Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

[Rinyuu is my EX]

I've only just become aware that they put Korrina into Z-A, and I just have to ask, what the hell did she do to deserve that new design?

For those who didn’t touch ZA here’s some FYI

• The first sight of her or rather her antics is in the museum. There is a photo of your XY character entering her tower right prior to your first mega stone. They kept the chibi too
• She gave AZ a Lucario to help him going. Right before killing himself he placed that same Lucario to you as a parting gift. You can see her ID
• Now enter the DLC, she will show up at the request of Rust syndicate but she’s wearing massive coat like Fatman from MGS2 so you will ask yourself what’s her deal
• Tadaaa instead of revealing bombs underneath ISIS style, it’s just all Mega stones because…. reasons since she only uses Lucario Z
• Lots of talks with the Demon child, one reveals she’s the daughter of Kalos champion. Now if you don’t remember who she is I don’t blame you because she sucked. Here’s a hint: massive eyebrows wearing a wedding dress
• Oh great!! A remix of Zinnia’s OST out of nowhere that’s lovely
• What the fuck do you mean they are releasing a Lego set featuring her? I am going to kill myself
• She tags her ass with you to fight the bosses. Which is useless because the only factor that does matter here is the right offering to the Demon Child. Otherwise you will never win
• Once you’re done with Fug, she got one last side quest for you: 1 v 1 with only a Lucario.. sounds familiar? Yes it does
• If you were a dickhead in the past and did beat her without a Mega you will get a unique dialogue addressing this btw you can absolutely do it again here
• Hell it’s the recommended move imo, you must Focus Sash on yours because hers will one shot your ass

That’s all about her. You’re welcome

 

[PetiteFeet]

GO is just really boring now; it was cute for the first year, but it has you constantly looking at your phone. It is really hypocritical for a game to make you more "active" yet have you glued to your mobile constantly.

I bought one of those third party auto spinners to make my Go adventures more focused on walking and less focused on my phone to catch mons. It's insane to me that NIANTIC and PC didn't consider an official auto spinner within the second year of Go's life. It would have made them so much money.

What turned me off was the competitive aspect. I hate the fact that they decided to add hidden stats (ivs). Something as simple as GO shouldn't have main game bullshit in it.

That, plus they kinda limit you to how much fun you can have if you're not spending actual money on it (e.g PokeStops give you little to no rewards if you continuously hibernate next to it). The fact that they keep removing stops was also dumb. I get property owners don't want people (especially kids) loitering around their area, but the whole point of GO is to get people outside, it's expected that they are going to make something a hang-out.

The fact that you can't take a raid on your own made it less fun for me to play, when I lived in a tiny town far from the big cities. I could never keep a gym because a single other person would dominate everything, and I could never find other people to do raids with. Little flaws like that really killed my desire to play, and when I returned during the height of Corona lockdown #2 in 2021, they had only made it more annoying to try and catch up to everyone else.

I assume they've further killed the game since then.

 

[Marche]

For those who didn’t touch ZA here’s some FYI

• The first sight of her or rather her antics is in the museum. There is a photo of your XY character entering her tower right prior to your first mega stone. They kept the chibi too
• She gave AZ a Lucario to help him going. Right before killing himself he placed that same Lucario to you as a parting gift. You can see her ID
• Now enter the DLC, she will show up at the request of Rust syndicate but she’s wearing massive coat like Fatman from MGS2 so you will ask yourself what’s her deal
• Tadaaa instead of revealing bombs underneath ISIS style, it’s just all Mega stones because…. reasons since she only uses Lucario Z
• Lots of talks with the Demon child, one reveals she’s the daughter of Kalos champion. Now if you don’t remember who she is I don’t blame you because she sucked. Here’s a hint: massive eyebrows wearing a wedding dress
• Oh great!! A remix of Zinnia’s OST out of nowhere that’s lovely
• What the fuck do you mean they are releasing a Lego set featuring her? I am going to kill myself
• She tags her ass with you to fight the bosses. Which is useless because the only factor that does matter here is the right offering to the Demon Child. Otherwise you will never win
• Once you’re done with Fug, she got one last side quest for you: 1 v 1 with only a Lucario.. sounds familiar? Yes it does
• If you were a dickhead in the past and did beat her without a Mega you will get a unique dialogue addressing this btw you can absolutely do it again here
• Hell it’s the recommended move imo, you must Focus Sash on yours because hers will one shot your ass

That’s all about her. You’re welcome

Yea but I found a Alpha shiny Riolu without hunting for it so it was all worth it for the Lucario Z stone... na that design has not grown on me at all.

