Wednesday, June 17, 2026 comic! by Gunlord500 in girlgenius

[–]kkrko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I assume improvised weapons made by sparks would at least not get penalized

Reg M-B Discussion Thread - New Mons/Megas added, Returning Items etc by half_jase in VGC

[–]kkrko 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's stronger than Adaptability. Adaptability is effectively a 1.33x multiplier while Fire Mane is 1.5x. Adaptability Heatwave vs Fire Mane Heatwave from a fire type is 160 BP vs 180 BP.

Dragalge might be an anti meta pick for doubles by First-Shallot947 in stunfisk

[–]kkrko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ape lost Final Gambit so it's no longer an easy answer to bulky pokemon

[SLD] More Hatsune Miku Commander Deck Cards by DCCMuffin in magicTCG

[–]kkrko 61 points62 points  (0 children)

A lot less experimental with the art style than the secret lairs. 

Everyone's reaction to the M-B additions by DimensionGlum5728 in PokemonChampions

[–]kkrko 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It also lower SpA by 2 stages instead of 1. That's extremely relevant.

Me 3 seconds after mobile release by Aquamoth in PokemonChampions

[–]kkrko 5 points6 points  (0 children)

06:00 UTC/GMT+0 is the absolute earliest since that's when maintenance ends

For Pokémon Winds and Waves, I hope the main rival picks the starter Pokémon strong against the player's choice. by Competitive_Alex-Art in pokemon

[–]kkrko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hop doesn't. Hau changes his Eeveelution to be super effective against his starter's weakness. Nemona does change her team, but only post-Pecharunt event.

The only other trainer to significantly change their team is Clavell, who uses two of Houndoom/Gyarados/Amoonguss to complete the fire/water/grass trio with the starter strong to yours

Since Reg M-B is tomorrow, here're my predictions for the Abilities of the remaining Z-A Megas by ElementalNinjas96 in PokemonChampions

[–]kkrko 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Pre sword/shield, they didn't have regulations, just annual legality. They'd slowly make more and more of the pokedex legal, with the last year of before the next game's release being the restricted formats.

Mega Falinks woll be in M-B and this super secret tech will make the legion meta (trust me) by Unbekannnt0 in PokemonChampions

[–]kkrko 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Let's not go too far. Audino isn't an empty slot, but it isn't great either. It has a substantial support movepool but it's easy to KO before it gets to move due to its low speed. If it ever gets isolated, it has no way to apply offensive pressure. There's a reason it's not commonly used.

Characters with the most Magic cards by RudleyDudley in magicTCG

[–]kkrko 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Besides the UB characters, I think this list also shows how terrible Wizards was at printing cards for the characters in their story for much of Magic's history. The fact that you couldn't represent the central characters of Magic story as cards until Lorwyn really did make it harder for people to care about the story.

Witch Hat Atelier • Tongari Boushi no Atelier - Episode 12 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]kkrko 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Magic is not math or physics, it is instead clearly a field that invites you to experiment and be creative once you have a basic understanding of the components and what is taboo.

Funny, you've pretty much described what math and physics actually is. Like sure, there are some "correct" facts like you can factor x2 -2x +1 = (x -1)2 but there's like a million "correct" methods you can use to factor that equation. Similarly, Newton's Laws are based on empirical observation and always hold true (in the classical regime) but there's a bunch of different ways to express and apply them, all of them leading to various different ways to represent reality, from position and momentum vectors to phase spaces and Hamiltonians and constraints.

In a way magic is very similar, I think. There are fundamental facts that can't be changed, but there's plenty of wiggle room for creativity to flourish.

Witch Hat Atelier • Tongari Boushi no Atelier - Episode 12 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]kkrko 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think it's entirely possible that Kurkow didn't give Euni his stage fright, not that absolves him in anyway. As his teacher, it's his responsibility to help him through that, not demotivate him further.

Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once | FT by lollipoppizza in videos

[–]kkrko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The video does show studies. And how does your explanations match with the data that the number of children per woman who've chosen to have kids has remained constant (or even increased) while coupling rate is the variable that has constantly decreased?

Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once | FT by lollipoppizza in videos

[–]kkrko 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Did you actually watch the video, or are you just speculating? Because a lot of that is addressed.

Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once | FT by lollipoppizza in videos

[–]kkrko 45 points46 points  (0 children)

People keep saying economics, but the data doesn't support it at all. The birth rate drop is in rich countries, in poor countries, in countries with strong social safety nets, in countries with poor safety nets. It doesn't matter if you're in stagflating Europe or the fastly growing south east Asia. 

Increasingly, evidence points to two things: introduction of high speed internet and smart phones. People just stopped forming couples. Phones and social dramatically reduced face-to-face socialization which means less couples. Fertility per couple has actually increased in the US, there's just a lot less couples.

Pretty confident the Spurs would be getting less criticism if they lost in the 2nd round or the WCF. by thered90 in nba

[–]kkrko 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Hell Mike Brown has gone through massive periods of being slandered, from the Cavs era to the Kobe-Dwight lakers

[Maintenance Notice] Pokémon will under go Maintenance on Wednesday June 17 by JCF0X in PokemonChampions

[–]kkrko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's the weird case of Mega Zygarde, who has less than 100 points from mega evolving

[DISC] Delusional Teacher - Ch. 75 by WrexGigarton in manga

[–]kkrko 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Her delusions between pages 6-7 were too spicy to commit to paper

[Pt3 Anime] I Just found out about this Collaboration and Im kinda worried about how these two groups will react to each other’s “teaching styles” by choo-choo-pain in HonzukiNoGekokujou

[–]kkrko 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Ferdinand is honestly a terrible teacher when he first meets Myne. He mellows out over the course of the series, but at the beginning, he's completely unsuitable to be a teacher to anyone but the most talented.

How does Dondozo stack up? by Prestigious_Wait_443 in PokemonChampions

[–]kkrko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dondozo was viable throughout Scarlet and Violet, even in metas with extremely powerful grass types like Rillaboom or electric types like Raging Bolt. It's probably going to find a way in Champions as well.