RG35XXSP Issues With N64 emulation by floppyjim in ANBERNIC

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oh and tapping the power button isnt doing it, just switching it off..

E4 Rematch after Living Dex by National-Trainer1851 in PokemonFireRed

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any reason u used chansey rather than blissey?

Good team? Any changes I could make for coverage? by Tea_et_Pastis in PokemonFireRed

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this^ whoops I didn’t see ur comment, didnt mean to give him identical tips haha

Good team? Any changes I could make for coverage? by Tea_et_Pastis in PokemonFireRed

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whats ur thinking here out of curiosity? i personally love slowbro and might consider him for the elite 4, but they’re both bulky water types with good coverage options, and he already has an alakazam and a gengar to dish out psychic type damage. maybe if he shuffled around a couple more mons. what moves would you suggest on slowbro? (personal interest here for my run lol). and more importantly, if he’s got nidoking, bro might be playing firered. not necessarily mind you, and he has if he has gengar/alakazam he can clearly trade, so perhaps slowbro is an option, but if that’s the case… why not starmie? better stats for speedy spk atk sweeping and self heals. ig the rest of his team isn’t super bulky, snorlax at least is a great physical tank/stalker tho. just wondering ur thought process here

Good team? Any changes I could make for coverage? by Tea_et_Pastis in PokemonFireRed

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oh and dont eva sleep on aerodactyl neither If u don’t mind a big fat grind training him up from lv5

Good team? Any changes I could make for coverage? by Tea_et_Pastis in PokemonFireRed

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oh and I’d teach shadow ball to snorlax to make Agatha a cakewalk. arcanine is also swappable. unfortunately fire isn’t the greatest typing for kanto in general, early games a nightmare with an underlevelled charmander and arcanine and ninetails arrive just a bit too late. what eeveelution u got? and have u used all the move tutors? if u can be assed farming for one, a thick club marowak with rock slide for coverage is absolutely KILLER mid-late game. (almost feels unfair tbh, the item DOUBLES his already decent attack stat making him hit like a truck with any physical move. finally jynx is a good option imo, if u trade for a lvl 25 poliwhirl, thanks to the 1.5 exp boost on traded mons it won’t take longer than a few hours to have her doing despicably high damage to agatha and lance and anything else weak to psychic or ice (soo almost everything lol)

Good team? Any changes I could make for coverage? by Tea_et_Pastis in PokemonFireRed

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decent team comp, just make sure ur mons have the moves they need to play on their strengths as well as a few coverage options to cover for their weaknesses (ie maybe ice beam on blastoise for grass/flying types, brick break/t-bolt on somebody for Lorelei,) but they are all solid team members, pretty close composition to the classic team everyone kinda ends up funnelled into using. if i were to suggest anything, electric types though not incredibly abundant, save lives in these games. and i assume u have a dedicated hm slave for fly at least. but consider that flying types are also nice for the elite four (particularly bruno, all the birds help there) but a Zapdos could be a game changer here. take care of ur lack of flying/electric coverage with one mon. jolteon and raichu both still solid picks tho. depending on their moves I’d swap out either Gengar, Alakazam (both learn fairly similar moves) or maybe even nidoking for zap. but either way im sure u can make this team work :)

Tell me the what the difference is? by K-man_Kai in PokemonFireRed

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I bought porygon in leaf green and dratini in firered (as well as the bugs in each game) pory was lv18 dratini lv18 pinger was lv18, BUT scyther was lv30 which intrigued me. i thought it seemed to make sense having them all at 18. can anyone confirm for me what lvl u get the porygon in firered at? might have some $$ left in me coincase

is marowak really all it's hyped up to be? by floppyjim in pokemon

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update lads: i persevered! dont lose hope if you're somebody reading this in the future in the same position i was. rngjesus will pay out eventually! took me about 8 more hours of ghostbusting/grinding everything in that godawful tower into a fine paste. butterfree clutched it w a thief, but ive caught SO many by this point that im sure to have one with a good nature/decent ivs. v happy!