 

[Abella]

HAHAHAAHAHAHA fucking kill me.
Ebgames Australia has copied America gamestop with charging double on 30th sets.
EB normally charged like a $1.5 markup per pack from every other retail but because it required a $50 a year membership it was the best place to get stuff without dealing with scalpers... not anymore I guess.

JBhifi the second best place to preorder online because they have a good captcha and stable website normally site crashed.
I just want a ETB for my shelf.
Ver archivo adjunto 9223437

We’re hitting that point where they’re pricing out everyone but the most desperate gambling addict retards with fomo.

I got sick of the way modern has become, but it’s even more annoying seeing the annoying women and crypto cucks try to pump up older cards now by telling people they’re slept on. No nigger, they’re not slept on, you just discover their existence and went to buy up as many as you could and hope others do so. I miss when nobody gave a fuck about the cards from after gym heroes to HGSS base set.

 

[Rinyuu is my EX]

We’re hitting that point where they’re pricing out everyone but the most desperate gambling addict retards with fomo.

I got sick of the way modern has become, but it’s even more annoying seeing the annoying women and crypto cucks try to pump up older cards now by telling people they’re slept on. No nigger, they’re not slept on, you just discover their existence and went to buy up as many as you could and hope others do so. I miss when nobody gave a fuck about the cards from after gym heroes to HGSS base set.

Unrelated to Pokemon but it applies here:
There was a time when people were sane enough to leave TCG to nerds like me.
Back in 2015 i was fascinated by a deck called PSY-Frame and I figured about old forgotten cards from a 2011 set that came in handy. I easily managed to find a sealed box of Extreme Victory for 40$


The moment 2020 happened
The moment grifting for money became the norm here, this scenario became an impossibility
Missed on a set for 6 months? Too bad you’re priced out

 

[Marche]

We’re hitting that point where they’re pricing out everyone but the most desperate gambling addict retards with fomo.

Right when DSP has got into it!
the very least seems like they are at the breaking point with dealing with shit vendors and scalpers because its got so bad in Japan as well.
Seeing pictures on my twitter feed all the time from Japanese people being more racist than I could ever be towards Chinese and Philipino scalpers is funny.

https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-president-says-the-pokemon-company-will-take-measures-to-respond-to-widespread-card-scalping-issues

Also seen a heap of groups in Australia push to report EB games to the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) for the prices they set for 30th Celebrations, nothing will happen but fuck it repot them anyway.

 

[Abella]

The moment 2020 happened
The moment grifting for money became the norm here, this scenario became an impossibility
Missed on a set for 6 months? Too bad you’re priced out

I remember the shit with king’s court when people were doing this because of the pharaoh rare Egyptian god cards. People buying out Walmart to try to resell the chance to pull something that was just a reprint for a bad deckbuilding set.

Right when DSP has got into it!

I try to avoid him, but it’s amusing seeing the pokemon card drama channels collectively dunk on him.

the very least seems like they are at the breaking point with dealing with shit vendors and scalpers because its got so bad in Japan as well.
Seeing pictures on my twitter feed all the time from Japanese people being more racist than I could ever be towards Chinese and Philipino scalpers is funny.

The flips are so retarded that they’re trying to scalp the fun packs on whatnot as if they can somehow send them to the states. Anyone that resells the fun packs is more worthless than a troon as it is, but the number of chinkoids and SEAs hopping in and trying to scalp everything they can is ridiculous.

 

[The Ultimate Ramotith]

あなたはホモです

I would use おめえはホモだ.

I am busy with the World Cup, anything good from hacks in this last month?

Thi seems good:

https://www.hackdex.app/hack/pokemon-crystal-inheritance

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Even though I wasn't really interested in Gen 5 when it was first released, I think it has some of the best OSTs in the entire series.

