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After 50ish GBL Fights, the Pokemon GO GBL still sucks

April 27, 2020April 22, 2020 Medic 0 Comments dialga, gbl, giratina, go battle league, kyogre, pokemon go, pokemon go battle league, pvp

After getting a perfect shiny Mewtwo, I realised that something was missing. My Mewtwo needed a second move. And what other move could I give it other than Shadow Ball? To do so though, I would need an Elite TM. But the problem is, aside from potentially buying one with actual money via an event… I’d have to play PvP. That meant wading back into the GBL. And getting to rank 7. That meant a lot of work. If I wanted an Elite TM, I had to earn it. Now, frankly, my first few games in GBL didn’t go great.… [Continue Reading]

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Abra Community Day – Probably One of the Better Days Yet

April 26, 2020April 25, 2020 Medic 0 Comments abra, community day, pokemon go

Gonna be honest, the Abra Community Day was great! Unlike many other community days, I feel like this one actually stands out! Lots of Abra, lots of chances to play even if you don’t get local spawns, and lots of shinies! They even made Abra easier to catch during the event. This event was great, and I want to talk about it. This was probably one of the most accessible Community Days yet. Normally, for a good community day, you need a place with good spawns and plenty of Pokestops. You need as many Pokeballs as you can get your… [Continue Reading]

Medic and a bunch of Pokemon face a massive Tyranitar

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A Worry About Remote Raid Passes

April 25, 2020April 19, 2020 Medic 0 Comments pokemon go, problem, raid pass, raids, rant, remote raid pass

For obvious reasons, Niantic have had to make a lot of changes to Pokemon Go to ensure that people keep on playing and keep on spending money. Changes so far have included not needing to walk to enter the GBL, Incenses lasting 1 hour and reduced egg distances. A lot of these changes are beneficial, but some are questionable and some make no sense. After all, doubling gym range is only useful if you live near a gym. The most worrying thing though is the appearance of Remote Raid Passes. Now, firstly, this is speculation We’ve been given some information… [Continue Reading]

Screenshot from Bionicle: Quests for Mata Nui. Image taken from the BQfMN discord channel

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Bionicle: Quest for Mata Nui – An Amazing Fan-Made Bionicle Game in the Works

April 24, 2020April 23, 2020 Medic 0 Comments bionicle, fan game, game

I’ve always loved Bionicle, and frankly, without it, I probably wouldn’t be here today. My obsession with the mysterious LEGO brand jump-started my interest in, well, the internet. Because of Bionicle, I eventually started going online to do more than look for pictures and maybe use MySpace. Basically Bionicle was my entire teenage upbringing. And Bionicle had its fingers in a multitude of places. While the movies were mostly straight to video or DVD, we had not just LEGO toys, but so much more. Graphic novels, comics, collectible CDs, McDonalds toys, all done very well. The game side of Bionicle… [Continue Reading]

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How Would Corpus Kuva Liches Even Work?

April 23, 2020April 16, 2020 Medic 0 Comments corpus, kuva lich, lich, ramble, theory, warframe

As with everything in Warframe, we always get a Grineer version of a thing first, followed by a Corpus version. This has been the case for ages. For example, we got the Plains of Eidolon, which is Grineer, then later on we got Fortuna, which is Corpus. The same will happen with Railjack and, eventually, Kuva Liches. But how would Corpus Liches even work? At first, this seems like an easy question to answer. You just have randomly generated Corpus enemies, the same way you do for Grineer Liches. The process would be similar too. You have your Parazon, you… [Continue Reading]

BOOM! An explosion from the Kuva Bramma but with no self-damage!

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The Death of the Blast Proc on Warframe Weapons

April 22, 2020April 15, 2020 Medic 0 Comments blast, damage, impact, warframe

Blast was always my favourite element in Warframe. While Corrosive, Viral and Gas were all more useful, Blast was the most fun element. It was great. You’d mix it with Corrosive to stun enemies and knock them down. In the distance past, it could be mixed with weapons like the Sonicor for ragdoll fun. But with the Warframe Revised update, Blast was utterly destroyed. The Blast Proc is dead. The current Blast Proc is bad. Now, instead of knocking enemies down, Blast damage now decreases enemy accuracy. And it doesn’t even do a very good job of it. One Blast… [Continue Reading]

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Is Warframe Dying? Yes, No, Maybe?

April 21, 2020April 15, 2020 Medic 4 Comments ramble, rant, warframe

Simply put, Warframe’s most recent update, Scarlet Spear, was NOT well received. In fact, most players have somewhat disliked it! Even I, someone who tolerates a lot of things, found the update to be mostly bad. Bad enough to write a couple of unhappy articles about it. But the problems with Scarlet Spear bring another question. Is Warframe dying? Is it slowly declining? To be honest, I’m not sure. You an answer that question in a lot of ways. Is Warframe itself dying? Well, no. Not really. While things look pretty bad, especially from a normal player’s outlook, I won’t… [Continue Reading]

A ton of Sentret and not much else. Mewtwo only vaguely related.

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The Incense Shuffle Event Was a Sentret Event

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 Medic 0 Comments event, incense event, incense shuffle, pokemon go

On April 19th, Pokemon Go had its first genuine stay at home event! It involved the magical Incense and various types of Pokemon. And Sentret. Lots and lots of Sentret. From 11am until 5pm, we would get spawns based on different types, changing every hour. If you are lucky, you’ll get some rare spawns. If you are unlucky, you will see a billion Sentret. Also, there were NO changed spawns. Only Incense Pokemon were affected by the event. The event is simple: Use Incense, get Pokemon The type of Pokemon were based on different types. For the first hour, we… [Continue Reading]

The main good thing about Pixelmon is being able to pick ANY of the Gen 1-7 starters.

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Single Player Pixelmon is Bad

April 19, 2020April 11, 2020 Medic 0 Comments minecraft, mod, pixelmon, rant

Whenever I play Pixelmon, a Minecraft mod that basically recreates Pokemon in Minecraft, I almost always do it in a multiplayer server. Pixelmon multiplayer servers can have their problems, but at least you can do things like trade between players and fight each other. Many servers also have options to give new players items like Pokeballs and easy access to Healers and PCs. There’s also always people around ready to help. Single player Pixelmon has none of that. It is by far the most awkward thing to play, by a long shot. At least in terms of Pokemon games. This… [Continue Reading]

A typical Mobile Defense mission with a Khora

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The Problems with Mobile Defense

April 18, 2020April 10, 2020 Medic 0 Comments mobile defense, warframe

Mobile Defense is probably one of the least-played mission types in Warframe. While it isn’t nearly as forgotten as things like Infested Salvage or as hated as Defection, Mobile Defense isn’t popular. On the surface, the mission type seems simple, but there’s more to mission types than being easy to do. Mobile Defense itself is fine. But it has issues. Let’s have a look at them. The missions are slow Mobile Defense missions are, by default, slow as heck. You spend your time waiting for the Lotus (or Ordis or whatever) to hack into a terminal while you stop said… [Continue Reading]