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[Just a penguin]

Diem

So I was gonna make a joke about you and "Carpe", but nobody actually has that username.

 

[Shroob]

Hehe, even the hypothetical male design has to be eye-candy. The Salandit line is truly something to behold

Down boy, down.


No drooling on the keyboard.

 

[Deleted member]

...I stopped about halfway through the Cell Saga...

That's actually kind of funny considering that's the first arc where Goku doesn't beat the main antagonist of the arc lol.

Though you're right, it just boils back down into 'wait for Goku' for the arc directly after that. And then for Super, it's essentially the same thing, but with a couple of new characters that hang around the group while older ones are repeatedly humiliated for no reason.

 

[Deleted member]

I just wanna train with someone without losing GSP so is anyone up for an Arena?

 

[KMDP]

Yeah, characters don't need to be dynamic in order to be good or interesting. One of the complaints people have about Superman is that he's such a "boy scout" that never undergoes any major shifts in character, and that the only way to make him interesting is to make him evil, but there are some damn good Superman stories out there from people who really dig into the character without making him evil.

However, I do have an issue with Goku/DragonBall, though, because none the characters who are dynamic never get proper spotlight. I tried watching DragonBall Z for the first time like a decade ago when they started airing Kai on Nickelodeon, and I stopped about halfway through the Cell Saga when I realized "Okay wait, all this ever amounts to is the other characters having to stand around and wait for Goku to come in and solve everything." Like, there are moments when Piccolo, Vegeta, Tien, and other characters could have surprising and satisfying moments of victory, but the antagonist just shrugs off their attacks in order to make Goku look so much more powerful by comparison in the end.

Shows with similar setups get around this issue without much difficulty. Going back to DC coincidentally, the old Justice League cartoon had a cast of 6 very different characters, and it was anyone's guess which one of them might be the key hero in any given episode or against any particular villain. Each character was given time in the spotlight. If it was written more like DBZ, each character would just get battered around in order to make the villain seem more threatening for when Superman showed up.

All-Star Superman is the big "you should read this if you think Superman is boring" comic.

Hilariously, you stopped right in the middle of the arc where Goku isn't the one to solve the problem (Gohan is the one to finally kill Cell. Vegeta helps).

After that, the next arc is less about waiting for Goku and more about fixing their big screw up, Goku is still the guy to beat Majin Buu, but technically everyone contributes to the final blow in some way.

...At least everyone still relevant at that point.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Agdsmgfsnfadabgdsn Donald just said "Let her go" in the Frozen world.

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy

because they want to make the frozen world as bad as possable

 

[Deleted member]

Diem

So I was gonna make a joke about you and "Carpe", but nobody actually has that username.
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Not taking the opportunity to do that when you knew that you could is going out of your way not to seize the day. Shame on you.

 

[Blargg888]

I claim Chandelure for myself.

You can't have him, he's mine.

 

[Deleted member]

Ok so what Pokemon have been claimed

 

[Zinith]

Down boy, down.


No drooling on the keyboard.

I'm a good boi

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

well Im claiming seveal. Pumpkaboo, Gourgeist, Mienshao, Mienfoo and Serperior and Ill kill anyone who tells me I cant

 

[N3ON]

dunno whats going on but I'm claiming



before IsmaR finds out

 

[NineS]

I'm a good boi

I can only see that as a monitor lizard Morgana thanks to my Persona 5 time.

 

[Deleted member]

METROID

 

[Deleted member]

Ok so what Pokemon have been claimed

I've claimed Hawlucha edit: No Gengar cause against the rules
GEP has claimed edit: Kecleon (I thought he claimed salandit cause the dude was posting about it)
and I remember somebody claimed a Smeargle, somebody claimed a Whismur, and that's all I remember

 

[Zinith]

Ok so what Pokemon have been claimed

I claimed Kecleon

Cause.... of course I did

 

[Alternis]

Because everyone's doing it a̶n̶d̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶m̶a̶k̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶l̶o̶w̶-̶e̶f̶f̶o̶r̶t̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶t̶,̶ I'll claim .

 

[N3ON]

i still dont know whats going on but claiming more than one pokemon is straight cheating

 

[Deleted member]

YOSHI

Zinith

 

[Deleted member]

well Im claiming seveal. Pumpkaboo, Gorgiest, Mienshao, Mainfoo and Serperior and Ill kill anyone who tells me I cant

You can't claim one if you don't spell it correctly!

Ha ha! Gourgeist is mine, you fool! (I always loved its Design, typing, and even the name. Great pun of Poltergeist & Gourd!)

EDIT: Also, link is apparently broken for my image, but not the others I see in the thread. Real cool, Smashboards. Real cool.

 

[Roberk]

Diem

So I was gonna make a joke about you and "Carpe", but nobody actually has that username.
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Delete, don't mind this post

 

[Admiral Pit]

More than one Pokemon may be cheating, but for me, there's really not one Pokemon that completely defines me. There's Ralts for timidity, *insert certain Pokemon here* to represent my short temper (the rage kind mostly), and I don't know if creative Pokemon (like me and my creative ideas) exist. So it's really hard. I really don't know what I'd be.
For now, I choose Ralts, though something tells me a fire type would fit me better, but again, I just don't. It's why I need help being evaluated.