Also, I miss low HP having a special theme in the newer vidya.

あなたはホモです

おめえはホモだ

Shouldn't that be "お前はホモだ" or "お前はゲイだ"?

 

[Marche]

Been playing lots of Rockets Honchkrow because fuck slopbox get pooped on. Kinda excited to try out the hide and sneak deck once its out in a couple weeks.

 

[Rinyuu is my EX]

Even though I wasn't really interested in Gen 5 when it was first released, I think it has some of the best OSTs in the entire series.

Also, I miss low HP having a special theme in the newer vidya.

Not only that:

• Walking or running will change some OST
• Every season has its unique version
• In some areas talking to NPC will add more notes to the soundtrack itself, the most famous one is the O E I A U E U E A guy

Criticize gen5 and call them Unovabortion all you want, the soundtrack is S tier by far

 

[Retarded Weeb]

Shouldn't that be "お前はホモだ" or "お前はゲイだ"?

あなた (anata) = neutral, somewhat formal "you"
お前 (omae) = neutral, very casual "you" (can be normal among some friends or equals, but can sound rude or condescending depending on who you're saying it too and how you say it)
おめえ (omee) = slurred version of お前, generally sounds kind of rude or rough-sounding

Also, ホモ (homo) sounds more insulting or degrading in Japanese than ゲイ (gay).

 

[chimpSculpture]

> throw "you are a faggot" in Japanese into my effort-post
> only weebs will be able to read it
> know they won't be able to help but expose themselves because they have to correct the poor translation because it was done in a machine
> whilst actively calling them homos

Is life deliciously ironic?

0:05

 

[The Ultimate Ramotith]

Shouldn't that be "お前はホモだ" or "お前はゲイだ"?

おめえ (omee) = slurred version of お前, generally sounds kind of rude or rough-sounding

> only weebs will be able to read it

I should have used Katakana: 「オメーはホモだ」
Then again, this could have been 「オメーラはホモだ」if the sign was talking to the crowd in general.

> know they won't be able to help but expose themselves because they have to correct the poor translation because it was done in a machine

I though that you were using the beginner's-level Nipponese that you learned. Even wi the obvio use of 'homo', the sentence structure wa surprisingly polite.

> whilst actively calling them homos

I was thinking tha the sign was talking to the hypothetical crowd, no the real readers of the post.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

> only weebs will be able to read it

and ex-"weebs" and non-"weebs" who study languages

(also Japanese people)

 

[Son of Big Boss]

Not only that:

• Walking or running will change some OST
• Every season has its unique version
• In some areas talking to NPC will add more notes to the soundtrack itself, the most famous one is the O E I A U E U E A guy

Criticize gen5 and call them Unovabortion all you want, the soundtrack is S tier by far

One thing I appreciate about Gen 5 is that every Pokèmon seems to have a purpose. Even the Gen 5 "shitmons" seem to have some redeeming qualities, a unique typing, a good movepool... Something to make them worthwhile using.

I don't think there's any other balanced gen power-wise.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

One thing I appreciate about Gen 5 is that every Pokèmon seems to have a purpose.

So what's the strategy for the garbage bag and the snowcone?

 

[McMitch]

Gen 5 "shitmons"

The worst Gen V mon mogs anything from the switch era.

So what's the strategy for the garbage bag and the snowcone?

They get a pass on their legitimately good designs.

 

[PetiteFeet]

One thing I appreciate about Gen 5 is that every Pokèmon seems to have a purpose. Even the Gen 5 "shitmons" seem to have some redeeming qualities, a unique typing, a good movepool... Something to make them worthwhile using.

I don't think there's any other balanced gen power-wise.

if only majority of the designs weren't fucking ass. I love Unova but it's so hard to justify some of the designs. And before you say "UH BUT GENWUN", I hate Voltorb and Magnemite too.

 

[Ghost88]

The cards have always been hot, they've been hot since the first edition Charizard sold for $50 back in 2000 at the local card shop but why have they suddenly exploded the moment? So many changs selling fake ones, it's hard to confirm things.

Also every day I wake up and a Soul Silver/Heart Gold aren't on the Switch store I get sad