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

[Archeops]

True, but still the aggressive amount of shiny-locking recently is retarded and should be dialed back immensely. I can understand locking story-related mons, but everything else feels like a deliberate fuck you to every shiny hunter because I guess you're being punished for playing the game "the wrong way".
EDIT: Should've mentioned that this started back in Gen 8 when they shiny-locked the gift mons, like the starters because oh no it break immersion.

Part of the reason why they started to Shiny-lock Starters is because they are becoming more story-related. You now have cutscenes introducing the Starters when you get to choose one or shortly before that and all of the Starters are accounted for during a playthrough rather than one being left to rot in the Professor’s care as of Gen 8 (Leon and Clavell get the Starter the player's Starter is weak to with cutscenes mentioning that they're added to the character’s team).

At least Shiny starters are still obtainable via breeding (and that GF learned how awful Shiny-locking the Ultra Beasts in base SM was and made the non-Legendary Paradox Pokémon obtainable in the base SV), some Shiny-locked Pokémon like Gimmighoul are locked to limited-time in-game events. Unless the rumors are true and that Shiny Roaming Forme Gimmighoul will be available in GO during certain events like Shiny Meltan is.

At this point they might just cut out shinies altogether from Gen 10. They cut out the National Dex, they cut out Megas, they cut out Gems/Z-Crystals, they even cut out random moves like Pursuit or Hidden Power, who is going to stop them? Hell, who will complain, nobody at Nintendo cares about shiny hunters.

I really doubt GF will remove Shiny Pokémon, they're a nice marketing gimmick (the TCG had a special set themed around Shiny Pokémon at the beginning of the year) and that people still go nuts over despite Shiny Pokémon becoming easier to get as the Gens went on.

Remember that any Pokémon TCG card featuring Shiny Charizard (save for a few versions, mostly from modern sets) always go for a triple-digit price in the second-hand market.

Not autistic enough since they didn't bully Gamefreak into reversing dexit

That's because they got smart about online protesting and realized that if they just kept the course and didn't acknowledge it would die down naturally whilst keeping the money flowing, most companies have these days and it's depressing to see people still fall into the whole "social media outrage works!" mentality.

If you want your protests to actually work, do it in-person outside of each respective companies' headquarters and at every big sanctioned competition until results are noticeable.

 

[Friendly Primarina]

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I still have no idea what that tumor is supposed to be. Is supposed to evoke a scabbard across the small of the back?

 

[3deadniggers]

I really doubt GF will remove Shiny Pokémon, they're a nice marketing gimmick (the TCG had a special set themed around Shiny Pokémon at the beginning of the year) and that people still go nuts over despite Shiny Pokémon becoming easier to get as the Gens went on.

Remember that any Pokémon TCG card featuring Shiny Charizard (save for a few versions, mostly from modern sets) always go for a triple-digit price in the second-hand market.

Doubles your merchandise potential as well. Every pokemon you release now has 2 versions you can release with minimal effort.

The only way shinies get removed is if some where like China makes a big stink about shiny hunting being anti social and game addiction. People shining hunting are a great example of modern gamings addictive qualities. Spending hundreds of hours to find a different skin creature is a really unhealthy way to use your time.

 

[Howling Janny Dog]

>catch a wild shiny Sylveon
>attack IV is 1
>look up Sylveon sample strats
>almost all of them have max attack IV for Quick Attack
Pokebros I don't feel so good

 

[Friendly Primarina]

>catch a wild shiny Sylveon
>attack IV is 1
>look up Sylveon sample strats
>almost all of them have max attack IV for Quick Attack
Pokebros I don't feel so good

Sylveon would be unstoppable if its Sp. Atk and Atk were switched. Imagine throwing around Pixilated Returns with 110 base Atk.

 

[Howling Janny Dog]

Sylveon would be unstoppable if its Sp. Atk and Atk were switched. Imagine throwing around Pixated Returns with 110 base Atk.

Swoleveon would be an interesting concept ngl
Too bad GF cucked us out of Return/Frustration tho. Seriously, wtf?