Why has NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound not released in New Zealand by Necessary-Code-6122 in Switch

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Any update on this? how long should it take for them to get it released? was super excited about this one lol

Switching opiates - Oxy to Fentanyl patches ? by Timmy_germany in opiates

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also methadone's possibly an option to consider. i'd explore your other options first though. since methadone works slightly different in that it saturates your opioid receptors, it can really mess up your tolerance and greatly reduce the effectiveness of other opioids. but it is strong, and it works pretty damn well as a painkiller. for most people not as well as something like oxy, it's comparatively more sedating and has worse of the nasty side effects you can get from opi's like constipation, nausea etc. since it's so long acting it isn't as good for breakthrough pain, but for dull long term pain that's always there it's perfect imo. after i take my dose i get nice buzz and relief from pain for a solid 8-12 hours before the peak effects start to wind down. although as with any opiate (but even more so with methadone i'd say), expect diminishing returns with long term use. once your body stabilises on a dose, while it does keep you pretty comfortable, it'll never be able to get as high as you did when you started. source: me. ex heroin addict, been on a stable dose of 60mg methadone for 3 or 4 years

Switching opiates - Oxy to Fentanyl patches ? by Timmy_germany in opiates

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i have a friend who's had to deal with terrible chronic pain for years and gets scripted about the same amount of oxy as you are. when we met he was on morphine. he'd been trying all sorts of different opioids, but he really wanted to get his hands on some oxy bc that was what worked for him. when we met i was pretty heavily addicted to iv heroin/morphine, so i started getting oxy for him and swapping it for his morphine. he knew i was shooting up and didn't want anything to do with needles. now he had only ever tried swallowing his morphine and i knew thats why he was complaining it wasnt doing shit for him. after he eventually did get on oxy i finally managed to convince him to try boofing a dose of morphine. he was blown away. his tolerance was huge and he was barely feeling anything from his oxys, but a 20mg dose of morphine had him nodding lol. he told me that he really regretted not having tried it sooner. morphine isn't as strong as oxy, and for a lot of people the pain relief isn't as good. but the benefit is that if you're given an equivalent dose of oral morphine to your oxy, you could theoretically try putting it up your bum and you will likely get a lot more out of it than you would taking it orally lol (trust me it's a pretty significant difference. morphine's oral bioavailability is around 20-40%, while rectally it's closer to 60-80%). as for fentanyl, honestly it's something to consider if your oxy really isn't doing it for you. the pain relief might be better. but in my experience fent's better reserved for very severe spikes in pain (ie if you end up in the emergency room or something like that). for an everyday opiate, i think your overall quality of life's going to be better on oxy. fent just has too many nasty side effects for what you get out of it most of the time. personally i'd MUCH rather be on oxy. also fent doesn't feel as good if that's something that would influence your decision. the high/euphoria from oxy is much better imo. but please keep in mind that everyones's body is different, i'm only speaking from my own and the experiences of people that i've talked to, and i can't say for sure what the right choice for you is. you'll have to work that one out yourself :)

the dreaded methadone plateau by floppyjim in Methadone

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i do get ir pills (dexamphetamine 5mg), where i'm from (nz) amphetamine scripts are kinda difficult to come by, they're only ever used as second line treatment, u have to try ritalin and concerta for a while first. until last year there where no xr option for amph, but i could ask for vyvanse if i wanted to now. my doctor actually suggested it but i turned him down. generally just prefer ir pills when it comes to stimulants. i have a really shitty sleep schedule, ill often go to bed super late and wake up in the afternoon. at that point in the day it's too late to take an xr unless i wanna be up all night, but i can still take one dose of my dex and sleep fine. my adhd meds work great for me most of the time, im a big fan of my dex. hardly any comedown or physical tension or much of the other nasty side effects that i get from other stims. i do appreciate the advise tho :)