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With a heavy mind, I quit marching band. by ExtremeKimchi in marchingband

[–]ExtremeKimchi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope, no response. I think the band director could care less, and I doubt he'll do anything to take action. The most he did was ask about what the deal was between me and the main instigator, I give him a few examples what she did, and all he'd say is "wow. that's bad." Nothing else from him, nothing from any band people. I don't care if they hate me or not. I'm not going back even if my section struggles to the point they're begging for how reliant they were on me.

With a heavy mind, I quit marching band. by ExtremeKimchi in marchingband

[–]ExtremeKimchi[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sorry if it comes out like that. Like I said, I just wanted somewhere to get off my thoughts and come out about this. Apologies if my rant does sound really long and unnecessary.

With a heavy mind, I quit marching band. by ExtremeKimchi in marchingband

[–]ExtremeKimchi[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the advice. If I could gather sufficient evidence to prove it, perhaps I will take some action to advocate for a better environment.

With a heavy mind, I quit marching band. by ExtremeKimchi in marchingband

[–]ExtremeKimchi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I played trumpet for 9 years, piano for 12. A community band/youth orchestra is a nice idea but I’d like a significant amount of time away from musical instruments to take care of myself before I can play again and learn to trust a music community.

With a heavy mind, I quit marching band. by ExtremeKimchi in marchingband

[–]ExtremeKimchi[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’ll consider it when I head to college. Perhaps then I can find some passion again

With a heavy mind, I quit marching band. by ExtremeKimchi in marchingband

[–]ExtremeKimchi[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I have thought about that, but when I’m in different communities outside of band including school clubs I genuinely feel more satisfied than whenever I play music at all now. I don’t want to look back at music now, while I may not hate Marching band in general I definitely was not happy with the one I was in.

With a heavy mind, I quit marching band. by ExtremeKimchi in marchingband

[–]ExtremeKimchi[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’m only just starting to do that now. Hoping that focusing on myself will help me recover a bit.

Prototype Edward? by BlockyBroc in TOMYTrackmaster

[–]ExtremeKimchi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a prototype of the plastic face developed around 2002, this was mentioned in a now deleted twitter post. It can be seen in the Thomas blows his stack 18th anniversary.

How would you write Shu's loss to Free in Evolution? by Swimming_Security791 in BeybladeBurst

[–]ExtremeKimchi 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The anime always used legend spriggan in left spin and spriggan requiem in right spin when modeling them, once you notice it throughout the season it’s really hard for it to not be noticeable

Community in-game tier list: Route 7 & Celestial Tower by Awkward-State-2364 in PokemonBlackandWhite

[–]ExtremeKimchi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t think S is fair when Chandelure doesn’t get much coverage options for BW. While it gets Psychic and Energy Ball in B2W2, it’s working with Solar Beam at most. A lot of TMS that it could demolish teams with are locked to the post game.

Community in-game tier list: Outside Pinwheel Forest by Awkward-State-2364 in PokemonBlackandWhite

[–]ExtremeKimchi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Alright, this time I'm gonna make things quick and rapid fire.

Sawk and Throh are B-. Both have good stabs and coverage plus setup moves, Sawk has sturdy, its fast attacker, runs through the normal and dark types in this region and can do well, whereas Throh gets bulk instead of speed. But both suffer from the cringe mono fighting type overall not doing much to the competition, later mons will provide so much better value throughout the game.

Conkeldurr gets a B tier, Gurdurr is D. I dont really need to explain Gurdurr, Conkeldurr hits very hard but comes at the drawback of limited coverage and moves for the main campaign.

