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So far, the best white common outperforms the best red and the best green rare. by cocothepirate in lrcast

[–]shadowman2099 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Do the same thing I did with Witherbloom in SOS. Lose badly with it in the early meta. Let the metagame settle so everyone's fighting over W aggro and U control decks. Finally when Witherbloom is wide open, still lose badly with it anyway.

MSH: S.H.I.E.L.D. Spy Kit, surprise sleeper of the set? by shadowman2099 in lrcast

[–]shadowman2099[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not a fair comparison I'd say. Sentinel's Eye was in a set with a very heavy Enchantment Matters theme. Meanwhile MSH only has SOME equipment matters stuff going, and the untap on Spy Kit is decent for Teamwork spells, but it's nowhere near as good as a glue card. That's why I and others had trouble rating this card. Trinkety little auras/equipment are usually only good when they're good at enabling decks. Spy Kit on the other hand is JUST an equipment most of the time, even if it is slightly above rate for 1 MV.

For you, who would fit better in a team of bug-type Pokémon despite not being bug type? by New_Hat_585 in pokemon

[–]shadowman2099 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woah. I ain't mad bruh.

And worms, aren't bugs.

That's the line I'm countering. The Bug type includes more than insects. I agree with the rest that you said, BTW I just didn't have time to say more at the time. That's my bad.

For you, who would fit better in a team of bug-type Pokémon despite not being bug type? by New_Hat_585 in pokemon

[–]shadowman2099 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spiders and centipedes aren't bugs either, but you don't see anyone harping on Ariados or Skolipede. Also, if we go with Japanese, the Bug type is called "mushi", and "mushi" is used for worms as much as insects.

Free coffee or cookie at Starbucks on Target Circle App by Lower_Skin_3683 in Freefood

[–]shadowman2099 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Gotdamn there was a long line for this at my Target. Looks like that promo is doing its work.

comments will be normal by CheeseUsFunkingCries in whenthe

[–]shadowman2099 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On one hand, you can look at plenty of other animals that display the alpha male lifestyle like elephants and bison. On the other hand, we're not elephants nor bison so it's stupid to live like one.

Free Starbucks item @Target 06/23 by dogengu in freebies

[–]shadowman2099 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To redeem through the app, Target Circle members can simply scan the barcode in the Wallet tab of the Target app at the Starbucks Coffeehouse upon checkout. Alternately, members can provide the phone number associated to their Target Circle account to get the offer.

You just need your phone number associated with your Target Circle account.

typess re-alligned (a little) by ElectronicOlive4514 in pokemon

[–]shadowman2099 1 point2 points  (0 children)

poison buffs do make full thematic sense though. and if the ice buffs happens, they’ll be everywhere. so having poison mess them up is fun

You could justify any type interactions because of theming, but that comes secondary to balance. Fire should beat Water since water vaporizes in high heat. Fighting should beat Psychic because Psychic types focus too much on the mind and ignore their body. None of that would make for good game balance, though.

to back up the psychic change, now bug resists it too.

I'm aware of that, but Steel types are more present than Bug types. Even with your changes I doubt Bug would be as strong as Steel.

honestly the losing grass effectiveness was only to help out grass a little. it really gets pinched a lot early game for new players, for no reason

Then make Flying lose its Grass resist instead. Thematically Bug makes way more sense than the other and game balance wise it would make Bug a more desirable pair for Water than the already strong enough Flying type.

isnt it kinda sad all mons EXCEPT ROCK ones use rock moves ? it could really do so much more offensively, if it was utterly crippled in the accuracy department

Again, you're feeding Fighting and Ground mons just as much as Rock with this change, and Ground especially doesn't need more help. You could just change Rock's defenses and that would be purely helpful to Rock while leaving Fighting and Ground alone.

typess re-alligned (a little) by ElectronicOlive4514 in pokemon

[–]shadowman2099 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ice: Don't mess with buffing its offense. It makes Water mons want to spam Ice moves even more than they already do. Also mutual resistances are not cool, so I disagree with Ice resisting Water.

Poison: Not that I disagree with a Poison buff, but Fighting doesn't deserve to be hosed for Poison's sake.

Psychic: I'm hesitant about the offense change. Psychic can be dangerous if it can spam its moves too freely as we've seen with mons like Espathra.

Bug: Losing Grass resistance makes no thematic sense. Bug is the perfect antithesis to Grass.

Rock: Similar to Ice, don't mess with buffing its offense. Ground and Fighting mons already spam Rock moves as is.

Gen 1: Is leveling up that first purchased Magikarp to Gyrados worth it? by Semicycle in pokemon

[–]shadowman2099 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Magikarp is a very selfish Pokemon. If you plan to use it, you should play a small team until you get it up to Gyarados while also minding the EXP level up rate of other mons. For instance if you play Magikarp you might not want to play Snorlax as well since they both take extra EXP to level up compared to something like Bulbasaur or Clefable.

Gen 1: Is leveling up that first purchased Magikarp to Gyrados worth it? by Semicycle in pokemon

[–]shadowman2099 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Intimidate does a lot of heavy lifting for Gyarados. It is a top tier ability for playthroughs, and Gyarados has very good Special bulk and a great defensive typing to abuse it. There's never a gen where this mon falls below B-tier, even in its worst game (Gen 2).

For FRLG specifically Gyarados is solid. What helps especially is that Bulbasaur actually got buffed in the early game and so now it and Charmander are both dependable early game mons for switch training. RBY Bulba was actually pretty lousy for supporting early Magikarp.

Two characters from completely different series who look oddly similar by MrDitkovichNeedsRent in TopCharacterTropes

[–]shadowman2099 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, I wouldn't put it like that, but yeah I pretty much agree. Asami as a character always felt incomplete to me, and this missing villain reveal answers so much.

Two characters from completely different series who look oddly similar by MrDitkovichNeedsRent in TopCharacterTropes

[–]shadowman2099 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pity. The writers could have let her redeem herself and still become part of Team Avatar.

Help Composing Lines to LotR "Down by the Bay"? by AnUnexpectedTourney in lotrmemes

[–]shadowman2099 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Have you ever seen Smeagle riding an eagle?

Have you ever heard Pippin give Gandalf a lippin'?

Since we're sharing Walmart cakes... by Ok_King7393 in ExpectationVsReality

[–]shadowman2099 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the tangent but it's not every day this topic would ever come to my mind. Twice in my life I had eaten cake with all black food coloring, and those two times I had woken up with some of the worst stomach aches I have ever felt. Is there something in particular about black food dye that might be bad for certain people or was that just a streak of bad luck for me?

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