esteem issues so I trained him up and won countless contests and gave him multiple ribbonbor he could feel validated. And we’ve been inseparable ever since. As for my Arbok he was gifted to me as an egg by my father before he went on an expedition to a far away region and never returned. That’s pretty much it. I haven’t thought up a third for any other pokemon.

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    • keeping them short and sweet

      Drilbur: after dealing with the Team Plasma fiasco in Wellspring cave i nearly tripped over a burrow belonging to a small timid Drilbur, after trying to fight it, it attempted to use Rock Slide which caused water leak flushing us down a subterranean water vent, after braving the flood we emerge and i capture it, and it was a stable battler trying to perfect its Rock Slide, and during an emotionally draining fight at the Driftveil Gym against the bigger stronger Excadrill, after being beaten senseless i was about to throw in the towel He evolves and masters Rock Slide.
      Powerful, Prideful and Tenacious

      Pancham: after leaving Lumiose City, me Chespin and Bunnelby decided to eat outside Route 10, a rowdy Pancham steals our stuff and absconds with it, later that evening we discover that he himself are picked on by a group of Scraggy, so after KOing the leader we decided that it would be better off with me, soon after we made our way outside the Reflection Cave, a sly and extremely snobbish Female Stunky tries stealing my bag (i should really keep a anchor on it) after my team chases it down a stray pokeball rolls out and it slips on it triggering a capture, at first we tried to make the best of it but its selfish uncaring and overall a bitch, that night it pops out and wanders out and Pancham follows it, much to its shock its stealing eggs from nests and Pancham stops it only to wake up an outraged Nidoking, which savagly chases them down, during the chaos it almost gets to the camp where Pancham tries to calm it down only to be smacked away painfully hurt angry and worried Pancham sees Stunky obvious and uncaring and at that moment Pancham snapped with a deep bellowing scream it evolves! just before Nidoking ravages us Pangoro lunges in and fights it and after a violent battle Pangoro sends it flying with its newly learnt Circle Throw. the following morning wondering about the whereabouts of Stunky Pangoro quickly snatches the pokeball from my hand and crumples it in its fist
      Righteous, Willful, lawful

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          • still thinking
            maybe Crabrawler: me Litten and Rockruff hear thumping sounds and see a Crabrawler punching a coconut tree, thinking that would be a tenacious pokemon on the team i send Rockruff to fight it, with a semi-jealous Litten watching from the sidelines, Rockruff things its a big game and just jumps around chasing after it, but Crabrawler is beyond angry trying to punch the bajesus out of Rockruff and tries using Bubble only for Rockruff to….pop them, but Rockruff’s luck ran out when after trying to use Rock Throw Crabrawler effortlessly punches each stone to rubble and KO’s Rockruff with Rock Smash, so Litten joins the fray and actually fights back only to get overwhelmed by Bubble and Rock Smash, Litten starts doing crazy jumps and flips and learns Acrobatics and gains the upper-hand weakening it just enough to capture it
            Hair Temper, Hard Working, Pugnacious

          • we climb Lanakila
            takes refuge in cave
            cave in with us on the inside, Crabrawler on the outside, it is freezing to death but still tries to punch the cave in away evolves after reigniting its determination and with one swift punch it blows the mouth of the cave wide open

  55. Ugh…..I want to restart my HG file, but I’m afraid I’ll do what I always do and end up stopping part way…….I always WANT to play through Pokemon games again, but I can never get myself to finish them……..*sigh*…..Also it’s not that I don’t want to delete the file on it. I just don’t want to feel like I’m wasting my time lol

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  56. So……..I just happened to go back to the GamXplain video where they talk about that interview with the NOA rep……Nintendo has since reached out to the interviewer to clarify that the rep meant to say 2018 and beyond……….So…….I guess still maybe no Pokemon next year…….(sadness envelops…)

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  57. Ngl I kinda want an Australia region because the whole Dex would be Poison and I need more Poison types in my life

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  58. Speaking of Trainers. Remember when you first played your Pokemon game? How old would your playable character be today? My character would be 23 years old D:. He’s ooold

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  59. If Pokémon were real would we still have fads like Fidget Spinners and Minecraft

