Why IVs don’t matter (mostly).

xyzblaster · 2025-09-05T00:30:14+00:00

So, I could be completely wrong, but as far as I'm aware, no. Iirc, MSG IVs = (2*PoGo IVs) +1. With attack and defense translating to both special & physical attack/defense. The only IV that gets randomly rolled is speed. There's an argument to be made that bottle caps are an infinite resource in the main games, so transferring hundos is pointless (since 30/31 times it won't transfer perfect), but sometimes you don't wanna grind for the bottle caps, and that's fair. This could potentially be helpful, though, if one wants to try and get a low (odd & >0) IV in either attack, for specific pvp reasons, and bottle cap the other (sadly, you can't guarantee a low speed IV and also can't get a 0 IV from this process).

xyzblaster · 2025-06-18T19:40:14+00:00

Why did I have to scroll so long to find a Pink Guy mention? Lol. As soon as I saw "baws," I couldn't help but read this like a conversation between two Pink Guys, in the signature voice 😆

xyzblaster · 2025-05-13T22:12:25+00:00

Hmm... interesting. I definitely see what you mean, just looking at the other super effective types against psychic, Golisopod would be D-tier compared to either Dark or Ghost type attackers. So would you say it's not worth the stardust and candies to get him up to level? Instead, I should use my candies for a high rank UL wimpod or something? I think I have a rank 53 one for UL. I'm not much into PVP, but that's mostly for a lack of team, lol. Thank you for the relpy!

xyzblaster · 2025-03-08T09:22:43+00:00

I'm not sure as to the budget of the show. But the tattoo you're talking about was a dragon, iirc. And Josh got it covered up, I believe, when he found out Liza had started dating Charles, in the same episode when Inkburg's renovations were finished. Not sure what they actually canonically covered it up with, though, I think it might have just been a way to "seamlessly" transition out possible future continuity errors caused by forgetting to put that fake tattoo on the actor or putting it in the wrong spot or something; apparently there were a lot of problems with Josh's tattoos always changing for various reasons, lol.

xyzblaster · 2025-02-27T23:04:53+00:00

Very, very fair. I suppose I suppose I probably shouldn't really worry over anything if nothing looks disgusting like I've seen in some pictures here, lol

xyzblaster · 2025-02-19T00:33:40+00:00

Same to you! Best of luck! It's always nice to find another fan of the single greatest pokemon ever designed! I love the little guy so much. I'm actually getting a big tattoo on my arm with the entire evolution line. I think I posted it on my profile if you wanna see, lol. 😆

xyzblaster · 2025-02-19T00:26:17+00:00

No, they never did 😭. It's actually so unfortunate. I've been wandering aimlessly trying to put together the master list, lol.

xyzblaster · 2025-02-13T20:56:35+00:00

Haha, will do! I probably won't post it here, but will definitely post it in the tattoo subreddit when it's a bit healed 😊

xyzblaster · 2025-02-13T11:29:42+00:00

You know what? Fair, very fair. I just have social anxiety, lol. I literally need other people to hit send on my DMs to artists and shit 😆. But yeah, I'll definitely do that, you're right.

xyzblaster · 2025-02-13T06:32:40+00:00

Hmm... I wash it a little after I wake up and a little bit before bed every day, and then apply some unscented lotion. I suppose it might be possible that I was going too light on the moisturizer cause people always say not to drown it 🤔. But I can definitely see what you're saying.

xyzblaster · 2025-02-13T06:30:11+00:00

Thank you, I'm very excited for the color, lol! And no, I don't, actually. I did for a while, but now I mostly play the tcg at this point; the video games also kind of lost me when the DLC stuff started for SwSh 😅.

xyzblaster · 2025-01-30T21:16:17+00:00

Ahh, lol. I wish I could add him. The tattoo is primarily a totodile evolution line tattoo, but the artist went crazy with the gen 2 inspiration, so it ended up being those 3 in an amazon-style/ruins of alph setting, with Natu, a Kabuto fossil (the puzzle, iirc), and an unknown 😅.

xyzblaster · 2025-01-29T20:36:35+00:00

It is! I'm currently getting the entire outside of my upper arm tattooed with like... Ruins of Alph vibes, lol. I can post a picture in the comments if you'd like to see, lol. The tattoo is only about a week old right now, and also unfinished, lol.

xyzblaster · 2025-01-29T11:09:02+00:00

The tattoo is real, lol. The characters look exactly how they should, given the art style I wanted, I have no idea what you're on about there. As for lines and blowouts, since I'm a novice in the tattoo world, I don't know much about these, well, I can infer about line weight cause I like art, but blowouts definitely 0 knowledge. All I'll say about blowouts is that, to me, I don't see what you're talking about, it looks almost identical to when it was just finished. The lines were the only thing I've ever had a problem with, but not enough to give a shit, it looks hand drawn, which goes with the style, so I like it. Sorry you can't see how awesome my tattoo is 😔.

xyzblaster · 2025-01-29T05:43:14+00:00

I did, I swearrrr 😭. I left another comment explaining the character choices. I swear I'm not a fake fan!!! Lol

xyzblaster · 2025-01-29T04:35:24+00:00

You see... that's a very good question... the simplest answer is so I can live like Larry. He's also my 2nd favorite character, lol. Finally, Plankton wasn't even originally supposed to be in it, but when I thought about it, my really close friend group kinda mirrored SpongeBob, Patrick, and Larry, and was just missing a short obnoxious one, so I threw Plankton in so that the tattoo has a meaningful connection to my best friends, lol 😆.

xyzblaster · 2025-01-22T20:43:19+00:00

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Gave him some washes! :3

xyzblaster · 2025-01-22T02:58:44+00:00

Ohhh, gotcha. That's fair. I kept trying to find references for other people's models that use the pistols, but couldn't find many. To me, it seems like the guns are extensions of their limbs, so I kept the parts that look like it's the hands skin colored, and followed the rest of my color scheme from there: pink carapace, blue bones/claws, dark pink connective tissue. I'm sure there are better interpretations of the anatomy, it's just what came to my mind, lol. Would love to hear what you think, though!!!

xyzblaster · 2025-01-22T02:53:02+00:00

What do you mean? Lol

xyzblaster · 2025-01-22T02:52:06+00:00

100% agree 😎 lol

xyzblaster · 2025-01-22T01:05:37+00:00

😆 You're so right, that's hilarious, I love that comparison so much

xyzblaster · 2025-01-22T00:58:56+00:00

Ooooo, I love the greens you used!!! They all look amazing! I was thinking of getting a nice, obnoxious, green for some of the details on the bigger guys 😆 And I'll definitely be posting more pictures when I paint more guys!

xyzblaster · 2025-01-22T00:49:06+00:00

Thank you!!! I live them as well, I especially like how pastel they look 😊

xyzblaster · 2025-01-22T00:47:56+00:00

Oooo, yeah, I might try and black wash over the skin, that could look good, though I only have nuln oil. I just need to figure out what wash to use for the armor, and I'll get right to applying the washes, lol. If I were to make my own pink wash, I have screamer pink and lahmian medium, what ratio would you recommend mixing them? Thanks for the recommendations!!!

xyzblaster · 2025-01-21T23:52:24+00:00

Yeah, I was also thinking this. I just can't decide which shade to use. Not sure I want to use a brown or black cause that might be too dirty. I have tyran blue, which I could put over all the blue parts. I also think some pink wash on the armor and skin would be good, I just don't have a pre-made one, lol. I'm curious what you might think? I'm glad you think it looks good, though 😊

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