If I went by favorites, it'd be Yanma, Gardevoir (who someone is likely to take), Gallade, Braixen (who is also likely to be taken), and something else... I keep forgetting.

 

[praline]

I claim all dark types. ALL OF THEM ARE MINE.

 

[Zinith]

YOSHI

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Zinith

Yay, so cool!!! Are these smartphone wallpapers?

 

[Blargg888]

well Im claiming seveal. Pumpkaboo, Gorgiest, Mienshao, Mainfoo and Serperior and Ill kill anyone who tells me I cant

WAITWAITWAIT We can claim multiple?

Okay, then I'll be taking Klinklang, Samurott, Ferrothorn, Vanilluxe, Vikavolt, Ninjask, Quilava, Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Klefki, Latias, Pikachu, Snivy, Umbreon, Lunala, and Magcargo.

Alongside Chandelure of course.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Man this thread’s going nuts. I can barely follow what’s going on.

Anyway, if we’re all claiming Pokémon, I’m taking . TPC needs to recognize the badassery that is Arcanine and promote him more.

 

[Deleted member]

I claim all Pokemon

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

You can't claim one if you don't spell it correctly!

Ha ha! Gourgeist is mine, you fool! (I always loved its Design, typing, and even the name. Great pun of Poltergeist & Gourd!

But Its mine

 

[Graizen]

I Want Charmander
And Agumon

 

[Deleted member]

I claim all Pokemon

I think you mean Rope Snake cause Rope Snake is related to Ekans which means Rope Snake is a Pokemon

 

[Deleted member]

But Its mine
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Man you should've just claimed Sora as your Pokemon

 

[Zinith]

I claim all Pokemon

You'll have to share all the reptile Pokemon with me

I embody scaly trash

 

[Diem]

Diem

So I was gonna make a joke about you and "Carpe", but nobody actually has that username.
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I've actually studied quite a bit of Latin, and my initials are DM, so when I realized that that could be phonetically represented with "Diem," my username was born. That was about four years ago, but came after over a decade of just picking usernames that were just whatever characters I happened to be into at that period of time, since I couldn't come up with anything neutral and universal (that is, not just the name of some character) for just me.

There was a period of time starting in 2009 or early 2010 where I had a name that was fairly neutral (although a reference to a game), and that lasted for a couple years until I jokingly picked up a name for my Xbox Live Gamertag of the forum I used to frequent in 2012, and it actually grew on me. Until there was some drama a year later about me and the site administration decided to use that against me, banning me and then saying that they'd decide on unbanning me after I changed the gamertag. I changed it, and they decided to keep the ban.

In the end it took me a total of 13 years before I came up with a solid username for myself. Dunno how everyone else does it.

That's actually kind of funny considering that's the first arc where Goku doesn't beat the main antagonist of the arc lol.

Though you're right, it just boils back down into 'wait for Goku' for the arc directly after that. And then for Super, it's essentially the same thing, but with a couple of new characters that hang around the group while older ones are repeatedly humiliated for no reason.

All-Star Superman is the big "you should read this if you think Superman is boring" comic.

Hilariously, you stopped right in the middle of the arc where Goku isn't the one to solve the problem (Gohan is the one to finally kill Cell. Vegeta helps).

After that, the next arc is less about waiting for Goku and more about fixing their big screw up, Goku is still the guy to beat Majin Buu, but technically everyone contributes to the final blow in some way.

...At least everyone still relevant at that point.

Yeah, I did realize the irony of that as I typed it, as I did later become aware of how the Cell saga ends. But apparently that was an exception to the rule, and even up until the finale of DragonBall Super a year or two ago, the case is still that Goku's the only one who can ever save the day. Which, in a series with such a diverse and ecclectic cast of characters and powers, comes off as extremely wasteful.

I don't watch anime in the first place, though, so it's also just not entirely my cup of tea. Although I can't avoid hearing anime discussions, since they often come up in the same places as my video game interests, and from what I hear, My Hero Academia (the new hotness), Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, and Naruto are all more interesting in that instead of relying on power levels to determine victories, it's more about unique and crazy abilities with distinct strengths and weaknesses that need to be used cleverly in order to win. I think that's exponentially more interesting by comparison.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Man you should've just claimed Sora as your Pokemon

Yeah, I know my kh spam is annoying, sorry pfff
But. in all seriousnes, I love Gourgeist so much. As soon as I saw it in X, I had to get it

 

[SnakeFighter64]

If Marvel vs. Capcom DID do an "Everyone is Here" style game, would you include all the pallet swap character. They technically did play differently. Do you include US Agent and Orange Hulk? Shadow Lady and Cyber Akuma? Do you include BOTH Wolverines and BOTH Jills? Who counts and who doesnt.

What do you think @JDCabrera

 

[Blargg888]

I claim all dark types. ALL OF THEM ARE MINE.

One order of Dark Types coming right up!

Well, have fun with your Dark types praline!

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Oh! I pick Kirby!

 

[Zinith]

Oh! I pick Kirby!

In all seriousness, the first time I saw Kirby in Smash, I thought he was a Pokemon

 

[Wademan94]

You know what? On top of Smeargle, I’ll take Garchomp, Milotic, and Spiritomb if no one else has.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

In all seriousness, the first time I saw Kirby in Smash, I thought he was a Pokemon

hed fit right in with Gen 1, boring and simple