    #tiredjordanaskingtherealquestions

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  60. Mega Meganium
    Grass/ Fairy
    Aroma Veil (or Fairy Aura teehee)
    HP: 80
    Atk: 92 (+10)
    Def: 135 (+35)
    SpA: 103 (+20)
    SpD: 135 (+35)
    Spe: 80
    New Moves: Draining Kiss, Misty Terrain, Floral Healing, Flower Shield

    Mega Typhlosion
    Fire/ Ground
    Flash Fire
    HP: 78
    Atk: 110 (+26)
    Def: 101(+23)
    SpA: 150 (+41)
    SpD: 85
    Spe: 110 (+10)
    New Moves: Stomping Tantrum, Earth Power

    Mega Feraligatr
    Water/ Dragon
    Sheer Force
    Hp: 85
    Atk: 145 (+40)
    Def: 120 (+20)
    SpA: 79
    SpD: 113 (+30)
    Spe: 88 (+10)
    New Moves: Outrage, Dragon Rush, Dragon Claw (level up)

    Questions Comments, Concerns? Get your own idea on what it would look like. How What do you think the move sets would look like?

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    • hate all three
      sick of people thinking Meganium should be a Fairy
      Ground will just add more weaknesses
      yet another Reptilian Dragon cliche

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          • OK WHY THOUGH, What fairiness is there?
            its a freaking Plant Dinosaur how is it a fairy, its always the cute face, the pink flowers or the antennas how does that honestly justify the fairy

          • Eh feraligatr is a reptile learns DD and Dragon Claw and can easily be a dragon type.

            Typhlosion is the Volcano Pokemon, and volcanoes are associated with ground. It learns lava plume and eruption which come from the center of the earth i.e ground

            Meganium’s abiilt to revive dead plants and to soothe emotions is sorta fairy like.

          • well tons of non dragons learn DD and Dragon Claw, i’m just getting tired of seeing Dragon typed Mega Starters this would be the 3rd one, it could be something different, yes dragons are reptiles but come on its becoming cliche

            yes it is classified as volcano pokemon but you guys are taking it way too literally, i mean Slowbro is the Hermit Crab pokemon and look at it

            and yes meganium’s breath revives dead plants is true, but the soothing emotion thing is solely from the fragrance of its petals, it just honestly strikes me as a fairy

          • I agree that one more dragon mega starter would be overdone. But you can’t deny it doesn’t fit, although i would accept water/dark as well.

            Idk but ground seems like a good fit for Typhlosion. Same for meganium being fairy, there’s nothing concrete yes, but these are just a fan’s wishes in the end. Nothing to get worked up over

          • but that’s what bugs me
            people wanting megas to be certain types and things solely for their benefit instead of what the pokemon itself embodies

            and like you said nothing concrete that’s what i’m saying yet i’m treated like the bad guy (some is rightfully placed i’m not denying that) but i just see megas as literally their truest evolution, not a excuse to give it a new type and ability and make it stronger on a whim

            i’m just very passionate about that

      • I like Ground though. Because Volcanos seem more Greound than Rock.
        And I don’t like Water Fighting for it. Water Dragon is stronger and makes more logic sense

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        • but its not an actual volcano though….
          am i the only one that sees that its just because of the location of the flame ports

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          • We already talked about this the other night Earthen. We even talked about why Feraligatr Water Dragon, and Meganium Grass Fairy. If you don’t remember you don’t get an explanation

          • ok you don’t have to be an ass about it
            i sorta remember something about a fairy flower but it was stretching it

          • So now you can shut up about it not being logical because there is logic. Don’t try me. Because you know I gladly call you out. :>

          • I don’t care if you think it’s the worse idea than not including Battle Frontier in ORAS, it’s got logic, and you must be disagreeing with the logic that you beg for from everyone pokemon list.

          • ok don’t understand why you brought up Battle Frontier
            and i said sorta remember maybe if i had what you’re busting your nut over maybe i’ll have a better understanding.
            (waits for a snotty response)

          • i can’t explain that, maybe they just wanted some fiery badger echidna with fiery quills
            but i can explain why it won’t be ground or rock, why bother nobody’s gonna listen

          • At the end of the day, pokemon typings are going to be whatever the developers want. They don’t always follow logic and they don’t follow your logic either

          • who knows many they run it through a committee and weigh it out to see it it makes the cut

            and for the record my logic is sensible and realistic with logic to strengthen its reasoning, i just don’t make things just for the sake of me wanting it

          • I’m just saying, Casc’s and everyone else’s logic is sensible, and yet you have your own ideas as well. We all have different ways we see things.

