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[Gyrom8]

Favourite generation? Not sure I have an answer for that

Tempted to say 3, as I think it has the best Pokemon overall, has my favourite region and has the best OST overall. It also helps that we had the Colosseum and XD games for spinoffs.

However, I never played Emerald, only Ruby and Sapphire, and I'd be hard pressed to deny that Black/White are the best base games.

I also have a lot of love for Gen 2, as Gold was my first ever Pokemon game (played Yellow, but always got stuck at Brock lol), so it's basically nostalgia kryptonite for me. However, I can't deny that HGSS are straight up objectively better, and they're technically from Gen 4. Yet Gen 4 will never be my favourite overall, as I'm not big on Sinnoh and a lot of the mon designs I'm kind of iffy on.

So tl;dr, I don't know

 

[Ramen Tengoku]

Not sure about fandom's opinion on it, but Vivillon is one of my favorite Bug types, along with Beautifly.

Oh yeah, another good one. It's unique patterns definitely made it worthwhile.

out of all Pokemon to have the elusive number of the beast, it had to be a pretty little butterfly lol

 

[Kirby Dragons]

I believe this confirms Sinnoh remakes.

 

[Arcanir]

Thought this was interesting:

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Going by page views, Toxtricity was the most viewed Pokemon on the site, with double the amount of the runner-up Dragapult. A large amount of that can probably be contributed to the evolution method, but still pretty impressive for the Punk Rock salamander.

Also, for those curious about the other starters, they were just behind Cinderace with Inteleon at 11 and Rillaboom at 12.

 

[MooMew64]

real talk, the XY gym battle theme is fire and still my favorite in the series to this day

actually, XY in general was fire. I don't care what anybody else thinks.

I used to rag on X&Y but nowadays I love 'em. 3D Pokemon in general gets a lot of flack, but I think there's a lot of good that the 3D era has done for it to outweigh the bad IMHO.

 

[Kirby Dragons]

Thought this was interesting:

Going by page views, Toxtricity was the most viewed Pokemon on the site, with double the amount of the runner-up Dragapult. A large amount of that can probably be contributed to the evolution method, but still pretty impressive for the Punk Rock salamander.

Also, for those curious about the other starters, they were just behind Cinderace with Inteleon at 11 and Rillaboom at 12.

Weird that all three apples made it, yet only one starter did.

 

[Rangez]

real talk, the XY gym battle theme is fire and still my favorite in the series to this day

actually, XY in general was fire. I don't care what anybody else thinks.

The remix it got in Pokemon Masters was pretty top-tier too.

 

[staindgrey]

Okay, serious question so I don't have to google it.

The hell is Pokemon Masters.

 

[MooMew64]

I think what I love most about 3D Pokemon is the steps GF is taking to bring in more QoL adjustments with each game.

With each passing gen, we're basically slowly but surely getting closer to Pokemon Showdown levels of convenience for team building, and that's awesome.

Okay, serious question so I don't have to google it.

The hell is Pokemon Masters.

Pokemon gacha mobile game.

 

[staindgrey]

Weird that all three apples made it, yet only one starter did.

I would imagine most people already had their starter picked since their reveal, and starters always evolve at the same-ish rates. Other pokemon that you have to go catch then arbitrarily evolve require a little more knowledge.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Its amazing how in a youtube world where coopa exsists, Helluva Boss is #1 trending

 

[Z25]

Okay, serious question so I don't have to google it.

The hell is Pokemon Masters.

The gatcha Pokémon mobile game. It’s not bad. It’s 3 on 3. Battles, the game is constantly receiving changes to meet player demands, a lot of characters are given out in the story, and the interactions plus lore in it are pretty cool. I’d recommend trying it Out if your interested

 

[MooMew64]

Its amazing how in a youtube world where coopa exsists, Helluva Boss is #1 trending

Can't wait for this to be the only acceptable content on Youtube.

Seriously, the writings for COPPA are hilariously outdated. In order for a parent to give consent for data collection from their child's viewing habits, COPPA states that the parent must send a handwritten consent form and mail it through US postage, fax it, or email it with a digital signature. It really is that outdated.

 

[staindgrey]

Its amazing how in a youtube world where coopa exsists, Helluva Boss is #1 trending

Dunno who that is, but COPPA changes don't take effect until, uh... Dec. 11th...? I forget the exact date.

We're also all kind of uncertain what will actually happen. It's like the Y2K of Youtube.

The gatcha Pokémon mobile game. It’s not bad. It’s 3 on 3. Battles, the game is constantly receiving changes to meet player demands, a lot of characters are given out in the story, and the interactions plus lore in it are pretty cool. I’d recommend trying it Out if your interested

I thought Pokemon Go was their gotcha. Dammit.

