Wreck-It Bowser

[B!squick]

I have no use for either. *shrug*

 

[Zigsta]

I have no use for either. *shrug*

No Facebook OR Twitter?!

Get with the times, Jay!

 

[B!squick]

Answer me this: Why would I need one?

 

[Zigsta]

Facebook's a great way to keep up with friends from all over the place, and it's also a solid way to promote yourself for job opportunities. I recently had an actor from Pakistan add me on Facebook because he's a huge fan of my short films. His co-workers even watch them often and use them as examples of successful films!

Twitter's hot right now. People actually go around taking up names on Twitter in order to secure "real estate" on that name before the real person can sign up. I actually had someone register my name, and as a film student at UT--it's what made me make my own Twitter. I didn't want someone posing as me online.

 

[B!squick]

Facebook's a great way to keep up with friends from all over the place,

I have this site for business and my job for my real life friends, no other website required.

and it's also a solid way to promote yourself for job opportunities. I recently had an actor from Pakistan add me on Facebook because he's a huge fan of my short films. His co-workers even watch them often and use them as examples of successful films!

Already have a job.

Twitter's hot right now. People actually go around taking up names on Twitter in order to secure "real estate" on that name before the real person can sign up. I actually had someone register my name, and as a film student at UT--it's what made me make my own Twitter. I didn't want someone posing as me online.

Well, there's an easy way to prevent Twitter identity theft, which I understand is the most heinous of all identity thefts. I can over look someone stealing a credit card by comparison. Just tell people you don't use it. Problem solved.

 

[Zigsta]

You have a job now, but it's still good to have yourself online for a potential new, better job in the future.

And as for telling people you know that you don't use Twitter, that only works to a certain degree. If someone blasts false rumors about you over Twitter and you find out days later, the damage is already done.

 

[B!squick]

You have a job now, but it's still good to have yourself online for a potential new, better job in the future.

And as for telling people you know that you don't use Twitter, that only works to a certain degree. If someone blasts false rumors about you over Twitter and you find out days later, the damage is already done.

Anyone who believes everything they see on the internet, and Twitter especially, is ********.

I mean, really, if for instance someone RIGHT NOW was spreading a rumor that... I don't know, I look at elderly gay ****** porn. A bunch of people I don't know at all and will never meet find out. Big whoop. If someone I know on or offline asks me about it I just tell I don't have Twitter and ignore any links they might send me for awhile.

Oh noes. I was ever so slightly inconvenienced. Quite the dastardly plot.

 

[Hobobloke]

I was one of those guys who was all "Screw the conformists I'll never cave to facebook!", and then my friends started putting up any pictures from outings on there and i needed t make an account to see. Soon enough I realised it's actually not that bad as long as you aren't an obsessive teenage girl who 'likes' a bajillion things everyday. Added ya Zig, anyone who wants to add ME.

I made a twitter a few days ago for Zig's MM.

EDIT: OH ****, NEW ICONS FOR TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS!

 

[MrEh]

It's not my crew. In Hawaii, you're either Odo Faction, GSM, or you have no real crew.

I'm Odo Faction.

Awwwww yeah.

 

[Cassius.]

wait, so there are only 5 of you guys?

why does GSM seem like it has the whole ****ing population of Hawaii in its group then? D:

 

[Hobobloke]

From the video's description.

Members
sniperworm (founder)
DarkMusician
MrEh
FingerP@ss
Blitz808
Wry!!
EpicFAIL
Yasha
Swift Kai

Honorary Members
MoE
DEHF
PhantomX

Why does it only show 5 of you? Also why does only an honorary member get one of those few spots?

It is pretty snazzy though.

 

[B!squick]

Also, I should mention that a small newspaper that was investigating things with either the Facebook or Twitter creator, forgot which, got hacked by said creator. Probably Facebook. Can't find the article anymore, but it said he used key stroke logs of passwords on the failed logins of two of the people who worked at the paper on their email accounts and, whal-lah.

Also.

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/vi...-reviews/28048-bum-reviews-the-social-network

EDIT: And.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/103419-Thieves-Target-Homes-Based-on-Facebook-Updates

 

[MrEh]

The reason why only 5 of us are shown is because those 5 are the only ones that we actually have footage of. lol

 

[B!squick]

The others died tragically on the mean streets of Hawaii, am I right?

 

[MrEh]

Hawaii is serious business. If you don't get shot on the streets, you get mauled by wild animals.

 

[Cassius.]

Sounds like New York meyne.

Speaking of which, it's October and I can see my ****ing breath. I'm in Connecticut for school right now (I come back in a week :D)

Well...last year it snowed in the first week of October, so w/e.

Warubiaru is ****ing amazing.

 

[Hobobloke]

Kaminagater.

 

[IsmaR]

Cannot unsee ***** snout. fml.