 

[Chin of Campbell]

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I still have no idea what that tumor is supposed to be. Is supposed to evoke a scabbard across the small of the back?
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I always interpreted it as being what causes the dress to form a bell shape as Gardevoir. Like an evolutionary leftover.

Gallade is my favorite. Hip pill and all.

 

[Zero MK 2]

Deoxys should get 3 more forms to cover the other three stats it doesn’t have forms for yet. Hp, sp def, and sp atk. Given the regi’s got normal, electric and dragon types over the years and the rest of the gen 3 legendaries got at least 1 alt form.

Im still in disbelief that ORAS didn’t give a shit about doing that while shilling alt forms for the box legendaries and aeon duo as a selling point. With Episode: Deoxys being the first thing you do postgame hyping up mega rayquaza.

Its a literal shapeshifting alien. Pick anything that doesn’t look retarded (like SV’s paradox mon) for a mega form at least.

 

[Catgirl Tyranid]

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I still have no idea what that tumor is supposed to be. Is supposed to evoke a scabbard across the small of the back?
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Given the Knight motif, it's probably meant to be reminiscent of faulds on a Breastplate. The armor flares out at or above the belly button so that you can maintain protection of the lower belly while still being able to move without the armor coming into contact with your skin or lower pieces of armor.

 

[Archeops]

Deoxys should get 3 more forms to cover the other three stats it doesn’t have forms for yet. Hp, sp def, and sp atk. Given the regi’s got normal, electric and dragon types over the years and the rest of the gen 3 legendaries got at least 1 alt form.

Im still in disbelief that ORAS didn’t give a shit about doing that while shilling alt forms for the box legendaries and aeon duo as a selling point. With Episode: Deoxys being the first thing you do postgame hyping up mega rayquaza.

Deoxys doesn’t need any more formes, the base stat structures for Attack and Defense formes already make their special and physical stats equal while Deoxys’ base HP stat is equal across all formes.

That and you ruin the DNA “joke” that’s present in Deoxys’ first three formes.

Its a literal shapeshifting alien. Pick anything that doesn’t look retarded (like SV’s paradox mon) for a mega form at least.

SV‘s Paradox Pokémon already have in an in-game explanation for why they look the way they do: they’re past/future Pokémon from alternate timelines.

 

[Zero MK 2]

Deoxys doesn’t need any more formes, the base stat structures for Attack and Defense formes already make their special and physical stats equal while Deoxys’ base HP stat is equal across all formes.

That and you ruin the DNA “joke” that’s present in Deoxys’ first three formes.

Are you really itching that much for more nu-mon designs like tatsugiri which is literal sentient tempura sushi that is eaten during double battles? Looks like something you'd see as a restaurant mascot instead of a pokemon.

SV‘s Paradox Pokémon already have in an in-game explanation for why they look the way they do: they’re past/future Pokémon from alternate timelines.

Still doesn't not make them an insulting eyesore in battles way worse than the ultra beasts ever could be. Specifically talking about the Johto trio's paradox forms. The mecha designs were neat though.

 

[Howling Janny Dog]

Still doesn't not make them an insulting eyesore in battles way worse than the ultra beasts ever could be. Specifically talking about the Johto trio's paradox forms. The mecha designs were neat though.

Ehh, I personally prefer the prehistoric paradoxes overall with the weird ideas they tried, even though they weren't all winners (looking at you, Raikou). I know I'm a turbo autist for saying this, but the future paradoxes are all kinda what you'd expect from a designing standpoint, and the shinies were lazy.

 

[Archeops]

The Pokémon TCG Live is doing a month-long event celebrating the game’s 1-year anniversary. It starts on June 4th and ends on July 4th.

The in-app popup mentions new catchphrases, daily quests exclusive to the event, and new shop bundles but I fully expect them to be mediocre in every way.

Oh, and the free card you get from the popup is a digital Gold Rare Beach Court.

 

[Horribadger]

I've come to the schizo conclusion that Kieran's storyline can be taken as a metaphor for the modern media landscape.

You like a Thing. The Thing is unpopular, nerdy perhaps, reviled by all the popular kids and tastemakers and normies who shit on you for liking it. But the Thing brings you some joy, so you quietly enjoy it, perhaps think the Thing is somewhat like yourself or that only you can understand it.