            And some pokemon need an extra helping hand even if those changes don’t always work. Viability always should be taken into account, because unfortunately GF makes some pokemon better than others

          • Overall it’s pretty underwhelming due to its poor typing, low speed stat, and lack of a good ability. one scald and its doomed

          • well it didn’t and i wish Camerupt got drought
            i’m just overly sick seeing my favorites get the bad deal while everyone’s favorites get everything

          • Weavile has wicked high speed and one of the best physical ice types out there

            Samurott i have no comment

          • Yeah Meta game Weavile is good

            And yeah Samurott got a real bust deal and it has some good stuff like Megahorn, Razor Shell, Revenge (Retaliate, but Fighting type) and Smart Strike. It should’ve had a better Physical attack

          • well it still feels unfair, and upsets me very much
            but in the end i’m the one feeling like this while other revel in what they got

          • Ehh but what about my favorite typing being ice. I could cry about life being unfair like you do, but it’s a game.they have millions of people’s buying. I can’t expect to get whatever I want :/

          • I still haven’t got an easy to obtain Weavile or Mega Raticate (I actually had a really cool Mega Raticate draw once it was a pure dark type and way better than its Alolan)

    • Love these. These makes them way cooler and they fit well.
      Meganium as Fairy: Hibiscus flowers just look fantastical
      Feraligatr as Dragon: dragon dance, claw, it’s a reptile. No better secondary typing
      Typhlosion as Ground: Eruption + volcanic similarities (it’s the volcano pokemon…)

      This would make the Johto starters 10x better

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      • I know! I just wish I could draw out what I would want them to look like. But if I had drawing skills, I would literally waste all my time just drawing megas for everything

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        • I know, I always feel that way.

          And I really wish Mega’s could alter HP ’cause Meganium could really use some more bulk

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          • Yea, 80 bulk is barely enough for those high defenses. But With Synthesis and Leech Seed, I guess its a good balance.

          • True. Meganium is a pokemon I really want to like, but it’s hard to because it’s really not good. A decent mega like this could change that!

  61. So, I as looking at Mii Central in the Miitopia demo, and I saw a bunch of anime characters mixed in (Goku, Vegeta, Madoka, Chitoge, and even Jotaro).I also saw Akira and Futaba from Persona 5. Akira is the default name for your character, like with Yu in Persona 4.

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  62. It has been a fantastic day. I live in Miami so playing Pokémon Go isn’t all that hard, but keeping Pokemon in gyms, battling gyms and collecting Pokecoins at the right time was really unreliable (and this was true as of yesterday at my level of 29). However, with the new update, being able to collect coins is much more reliable because they are given to you when my Pokemon is knocked out and increase by 1 at an hourly rate. I also hit level 30, and hatched and evolved a 100% perfect IV Donphan. (One of my favorite Pokémon from Gen 2). Finally it is only one day left until the weekend. Woohooo!

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  63. So I was thinking about picking up Shovel Knight for Switch but I’m not sure if it’s worth it. Anyone here have experience with it?

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  64. It’s official…. I have become a pro helix… I can beat Ribbon girls higher ranked than myself with eae

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  65. After being in Mankalor’s MK 200cc stream, I hopped into 200cc World Cup, and oh man, tonight is just not my night. So many 1st place finishes taken away last second and then long stretches of being hit by items and literally not being able to move xD Oh Mario Kart xD

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          • I’m a big fan of Mankalor and if he’s streaming and I’m not working, I join the tourney he is playing in. Sometimes he’s not streaming and just racing in 200cc World Cup and I’ve been lucky enough to get to be in a couple lobbies with him.

            This was today’s stream. The 4 races I got to play against him starts at 1:02:08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9E4D0jjN_U

          • Feh, the only stream I’ve ever been in was some rando twitch guy doing showdown battles I moped the floor with him and he apparently wanted me to help make a Ground team for his stream
            He was so bad it was almost to a pity, he fucking wanted to use Whiscash

          • Nice. Me and Mankalor have gone back and forth. I went 10-3 in one lobby against him, then went 6-12, and today went 2-2.