 

[B!squick]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aotlEpmAFVQ

Seven.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RrreVthWRY

Stupid biased tests...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cCLJieV9IY

Ha ha, that's my America.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdCnUCN83-k

Emotional withdrawal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc3jMoFJrBQ

I knew it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMChO0qNbkY

I think this one might be real...

 

[KillerJawz]

Hawaii is serious business. If you don't get shot on the streets, you get mauled by wild animals.

 

[Cassius.]

Yo Ziggy, go on AIM sometime tonight/whenever you can, I have you added.

 

[Zigsta]

KJ, I love you.

Limit, I can't get on tonight because I'm shooting my adaptation of Death Note from 8-11:45 PM, and then I'll be making last minute preparations for my original short film that shoots tomorrow from 7 AM-5 PM. Might be online tomorrow night, but I may be either editing Death Note or holding a Zigfest. I'll hop on my mobile sometime tomorrow and let you know.

Dig the avatar, by the way.

 

[bigman40]

KJ, where did you get that picture? I wasn't in Hawaii....

 

[MrEh]

If Lilo was a real Hawaiian, she would be fat and wouldn't even know how to Hula.

:D

 

[KillerJawz]

KJ, where did you get that picture? I wasn't in Hawaii....

Photoshop is a wonderful thing.

If Lilo was a real Hawaiian, she would be fat and wouldn't even know how to Hula.

:D

I lost ;___;.

 

[Flayl]

This is what I got so far for my team:

Aerodactyl @ Focus Sash
Pressure
252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly
- Taunt
- Stealth Rock
- Rock Slide / Stone Edge?
- Earthquake

Charizard @ Salac Berry
Blaze
252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly
- Belly Drum
- Substitute
- Fire Punch
- Earthquake

Metagross @ Choice Band
Clear Body
252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
Adamant
- Meteor Mash
- Earthquake
- ThunderPunch
- Bullet Punch / Explosion?

Forretress @ Shed Shell
Sturdy
252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful
- Toxic Spikes
- Rapid Spin
- Payback
- Explosion / Gyro Ball?

Mesprit @ Choice Specs
Levitate
56 HP / 252 SpA / 200 Spe
Timid
- Psychic
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Trick

Umbreon @ Leftovers
Synchronize
252 HP / 128 SpD or Def? / 128 Spe
Calm/Careful or Bold/Impish?
- Baton Pass
- Mean Look
- Wish
- Taunt / Substitute?

I got Mesprit as my special hitter that's immune to earthquake. Umbreon has the baton pass + wish, plus it has mean look which is really neat, it's also pretty bulky. I need help figuring out the parts with question marks, or if you see something I've overlooked tell me.

 

[B!squick]

I don't see the hard choice between Stone Edge and Rock Slide. I'd definately want Explosion on Fortress. Can Umbreon learn U-Turn? If so, that'd be way better to have as I see a lack of stat boosting moves.

 

[KillerJawz]

This is what I got so far for my team:

Aerodactyl @ Focus Sash
Pressure
252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly
- Taunt
- Stealth Rock
- Rock Slide / Stone Edge?
- Earthquake

Standard lead, good stuff. SE > Rock Slide. Rock Slide is strictly for doubles Aero, and even then, it's a stretch.

Charizard @ Salac Berry
Blaze
252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly
- Belly Drum
- Substitute
- Fire Punch
- Earthquake

Standard subdrummer. I still personally opt for the choice specs/scarf set, but w/e. It's good.

Metagross @ Choice Band
Clear Body
252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
Adamant
- Meteor Mash
- Earthquake
- ThunderPunch
- Bullet Punch / Explosion?

This spread is a tad different to ones I've seen before, but I think it works. I'd opt for Explosion over BP. I really think Meta wants more speed, but that's your call, he's quite bulky anyway.

Forretress @ Shed Shell
Sturdy
252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful
- Toxic Spikes
- Rapid Spin
- Payback
- Explosion / Gyro Ball?

I've NEVER liked Shed Shell. Can't you go lefties instead? Also if you're willing to invest some attack EVs into him, as well drop some of those sp def evs into defence, go for Gyro Ball (w/ 0 speed IVs ofc). If not, go for Asplosionnn.

Mesprit @ Choice Specs
Levitate
56 HP / 252 SpA / 200 Spe
Timid
- Psychic
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Trick

.......eeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. This makes me sad. Why Mesprit over Starmie? ;____;. (The set's fine btw, but I'm not that familiar with mesprit seeing as it's pure garbage).

Umbreon @ Leftovers
Synchronize
252 HP / 128 SpD or Def? / 128 Spe
Calm/Careful or Bold/Impish?
- Baton Pass
- Mean Look
- Wish
- Taunt / Substitute?