But then one day the subversionists attack and shit everything up. Suddenly your heroes are all niggers and trannies, or else they're useless pieces of shit. The ogre you thought was cool for staying strong despite all the bullying is actually some whimpering sadsack. And most importantly, despite you being the only one who was ever there. it's not fooooor you anymore. You will stand and watch as the dipshit ogre decides to get caught right in front of you because it just can't wait another fucking second and just doesn't give even the slightest shit about you, and everyone cheers. And you're bad and wrong for questioning any of it. You get painted as the villain and eventually broken down by all the bullshit and then they force you to say twans rights. uwu.

Seriously of all the things that pissed me off about all that, his being painted as bad for not saying "Ogeron" might piss me off the most. Yeah how dare he not immediately adapt to a name he's only heard in a conversation he wasn't even invited to (and which sounded like complete bullshit anyway). He never meant anything bad, or... possessive or whatever the fuck when when he called it that, it's what everyone fucking called it, and the townspeople who swallowed the original story hook cock and ballsack sure didn't fucking have anything nice in mind when they called it that.

Kieran deserves a cool bro Ogerpon- a Brogerpon if you will- who actually likes being called "the ogre" because it makes him sound cool and important. And then when you battle him and he sends it out it's nicknamed "The Ogre!!". I want Ohmori's head on a pike.

 

[Archeops]

This apparently popped up in the official VGC stream for the Bologna Special Event going on right now.

I think Kaphotics just died a little on the inside and Verlis, to the horror of everyone in the Pokémon fandom and beyond, now has a raging red rocket he plans on whipping out ASAP.

 

[Thiletonomics]

This apparently popped up in the official VGC stream for the Bologna Special Event going on right now.
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I think Kaphotics just died a little on the inside and Verlis, to the horror of everyone in the Pokémon fandom and beyond, now has a raging red rocket he plans on whipping out ASAP.

I'm not sure how hard TPC goes after blatant genning like this today, aside from the mass ban waves during last year's World Championship and in other events, but I don't think the guy that used a Beast Ball Porygon2 in VGC 2017 (?) got any punishment from that blatant cheating, so I don't expect anything will happen from this. Unless enough people whine about it on social media, then maybe.

 

[Archeops]

I'm not sure how hard TPC goes after blatant genning like this today, aside from the mass ban waves during last year's World Championship and in other events, but I don't think the guy that used a Beast Ball Porygon2 in VGC 2017 (?) got any punishment from that blatant cheating, so I don't expect anything will happen from this. Unless enough people whine about it on social media, then maybe.

Apparently the guy running that Terapagos dropped out of the tournament and got outta there ASAP, they knew what they were doing and left before the TOs could issue a DQ. Having an injected Terapagos is kind of pointless too, its IVs are hard-coded to be flawless (barring Attack which is set to 15) and come with a Hardy Nature. The IVs are fine and the Nature can be swapped with a Mint, all that's left after that is EV training and choosing a moveset/held item combo.

As far as banning hacks goes TPCi has gotten better about it in recent years, there was a big stink regarding a fair amount of players getting banned at Worlds 2023 due to having hacked Pokémon and it was probably the biggest I've ever seen (although it probably helps that Japan has actual laws against altering video game save files). It's worth noting they'll also get it wrong sometimes and ban legit Pokémon.

But there are things like the Beast Ball Porygon2 that will still fall through the cracks (IIRC this one fell through due to nepotism since it was from a major name in the competitive scene, if anyone else had it they'd get a DQ), that's why these hack checks evolve as the Generations move on and more QoL stuff is brought into the games.

 

[Computer Guardian]

Verlis, to the horror of everyone in the Pokémon fandom and beyond, now has a raging red rocket he plans on whipping out ASAP.

And he did. (a)

 

[Kurohige]

I reached the end of Endless Mode in Pokerogue—a slog of an experience I have no nerve to return to in a future update. Speaking of updates, anyone playing Endless will feel cucked when they discover that you can only hold 3 regular berries and only 2 for the special types (i.e. Lum Berries).

 

[ToroidalBoat]

This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.​

- one of the reasons a later game may be lame