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Genesect, a mechanical insect Pokemon nearly as good as Scizor

We should just make all passes remote passes.

November 14, 2022November 5, 2022 Medic 0 Comments pokemon go, raid, stupid ideas

Right now, I have about 15 Pokecoins in Pokemon Go. At the same time, I am kinda in the middle of nowhere. So there are no local gyms around, which means I can’t get any coins, and I definitely can’t do any raids. There is one red gym within a reasonable distance, but it not only hasn’t had good raids on it, but it’s also fiercely defended by one person. Simply put, anything gym-related is out of reach for me. No Pokecoins, no gym battles and no decent raids at all. Especially since that red gym has had no good… [Continue Reading]

The Legendary Birds Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres

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Research Breakthroughs Completely Suck

November 13, 2022November 4, 2022 Medic 2 Comments pokemon, pokemon go, rant

Today, as I do every week, I completed my seven days of research and was given a Research Breakthroughy. Breakthroughs are a reward for playing regularly and doing research tasks. You get some supplies, some experience and an encounter with a Pokemon, which normally changes with every new month. However, the quality of these rewards varies greatly. To the point of pointlessness. The old days were best Back in 2019, when research breakthroughs became a thing, the rewards from research breakthroughs were genuinely awesome. They’d mostly be a Legendary of some sort. And not just the Kanto legendary Birbs either… [Continue Reading]

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Pokemon: Much Ado About Breloom

November 11, 2022May 31, 2023 aabicus 0 Comments breloom, Filler, mushroom, pokemon, shroomish

I’ve written articles about my two favorite Pokémon already, but we humans just can’t resist making Top 3s of everything, can we? While Rotom is still my favorite battle Pokémon, Breloom is usually far easier to find in the games it appears. Its pre-evolution Shroomish is a common sight in early-game grassy routes, with its adorable stubby legs and grumpy face. I can’t look at its unamused little frown without smiling. Breloom (along with Shroomish) is clearly a fungus Pokémon, but I like how much more interesting its design gets than just that. Sure its mushroom hat is awesome, but… [Continue Reading]

A statue of the Zariman inside the Zariman

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Duviri Delays

November 10, 2022November 2, 2022 Medic 0 Comments delay, durviri paradox, warframe

Unfortunately, in Devstream 165, it was announced that the Duviri Paradox, the next massive story quest, is going to be delayed until 2023. For a lot of people, this is a major disappointment. Especially since, during Tennocon, we were told that the Duviri Paradox would be coming this year. As for me, I really don’t see this as a bad thing. After all, the Duviri Paradox has a lot to unpack, and a completely different modding system. Warframe is a buggy game In fact, Warframe has always been a buggy game. It can break in a myriad of ways. Even… [Continue Reading]

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You Can’t Always Win in Video Games

November 9, 2022November 1, 2022 Medic 0 Comments ramble, sea of thieves

The other day, the Sea of Thieves was particularly treacherous. Every ship we came across was jittery and aggressive, and loot and resources were pretty sparse. It seemed that pretty much everyone was out for blood, when we just wanted to battle a skelly fort. We hadn’t done much actual killing intentionally. Most of our attacks were self defense, and people getting too close to our skelly fort and the Ashen Lord on it. Well, there was one other ship that wanted to attack us, then turned around and started running. We just chased after them, slowly catching up until… [Continue Reading]

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Everything is a Syndicate these days

November 8, 2022October 31, 2022 Medic 0 Comments grind, kahl, syndicate, zariman

When Veilbreaker came out, I had a hell of a time playing the very first mission. It had a slow start, but built up in a pretty cool way, eventually ending with exploding ships and help from an unexpected place. The Veilbreaker quest was great, and I do wish that there was more of it. The characters in the Veilbreaker quest were excellent, and it set up quite a strange situation, where we sort of end up helping a quaint little base on Earth. Of course, I’m talking about Kahl. Veilbreaker is all about the plucky Grineer saving and serving… [Continue Reading]

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Planetside 2 Breaks Its Own World Record

November 7, 2022November 6, 2022 aabicus 0 Comments event, history, planetside 2, recap, record, shooter, world record

Last week Planetside 2 made a bold announcement. On November 5th, they invited everyone to connect to the Public Test Server and break their own record for “Most Players in a Single FPS Battle.” The current record, 1158, was already held by them and achieved in 2015. For anyone who missed that milestone, this was an exciting opportunity to play a part in Planetside 2 history. Now, despite playing Planetside 2 since 2013, I’d skipped the previous world record attempt and knew I didn’t want to miss this one. So I preloaded the test client and generated a PTS character in advance.… [Continue Reading]

Who ate all the pies? This bastard ate all the pies.

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Dratini Classic Community Day

November 6, 2022November 6, 2022 Medic 0 Comments dratini, gen 9, paldia, pokemon go, pokemon scarlet, pokemon violet

Classic Community Days are odd. They bring back an old Pokemon from a previous Community Day and basically do it all again. For November, our classic Pokemon was Dratini, the cute little snakey dragon Pokemon. I happen to really like Dratini and Dragonair, so a chance to stock up on fresh shinies is nice. But this classic day was slightly odd. Cute shiny, mediocre move Dratini has one of the cutest shinies in Pokemon, especially in Gen 1. It goes a wonderful bright pink, matching its pink eyes. Dragonair is just as beautiful, and is one of my favourite Pokemon,… [Continue Reading]

Different games, exactly the same damn problems. Medic and mercy

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Everyone Else Takes Ages To Die

November 5, 2022October 28, 2022 Medic 0 Comments overwatch, overwatch 2

While playing Overwatch, I noticed that I am pretty much always the first to die. I die super fast and generally from behind. There is so much going on that I can’t tell where all this damage is coming from. A lot of this is just basic newbie stuff. After all, there are 30 characters which I need to learn to recognise. I’m a brand new player and not overly good at FPS games in general. However, what I can’t seem to shake is just how long it takes for me to kill someone. Everyone else doesn’t die instantly like… [Continue Reading]

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Another Ramble about Costumed Pokemon

November 4, 2022October 27, 2022 Medic 0 Comments costume, halloween, pokemon go

As of writing, we are on part 2 of a two-part Halloween event in Pokemon GO. Alongside all your normal ghost types, this year, we have a ton of new costumed Pokemon. But these costumed Pokemon are different. They can evolve. Yep, we got a costumed Vulpix and a costumed Pumpkaboo, and both of them can evolve into Ninetails and Gourgeist, keeping their costumes as they do so. Both of the basic Pokemon are also shiny-eligible but, although you can find wild Ninetails and Gourgeist with the costumes on, they can’t be shiny. Pretty common stuff with the shiny versions,… [Continue Reading]