I'd SERIOUSLY opt for Toxic over BP. The nature for yours should be Careful iirc, and I'd personally opt for Taunt over Sub.

 

[Cassius.]

I think Flayl wants Mesprit for its Levitate ability, but in that case you might as well just use Azelf since it's much much much better Stat-wise. If you want a Levitating special sweeper I mean.

And Toxic > BP simply because you're not really Baton passing anything onto any of your Pokemon. I mean, I understand the whole Mean Look trap -> BP for advantage strategy, but Toxic stalling Umbre seems so much more useful IMO.

 

[KillerJawz]

I think Flayl wants Mesprit for its Levitate ability, but in that case you might as well just use Azelf since it's much much much better Stat-wise. If you want a Levitating special sweeper I mean.

And Toxic > BP simply because you're not really Baton passing anything onto any of your Pokemon. I mean, I understand the whole Mean Look trap -> BP for advantage strategy, but Toxic stalling Umbre seems so much more useful IMO.

You read my mind entirely.

 

[Flayl]

If I'm not going to use Mean Look/Wish-> BP there's no point in having umbreon.

Azelf doesn't have ice beam. I figure I should have at least 1 pokemon with ice beam because of dragons.

Suggest replacements then for Mespirt and Umbreon then. The goal is to have a special sweeper that can ice beam and a baton passer that has wish.

 

[KillerJawz]

If I'm not going to use Mean Look/Wish-> BP there's no point in having umbreon.

Azelf doesn't have ice beam. I figure I should have at least 1 pokemon with ice beam because of dragons.

Suggest replacements then for Mespirt and Umbreon then. The goal is to have a special sweeper that can ice beam and a baton passer that has wish.

We're getting at the fact that wishpassing just won't work well with your team. As a replacement for Mesprit, I reccomend either Rotom-Freezer or Starmie.

 

[Cassius.]

Flayl, you only have one Pokemon on your team who's sole purpose is to wall-- and even then it's main purpose is usually setting up entry hazards.

Your only other Pokemon who comes close to withstanding decent hits is Metagross, and Ground/Fire/Fighting moves come out of the *** like no other. Wish -> BP really won't serve your team well at all IMO. You could even use Starmie as a spinner and a Water type and ditch Foretress completely (I'm only saying this because I assume you want to use Charizard really badly, so you ABSOLUTELY need RSpin backup)

You can use Starmie, ditch Fortress and Mesprit for better Pokemon such as Snorlax/Blissey or Azelf/Gengar respectively.

I don't know, it's just how I see it.

If you want a Pokemon that can learn Ice Beam, use Starmie. It can also learn rapid spin, so like I said you can drop foretress in a heartbeat. Unless you really want Toxic Spikes.

As for a BP Wisher, you can use Vaporeon--amazing Pokemon that can not only BP and all that crap you want, but can ALSO Toxic stall. I have a really strong predilection for Vaporeon as opposed to Umbreon anyway.

Although, if you use Vaporeon, change Starmie.


IMO, you can use Aerodactyl, Vaporeon, Metagross; I would personally get rid of Charizard really.

But, I know how you feel about using your favorite Pokemon, I have like 4 teams centered around Dusknoir support, and 4 different Dusknoirs that do 4 different things and have completely different EV spreads.

But Dusknoir doesn't get ****ed by stealth rocks and blocks rapid spin, so I can be an ******* and use Roserade to set up entry hazards and laugh at my opponent. See? Pokemon have a bunch of jobs, you just need to know what jobs you want and what support you need. Ideally, you want:

-Lead (either to set up entry hazards or break down your opponent's lead *Anti-Lead* or both)
-If your lead is an Anti-Lead, get a Pokemon who can switch in or set up entry hazards and survive most common lead threats/revenge killers.
-2 Sweepers, special/mix/physical/late-game, w/e you want
- Walls, special/physical/bulky pokemon, bulky gyarados works wonders.

Pokemon is just complicated as ****. I miss Veronica Taylor.

BOMBACLAT I JUST TYPED A WALL OF TEXT. FML.

 

[KillerJawz]

^Everything he said except dropping Forretress for Lax/Bliss. Neither of them have the overall physical walling capabilites that Tress does. Lax can set up curse for def support, but you would have to get the opportunity to set up. I personally feel that if it is a special wall your looking for, then yeah Bliss/Lax fit the bill. I however like to mix things up a bit, so perhaps Swampy w/ Avalanche is an option, but if you were to get a wish passer, it would be risky to have two water types on the same team (Swampy + Starmie or Swampy + Vaporeon).

But yeah Limit basically summed up everything that could have been said. <3 Limit.

 

[Cassius.]

Oh, I had it mixed up. I haven't played Pokemon in ages (4 months), so idk.

I thought I mentioned some special defense thing. Whatever.

