My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Live Reactions & Discussion)

Assuming all of them live, that is.

Well, yes. But I figure that assuming one of your mons is going to die could easily become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I'd like it not to get to that... but I know I'm not good enough to say that.

Now about which pokemon to bench for a water type... that's a puzzler.

Well, let's see. You're currently running with:

• Growlithe: Fire type, physical > special. Movepool: Dominantly Fire and Normal.
  • Effective vs Grass, Bug, Ice, and Steel.
  • Ineffective vs Fire, Water, Rock, Dragon, and Ghost.
  • Resistant vs Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, and Steel.
  • Vulnerable to Water, Ground, and Rock.
    • Best match ups vs. Elite Four: Lorelei's Jynx, Sky's Exeggutor
    • Worst match ups vs Elite Four: All Lorelei's other pokemon, Bruno's Onixes, Lance's everything, Sky's Gyarados and Rhydon
• Dugtrio: Ground type, physical > special. Movepool: Dominantly Ground and Normal, can learn some good Rock moves by TM and Tutor.
  • Effective vs Fire, Electric, Poison, Rock, Ground. Add Ice, Flying, and Bug with Rock moves.
  • Ineffective vs Grass, Flying (w/o Rock), Bug (w/o Rock)
  • Resistant vs Electric, Poison, Rock
  • Vulnerable to Grass, Water, Ice
    • Best match ups vs. Elite Four: Bruno's Onixes, Agatha's Arbok, Lance's Aerodactyl(w/Rock), Sky's Pidgeot and Charizard (w/Rock)
    • Worst match ups vs Elite Four: Lorelei's entire team, Agatha's Ghosts, Lance's Gyrados, Lance's Aerodactyl (w/o Rock), Sky's Gyarados and Exeggutor, Sky's Pidgeot and Charizard (w/o Rock)
• Pidgeotto: Normal/Flying, physical > special. Movepool: Dominantly Normal and Flying
  • Effective vs Grass, Fighting, Bug
  • Ineffective vs Rock, Steel, Electric
  • Resistant vs Ground (Null), Ghost (Null), Grass, Bug
  • Vulnerable to Electric, Ice, Rock
    • Best match ups vs. Elite Four: Bruno's Fighting types, Agatha's first Genger, Sky's Exeggutor
    • Worst match ups vs Elite Four: Lorelei's team except Slowbro, Bruno's Onixes, Lance's Aerodactyl, Sky's Rhydon
• Voltorb: Electric, special > physical. Movepool: Dominantly Electric, some Normal
  • Effective vs Water, Flying
  • Ineffective vs Electric, Grass, Ground, Dragon
  • Resistant vs Electric, Flying, Steel
  • Vulnerable to Ground
    • Best match ups vs. Elite Four: Lorelei's team except for Jynx, Agatha's Golbat, Lance's Gyarados and Aerodactyl, Sky's Gyarados, Pidgeot, and Charizard
    • Worst match ups vs Elite Four: Bruno's Onixes, Lance's Dragons, Sky's Rhydon and Exeggutor
• Primeape: Fighting, physical > special. Movepool: Dominantly Fighting and Normal, some Electric and Rock TM and Tutor attacks.
  • Effective vs Normal, Ice, Rock, Dark, Steel, Flying (w/Rock or Electric), Fire and Bug (w/Rock), Water (w/Electric)
  • Ineffective vs Poison, Flying (w/o Rock or Electric), Psychic, Bug, Ghost
  • Resistant vs Bug, Rock, Dark
  • Vulnerable to Flying, Psychic
    • Best match ups vs. Elite Four: Lorelei's Dewgong, Cloyster, and Lapras, Bruno's Onixes, Agatha's Golbat (w/Electric or Rock), Lance's Gyarados and Aerodactyl (w/Electric or Rock), Lance's Dragonite (w/Rock), Sky's Rhydon, Sky's Gyarados, Pidgeot, and Charizard (w/Rock or Electric)
    • Worst match ups vs Elite Four: Lorelei's Slowbro and Jynx, Agatha's entire team, Lance's Dragonite (w/o Rock), Sky's Exeggutor and Alakazam, Sky's Pidgeot, Gyarados, and Charizard (w/o Rock or Electric)
• Ivysaur: Grass/Poison, special > physical. Movepool: Dominantly Grass and Normal, one good Ground move, status effects
  • Effective vs Water, Ground, Rock
  • Ineffective vs Fire, Grass, Poison, Flying, Bug, Dragon, Steel
  • Resistant vs Water, Electric, Grass, Fighting, Poison
  • Vulnerable to Fire, Ice, Flying, Psychic
    • Best match ups vs. Elite Four: Lorelei's Slowbro, Bruno's entire team, Sky's Rhydon
    • Worst match ups vs Elite Four: Agatha's Golbat, Lance's Dragons, Sky's Pidgeot, Exeggutor, Alakazam, and Charizard

Given all that, my recommendation would be to bench Gaia. Half of her most effective match ups against the Elite Four are dependent on giving her Rock moves by TM or Tutor that you could also teach to Hoggs for the same advantages in addition to the ones he gets from his Fighting moves. The only Elite 4 mon Gaia is uniquely suited to taking down is Agatha's Arbok, which frankly should be one of the less challenging opponents of the entire Elite 4.

Bluhhhhhh.

I spent basically all day trying to figure out why the results for the tests I was running were way too high, and of course it turns out I was overlooking some totally obvious thing so now I look like the biggest idiot in the company and I'll probably end up being here all night rerunning everything.

And now the results are way too low.

"He who fights bronies should see to it that he himself does not become a brony. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, Pinkie Pie gazes also into you."

