I'm so fucking confused
What the fuck is wrong with Boomers/Generation X?
>>27280891
THEYRE BRINGING DRUGS
I know. Fuck Boomers, who wants to be a decent human being in THE CURRENT YEAR?
>>27280927
>That drivel
>"Decent"
If you look at Pokemon GO and all you can see is black criminals, you arent decent. You arent even an awful person. You're clinically retarded. Mentally ill, even.
So /vp/ help me out. A buddy and me are going to try to get into competitive battling. Been an avid fan of everything about pokemon for many years (only dropped it while going through late puberty circa Diamond/Pearl). But I've always been afraid of the competitive aspect because when I get involved with something, it's a HUGE time-sink for me. And now I'm in a career that takes up the majority of my time.
So here's what I'd like to know. How do I get into competitive battling the best way without all the time spent grinding and learning EVERYTHING strategically, but also still having fun in the process. Cuz I'd like to make a fun league for my friends to play in, championship style.
Extra points if you can give me a simple team/strategy to look into that's competitively viable, yet simple to run for beginners.
save yourself from ruining pokemon
at the end of this road there is only suffering. you will lose everything you love about pokemon and see only numbers and hate
stop and do something else
>>27280847
play in the showdown low ladder, everybody is retarded there
you don't have to learn anything.
just get a group of 6 powerful dudes and have fun.
a common strategy is a FWG (fire/water/grass) core, using 3 pokemon of those types.
For those who still don't know about this trick. Fount out today myself when I was about to evolve my Eevee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfDvrl-hICc
>all this genwun pandering
pokemon go was a mistake
>>27280899
gen 1 was the best and the one almost everyone recognizes. those characters are iconic. what did you expect
>>27281524
But Gen 4 was the best, objectively speaking.
Can we talk about this shit for a second?
>Barely any members or presence.
>Can't keep a single gym, what few it has.
>If it has a gym it's taken by Mystic or Valor in minutes anyway.
>No restaurant or bar will ever cater to your team and offer discounts because there are so few of you.
>Have to sit on the sidelines as Red and Blue have fun playing turf war
Why is this a thing?
Why stay in Instinct when it's objectively better to be a member of Valor or Mystic? Every Instinct I've run into is alone, and you're going to stay alone because you can't join up with the other two teams who actually have groups/friends.
How sad is it that Pokemon is popular once again and you STILL can't meet any people through it because you backed the wrong horse?
>>27280777
I picked it because Zapdos not knowing the backfire it has
>>27280777
>Needing to be on the same team to socialize
You don't have many friends, do you?
>>27280777
>you're going to stay alone because you can't join up with the other two teams
Fuck off Valor/Mystic propagandist.
>Bug Catcher Pokemon
>Weak to Bug
>>27280674
This is why I think that each pokemon should have its own individual strengths and weaknesses. The only problem is that it would be a nightmare to code each one, and that it would be a fresh hell to remember them all.
>>27280880
just give carnivine an ability that makes it immune to bug or something
or make it so all attacks are superefective if the target is bug type
>>27280880
or just having a realted ability
So im playing pokemon white for the first time. Which starter should I pick?
>>27280582
Tepig. It's great for in game.
>>27280582
Snivy. It's great for in game.
>>27280666
Snivy wins cuz of trips
Welcome to the Pokémon Anime Discussion Thread. Talk about new episodes, old episodes, upcoming episodes, anime Pokégirls, sub releases, discuss, speculate, bitch and moan, etc., etc.
