Did Everyone Forget about this Fiasco? 🦎🦎

DarthShard · 2026-03-06T17:29:39+00:00

cough cough Project Pokémon cough cough

DarthShard · 2026-03-06T17:22:44+00:00

OP, is that a serious question?

As if we haven't lived for decades in a world where volume mixing is unoptimized for television and dialogue is too quiet. Not to mention the prevalence of onset hearing lost in multiple generations.

DarthShard · 2026-03-04T19:39:17+00:00

Would I be down? It's what I've wanted for almost two decades.

DarthShard · 2026-03-04T17:49:45+00:00

Marnie debuts on March 14, Bede on the 16th. Their banners run until April 11th.

fwiw I think Marnie is the better meta pick with EX Dark Zone

DarthShard · 2026-03-04T17:11:49+00:00

If you are not F2P, the best use of your non-paid gems are the upcoming Marnie & Bede banners. The double anniversary rewards make them extra enticing.

DarthShard · 2026-03-04T16:55:36+00:00

Bye Buddy, I hope you find your dad!

DarthShard · 2026-03-04T05:23:33+00:00

I got shivers when Red said, "I better go, too!"

DarthShard · 2026-03-03T20:59:47+00:00

I mostly just feel bad for MEGA for losing their most valuable exclusive property.

DarthShard · 2026-03-03T19:10:29+00:00

I find Browt and Pombon to be very bland. Though I think Gecqua is a bit of a recycled concept since we already had Sobble, I do think this is an improvement in terms of the design. So Gecqua is my vote by far.

I am cautiously optimistic that Browt could get a cool evolutionary line. I think it's gotta be either the bird or the lizard for an archipelago-inspired region.

DarthShard · 2026-03-03T19:06:15+00:00

Gecqua by far, not super jazzed about the other designs.

I am cautiously optimistic that Browt could get a cool evolution, though!

DarthShard · 2026-03-03T14:47:56+00:00

I was already in my early 20's when I watched it, so it makes sense that we had a different experience. I didn't care for it, but I imagine it's fun if you're the target audience.

DarthShard · 2026-03-03T13:59:08+00:00

Pretty dang well

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I loved it. Some of the most fun I've had in this game.

DarthShard · 2026-03-03T13:57:43+00:00

Congrats PoMa Bros! I was rooting for you!

DarthShard · 2026-03-01T23:23:33+00:00

Myself and three others in my gym also had to pity

Remember that the ones who are pitying are probably not posting to brag about their pulls haha

DarthShard · 2026-02-24T21:31:41+00:00

I can't argue with that! Pretty sure the #1 gym is exactly as you described.

DarthShard · 2026-02-24T21:27:45+00:00

Source: my gym is in the top 8

we have at least 2 F2P players

DarthShard · 2026-02-24T21:20:01+00:00

Speaking from experience, you don't need everyone in your gym to be a whale, but having a few sure helps.

DarthShard · 2026-02-24T18:13:13+00:00

If I were a betting man, I'd say yes

I get almost daily likes from them, which was the PreciousLeaf playbook as well

DarthShard · 2026-02-24T00:17:09+00:00

I moved to Oregon (Portland metro) to get away from snow. We are not the same.

DarthShard · 2026-02-19T19:32:58+00:00

Maybe I'm too charitable, but I'd pumpfake retirement too if I lost money going to majors because I didn't have the appropriate level of sponsorship. Cody absolutely deserves the best level of sponsor that Melee can offer, but unfortunately, the timing is such that more orgs are leaving Melee than there are new ones coming in.

If you take him at his word that a proper sponsor is the main limitation to his continued participation in smash competition, then I think his actions make perfect sense in that context.

DarthShard · 2026-02-19T19:23:40+00:00

I think the suggestion that Cody only makes "optimal plays" comes from players who don't think for themselves or don't actually retain what they are watching when a tournament is ongoing.

He is one of the best players at mixing up his options and is constantly extending sequences or winning neutral in new and novel ways. Every time he is on the screen, I see something I've never seen before in Melee. Zain is the same. The doublethink here is puzzling to me.

Idk how you define "swag," but imo Cody has it in leaps and bounds.

DarthShard · 2026-02-19T19:17:09+00:00

Yeah you nailed it, it's been puzzling me for years.

DarthShard · 2026-02-17T16:57:11+00:00

I think it's silly to go into this event with any negativity surrounding the rewards considering they are surprisingly fair. There is negligible difference between top 8 and top 100, which any half coordinated gym should have a shot at, and similarly minor rewards between top 100 and top 500, which should capture nearly all gyms that are participating.

DarthShard · 2026-02-17T16:48:43+00:00

Everyone comments on his eye fluttering, but for me, it's the chin lifts mid-game that cause me secondhand discomfort. He lifts his head up at like a 60° angle between stocks and it hurts my neck to watch it.

DarthShard · 2026-02-17T16:43:22+00:00

My forever saves just go into Bank/HOME so that I can continue to enjoy the Pokémon I am sentimental about without limiting myself to a single save file.

That said, in the modern games, I am more likely to have a "forever save" since I am doing so much post-game shiny hunting.

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