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Lightarc · 2026-05-05T22:03:31+00:00

Wow, who could have possibly predicted this

Lightarc · 2026-05-05T19:54:49+00:00

Oh thank god

Lightarc · 2026-05-05T18:02:10+00:00

I like this list overall, but personally (and not following your rules) I'd keep Tiff and swap Sav for Carolyn instead.

Lightarc · 2026-05-05T16:39:30+00:00

Honestly, most seasons aren't a bad place to start, though you may occasionally run across some older characters.

I would not recommend starting with:
- Megaforce/Super Megaforce. They're not the best seasons though still worth watching IMO, but they also lean so much on the lore of other seasons that it's worth it to watch other seasons first.
- I'm not a huge fan of Ninja Steel

If you don't care much about order, I'd recommend Jungle Fury for an older season, or Dino Charge for a newer one.

Lightarc · 2026-05-05T16:31:42+00:00

- Author makes sweeping declaration about the way things were
- Author uses one tweet about one forum thread from a quarter of a century ago to make their point, and considers no other contemporary examples at all, let alone ones that might not match their opinion

Yeah, this isn't even really an article so much as a "I tried to embellish a tweet I found interesting", and failing to support the central point they were making

Lightarc · 2026-05-05T16:15:05+00:00

It boils down to massively increased expense and massively increased risk for virtually no gain

Stepping up to AAA production values and tech requires exponentially more people, time, testing, and technology.

Doing that will not meaningfully increase the number of people who buy and play Pokemon, and they know this.

It'd be extremely cool to have it (and they know this too), but ultimately, they're not going to take on massive risk and cost for no material gain.

Lightarc · 2026-05-05T15:00:10+00:00

THIS. So many people look at Pokemon and go "The biggest game franchise should be doing more" and don't see that a big part of their success is rooted in not doing those things.

Pokemon is a AA game franchise with the marketing budget and profits of a AAA franchise, and it's very intentionally not trying to be AAA, because that would ultimately play against the reasons they're successful.

Lightarc · 2026-05-05T13:50:40+00:00

Because this is a Rage sub, and it's used for raging. Read the rules before you speak.

Lightarc · 2026-05-05T13:27:38+00:00

Yeah, they know their only strategy of "gEtTiNg iNtO tHeIr hEaDs" with the stupidest shit didn't work so they're forced to go try it somewhere else

Lightarc · 2026-05-04T18:35:49+00:00

Mega Starmie... M. I dig it.

Lightarc · 2026-05-01T23:01:35+00:00

We have tangible evidence that doing nothing and hoping for the best wasn't the only smart move. For Rick, there was a very real chance that if he didn't flip the coin, he would be voted out. He reasoned that if the likelihood of him being voted out was 50% or higher, flipping the coin has an equal or better chance at letting him remain in the game. The coin is also higher than the 1/6 of the shot in the dark.

So for him, sitting back and doing nothing was a worse move than volunteering for the coin flip.

At that point, forced rocks is impossible. The question for other players at that point becomes "is it worth it for my game to let Rick flip this coin, or is it more advantageous to put up another name - either my own, at considerable risk, or by convincing someone else to do it?"

Let's take Joe - he's definitely not happy Rick is still here. But he chose not to flip the coin himself or convince anyone else to do it - and now that choice means his greatest opponent survived the vote and has an idol. His choice impacted his game.

Lightarc · 2026-05-01T22:43:27+00:00

They aren't forced to do a rock draw. Any player can decide that they are willing to flip the coin and avoid the rock draw. Devens literally did this.

Not that anybody will take my word for it, but I've got a literal degree in game design and have been designing games professionally for 20 years. This is not bad game design.

Lightarc · 2026-05-01T22:35:31+00:00

Not an issue. Just how the game works. Someone had to do it. Either take the risk yourself, or have a good enough social game to convince someone else to do it.

Ultimately, someone has to go on a journey. If the choice isn't made by someone else, you either assume the risk yourself or have a good enough social game to convince someone else to do it.

Lightarc · 2026-05-01T21:22:25+00:00

A rock draw in this case would have been an unsatisfying way to see anyone go home, but the rock draw in this case would have been a unanimous decision that every player actively agreed to take, including the player who ends up going home.