>NOT-SHIT SUBS:
http://pocketmonsters.edwardk.info/#PocketMonstersXYSubbed
>Citronic Gear On's music rips:
http://pastebin.com/C2gkFb0g
>New trailer for upcoming events, now in HD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeyVL5FCCM8
>Movie 19: Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna [Jul 16th]
http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/
NEW Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWtBDuxrcS0
>LET'S GO SEE GEKKOUGA IN THE THEATER! SPECIAL GEKKOUGA VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj-34tfTiqo
Next episode:
>XY&Z34: Semifinal Full Battle! Ash VS Shota!! [Jul 21st]
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/pokemon_xyz/trailer/
Upcoming episodes:
>XY&Z35: Fierce Rival Battle! Ash Greninja VS Mega Sceptile [Jul 28th]
>XY&Z36: Fierce Fighting at the Kalos League! Gather, All of My Passion!! [Aug 4th]
>XY&Z37: The Finals! Ash VS Alan!! [Aug 11th]
>XY&Z38: Kalos League Victory! Ash's Ultimate Match!! [Aug 18th]
>XY&Z39: Team Flare Attacks! The Zygarde at the Prism Tower!! [Aug 25th]
Shit people will ask:
>Is this season good? I haven't watched the anime in [x] years and-
Yes, it's fucking good, just start watching it already.
>Will Serena win da Ash?
It sure looks that way.
>Muh subs when?
[PM] is subbing XY&Z. Their releases can happen any time of the week.
Old thread:
>>27274107
DP68 SUBS:
http://pocketmonsters.edwardk.info/[PM]Pocket_Monsters_-_Diamond&Pearl_-_537_DP068_Tobari_Gym!_Lucario_VS_Buoysel!![H264_AC3_DVDSUB][45B4C903].mkv.torrent
XY&Z31 SUBS:
http://pocketmonsters.edwardk.info/[PM]Pocket_Monsters_XY&Z_031_Heatbursts_at_the_Ingenuity_Festival![H264_720P][843A8C3A].mkv.torrent
XY&Z32 RAW:
http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=825595
XY&Z33 RAW:
http://pocketmonstersraws.fansub-torrents.com/[PM-RAW]Pocket_Monsters_XY&Z_033_Mega_Jukain_VS_Raichu!_I_Received_Some_EXP!![H264_720P][B1DF8E83].mkv.torrent
NEXT: POCKET MONSTERS XY&Z34: SEMIFINAL FULL BATTLE! SATOSHI VS SHOTA!! (JULY 21ST)
>At last, Satoshi and Shota get to fight each other in the Kalos League. Satoshi who lost to Shota in an earlier battle, is fully fired up. And then, the rival showdown finally starts!
>Summary:
>The Kalos League has at last reached its conclusion. From the semifinals and on, all matches will finally be 6-on-6 full battles. The person standing in Satoshi's way is Shota. Having lost to Shota in a prior battle, Satoshi is fully fired up. Shota also feels great joy at getting to fight Satoshi, the person he admires, at this ultimate battle stage. And then the battle between the two finally starts!
>Voice Cast:
>Rica Matsumoto: Satoshi
>Ikue Ohtani: Pikachu
>Mayuki Makiguchi: Serena
>Yuki Kaji: Citron
>Mariya Ise: Eureka
>Megumi Sato: Dedenne
>Megumi Hayashibara: Musashi
>Shinichiro Miki: Kojiro
>Inuko Inuyama: Nyarth
>Kensho Ono: Alan
>Koichi Yamadera: Louis
>Anri Katsu: Tierno
>Minami Fujii: Trova
>Yurie Kobori: Sana
>Fumiko Orikasa: Carne
>Hiroshi Tsuchida: Platane
>Akeno Watanabe: Pachira
>Yuji Ueda: Gekkouga
>Kiyotaka Furushima: Fiarrow
>Kenta Miyake: Onvern
>Hitomi Nabatame: Harimaron
>Kensuke Sato: Lizardon
>Tsuguo Mogami: Dosidon
>Unsho Ishizuka: Narration
UPCOMING SHIT:
POKÉMON NO UCHI ATSUMARU? EPISODE 42 (Jul 24th)
XY&Z35: Fierce Rival Battle! Ash Greninja VS Mega Sceptile (Jul 28th)
>The semifinal match between Ash and Shota continues seesawing back and forth. It's precisely because the two have fought each other so many times before that it has turned into a battle on such an advanced level between two who know each other like the back of their own hand. Through this battle, the two remember their days of friendly rivalry. Their last battle against each other has finally arrived, and they both give each other their absolute all!