Does it have Sneasel, Scizor and Magmar, and are they pokemon I can get at any time rather than wait for banners and events?

 

[Deleted member]

Dunno who that is, but COPPA changes don't take effect until, uh... Dec. 11th...? I forget the exact date.

We're also all kind of uncertain what will actually happen. It's like the Y2K of Youtube.

COPPA is like that parent who's angry that violence exists in video games but then forgets to read the Rating label.

 

[Deleted member]

Thought this was interesting:

There was a problem fetching the tweet

Going by page views, Toxtricity was the most viewed Pokemon on the site, with double the amount of the runner-up Dragapult. A large amount of that can probably be contributed to the evolution method, but still pretty impressive for the Punk Rock salamander.

Also, for those curious about the other starters, they were just behind Cinderace with Inteleon at 11 and Rillaboom at 12.

I looked up Toxtricity and I hate it immediately.

 

[SneakyLink]

I'm just excited Reach is joining the MCC next week!

Only fear though... the Skullamanjaro achievement.

I never got this one in the original release and it's back for a Round 2. AHHHHHHH!

 

[staindgrey]

COPPA is like that parent who's angry that violence exists in video games but then forgets to read the Rating label.

And, ironically, the law was made in the same decade that the ESRB even became a thing. It hasn't been amended since its ratification into law in 1998.

The law is stupid. But how it will apply to Youtube is a grey area that Youtubers in general are freaking out about because Youtube's policy changes are so vague. They say that you have to deem whether your content is made for kids or adults, and then say, "oh by the way, you could be fined by the FCC if you mislabel it," and offer zero explanation or guidelines for what "made for kids" even means.

My channel's videos are all based on anime and videogames, so I could technically fall under "for kids". But we say bad words, write adult scripts and our analytics show that kids under 13 make up less than 1% of our total audience.

It's scaring gaming channels the most because kids watch them all the time, but they weren't made explicitly for kids. They were made for adults, and kids have access to it.

Well, that and channels actually for kids, since they're losing at least half their monetization and basically every other perk of Youtube overnight. That **** sucks. **** Youtube.

 

[Z25]

Dunno who that is, but COPPA changes don't take effect until, uh... Dec. 11th...? I forget the exact date.

We're also all kind of uncertain what will actually happen. It's like the Y2K of Youtube.


I thought Pokemon Go was their gotcha. Dammit.

Does it have Sneasel, Scizor and Magmar, and are they pokemon I can get at any time rather than wait for banners and events?

The way Pokémon work is that every character from the games has their signature Pokémon on them. But only one. You make a team of three different characters from the games.

Right now no one has those three, but if we get silver I’d bet he probably gets weaville.
As for the other two I don’t know. Flint has infernape but will probably get magmortor down the line in an alt. Right now none of those are available though.

There’s a good character lineup so far otherwise though

 

[Deleted member]

And, ironically, the law was made in the same decade that the ESRB even became a thing. It hasn't been amended since its ratification into law in 1998.

The law is stupid. But how it will apply to Youtube is a grey area that Youtubers in general are freaking out about because Youtube's policy changes are so vague. They say that you have to deem whether your content is made for kids or adults, and then say, "oh by the way, you could be fined by the FCC if you mislabel it," and offer zero explanation or guidelines for what "made for kids" even means.

My channel's videos are all based on anime and videogames, so I could technically fall under "for kids". But we say bad words, write adult scripts and our analytics show that kids under 13 make up less than 1% of our total audience.

It's scaring gaming channels the most because kids watch them all the time, but they weren't made explicitly for kids. They were made for adults, and kids have access to it.

Well, that and channels actually for kids, since they're losing at least half their monetization and basically every other perk of Youtube overnight. That **** sucks. **** Youtube.

It's actually ridiculous. The worst part is the $42k fine. That's just worse than a copyright strike and is more liable to ruin your ****ing life. This **** is wack, doubly so if it's your career. YouTube is just a dumb ****ing site for videos meant to make people laugh. Why the **** is this a thing?

 

[Ramen Tengoku]

As somebody who has a youtube channel, the COPPA change are terrifying me

I don't upload much nowadays, but the thought of having to delete 50+ videos, including some I put genuine work and passion into, just to avoid the wrath of the FCC, when it was really mostly Youtube's fault for all of this in the first place is just... kinda depressing tbh...

 

[MooMew64]

And, ironically, the law was made in the same decade that the ESRB even became a thing. It hasn't been amended since its ratification into law in 1998.

