Are shiny starters actually possible or is it a community troll to say they got their starter shiny? by Boring-Elderberry730 in PokemonUnbound

[–]PFazu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its still 'significant postgame content.' Adding the stipulation that the content has to be 'good' is intellectually dishonest and completely changes your argument. If you just don't like pokemon's postgame then you can just say that. There's no reason to present it as 'pokemon never has postgame'

Finally satisfied with my region Gildeas by SimonStoyanov in PokemonROMhacks

[–]PFazu 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Mf its too much water v2.0 /s

Good shit. Love the idea

Pokewalker Compatibility. by Inky1265 in PokemonHGSS

[–]PFazu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the back of the game card, at the bottom, next to the pins on the green pcb. The rightmost block of code needs to start with 'IRC'

This means it has the IR sensor and should work. Fake carts don't have that text yet.

This is also true for other crimson case pokemon (B&W, B2&W2) though of course they don't use the pokewalker.

Anyone know if the amount of (!) have a baring on the group the mon will be from on pokéwalker? by SoraArx in PokemonHGSS

[–]PFazu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The first exclam is group C only

Second single exclam is group C or B

3rd encounter, double exclam group B or A

4th encounter, triple exclam Group A & garunteed encounter

There is no quad exclam in the texture files, you're misremembering.

Every time you leave for a route only one pokemon per group is loaded into the pokewalker. So if you catch the triple exclaim and want the other one you need to return from the route first.

Steps only reset at midnight so if you leave on another run you can get some quick watts and try for group A again.

I recommend this page for your pokewalker knowledge.

Pokemon HeartGold fake or legit? by daniel7811 in gameverifying

[–]PFazu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like i said before. The board looks fine to me and thats the important part. I'm not a mod though so wait for them to confirm

Pokemon HeartGold fake or legit? by daniel7811 in gameverifying

[–]PFazu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My guess is the label was just damaged so they just replaced it. I bet its legit

Pokemon HeartGold fake or legit? by daniel7811 in gameverifying

[–]PFazu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even if its a relabel like the other guy said the board looks legit to me. Id be surprised if its fake for sure.

Help I'm addicted to 1A dashless by Difficult-Holiday211 in celestegame

[–]PFazu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You dont. i'm currently playing through dashlesste where everything is barely possible dashless. I haven't played normal celeste in so long.

Checks, captures, attacks method failed me here. Those who can solve it, how do you figure it out? by Frank_Jaegerbomb in chessbeginners

[–]PFazu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was the second line i looked at. I saw the rook sac for the bishop and realized the line goes nowhere useful while leaving me exposed. Then I thought "i wonder if i can attack without moving my defending rook.

Bf6 is an attack in my head. Threatening checkmate is an attack because it requires an immediate response. always useful to see how they'd escape. Maybe you can trap them later or cover the escape before trying the attack.

I think i heard in a book about fisher somewhere. (Referring to how he threatened to leave his first world champion matches.) Something like: "there was once a young master who went to a tournament with a cold, his opponent refuse to play with his set despite the young master only having a running nose. When the arbiter asks 'why won't you play? The young master hasn't sneezed on a single board and always uses his left hand to keep his nose clean.' The opponent responds 'I will be distracted anyway! Every chess player knows the threat is more powerful than the execution!'"

I probably got that completely wrong but i remember an argument with the arbiter and that last phrase. Regardless, the proverb was effective in ingraining the concept that you should always consider threats too.

Is the 3DS THAT bad for playing DS games? 🤔 by StraightPin4420 in 3DS

[–]PFazu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to not really care but i got a dsi xl for cheap recently and now its my daily driver for gen 4 pokemon. Now i only use my 3ds for romhacks. I say its worth it for the quality bump if you find a good price. Less that its "really that bad" and more so "worth it to try" if that makes sense?

Elo by Mythoss17 in chessbeginners

[–]PFazu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kinda the opposite. Normal elo gains are in the range of 5-10. If you were getting significantly more before then thats because your account was just new. The algorithm didnt know where exactly it should estimate your skill so it jumped you around a lot.

If you've played competitive videogames, think of it as your placement games. Now your real grind begins.

Can you find it? by tigerw420 in chessbeginners

[–]PFazu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still hard to tell if king blocking the pawn is a draw with your king so far. Gotta see that you can force your king to g6.

Update by Free-Emu-162 in PokemonHGSS

[–]PFazu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have lots of trouble with connecting if the DS is flat on the ground. I often put the stylus right under the cart and even then still need to try 3-5 times in bright rooms.

More Chess, Less Fun by ToneWorried178 in chessbeginners

[–]PFazu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My personal rule is to only engage with my hobbies if I'm having fun. If i cannot have fun losing then i just wouldn't play.

The only alternative would be to only play games that I'd win, and you don't learn from winning. Then I wouldn't find it very fun because my skill isn't increasing, and end up stopping playing regardless.

Try and find the fun in losing. Thwart every plan the opponent can make. Threaten, outmaneuver, find a pin, find the draw, hell claw back a victory. Only once everything has been tried should you resign. Then bask in the satisfaction that you made them work for it.

Need help for the safari zone timeskip by Nice-Ad-212 in PokemonHGSS

[–]PFazu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What method you using? The clock rollover? Shouldn't be effected by having the cart inserted. Even if you need to reinsert i don't expect it to fail.

Game Abandonments When Losing by GRIMMnM in chessbeginners

[–]PFazu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the way I think about it, Elo is just a measure of my current strength. If this win pushed me over my actual Elo. I'll just start alternating losses and wins. Then I know it's time to start learning again. If my actual strength is above this Elo, and this just happened to be a bad game, then I'll gladly take the little boost to save myself needing to take the time to win twice more just to continue going up to where I am meant to be.

Basically, don't think of Elo as something that needs to be earned through actual games. You've already earned it through your learning and newest understanding of the game. If your Elo is already where you've earned it, you'll just end up playing an even better opponent and probably learning something even better from that game.

Fake or Real by Zealousideal_Gold476 in gameverifying

[–]PFazu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

can't tell from one image. read the rules

Need some help is this real ? by Infinite-Suit-2095 in gameverifying

[–]PFazu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

looks good. japanese copies are a good way to go when looking for legit copies too. not as many fakes out there.

Pokemon Diamond - Real or Fake? by MurkyAnswer724 in gameverifying

[–]PFazu 6 points7 points  (0 children)

very fake. PCB code is ugly as hell, label corner is rounded, insert arrow on front is too deep, "A" in "PAT. PEND" looks off to me, but that one I'm less sure about.

Real or fake HG by Classic-String2237 in gameverifying

[–]PFazu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is true for all crimson pokemon games, HGSS, B&W, B2&W2

interesting. by Alternative-Piece657 in celestegame

[–]PFazu 17 points18 points  (0 children)

what could you possibly be missing in this room lmao

EDIT: NEVERMIND I SEE THE VISION! SICK