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naznatips on 14 June 2009
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MontanaHatchet said:
Xxain said:
naznatips said:
MontanaHatchet said:

I can understand you saying that most JRPGs don't have great gameplay, but Pokemon? Seriously...what? Pokemon has the most simplistic and boring battle system of any RPG that I know of. One character at a time, 4 moves, and they're probably the easiest RPGs on the market. Made for kids with kids in mind. And if you can beat fights in FF12 without picking up the controller, than that means you designed your Gambits very well. Part of the strategy of the game, and it's entirely optional.

If you really think Pokemon's gameplay is simplistic you know jack shit about Pokemon. The singleplayer doesn't matter at all. Pokemon has an incredibly deep online multiplayer metagame. You probably shouldn't talk if you have no idea what you are talking about, but it's a little late for that.

WTF...somebody woke on wrong side of the bed this morning

Yeah, no kidding. The series has been singleplayer since Pokemon Red first released in 1996 (Japan release). It only recently added online. I'm sure it's incredibly complex online. I'm sure there's a lot of complexity in deciding which Pokemon has the best stats, and which of the 4 moves your Pokemon is allowed to have are the best. Point is, the core of the game is incredibly basic and boring.

And Naznatips, please calm down. Your behavior today has been very inappropriate for an administrator. I'm scared to write this because I'm afraid you'll ban me just for telling you this.

Don't ignore good advice. You still have no idea what you are talking about. Pokemon stats are not static. IVs (born traits) and EVs (raised traits) allow the stats for the same Pokemon at the same level to varry wildly from one other, depending on how it was bred, and how it was raised. Every Pokemon, competitive or not, can be built with multiple play styles, most of which are completely different from each other. There are no "4 best moves" for a Pokemon. Pokemon has been played online for more than half a decade. http://www.smogon.com/ Look around that site for a while before you say something ignorant again.

@ Khuutra the "handful of Pokemon" in OU is over 75, and there is an entirely different metagame for UU which numbers well over 150, and each of these Pokemon has multiple possible strategies of varrying complexities. Again, ignorance is not something you want to show in public. Your condescending comments about the strategies imply it's something learned overnight, but new ones are created constantly, and there are already hundreds of basic strategies which can be tweaked into infinite detail based on the player's preference. Please take the same advice I gave Montana.