XY&Z36: Fierce Fighting at the Kalos League! Gather, All of My Passion!! (Aug 4th)
>Lumiose City is in a state of excitement thanks to the Kalos League! And during this excitement, Clemont's Chespin gets lost. And as Chespin is walking around all alone and confused, a certain somebody appears before it...
XY&Z37: The Finals! Ash VS Alan!! (Aug 11th)
XY&Z38: Kalos League Victory! Ash's Ultimate Match!! (Aug 18th)
XY&Z39: Team Flare Attacks! The Zygarde at the Prism Tower!! (Aug 25th)
DREADREA (BY SERENA, CV MAYUKI MAKIGUCHI):
http://www.megafileupload.com/74rn/DreaDrea_(Serena,_CV_Mayuki_Makiguchi).aac
KIRAKIRA (BY CITRON, CV YUKI KAJI):
http://www31.zippyshare.com/v/IWEafb12/file.html
POST NI KOE WO NAGEIRETE (BY YUKI):
http://www8.zippyshare.com/v/9QpGYg8r/file.html
XY&Z -MOVIE VER.- (BY SATOSHI, CV RICA MATSUMOTO)
http://www.mediafire.com/download/6d63pkrvpvcqry3/XY%26Z_MOVIE_VER_%28Both_Sizes%29.zip
VOLCANION AND THE INGENIOUS MAGEARNA MANGA CHAPTER 1:
http://imgur.com/a/PAdz8
VOLCANION AND THE INGENIOUS MAGEARNA MANGA CHAPTER 2:
http://imgur.com/a/cGC71
VOLCANION AND THE INGENIOUS MAGEARNA MANGA CHAPTER 3:
http://imgur.com/a/l6bs1
give me my subs
find a flaw
>>27280487
>He
And if we're talking about flaws, overexposure is a very prominent one
>>27280487
the grey oval things. other than that he's pretty flawless. really glad they got rid of the fluffy things from his previous evos.
Tongue scarf.
But even with toguescarf, he's the least shit of that gen's three shitty evolved starters.
Hey guys, I've got a leak of a new Pokemon, get in.
>>27280451
What is this, a pre-evolution of Slowking?
>>27280481
That would be Slowbro, anon.
>>27280481
I don't know, but it looks like it'll be normal type
He works for the baker. The donutta man.
Is it the same autist that makes these threads?
This is the best one by farkeep it up, proud of you
you know, i don't really mind this donutposting shit.
this is one of those kinds of shitposting that gets creative everytime instead of just copy pasting shit over and over again and making the same threads everyday
good job to everyone behind this
so we can assume that Generation 1 was in Japan? right? that explains the influx of new pokemon in their universe because each generation takes place in other areas of the world? assuming they are on Earth?
>>27280391
Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh = Japan
Unova, Alola = USA (Lt. Surge is literally called "the lightning american")
Kalos = France
>>27280434
This.
Kanto = Kanto region (Japan)
Johto = Chubu region (Japan)
Hoenn = Kyushu (Japan)
Sinnoh = Hokkaido (Japan)
Unova = New York (USA)
Kalos = France (France)
Alola = Hawaii (USA)
I think the Rangers games are also set in zoomed-in parts of Japan, and Orre is veeery loosely based on Arizona.
So what's wrong with this aside from the fact that you just hate new things?
literally nothing. Best horse mon we've ever gotten. I look forward to using one.
>>27280385
Why does it have dreads?
It would actually look cool if it didn't have those.
>>27280396
>using a horse
>ever
Gogoat is the only justified riding animal.
Guess who doesn't get Sky Attack?
Magikarp?
>>27280329
Correct!!!
>>27280322
Dragons are not birds. The animation for Sky Attack is clearly a bird-shaped mass of energy striking the target.
>A
>FUCKING
>BUS
Its a car battery, you idiut
>>27280261
In France
Dubs give it a nickname.
>>27280236
S
Y
D
N
E
Y
Fuck me, it's upside down, but you get the point.
>>27280244
winner