The law is stupid. But how it will apply to Youtube is a grey area that Youtubers in general are freaking out about because Youtube's policy changes are so vague. They say that you have to deem whether your content is made for kids or adults, and then say, "oh by the way, you could be fined by the FCC if you mislabel it," and offer zero explanation or guidelines for what "made for kids" even means.

My channel's videos are all based on anime and videogames, so I could technically fall under "for kids". But we say bad words, write adult scripts and our analytics show that kids under 13 make up less than 1% of our total audience.

It's scaring gaming channels the most because kids watch them all the time, but they weren't made explicitly for kids. They were made for adults, and kids have access to it.

Well, that and channels actually for kids, since they're losing at least half their monetization and basically every other perk of Youtube overnight. That **** sucks. **** Youtube.

Don't forget every animation channel that's gonna get hit, because according to the FTC, any and all animated characters are something a child might want to click on because they look like a cartoon character, so their content is now targeted at children no matter what the truth actually is.

 

[Z25]

Also the other holiday unit in masters is a little surprising:

 

[Deleted member]

As somebody who has a youtube channel, the COPPA change are terrifying me

I don't upload much nowadays, but the though of having to delete 50+ videos, including some I put some geniune work into, just to avoid the wrath of the FCC, when it was really mostly Youtube's fault in the first place is just... kinda depressing tbh...

You ever think about how your private videos of your dogs playing around could get you fined because you mislabeled your video? Because I am... right now. Time to delete those.

 

[MainJPW]

YouTube is just a dumb ****ing site for videos meant to make people laugh. Why the **** is this a thing?

Bruh, remember the simpler times?

What changed?

 

[MooMew64]

Bruh, remember the simpler times?

What changed?

Youtube went corporate and wants that sweet, sweet mainstream advertiser money. Creators that made them what they are today mean nothing to them.

 

[Strong Badam]

What... what did you do?!

Uhhh nothing! You didn't see anything!

 

[staindgrey]

It's actually ridiculous. The worst part is the $42k fine. That's just worse than a copyright strike and is more liable to ruin your ****ing life. This **** is wack, doubly so if it's your career. YouTube is just a dumb ****ing site for videos meant to make people laugh. Why the **** is this a thing?

$42k is a number that's gained steam but that's actually the max a fine can be. Courts apparently assess the severity of the "crime", the revenue a channel has and the impact the fine would have on their ability to stay in business, then apply an applicable fine.

It's why I'm not overly worried, as I've yet to make a single dollar through Youtube monetization. And if I did, I'd be able to use those earnings analytics to prove my case in court as ages 13-17 account for 0.5% of my total viewership and under 13 even less than that. Where channels are screwed is if that demographic actually does account for a decent amount of their views/revenue. Then you have to argue a subjective argument of "we aren't really making content for kids just heavily benefiting from them."

 

[Deleted member]

$42k is a number that's gained steam but that's actually the max a fine can be. Courts apparently assess the severity of the "crime", the revenue a channel has and the impact the fine would have on their ability to stay in business, then apply an applicable fine.

It's why I'm not overly worried, as I've yet to make a single dollar through Youtube monetization. And if I did, I'd be able to use those earnings analytics to prove my case in court as ages 13-17 account for 0.5% of my total viewership and under 13 even less than that. Where channels are screwed is if that demographic actually does account for a decent amount of their views/revenue. Then you have to argue a subjective argument of "we aren't really making content for kids just heavily benefiting from them."

Oh boy. What relief. I'd have to go to court if YouTube ****s up.

 

[MooMew64]

TBH YT shouldn't even being allowing children under 13 to enter the site.

YT Kids is very much a thing, and was made for children, as it's name implies. What's also ridiculous is the fact that this whole situation could've been avoided if YT offered a mixed audience tag, but instead, they came up with this "Kids, not for kids" system that is incredibly vague and honestly really dumb.

 

[SneakyLink]

I have a Youtube channel mostly for game replays.

I now need to figure out how to save those replays before Youtube kills em all!

 

[staindgrey]

Don't forget every animation channel that's gonna get hit, because according to the FTC, any and all animated characters are something a child might want to click on because they look like a cartoon character, so their content is now targeted at children no matter what the truth actually is.

And that's where my channel is concerned.

I've looked into it, and the extreme idea that "anything that's a cartoon is intended for children" is overblown. The FTC is the same organization that deems, say, Rick & Morty as TV-MA. There's clear and obvious adult content in cartoons, and they're aware of that.

Where it becomes complicated is where the lines get drawn on Youtube, which doesn't have a ratings system like television does. How do you classify TerminalMontage? His stuff can be watched by kids, since it doesn't say cursewords and is entirely nonsensical humor, but the sometimes graphic nature clearly points toward an adult audience. What does the FTC say about that? We have no idea.

