Maelstrom

terrace

Banned for that smirk. Smirking is what I do, Godot.

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Delibird

Banned because cars. Why are people obsessed with cars when it's the driver who really counts for anything.

*snickers at the acronym* Other obscure game that I liked was a short mini on PSN called Strength of the Sword 3. It's a sword fighting game that takes the formula of tough but rewarding game play that Demons Souls and Dark Souls tried to do and makes it work by getting straight to the action. It does a good job of starting you off with the basics and introducing to to more advanced techniques and tougher monsters as you slowly add items to your inventory and eventually add new swords and armor to choose from. As you fight, enemies will catch on to stale tactics and work together to take you down. The game is short, but a lot of fun and had me working at it to get around bosses that like to knock your block off when you first meet them and have no idea what kind of moves they have and how to overcome them. Tip: it's in your interest to go back and defeat earlier enemies and bosses for more than just practice. If you really think you've mastered your weapons and moves, there's always the coliseum where you fight for points until you die or time runs out. But you can use points to buy health and item refills, and time extensions, so use your points wisely to fight on and rise even higher. I recommend that everyone with a PS3/4 give it a shot, especially since it's only like 5 or 6 bucks.

I dunno, you don't strike me as especially villainous.

Ikaru, that reminds me of portal. I wouldn't call this an obscure game, but it sure as hell didn't get the love it deserved when it came out. Custom Robo- You 'dive' into and pilot miniature robots and battle opponents (like pokemon, these battles take the place of real fights between people). You unlock new robot parts as you fight in the story mode. The story itself is pretty decent, with plenty of humor to keep things entertaining. The many, many different parts you fight against and unlock make for a surprisingly deep fighting system where you can put together parts to match your particular fighting style- bombs and pods that can knock foes towards you and your powerful, short range gun, bombs and pods that knock them away while you stay far away and attack with long distance, homing rounds, high speed runners that are very nimble and deal a lot of damage but are fragile and easy to knock down bulky brawlers that move slowly, but take reduced damage and take a lot more punishment before getting knocked down and generally deal high amounts of damage with even moderate damage weapons bodies that glide around the stage, staying airborne as they line the stage with homing attacks and lace the trail with floating mines to deter chasing them directly bot bodies that use teleport air dashes, perfect for creating or closing distances between you and an opponent, and juking straight through incoming attacks. aerial bots that like to stay high in the air and fire down at everything below and have terrific maneuverability for dodging return fire. Bombs that fly directly, or in an arc, or freeze opponents in place, create giant area blasts or a tall wall they'll take damage from. pods that speed ahead ahead, bombs that float and wait for foes to draw close and home in for an attack pods that flank to either side to seal off escape as you charge straight forward or as you let the wall between you keep you safe pods that bounce around like mad pin balls or hop over walls to hit hiding foes. What about guns that shoot around corners so you'll never have to leave the safety of a wall? They got those too. AND SO MUCH MORE... like a drill gun. this will pierce the heavens AND your robot's armor. The Dragon gun is pretty good too. Just sayin', Noivy. I mean, who doesn't like a gun that puts swords in the sky that then rain down on enemies while you're far away and generally safe? http://youtu.be/MqIi0UxSNbc?t=11m7s [granted that this guy lost to a simulation of a boss that was going easy on him...] Anyways, a very quick intro to the game and battles done by a noob. Well, now I'm thinking I'll get the emulator for this and start streaming it. Cuz the guys I see on YT playing the game are scrubs. http://youtu.be/vLqRJAsXSUI?t=1m12s Except this guy. I approve of this review.

Castform

Skarmory

No words. Just this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G4Y8JtT1j0

I would not be sad to see them go.

Just make the topics. As with the server, anybody who cares to read it and/or respond, will do so.

I interrupt this religious discussion to present humorous views on serious things, namely the Christie thing and Gate's memoir. Oh hey, the Jeff Skoll thing, who you've probably never heard of before either, is pretty interesting too. http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/thu-january-9-2014-jeff-skoll

Jellicent

Go to heaven Renzo. Your invitation to hell is revoked. Rosalina's a nice girl. Not excited at all about derpderpderp. I could have gone several more years without being reminded he exists. Thanks nintendo.

I don't actually dislike smogon but rather the people who use smogon as their pokemon bible, the be all and end all.

The whirlpool is only definition 1. The most common use of maelstrom is a synonym for storm/tempest. A violent vortex in general. So banned for only looking at the definition listed first and ignoring all its other usages.

Rotom I like- all its different motor forms I dislike with a passion. "Oh hey its... a haunted washing machine... What's it gonna do, eat one sock from each pair I try to wash?" Amoongus line- they totally took the lazy route with this one. It has its uses... but the design is ... Stunfisk- let's take a cool new typing and make it as derpy looking as possible. game freak hires only trolls intentionally. And they all only like fire and dragon types anyways. Djinn trio- fugly clones of themselves. Lake spirit trio- see above. Manapy and Phione- we have legendary alien blobs living at the bottom of the sea. Alien fairies, excuse me. Wigglytuff- they took whatever charm jigglypuff may or may not have... and tossed it out the window. Poliwrath's design- they took a round swirly hypnosis pattern, stuck some bubble eyes and stubby arms with poorly define musculature on it and said it was a frog thing. Spoink line- a psychic pig. why? Conkeldur- vericose veins from steroid use and premature aging. Sawk and Throh- muppets with karate gi's on... because wild creatures will evolve and develop karate uniforms naturally. The Sacred Sword Quartet- let's turn goats and ponies into legendary fighters. Cuz horns and hooves are totally what fighters fight with. yes. Duskull's evo's- They had a cool grim reaper thing going on... and then they made it fat for no explicable reason and didn't include any sick blades for cutting down foes. I totally feel like they could have made this guy into an awesome glass cannon sweeper, but they gave it bulk and gave attack to the discarded doll... Gourgeist- instead of turning into a big, scary, maneater, it turns into a gourd shaped ... thing that just completely disappoints. This should have been the big bulky snorlax of ghost types instead of dusknoir/dusclops. Meganium line- it's just dull and plain and just isn't special enough to be a starter if you ask me. And by creating this thread, you totally asked me. The monkey trio- I think they're all terribly ugly, straight up. Jinx Vanilluxe line- semi-sentient ice cream is exactly what pokemon needed. Lickilicki Delcatty is the disappointing evolution of the cute skitty. Spinda Swalot line- they're like living stomachs or something. It's the monster characterization of acid reflux. I don't hate Probopass, but I thought I'd take the time to point out that it is a cross between those easter island stone heads and mr potato head. bidoof line luvdisc and alamola- y u so useless? Palkia and Dialga- armored dog dragon things. dialga reminds me of the cone heads. And the whole OP time and space thing is of course the reason they invented that scumbag arceus as a balancing force for the two of 'em.

Pinch Hitter: Move accuracy and power increased if the last usable pokemon on your team. "Pokemon thrives under pressure."

Banned for being a storm like me. Although technically, Amethyst Storm was first I guess.

Tangible