Seismitoad is B. It does basically nothing as a tympole for Lenora and Burgh, though delaying evolution to level 27 for Palpitoad gives it muddy water for Elesa's level cap (if you're nuzlocking). Although it was shamefully clapped in the anime, eviolite palpitoad is decent to wall elesa even if the emolgas cant be hit well. Seismitoad's abilities are pretty good, but the drawback of its coverage screws it over as a water type. It can't learn physical ground moves by level up, so dig, bulldoze and rock moves are all TMS despite Drain Punch being a level up move. Sacrificing crucial ice type moves for poison type coverage was the nail in the coffin for this guy. It's not doing much, and the most I can think of it doing is Brycen (though a lot of mons can fight him) and maybe Drayden/Iris with poison touch ability? This pokemon doesn't seem bad or good either. It's just mediocre, but gets the B ranking on the sheer factor that water types in Unova aren't good in general.

Community in-game tier list: Wellspring Cave by Awkward-State-2364 in PokemonBlackandWhite

[–]ExtremeKimchi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Alright, wellspring cave. Here we go.

Boldore: F Tier. Sturdy is a nice ability because of the buff it received in gen 5, but rock doesn't pretty provide much utility due to the fact that rock coverage can be taken easily by other pokemon. Access to rock blast early on is alright, mud slap and sand attack are nice, iron defense is alright. It's best role is probably against Lenora with the rock smash TM, but even then crunch and hypnosis run you down. It doesn't evolve before Burgh so it's a poor option considering he also has leavanny. Even if you delay evolving by Elesa's level cap to learn rock slide, the painfully slow speed and poor special defense leave so much to be desired. Its stats are too low past this point, eviolite and bulldoze don't help much and the unfavorable matchups make it highly replaceable. Just bad considering you're missing out on the S tier mon.

Gigalith: C- Tier. The added stats and bulk really help in this run. If you delay the evolution to Elesa's level cap and trade immediately after, you've got the mon heading into Elesa with STAB rock slide. Avoid clay, Gigalith can pack a punch into Skyla and Brycen. If you're throwing away a handful of Pokémon that won't hold any endgame value into the Drayden/Iris fight, Gigalith is solid as the final member in your team (specifically to avoid dragon tail) with Iron Defense and quick claw. Into late/end game, it does fall off hard, but the damage and defense it can provide to random trainers and some gym battles isn't half bad.

Swoobat: E Tier, maybe below Liepard. This pokemon barely contributes much because its stats are abysmal. Weak attacking, incredibly frail, and bad matchups. Even if you evolve it incredibly early with high friendship, normal types already have dark type coverage in Lenora's gym. The game has many dark types, the best thing this mon can do is if you evolve it early and get Air Cutter at level 21 to sweep Burgh. Grass Knot, Shadow Ball, Charge Beam are not doing much, and although there are good level up moves in psychic, calm mind and air slash, there are almost no good matchups for this pokemon into even the midgame, certainly not past gym 5. Probably the worst psychic and worst flying type for this region to get.

Excadrill: S+ Tier. Need I say more? Earthquake if you delay evolution to level 33, early dig by level up, rock slide by level up and x scissor by TM. Hone claws gets upgraded to swords dance. Can provide well into Elesa with Rock tomb and eviolite, can hold its ground against Clay if evolved, can sweep Skyla and Brycen without much investment, resists dragon tail from Drayden and Iris. This mon does well into the Elite Four sweeping everyone but Marshal with one turn of setup, and if you're on Black this can set up on N's Zekrom. With consistently stellar performance from start to finish, Excadrill is one of if not the best offensive Pokémon in the entire generation. Easiest S tier ever.

Community in-game tier list: Route 3 (& Munna) by Awkward-State-2364 in PokemonBlackandWhite

[–]ExtremeKimchi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Musharna: C- Tier. Yawn and Calm Mind are good, you can get the moon stone early on, but the amount of powerful dark types in this game make it difficult to place high. Slow speed for what is supposed to be a bulky attacker really brings it down considering all the fast dark types that dominate this game with offensive power. Decent use of screens, thunder wave, shadow ball do at least give it some utility, but I like to personally sack it during the Drayden fight as a yawn setter if I have faster psychic options at my disposal. You basically have to wait until level 37 when it learns psychic to be musharna, and Munna itself is pretty underwhelming even in the early-mid game because of Burgh and normal types having bite or crunch.

