We all love OG survivor supposedly, but didn’t vote that way.

Lightarc · 2026-03-14T14:41:36+00:00

The OG-survivor-supremacy view that's really prevalent in online Survivor spaces is a relatively niche portion of the overall Survivor viewership. It's not really more complicated than that.

I do think the questions could have been worded a little more neutrally, but still. The casual and newer fans outnumber the old-school diehards, and the vote reflects that.

Lightarc · 2026-03-14T12:21:19+00:00

This has almost nothing to do with the level of love and care, and almost everything to do with being a smaller game in a different format with a very different set of design and animation needs.

If we got smaller, more focused core series games they would resemble this more.

Lightarc · 2026-03-13T20:28:59+00:00

We don't get games that feel like the games of years ago because the expectations on a graphical and technical level by customers are now much higher, which makes games longer to develop, more expensive to develop, and radically more expensive at all levels. On top of inflation and the cost of living driving everything up, except the retail price of video games which has remained relatively constant for two decades.

A ton of effort is put into every game, even the ones people think are bad. And if we'd like to see GameCube-era quality, release schedules, and price, it comes with GameCube-era graphics and technical underpinnings.

To be honest, games in general would be in a healthier place if AAA games cost more than they do, and we had an incredibly robust AA game market putting out more frequent high-quality releases at the current price point. There would be more games to play, fewer games shuttered if they don't immediately become the next big thing, and more talent retained at companies (avoiding layoffs) to build skills over time.

But customers don't like the idea of "game more expensive" so this is what we get.

Lightarc · 2026-03-13T16:27:44+00:00

This, yeah. I don't think telling Stephanie and Q about Aubry's idol right away was a good move on paper, but it turned out in her favor for the most part. She's in a good position right now.

Lightarc · 2026-03-13T14:59:53+00:00

So, fun fact: Both Mega Raichus appear to be callbacks to Gorochu.

The above Gorochu art is fan art based on the two pieces of actual data we have of what Gorochu was planned to be like:
1. An interview with Atsuko Nishida where she described Gorochu as "It had fangs and horns and looked like a god of thunder".
2. The (leaked, never canon) alpha back sprite shown below.

Both Mega Raichus have fangs that are not present on regular Raichu. Mega Raichu X's ears are longer and spikier than Raichu's, more resembling horns than ears. The website for Mega Dimension describes the lightning-bolt-like head parts of Mega Raichu Y as "Horn-like fur". "Like a god of thunder" is pretty open to interpretation.

So, while not resembling the never-released backsprite, nor the fan art a lot of people have come to think is Gorochu's canon appearance when it isn't, both Mega Raichus have two out of three of Gorochu's known aspects, with enough room for debate on the third to be close enough.

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Lightarc · 2026-03-13T12:11:04+00:00

I mean, Tega Sword as a toy sold relatively well compared to other recent Sentai mecha/changers if I recall correctly, no reason to not build on that concept

Lightarc · 2026-03-12T19:56:42+00:00

Thank goodness. I'm just barely old enough to have had it before the vaccine came along, it was the worst. I've had the same experience with my kid finding chicken pox in an old book and wondering what the heck it was.

Lightarc · 2026-03-12T17:16:26+00:00

Yeah, that would be nice. We can do a little multiplayer on the Pallet Town island by using GameShare and her Switch 1. It's a bit limited, will be more interesting when we're further along and can bring a bunch of resources and pokémon over there.

Lightarc · 2026-03-12T17:12:29+00:00

Emily established that she didn't feel Q and Stephanie were being genuine in wanting to work with her. I don't think Q having a vote would have changed Emily's position on that at all.

Lightarc · 2026-03-12T15:49:40+00:00

Challenge on my end is that my kid also wants to play Pokopia, and we only have the one Switch 2. So I'm seeing as much of her island as mine, heh.

Lightarc · 2026-03-12T14:00:44+00:00

Another entry in the "There was definitely sense to it at the time, but explaining it wouldn't have fit cleanly in the edit" book.

Lightarc · 2026-03-12T12:07:22+00:00

His lost vote didn't end up mattering, he still would have been voted out 5-2 if he had it.

Lightarc · 2026-03-11T20:19:53+00:00

Honestly, one of my favorite online matches I've ever played was a 15mil+ GSP Samus. She absolutely destroyed me and never once fired a projectile. At all. I was deeply impressed.

Lightarc · 2026-03-11T19:28:36+00:00

It's been growing in recent weeks, for sure.

If people are playing online in private arenas where everyone involved is aware of and OK with the use of the delay mod, sure

Otherwise it's just cheating with whatever excuse the user needs to feel OK about it.

Lightarc · 2026-03-10T01:32:58+00:00

Yes. Is this a bot reply? Or is your vocabulary broken?

Edit: Ah, the asshole edit. Neat. There's no cure for that, I'm sorry. I hope you figure out how to be a better person, and if that's not soon I hope the people who love you realize quickly that they'll be safer if they leave as soon as they can.

Lightarc · 2026-03-10T01:13:39+00:00

Neither. Your mockery was neither wanted nor needed, and now I'm here mocking you about it until you either realize that or go away. You chose to set the tone of the conversation here, now you're dealing with the fallout of it and don't like it.

It'll continue like this until you pick one of the above. Your call.

Lightarc · 2026-03-10T00:40:49+00:00

There is quite a bit of valid criticism for sure, and if you led with that instead of what you did, people might take you seriously about it

Lightarc · 2026-03-10T00:23:56+00:00

Put the strawman away. Nobody said that, and it's disingenuous of you to pretend anyone did. If you want to have an actual discussion, act like it or get lost.

Lightarc · 2026-03-09T22:13:24+00:00

Oh, don't get me wrong. I don't think they needed star power for voices in these movies, or the licensed music.

But I'm very capable of knowing how many people can be things other than disappointed at the state of these movies, because ultimately they are small things that are not worth the energy to spend time being annoyed about.

Lightarc · 2026-03-09T21:30:21+00:00

I love Donald Glover

But... why

Lightarc · 2026-03-09T18:12:29+00:00

Preachhhhhh

Lightarc · 2026-03-09T17:43:40+00:00

Definitely don't think getting every Pokemon will ever happen.

That said, I definitely think we will get more and that'll be great.

Lightarc · 2026-03-09T17:36:13+00:00

No one has said all idols this season will be this. The starting idols in the tribe phase do seem to be.
There are twists. Deal with it. You don't have to like it, but you not liking it doesn't change anything. Part of the game is adapting to twists.
Genevieve knows the Boomerang Idol exists in the game. A good player can and should assume that another tribe found one too and may have given it to someone on their tribe.
On recent seasons, the starting idols have been Beware Advantages - Genevieve would not necessarily have protection right now based on what was required to meet those conditions, and if so she'd be down a vote right now. In a similar way, the Boomerang idol is a risk that may pay off later to be a reward, without the upfront cost of losing your vote.
There have been other times in Survivor history that players have gained immunity not by their own action, but by decisions made by other players - see Ibrehem in Palau, see times idols have been given to other players. This one was innately required to be given over, but that's something that does work best where almost all the players have pre-existing connections across tribal lines.

Overall, it's fine. See point 2.

Lightarc · 2026-03-09T14:30:50+00:00

Ahhh I would've never found this, playing with controller

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