<3y2bby

 

[B!squick]

I had an awesome team planned around a Fortress with Spikes, Toxic Spikes, Stealth Rock, and Explosion. The rest of the team was going to be walls and speed heavy Pokemon with Roar or Whirlwind and then Dusknoir to stall what's left to death.

 

[Hobobloke]

That's be a stall team Jay, Roar and Whirlwind have -1 Priority to avoid that strategy so you'd have to abandon the fast phazer idea.

Dropping Forretress for Starmie is a valid option, Toxic Spikes really sin't that good imo, if we look at OU a huge amount are either flying/have levitate/or are steel types, rendering TS useless, don't get me wrong they can really **** up some walls (Vappy) but a decent amount of bulky walls have Rest (Suicune) or Natural Cure (Bliss), Also Starmie is a pimp, pretty sick speed and a nice SpAtk stat to boot.

They're right that Umbreon really sin't doing too much for your team atm, there's a reason he's not used much, if you are going for Trap-passing it should go to someone who can stat-up and sweep which you don't have at this point, otherise you get one kill then a revenge killer will just come in put you on the backffot again. if he stays as they said Toxic-stall would be a more viable option unless you change another pokemon.

I've got no experience with Mesprit because straight up there's always been people wh can do her roles better, want a sick special sweeper throw in Gengar, I've been using a SubSplit set with him and it works really well hey, it means he can beat blissey in a one on one and won't get wrecked by pursuit/scizor.

Is Garchomp legal in this tournament btw? If so, use him.

EDIT: It's not all criticism btw, if I ignore something it usually menas it's fine how it is.

Aero wants SE over RS.

Zard's fine but give him 30 HP Iv's which allow for a combination of Substitute and Belly Drum to bring you to exactly 25% HP, which is when your Salac Berry will activate. At 296 HP, achieved by using a 30 HP IV, you will have 74 HP (25%) after using Substitute and then Belly Drum.

You definitely want explosion on Gross, if anything you shoukd be debating thunderpunch vs BP, that being said thunderpunch is definitely the right choice as Zard's main foe will be bulky waters. Normally you want max Atk and Speed EV's to allow you sto outspeed threats such as any non-speed EV's base 90's. I understand looking for more bulk but ultimately give it's role it'd be more handy to give it that extra speed.


If charizard is your base of the team you want to work around him, this is the kind of thinking I'd go through when making a team around Zard.

So let's think what ****s over charizard (besides everything)? Most obvious thing is BAM, SR. How do we stop stealth rocks going up, well we'd need a lead that can stop entry hazard set-ups, oh look we've got Aero so that's covered. We also want a Spinner just in case they get them up or have them on another poke, Starmie/Forretress do the job fine. Alright so Zard is no longer too woried about SR.

What else bugs him? Bulky waters! Oh thats alright we have metagross to take care of them with thunderpunch and if necessary explosion, but perhaps we should have another way in case Gross can't do the job, we've got a few options, Zapdos could do it, or even Starmie who can fulfill another role too which is a strong reason to use her. (Toxic Spikes won't help Zard too much because they only need one turn to resist his attack and kill him so they won't even feel the Toxic effects untill he's already dead).

What else could stand in the way of Zard? That's right, priority. Priority is all over the shop in OU and you can thank Mr Scizor for that primarily, so we need to worry about Scizor and Lucario primarily as they are the main abusers of priority. What do they have in common? Well they're both steel and they'll be weak to the same kind of things (or neutral to one SE to the other, **** scizor and his typing) though they can both merely switch out against threats. Hmmm, who can alleviate this problem? That's right! Magnezone! our favourite Steel ridding trapper. He can easily come in on a scizor locked into BP and sub up and HP fire/thunderbolt away (also SE on bulky waters oooo) but lucario can outspeed us and kill with Close Combat. Snap! if we put a choice scarf on Magnezone he can easily revenge kill Lucario and Scizor and our priority troubles are gone!.

So doing all that thinking we can establish a good team core to support Zard. I end up with

Aerodactyl @ Focus Sash
Jolly/Pressure
252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
- Taunt
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake

Charizard @ Salac Berry
Jolly/Blaze
252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
- Belly Drum
- Substitute
- Fire Punch
- Earthquake

Starmie @ Leftovers
Timid/Natural Cure
252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
- Rapid Spin
- Surf
- Thunderbolt
- Recover

(could go a more offensive build but meh)

Magnezone @ Choice Scarf
Naive/Magnet Pull
4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power Fire
- Flash Cannon
- Explosion

 

[Geddan]

are there currently any current bowser mains in the br?

since i just read MrEh's app.

 

[Zigsta]

Nope, no Bowser mains in the BBR as of now.

 

[Hobobloke]

There are not.

EDIT: Yeah, you would ninja me!