          • I repeat, feh
            My competitive scene is in the pits
            Splatoon is getting slow since I decided to only play Splat Zones
            MK8D I hardly feel like doing
            Showdown I’ve been doing less and less to preserve what fleeting sanity I still retain
            And Arms I had a mental/emotional breakdown since I freaking cannot beat the damn final boss that lets me fight on ranked

            So yeah not in a good place right now

          • Just like wow I am an altaholic, I never focus on a singular sport
            I’m just always fighting and trying to prove my worth to as many contenders as I can, but if I’m not fighting then what do I do all freaking day

            I really need a change of scenery,

          • I play whatever I’m in the mood to play. The thing with Mario Kart tho is that I never get bored with 200cc. It’s an addiction, this speed class needs to be a mainstay.

          • I have a weird showdown addiction trigger
            I get a nearly biological need to play a match after I’m done *Whistles* off

  66. Hey just so you know I’m dead right now because I just saw Hamilton and it was so good I died. Also I’m seeing it ahain tomorrow because of some craziness so yeah I’m dead

    IT WAS SO GOOOOOOOOD

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  67. I really hate myself sometimes
    I go downstairs to get a before bed snack, notices we have boiled eggs, decided to make an egg sandwich which became a hastily made egg salad sandwich on toasted bread with ham cheese and turkey
    It was delicious but no I’m fully awake

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      • You can eat animals and live different animals, it’s called ‘humans are meant to be omnivorous so I’ll just stick with that’

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        • Yeah that’s y I freaking hate these creatures called humnaz they r not logical, they humiliate any creatures that less clever than them …..this planet get tired of these humanz ……..the most thing that I hate about them they just embrace their habits with out any meaning of understanding ,they just follow wat the others do and one those habit is eating animals.

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          • 1) You are human

            2) Literally every carnivore/omnivore does this, it’s not just a human thing. And in fact, we’re the only species that cares about even attempting to kill our prey ethically.

            3) No, blindly following a vegetarian/vegan diet without knowing the risks is embracing something without understanding. Eating meat is doing what your body was formed to do, because we can digest (cooked) meat just fine with no problem when a herbivore would probably get no benefit at best and sick at worst. On the other hand, a completely vegan diet is harder to maintain, has less variety, is most likely going to be more expensive, and if you dont know what you’re doing you’re probably going to give yourself malnutrition and then all sorts of shit like the forms of anaemia and osteoporosis when you’re older.

          • I am vegan for 3 years and I have np………plus wat u saying is just a myth u can get protein and nutrients u need + I didn’t flow any pattern I figure out wat my body need throwing meditation (it’s almost In my country no vegan) ……..ur talking about killing our prey actually we r not we r doing the worst we isolate these animals and separate them from their kids and force them to breed(with out having sex) if them animal industry keep expanded like this we can’t live in this planet anymore (u should read about Methane problem) …………….+ our body r not designed to eat meat u should study the 5 type of teeth more we r bears u should be aware of the length and the shape of our Intestines it’s much different than the lion and tiger have (check that) if u r really want to flow the nature u shouldn’t flow canines but monkeys and gorillas r more similar to us and they eat no meat except those atypical cases.

            Sorry dude but if u want more expansion discuss about this topic I think this not the right place to do that but ready to do that in anyplace u want even if u want me to do on the showdown.

          • 1) You can get protein and other nutrients from a vegan diet, but you need to fucking research and not just ‘meditate’. It’s hard to balance the nutrients needed when you’ve only got so much choices, and you’re potentially missing key nutrients such as iron and high biological value proteins unless you go out of your way to eat them.

            2) The animal industry expanding isn’t an issue with the concept, it’s an issue with the population of humans. Eventually, if the population continues to grow, similar issues will occur with crops.

            3) You listed *carnivores*, and humans are not carnivores. Humans are omnivorous, so of course our digestive system is going to be differen. And finally, if meat was unnatural, then we wouldn’t be able to eat it as a staple of our diet. Simple as. But humans have ate meat for thousands of years and have gotten iron, protein and fat they need from it, which is more in flow with nature than vegans having to take supplements and fly foods in from other countries.