The rollout of this whole thing has been terrible. The uncertainty and vagueness of what the rules even are only make the potential consequences all the more scary, since you have no clue if they apply to you. Kids watch all kinds of ****. I watched South Park in grade school; doesn't mean it was "made for me".

 

[MooMew64]

And that's where my channel is concerned.

I've looked into it, and the extreme idea that "anything that's a cartoon is intended for children" is overblown. The FTC is the same organization that deems, say, Rick & Morty as TV-MA. There's clear and obvious adult content in cartoons, and they're aware of that.

Where it becomes complicated is where the lines get drawn on Youtube, which doesn't have a ratings system like television does. How do you classify TerminalMontage? His stuff can be watched by kids, since it doesn't say cursewords and is entirely nonsensical humor, but the sometimes graphic nature clearly points toward an adult audience. What does the FTC say about that? We have no idea.

The rollout of this whole thing has been terrible. The uncertainty and vagueness of what the rules even are only make the potential consequences all the more scary, since you have no clue if they apply to you. Kids watch all kinds of ****. I watched South Park in grade school; doesn't mean it was "made for me".

The vagueness is exactly why so many people are spooked about this, especially because it's not just YT it'll affect; this is a federal law, it'll impact the internet as a whole, and they've done a terrible job at explaining what the heck the new guidelines even are past vague concepts that literally have content that aims at multiple different age groups.

Some kind of ratings board would go a long way in helping solve this issue, but how could it be policed on a platform like YT? You could allow creators to manually set a rating to their video (basically stuff like G, PG, PG, MA, etc.), but what happens if somebody thinks the video is mislabeled or someone intentionally uploads mislabeled content maliciously? It's a hard subject and I'm personally not sure what the answer is, but it is something that needs to be figured out. Whatever they do, though, do NOT use bots. They are horrible for these kinds of things, as they have no way of discerning context.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

What COOPA means is all the anime youtube channals are gonna get hit

imagine if Funimation/ Crunchyroll,Aniplex/TokyoTV ect got hit because they show clips from their shows

 

[Aurane]

>sees a Nintendo commercial
>literally the first thing they say
>"Nintendo Switch Has Games!"

Aye but you don't even have a bloody cup holder!

 

[DerpingPikachu]

I guess it's a good thing my youtube channel never worked out now that coppa is a thing. I'm worried for my friends who have channels though. That and other channels I watch that revolve around things like stop motion and cartoons.

 

[Aurane]

I dunno much about this coppa troppa thing other than that my favorite channels are talking about moving their content to different places.

 

[staindgrey]

The vagueness is exactly why so many people are spooked about this, especially because it's not just YT it'll affect; this is a federal law, it'll impact the internet as a whole, and they've done a terrible job at explaining what the heck the new guidelines even are past vague concepts that literally have content that aims at multiple different age groups.

Some kind of ratings board would go a long way in helping solve this issue, but how could it be policed on a platform like YT? You could allow creators to manually set a rating to their video (basically stuff like G, PG, PG, MA, etc.), but what happens if somebody thinks the video is mislabeled or someone intentionally uploads mislabeled content maliciously? It's a hard subject and I'm personally not sure what the answer is, but it is something that needs to be figured out. Whatever they do, though, do NOT use bots. They are horrible for these kinds of things, as they have no way of discerning context.

You're preaching to the choir. I had my entire channel and personal account banned from Youtube for a copyright troll's bots mislabeling my stuff and Youtube's bots applying copyright strikes. Youtube has zero real people available to help in these instances, and I had to berate the copyright troll with calls to finally get him to remove the copyright strikes.

Oh boy. What relief. I'd have to go to court if YouTube ****s up.

To be clear, Youtube isn't applying the fine or even assessing whether something is "for kids" or "not for kids". That's the FTC.

What Youtube is doing is saying "you handle it yourself". Which is still ****ty, but this is the FTC's fault, and you'd be going to court because the FTC is a government body.

I dunno much about this coppa troppa thing other than that my favorite channels are talking about moving their content to different places.

The problem with "different places" is a) different places do not offer the same outreach and money that Youtube does. At all. Not even a contest. (I've looked.)

And b) this is an FTC mandate, not a Youtube one. Other places on the internet will be affected. Youtube is just the first and most prominent one on a user level.

 

[DerpingPikachu]

Am I gonna get fined for having four youtube videos on my channel that all revolve around roblox?

 

[Rangez]

...I barely use my Youtube channel at all. Do make some music playlists though.