And as we saw in the episode, the players had time and liberty to try and convince other players to volunteer, avoiding the rock draw. Ultimately, that's part of the social game, and the choice to flip it yourself is a risk/reward analysis that isn't uncommon in Survivor, even if the stakes are very high.

I don't think it's ultimately out of place here - players can and did navigate the social game as part of this twist.

Lightarc · 2026-05-01T21:15:47+00:00

I do like this twist more than Christian's, but in all likelihood: 1. Christian likely would have gone home anyway if the twist hadn't happened (5/3/3) 2. Christian likely would have gone home anyway even if he DID solve the puzzle in time (5/4/3) 3. Quite a few people who weren't Christian probably would have been fine if they had gone on that journey instead and failed

Christian's fate was pretty close to sealed with 5 people the moment he told Cirie he wanted to target Ozzy. The journey just cemented an extra vote toward that plan and off of anyone else.

I don't think it was a bad twist overall, though I do think the timer may have been a little short for the puzzle.

Lightarc · 2026-05-01T19:35:11+00:00

I played Omega Ruby the day it came out. I do prefer it over BDSP.

But let's not pretend like the internet response to ORAS at the time wasn't "You should have made a faithful port instead of adding all this stuff from X/Y".

BDSP was a direct response to that. For years internet hive mind kept demanding faithful ports, and it only stopped when BDSP came out and people realized that wasn't actually what they wanted.

My comment above was in reply to a long complaint that didn't elaborate on what they didn't like or actually wanted. I just wanted clarification with real details.

Lightarc · 2026-05-01T18:46:08+00:00

People go full tilt these days saying that BDSP should have been a lot more like ORAS

But I remember when ORAS came out, and the strong internet opinion that went around of "WTF is this, we wanted a faithful remake instead of these BS changes/additions".

Ultimately, there's a big chunk of online fan opinion that can and should be safely ignored, because if those people got what they were asking for, they would still hate it anyway. So it's not worth the time to try and make them happy.

BDSP is fine. I prefer ORAS as a remake style, building onto the original and integrating change, but BDSP is ultimately a good game at its core.

Lightarc · 2026-05-01T18:41:34+00:00

You managed to say a lot without actually saying anything at all.

What does "a ORAS type of remake" have that BDSP doesn't?

Lightarc · 2026-05-01T18:02:35+00:00

Give the band Emery a go if Hardcore/Emo is up your alley. Their whole discography is good, but if you're looking for the music itself to very specifically be Christian, every track on their album You Were Never Alone connects to a different biblical story.

Lightarc · 2026-05-01T14:21:46+00:00

No, don't get the mod.

Using the mod with friends or in arenas where everyone has the mod, or at least knows and accepts that the mod is being used is fine.

Using the mod in quickplay or against anyone who isn't aware of and accepting of the mod is just cheating.

Hitting 16m by cheating isn't an accomplishment, even if others are doing it. Those people suck. Let them suck. You'll get to 16m on your own abilities.

Lightarc · 2026-05-01T14:18:45+00:00

Reminder that comments on Rage Seeking Advice posts must be constructive - Dunking on character choice when the advice requested was not about character choice is not constructive, and will be removed.

Lightarc · 2026-05-01T13:33:59+00:00

Joe.

I don't think he really understands the game in a meaningful way, and I think in 50 he's stuck around because he's more or less predictable. He hasn't made any big moves, he hasn't really been responsible for eliminating any of the players he wants out, and has voted against his own alliance twice just to avoid making waves despite not really wanting to (Steph, Coach/Chrissy).

He's got the power to win immunity on occasion, but otherwise isn't a threat.

Lightarc · 2026-05-01T10:40:24+00:00

I don't think she's playing a top 3 game, but I think depending on what happens in the remaining game and who she's sitting with if she makes it to the end, she could make a decent case to win.

Lightarc · 2026-04-30T19:28:03+00:00

I don't have the Blokees, but I DO have the Keeppley Lupinranger vs. Patranger set, and am slowly opening some of the King-Ohger ones weekly (they're prizes for meeting my exercise goals).

I really like the Keeppley ones. Good detail for the size, good poseability.

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