            You have a vegan diet and follow it for ethical reasons, good for you. But for the science side of things, you’re obviously clueless asf

          • 1)I did a fucking research more than u imagine ……i was implying I didn’t flow wat others did

            2) if the population continues to grow that means we need more animal to serve these ppl ……that’s mean this plant will end more early if we didn’t go vegan

            3) u can get iron, protein form planet too ……I didn’t wat the fuck r u talking about eating meat just make fat illness and heart attack I didn’t have any kind of illness on those 3 and I doing my sport far better than I did before years I told u just make a research on Intestines part if ur able to eat meat that’s not means that have no effect on ur body

            actually ur the clueless one it seems u didn’t read the latest WHO report that says red meat Causes cancer …..science the is on the vegan side.

            Just a question if I can convince u that veganism is healthier and better will u become vegan? if ur answer is no just end this conversation immediately. http://www.who.int/features/qa/cancer-red-meat/en/

          • Eating *too much* red meat is the problem, the reasons vegans and vegetarians are healthier is because they pay more attention to their diets on average than meat eaters tend to. A meat eater with a healthy diet is going to only have slightly less or negligible health differences to a healthy vegan or vegetarian.

            I said you can get iron and protein from plants, just that it’s harder because you have to consume more than you would with meat. And you also have to diversify your protein sources to make sure you get all the essential amino acids. You don’t have to do that with meat, which offers more variety than soya, the other source of HBV protein.

            Not balancing meat and plants in the diet will cause both to deplete faster. Eating exclusively plants will cause plants to be more in demand, and eating too much animal will cause the same effect.

            Don’t even try to get on to me for not researching, this is literally the career I’m going for. I’m not saying veganism isn’t good, I’m saying that a omnivorous diet is what is natural and that it’s not bad to have if you look after your health and nutrient intakes as you should with any sort of diet – vegetarian, omnivore, vegan or piscetarian.

            I’m not insulting vegans and vegetarians, I’m saying to fuck off with your militant vegan shit. Your choice is yours, omnivore’s choices are there’s. Veganism comes with downsides and isn’t a perfect improvement to eating meat, it’s an alternative. And people can love animals and kill them for food because surprise surprise, some people feel an attachment to the species they don’t eat as well as non sensical (meaning not for meat) violence towards livestock animals.

          • Really !!!!!! “Not balancing meat and plants in the diet will cause both to deplete faster” …this is the dumbest shit I have ever seen did u really know wat how much these animals actually eat and how much gallon did they drink of course u didn’t ….their food can feed 3 Africa.

            ur body didn’t need this amount of the protein …..some of vegan food though have the same amount of protein that found on the steak just like broccoli.

            Stop talking about omnivore shit cuz u don’t know wat r u talking about we have nothing to do with omnivore. http://livinontheveg.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/human-anatomy-teeth.png

            Meat shouldn’t wait that long in the body so our body didn’t ready for that due the length of our Intestines while meat eater have short one. https://image.slidesharecdn.com/teeth-131109091818-phpapp01/95/teeth-37-638.jpg?cb=1383988770

          • I’m actually dying here. Broccoli contains roughly 2.8 grams of protein per 100 grams, whereas beef had an around 26 – you’d have to eat nearly a kilogram of broccoli to get the same amount of protein as you would in red meat, and even then you wouldn’t get all the essential amino acids from it because it’s Low Biological Value protein, whereas meat and soya (something you should’ve mentioned if you’re such an intellectual vegan) have High Biological Value. With meat, you get all the amino acids you need without having to meticulously track every amino acid in your Low Biological Value diet and you also don’t have to consume a kilogram of broccoli to get a similar amount of protein.

            If you’re a vegan/vegetarian your protein should come from nuts, pulses, and soya, as well as mycoproteins (but I believe most of those do contain milk so they’re not suitable for vegans). If you’re eating enough food with lower values of protein, good for you, but if you have to eat a lot of lower protein foods to make up for it you may be taking in excesses of other nutrients such as fats and carbohydrates and they can build up and cause weight gain, hypertension, heart disease, etc.