Ya know, I wonder if MLP will get a Frieza-like character soon. Tirek was pretty close, but there's something missing...

Speaking of Pokemon, you know the male player character from Gen 3? You know how it looks like he has white hair and a headband? That's actually a hat. {{Mind blown.}}

Nah, staring into voids and being all philosophical is Luna's thing.

Ugh.I really fucking hate the internet right now.Like to an extreame to degree.

God damn SJW warfare.I don't even know why I look at that bullshit when I know both sides enrage me to the nth degree!But fuck I really hate the internet some times!

God damn it.And my day had been going pretty well before this stupid ass bullshit.>:(

Who knows what darkness lurks in the hearts of ponies? The Moonbutt knows.

I know that feel. This is why whenever I come across stuff like that I do this. Even when I agree with what they're saying, the inevitable drama that tends to come with it just stresses me out too much. It's better for me to just avoid it.

In light of that, let's discuss something else. Like going back to scrunchy faces.

edited 17th Nov '14 6:29:30 PM by JapaneseTeeth

Ah yes, Shirtgate. The internet's latest pissing contest.

Whatever. I really want to care about this stuff. I want to be able to make a difference. But damn, does this stuff make me want to just give it all up sometimes.

But yes, scrunchies. Scrunchies are good. As are munchies. The JC by my work has chocolate truffles on for 50 cents a pop, I'mma go grab some.

I know.I seriously gotta stop looking at that kind of bullshit.Leaves me disgruntled and pissed off more than usual.I don't even know why I do.I guess my [[Bile Fascination]] can get the better of me most of the time,whether I want it to(cheesy {{So Bad,It's Good}} cartoons and movies) or not (Social Justice,Feminism warfare and Politics).

I need to look at stuff to get my mind off this SJW crap.

edited 17th Nov '14 6:36:07 PM by ScottPilgrim2013

Draw me like one of your scrunch faces.

I don't even know.

edited 17th Nov '14 6:41:22 PM by Crowfall

I can deal with social justice junk for a while, mostly because I honestly do want to help because the world is a sack of shit and someone has to fix it. But I wish I could do more.

I have 2 jobs, working 6 days a week. I don't really have a lot of time to devote to helping. I'm also not making a lot of money (and my parents keep needing money from me), so I can't donate very much either. When I had less responsibilities, I could do thinks like take time to volunteer somewhere. Now I mostly just spread awareness and give the homeless guy on the side of the road a few bucks when I pass by, and I really hate that.

Helping ourselves is just as important as helping others, in my book. You can make the world a little better if you keep living well, stay positive as best you can, and try to do your best.

I have no idea what you guys are talking about, and for once I'm glad.

helping myself is not important because I'm a horrible person and deserve to die.

More important is solving issue like this one.

http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/10-facts-homelessness-2014

There are cities in the united states than have laws against giving food to homeless people.

I.

Am.

Outraged.

That's not going to help you any. Being angry fixes nothing. If there's nothing you can do, raging about it only spreads negativity, no matter how good the intention.

Me, I'm focusing on myself exclusively. Pretty sure the world's not going to blow up in the meanwhile, and I'm the most important person I know, so I'm trying to do what's nice for me.

While I do agree on the whole thing about thing about going against that homeless thing since a law about not giving food to the homeless should be stopped,you're better than you think you are.Don't ever think you're a piece of shit.I know you're going through some shitty times(as well as a lot of my friends) but just remember there's still some people out there that do care about you and your well being and don't ever forget it,dude.

Here's another reason I'm upset.

http://gizmodo.com/how-a-5-year-old-passed-a-microsoft-it-technician-exam-1659570042?utm_source=recirculation&utm_medium=recirculation&utm_campaign=mondayAM

People who are younger than me, being better than I'll ever be.

This is an article about a five-year-old, who took a test that shows he is qualified for a job which normally requires a college education.

Things like this make me really hate myself. What am I in comparison to these people? I am nothing.

So, since your already talking about a serious subject, mind if I chime in with a serious confession of my own? It involves something I've been thinking about recently. It does actually involve ponies, but it's primarily about as well as mixed with a serious topic that I'm sure some of you are familiar with.

As for Ike, all I can say is that I know what it's like to have horrible self-esteem and to also be frustrated by the world and how stupid it can get. I can't give any advice unfortunately.

edited 17th Nov '14 7:20:29 PM by marston

Well, then why don't you be something?

Just as sitting around complaining about the state of affairs won't change the world, moping about how 'bad' you are isn't going to change you. 'Bad' isn't a state of being, it's an excuse. An excuse not to work hard to better yourself. You want to learn to draw? Draw. Draw three pictures every day. Draw every chance you get, on any surface. You want to write? Then write! Even just little vignettes scrabbled out in a couple minutes. Something random. It doesn't have to be good. Want to program? Grab Unity and get to work!

Remember, you don't have to be perfect. You don't have to be the best. You don't even have to be good. You just have to be better. Better than you were yesterday. You just have to work for it, and trust that, even if you don't see it yourself, you are getting better.

edited 17th Nov '14 7:19:43 PM by kegisak

Don't ever think that about yourself Ike!Just because theirs people out their who're geniuses much younger than you means your nothing.That's bullshit and I'm sure you know it.

As long as it isn't too bad I guess its fine.

That's been a recent philosophy of mine.Know that you can be better than you are know currently.Don't ever think you have reached your peak.If you think you're bad,good,great,or fantastic,just realize that shouldn't be your stopping point.Know that you can always improve,no matter what.

edited 17th Nov '14 7:24:06 PM by ScottPilgrim2013