Dataninja's posts

@shadami: If you're willing to try play by post (I know, it's not for everyone, you can check out here. Unfortunately, you'll probably have to keep an eye out for a little bit, given that there are no games currently recruiting, but eventually more will pop up. They like to come in waves.

@Slytherclaw: If you want, I can have a look-see post something in there. I just figured I've got enough games, I don't need my voice heard. :P

@shadami: Ouch. I know the feeling of schedules breaking up games. That happened to all the D&D games I ran/played in. That's why I just play/run PbP PTU now. (Which we now have a separate website for, run by people who actually care about PbP.)

I used to collect the cards, but very rarely actually played. I've still got a big binder full of them, but they're just collecting dust right now. (Also, nice name. :P)

@Lily: I dunno what the new one's called. All I know is that it made curing status hilariously easy...
And the class is a History of Video Games. So, every week we'll learn about some part of the era, and then have to relate a game that we play to that. It's just a short little piece, only ~500 words a week, but there'll be some larger projects.

@Lily: I... never really did the petting game too much, so I didn't know that. >.>;

And, yes, I know. It's truly a horrific fate. Whatever shall I do? :P

@Lily: I'm personally a big fan of Vikavolt, but that's just because I love the sleek, angular 'futuristic' look it has. I'm a sucker for that kinda stuff...

For 'low level birds', I have a weakness for Fletchling. That's only increased now that I've been using it in one of my tabletop games, haha. XD

I should maybe pull out Moon again. I haven't played many games, recently, but part of my homework for one of my classes is that I have to play video games, so I'll actually be forced to make time. :P

I could see it. One looks fiery and full of energy, the other a bit cooler and relaxed. Yeah, I think it could work out.

Everything's because of the hair. XD

Sandra.

@yuracye: Ah, well then. You sound very prepared and enthusiastic. I wish you well in your chosen profession. Because we all need good educators. And people who like dealing with kids. XD

@Lily: Believe me, it does not. I looked through the entire facility, and checked every possible line of dialogue to make sure it wasn't just me missing something. There was nothing. Which is baffling to me, because its been explained in every other post-game facility up to that point. (Though, to be fair, most of those things don't even let you enter until you've beaten the Champion.)

And, yeah, Vikavolt looks really cool, but it definitely is an annoying stat change from Charjabug. And, speaking of appearances... I wasn't really a fan of how the Pikapek line evolved. Each of them on there own are perfectly fine designs... but, I think they changed a bit too much between evolutions. There wasn't really too much of a similarity besides "tropical bird". And that disappointed me, because I really liked Pikipek.

@Lily: Yeah, I guess that's fair enough about the fandom thing.

Going in blind was really painful for 'Dex completion, though. I had to break my blindness when trying to fill out the 'Dex. The biggest ones for me were Salazzle (I didn't know it was female only), Crabominable (I hadn't even seen one, so I didn't even consider it would have needed "victory road" location), and Vikavolt (who would have thought electrical evo wouldn't have been the electrical plant? I only figured it out because one guy in Poni canyon had a Magnezone.).
Honestly, I think that was one of the weaker parts of the games. The first island was full of Pokémon you'd never evolve until late game. Bagon, and Vullaby/Rufflet (especially the latter two - doubly so because they're single evos) have ridiculously high final evo levels. Crabrawler and Grubbin can't evolve until close to the very end of the game. Yet those are all things from the first few routes.
And don't get me started on the Battle Royale. I'm studying game design, and how that was integrated made me really irritated. The very first battle with the Prof, introducing them, is fine. Great, in fact. It's balanced to the area's power level, and doesn't force you to go through three Pokémon, in case you don't like it. The problem is... the facility itself is post-game content, and it tells you this nowhere. It doesn't even warn you "Pokémon above 50 will be set to level 50", telling you that it expects you to be at that level. There is no sign that if you enter this cool new thing directly after tasting it, you will get creamed by things you didn't even know existed if you'd never played before. I went in with my level 25ish or whatever stuff, and was facing fully optimized stuff, from out of Alola, two of which had Mega Stones. I never even got a hit off. And, unlike most facilities, I couldn't even forfeit. So, I had to go through the super laggy battle, watching them smash my helpless team down one at a time. It was not fun, and was absolutely stupid game design. /rant

@lily: Well, that, compounded with some other stuff (generally, ahem, "jokes")... let's just say that I don't associate with that group of people anymore. Most of the other chats that I'm in are totally understanding - like, I'm in a Pokémon Tabletop community, and they go so far as to make a separate spoiler chat for everything. So, ironically, the place most mired in Pokémon is where I'm least likely to get Pokémon spoilers. XD
Moon was the first game that I was able to complete the regional 'Dex fully, so, that was nice. I did get ridiculously lucky on some things, though - fishing up a Dhelmise first time I tried fishing in that boat town. That was the first time I'd ever saw the thing, I didn't know they were rare. XD
I was also oddly disappointed to discover Minior doesn't evolve. I was expecting it to go something like Minior > Medior > Majior or something, just by the naming scheme. :P

@Lily: No, please, don't beat yourself up over it! D:
It was in a Skype chat with just a few of us. So I don't think they were intentionally just being jerks, but more... just didn't care that I was trying to go in blind. Despite knowing that I was. And it's kinda hard to avoid when the first thing I see when waking up in the morning and turning to the chat is it in all caps, with no spoiler warning... Ah, well. What's done is done. It would have been really cool to discover them on my own (heck, I didn't even look at the back of the box, or watch the opening pre-title cinematic), but there were still lots of cool little things to discover. Like, Ride Pokémon. That was a nice surprise, and one I didn't see coming.
The post-game in Sun and Moon wasn't bad. It was pretty neat to find more completely new "Pokémon"... I just don't know exactly how I felt about the whole story and dimensions stuff that went along with it. I'm sure that Ultra Sun/Moon'll expand more on it (just based on the name alone)... so I'll probably get a more solid feeling then.

@Lily: Ah, that's all right. It's not as bad as the people (who knew I was trying to go in blind) spoiled the Alola Formes for me the day of their release. And I did learn of the Rotom 'Dex early on, for the same reason (some people assumed it was common knowledge, so they didn't spoiler tag it). I know that most people don't expect me to have seen nothing, so, it's fine. It wasn't malicious.

And, yeah, Battle Frontier would be nice. Or, really, any post-game that allows me to go more than a battle or two without getting destroyed. XD (Something along the XY Looker missions would be pretty cool.)