            The reason we look more like herbivores is because we evolved from frugivores. However, humans have evolved to have meat in their diet, as seen by the fact that we can get large qualities of essential nutrients from iron that we have to eat larger, less sustainable amounts of plant matter to obtain, as well as the fact that that certain nutrients come in meat in a form more readily consumable than in plants (meat has heme iron and non-heme iron, whilst plants only have non-heme meaning vegetarians have to eat more iron products to be as efficient in iron absorption as meat eaters, which is far less practical than just straight up going for heme).

            Humans have been eating meat for thousands of years, and whilst we do need to cook it and we don’t have a fully omnivorous system, we are omnivores. We can eat meat, we do benefit off of eating meat, and there are some nutrients where meats are the only practical natural option for it (such as omega 3 from fish). And in fact, omnivores barely have to rely on supplements at all if they have a good diet and no dietary issues, whilst some vegetarians and vegans have to stuff supplements down their throat just to get their nutrients if they haven’t planned their diets well or if they have no good sources of certain nutrients nearby.

            It’s also worth noting that early humans couldn’t just fly over foods from over the world, they just had to deal with what they were given, meaning you could fly in all your different exotic foods to balance your diet. Hell, that’s probably why we began eating meat, because we entered areas where we couldn’t find all the nutrients we needed from plants and we needed meats to fulfill our needs for certain nutrients.

            Also, what I’m saying is that if we don’t balance meat and crop, and we move strictly onto crop with our growing population, we’ll start having problems with crops as well. The point I’m trying to drive through your cringy ass skull is that the issue you’re trying to prove here is not an issue with purely just meat, it’s an issue caused by supply and demand of meat due to having billions of people wanting meat. When we were Hunter gatherers or a much smaller population with more traditional farms, these problems were a non issue. The problem is the population, not the meat itself. The same will happen to every single resource until we gut this planet dry or we drastically lower population (either through something like China’s one child policy or another genocide, and thankfully most people want neither of those).

            I can do this all day buddy, I’m away to write a first year dissertation on vegan/vegetarian shit so I know what I’m talking about. Good for you if you do too, but saying that the quality of broccoli protein is the same as meat protein really has me doubting your:

            A) Sanity
            B) Intelligence
            And
            C) Reliability

          • How cheap u just focus on this silly broccoli point and didn’t respond on Intestines and teeth issue I will tell u y cuz u can’t prove these ……but I will go with ya u can type on google this “broccoli vs beef protein” it’s a very common topic on the internet yeah some sources said that broccoli have more protein than beef others said it just a vegan myth it’s not true I don’t care which is true but for sure u these numbers that wrote is fucking random cuz the anti vegan source said it’s 6.8 for broccoli against 12.8 for beef I don’t care either cuz I don’t need all these fat to have some protein that’s proof how professional u r ….don’t use ur ass but ur brain and don’t use random number with me.

            I don’t need ur advice to tell me wat to eat cuz I know that very well I depend on whole grain seed and nuts,dal, beans,avocado…….etc. (I have pretty muscled body shape as well due to that I don’t believe ur myth.

            Ur information is old asf u can get omega 3 from avocado and nuts in fact u can get all nutrients u want from plant …..actually all animal stuff r filled with colesterol and modern research prove we did any amount of colesterol from out side our body can produce from its own

            u still saying ur omnivores shits if we r evolve to be omnivores how can the origin(frugivores herbivores) is not working anymore wat kind of fucking logic did u have if our body can consume meat that’s not mean it has no side effect on our body ur fake meat myth will proven false soon such as milk myth…..elephant, rhino gorilla all these animals have np and have a muscles that can wip ur ass.

            If the the population is still increasing while we consuming meat in the same way our planet will be no longer exists anymore …..u just need more responsibility for mother earth.

            Ur shitty cheap way in discuss prove how weak and clueless u r ….I warn u I will give u a free endless attack, even with my shitty english I am the baddest guy here so punk shut the fuck up and respect ur self.

  68. So here’s what I learned it seems
    I’m an EXTREMELY good Helix in most situations but….
    Curved Arms mess with my dodging
    Twintelle in general fucks me up
    If the person has the parasol I flat out lose the match from the loadout screen

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  69. Does anyone here legitimately play Pokemon GO? I quit the game when I saw my data usage after one day of gaming. I have a subscription to the BuildStore, so I just have emulators on my phone as an alternative. If you not playing Pokemon GO, why did you stop?

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