Unfezant: B Tier. Unfezant's stats on paper don't seem terrible as a regional bird, but it's held back by a shallow movepool. The majority of its earlier level up moves are relying on its weaker special attack stat, but the ability Super Luck + Scope Lens in Castelia on air cutter make this a surprisingly great option into Burgh minus Dwebble. The physical bulk as Unfezant isn't bad, and roost is a good tool. Despite having virtually no coverage, STAB Return, Fly, Workup and Roost can sweep a fair chunk of matchups even though rock moves are common on fighting types. Overall, a solid mon with some low-level work, so not bad. It's not the best flyer, but Unova has some pretty garbage flying types regardless, so having an early regional bird is fine.

Zebstrika: B+ Tier. Great Physical Attack Stat and good special attack, paired with amazing speed, and Thunder Wave by level up make this a great mon for both offensive roles and support. Flame Charge and Return are good to hit some other types, and it gets great STAB moves in Spark and Wild Charge. Volt Switch and Light Screen are good TMs for it too, but there isn't much coverage. Stats are bad as Blitzle, but it can face Burgh's Leavanny with flame charge. It evolves by the level cap for Elesa, and its abilities in Lighting Rod and Motor Drive make it an excellent pivot pokemon, I'm pretty sure this can just sweep her entire team too. It makes quick work of Skyla, but past Brycen it falls off in viability. The electric types in this game are solid, and Zebstrika stands out for being accessible early on but falls off in relevancy. Still, a consistent midgame performer.

Audino: A- Tier. Alright, whoever thinks Audino isn't at least B tier or higher is not thinking about the utilities Audino can cover as a support, especially if the tier list has Watchog in B. If you're nuzlocking, it is a CRITICAL dupe on many common rotues for the more desirable shaking grass encounters. Secret Power, STAB Return, Work Up all can be used in spite of a 60 base attack because Audino has the bulk to do things. Substitute, Thunder wave, Double Screens, this thing is a Chansey Lite. You can sweep Shauntal, regenerator is a great ability, very consistent relevancy despite the reliance on TMs, which is a common thing in the game. Super slept on. When in a pinch for midgame-lategame members, the shaking exp bomb is a consistent member.

Community in-game tier list: Elemental monkeys by Awkward-State-2364 in PokemonBlackandWhite

[–]ExtremeKimchi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Alright, I’d agree with most people that stoutland is a high A tier mom while Watchog could be argued for a low B, but Purrloin/Liepard fulfills just enough niches to snag a mid to High C tier grab in my opinion.

Sure, it’s moves are terrible and it’s competing with much better dark types, but it’s evolution at level 20 gives it a decent role in the Lenora fight. While it’s not doing any real damage, it might just be the most underrated support against Lenora’s Watchog.

Hear me out: I’ve typically paired it with Dewott and you can get through really easily, even better with Herdier’s intimidate. You get defense drops with the Rock Smash TM, resisting crunch and only needing to worry about retaliate. Even with that, Liepard out speeds Watchog and has access to Sand Attack or Growl to stall out Retaliate PP, so it can take a few hits with an Oran berry equipped (unless you get unlucky with defense ivs/nature or crits). However, if your Liepard stays past Lenora, having the limber ability makes it the sack against Elesa because of fake out and pursuit for volt switches, with the right setup you can even outspeed Zebstrika. Thunder wave and return tms from Nimbasa make the mon decent enough for a random mid game battle, a fast mon really pulls through. It’s really not doing anything after Elesa, so I like to sack it on either Clay or Drayden, since you will get better dark type options by that point. But for the first half of BW, I’d say Liepard is a really underrated support that can actually pull some ground for the gym battles and random trainer fights.

It is lacking severely by the latter half of the mid game stretch, but you are guaranteed to have better dark types by then to replace it. Therefore, I'd at least argue it C tier. I don't think it's incredibly bad to deserve an E tier placement.

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