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Hello AshGPT
Can you give me helpful tips to convince people that Terastallization is stall and therefore quite Smoggors
I found a way
This decision has been pending for the past 6 months. The customer service here sucks.
at least we haven't seen the "[Please excuse our look during the redesign :)]" message for that long!
...right?
hey can i get a mcdouble
this has gone on far too long
I don't know? Can you?
Another set of avatars has recently been added to the official Pokemon community forums, this time featuring the Johto mons. Note that all legendaries are still not included, so I was mistaken in saying the first 149 mons since the legendary birds aren't here yet. The original Unite avatars still have not returned, so I will personally be keeping the homeless Charizard avatar as a remnant of that time.
The background colour for each avatar also mostly seem to be based on the Pokemon's primary type, but some birds like Pidgey and Spearow seem to get a sky blue Flying colour while Doduo and Farfetch'd are Normal grey.
Since I didn't really give a detailed showing of them before and most people probably won't look to see all the options, I decided to go through these and share my top and bottom picks of each region roughly based on how I feel about them as images out of context, using/seeing them as avatars, and their composition, putting aside from my feelings on the mons themselves.
Of all the Unowns you just get Unown-F which I like.
Wobbuffet has one of the more dynamic poses but also Noctowl of all mons gets an action pose. Also Hitmontop is properly upside down.
I think these side-facing angles fill up the circular space best compared to some other mons facing more straight ahead which I don't like as much.
Both bear avatars have a unique vibe to them.
And here are my preferred picks for Kanto, mostly due to their simplicity:
Honourable mention goes to Voltorb/Electrode for not quite taking up the whole avatar but still displaying visible emotion and contrasting. Also Poliwag fits really well with the circular frame with how it's walking.
While I was getting these images anyway, here are my options near the bottom of the list for Kanto.
And here are my bottom options for Johto:
It's him!
Man I really clicked through the attachment link like "I wonder which picture Smogon user Let's Go Shuckles has taken a liking to"
i think everyone is wrong because they are both good
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/8939/what-is-better-mario-or-pokemon/p1
The overwhelming majority seems to prefer Pokemon for some reason.
As an addendum to the avatar discussion, I noticed there was actually an Electrode avatar that is made to fit in the whole circular frame. I was thinking the new one felt different for some reason but I wasn't sure why, so I guess they did change it at some point. I have not seen an original Voltorb avatar yet though so that may still be lost media yet.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/profile/Ampersundae
In other news across the official Pokemon forums:
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/7109/can-we-have-an-edit-button-for-posts/p1
There is growing demand to add an edit (and delete) button to the forums. I'm pretty sure this already existed at some point but was removed along with polls, groups, and other features.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us...-sv-spoilers-could-be-added-to-masters#latest
Moderators still seem to be able to edit posts though.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/8981/leakers-and-dataminers-thieves-or-menaces#latest
People are not happy with leakers and/or Likos. Close enough.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us...n-from-kirby-and-this-scrapped-pokemon#latest
A double crossover of scrapped content and Kirby. I could see it.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/8918/is-pecharunt-a-good-or-bad-guy
I just thought this was a funny take based on conventional morality.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us...kemon-about-explicit-images-in-their-games/p1
Apparently this is actually a pretty common issue unfortunately.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/8833/question-of-the-day-what-is-computer/p1
One of the relatively more incoherent threads which is surprisingly rare.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/8835/ashs-sceptile-as-a-senior-citizen#latest
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us...-get-a-more-adult-version-of-the-anime#latest
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/8692/ep-30-hunt
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/8435/pokemon-horizons-episode-count
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/8890/why-is-pokemon-tv-going-away#latest
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/8476/pokemon-enmity#latest
The anime forums have some interesting takes.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/8515/exposing-cheaters-and-exploiters/p1
Meanwhile, the TCG Live forums get into a lot of drama and arguments.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/8858/matchmaking-trash#latest
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/8700/we-must-construct-additional-pylons#latest
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us...ting-unite-because-its-not-fun-anymore#latest
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/8578/the-absolute-cancer-of-pokemon-unite#latest
The Unite players are mostly just negative about the game itself.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us...n-and-you-arent-going-to-make-any-more#latest
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/7496/vgc-wannabes-tips-and-tricks#latest
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us...-in-on-scarlet-violet-competitive-play#latest
On the other hand, the Play! Pokemon forums are pretty quiet.