OK, here's where this thread is standing, with the unlocking:
Given the widespread backlash and complaining about certain aspects of the work (i.e. Dexit), we wanted to communicate very clearly what we are not willing to put up with: prolonged, circular complaining (or wonking).
Of course, with a controversial subject that has a large impact on the gameplay, Dexit is in one of those areas where there it may be on-topic to discuss it, but the nature of that discussion can wildly vary. As has been said elsewhere, we ix-nayed discussion of Dexit entirely because it never seemed to happen without devolving into that kind of complaining.
However, we're willing to unlock the thread after this 3-day cooldown period because the Pokemon General thread has been stable enough. And -
Can I discuss Dexit?
Yes. But if there is prolonged wonking on it, the thread just becomes an echo chamber of complaints and we do not like that. No one likes that. The same rules as ever apply. Be a constructive, healthy space. Have conversations about what you like, and what you don't like, but the thread should not get locked into a series of bitter complaints.
If you have questions or concerns about mod implementation or action, we have a thread for that here
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Alright? Thank you all for waiting this out. I hope we're all good now.
Edited by nombretomado on Nov 18th 2019 at 5:49:02 AM
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Anyone found a third Koffing stage?
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The terms "first stage" and "second stage" aren't a thing in the video games. The codenames had an arabic numeral 1, 2, or 3 next to them, they weren't named as "stages". I imagine that's where the terminology confusion is coming from.
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The TCG is something else. The TCG goes Baby > Basic > Stage 1 > Stage 2. Obviously you can't have all four of those on one Pokemon line, but as you can see Baby Pokemon are considered their own stage under even Basic Pokemon, and yeah, evolutions are somewhat confusingly called Stage 1 and 2. It should noted that this isn't confusing at all in Japanese, since the Japanese terms literally translate to "first evolution" and "second evolution".
None of this applies to the video games. People usually just call them base form/stage 1, stage 2, and stage 3 because that's the most obvious way to refer to them.
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I've heard some people suggest that the G-Max Pokémon are counted as their own entities. Like example would be that Corviknight would be like Pre-evo->Corviknight->G-Max Corviknight.
Also Duraludon doesn't seem to have a pre-evo. Someone already said that.
Edited by TPPR10 on Sep 20th 2019 at 9:36:14 PM
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Aw yeah, hope for Sobble to have a final form of monstrous Jackson's chameleon still strong.
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I'd imagine that G-max pokemon would count in the same ways megas count, leading to stage-1 corvide>stage-2 corvide>corviknight<>g-max corviknight
Also, though a chameleon is of course cool, I hope Sobble evolves into Dimitri a basilisk
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Speaking of mythological creatures with stone gazes, a cockatrice Pokemon sounds like a fun idea.
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I was thinking of elephant themed pokemon and suddenly it hit me
We need an elephantmon with a castle on its back,cos you know,elephant and castle?
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No I'm afraid I don't know?
You guys think that picture leak might be accurate? the one with the penguin wizard?
We need an elephantmon with a castle on its back,cos you know,elephant and castle?
Interesting. I don't know how well known it is outside of London, but that's a valid mon inspiration for a Great Britain-based region
You guys think that picture leak might be accurate? the one with the penguin wizard?
I doubt it. Too much is taken from things we already have reason to expect, and it includes leaked gigantamax forms, which is just weird
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What's the difference between a cockatrice and a basilisk anyway?
Disasturbator
One is a monster chicken the other is a serpent
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a cockatrice is a chicken with the body of a serpent, while a basalisk is all snake
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A cockatrice has a chickens head and a reptillian body. Basilisks are all lizards, and has the benefit of having a real life animal named after it.
They have similar origins and powers, but a basilisk looks more reptilian while a cockatrice looks more avian.
Edited by Kayeka on Sep 21st 2019 at 1:15:54 PM
As far as I understand, Cockatrices petrify people by touch, while Basilisks do it by sight.
Disasturbator
Weird I've always assumed they both petrified by sight
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Edited by Nouct on Sep 21st 2019 at 4:31:07 AM
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wrong thread!
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I'm going by D&D and Nethack rules. I might be completely wrong.
Basilisks and cockatrice may or may not be exactly the same thing depending on who's talking. The earliest version of a basilisk was a super-venomous snake that oozed poison and killed with a gaze, while cockatrice were... basically the same thing but with rooster parts. Later they got petrification, presumably from conflation with medusa
Edited by Hylarn on Sep 21st 2019 at 4:42:58 AM
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One hatches from a chicken/rooster egg incubated by a snake, the other is from a snake egg incubated by a chicken/rooster.
Also, one has a real animal named after it (and also Jesus. For the lizard, not the mythical creature), while the other doesn't
Edited by jdeo1997 on Sep 21st 2019 at 10:19:28 AM
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I am presuming the basilisk is from the snake egg.
Either way, it seems like we would need both in the same game set and in the same egg group. (For best results, put the cockatrice in one version and the basilisk in the other.)
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Edited by Ookamikun on Sep 21st 2019 at 1:17:33 AM
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