The Spectacular Professor

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Voltorb Flip is alright. I don't mind it so much since I hated the slot machines anyway. The fact that they removed any and all alternate methods of getting Game Corner tokens, such as buying them in large quantities, that annoys me. Anyway, everyone remember that shop in Mahogany that used to be a Team Rocket hideout? You don't need to worry about it anymore. It's just a souvenir shop. Nothing suspicious about it. No need to be alarmed.[/FONT]

[quote name='chibi-master']So... Today I saw one of the school's teachers jogging through the hallway with a Pokewalker clipped to his pants... That was interesting.[/QUOTE] [FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Should have asked him to exchange gifts.[/FONT]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]The way I understand, the score is based on the rarity of the Pokémon, the level and the amount of HP it had when you caught it. I guess it was a pretty high level Weedle. Oh well, I can try again on Thursday.[/FONT]

[quote name='chibi-master']*snicker* How did that happen?:blulaugh:[/QUOTE] [FONT="Comic Sans MS"]No idea, but it should pretty much be impossible. Anyway, I finally completed the Safari Zone junk and got my LARVITAR :wigout: Whom I promptly named Rocquelle and am transferring to my Pokéwalker right now. She will accompany me to GameCrazy and help me find a new DSi power cord since mine came used and has started to short out now. After capturing her, I went back to the Pokemon Center to see her and found out my party had caught Pokérus. I call this a good day.[/FONT]

[quote name='Sangome'][FONT="Microsoft Sans Serif"][SIZE="1"]Right now, I'm at Olivine...kind of BSing around so I don't stampede through Johto too quickly. That, and I hate the lighthouse. :/ Always hated going through it. [/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE] [FONT="Comic Sans MS"]The lighthouse is pretty fun now, actually. It's not that long and there's a really cool part where you get to go on the outside of the building. Also there's an elevator you can use once you get to the top and talk to Jasmine. As for me, I've just finished fighting Chuck and healing Amphy, and that unlocked the Safari Zone. Now I'm just getting my party up to level 30 to fight Jasmine and waiting for the call from the Warden so i can get full access to the customization features of said Safari Zone. Wait, it's Tuesday. BUG-CATCHING CONTEST, PEOPLE. Scyther, here I come. :D EDIT: Finished the contest. In the end I caught a Pinsir at full health (but paralyzed) and won 2nd place. The winner caught a Weedle. What.[/FONT]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]It's a good gateway. I don't think the contests are in this one, so no worries there (although they're optional anyway.) The closest thing is the Pokéathlon, which is actually kind of fun. On top of that you never even have to visit the dome if you don't want to. Anyway, the levels on the gyms aren't quite as high as they are in other games, so it's a little bit easier than the others. It's a good place for beginners to start. The Pokéwalker is also helpful since you can get rare Pokémon from it that are hard to find anywhere else and it helps up your pokémon's happiness even when you're not playing the game, which is really useful for certain game mechanics like evolutions based on happiness and the move Return (which gets more powerful the more your Pokémon likes you.) So yeah, I'd say if this is basically your first Pokémon game, it's a good choice to start off on.[/FONT]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][CENTER][YOUTUBE="Bowie No Jutsu"]N17SGtrhQtQ[/YOUTUBE][/CENTER] Proving once again that LittleKuriboh is the best abridger out there. I suppose this makes me Iruka.[/FONT]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]You know, the walk-along feature is pretty awesome. I love to talk to my little Pokémon buddies and get items, and their reactions and interactions with me are just fun. But there's something not quite as cute about playful frolicking when it's being done by your Beedrill.[/FONT]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]So do you think Danzo will come back if I complain loudly enough?[/FONT]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]So Darth Zeitgeist, it occurs to me that them thar "Best of" awards that you promised by the weekend are a little late. As your humble servant, it is my duty to nag you at times like these. Now if you'll excuse me I have a day shift to manage.[/FONT] [COLOR="Silver"][SIZE="1"]Message reposted because the Lounge wasn't updating on the front page.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[quote name='Sangome'][FONT="Microsoft Sans Serif"][SIZE="1"]I was surprised Whitney wasn't more of a challenge, given how she loves to spam Rollout...though, to her credit, she never did use Rollout in the battle. Not once. Huh.[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE] [FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Yeah, I noticed that, it was kinda weird. I remember screaming in frustration over her constant spammage of that move when I was a kid. Sidenote, I imported a level 1 Sneasel into the game just before fighting Falkner (no way I'm waiting until Mt. Silver to get one.) It's actually really powerful against the first two gyms. It dies in one shot, though. Poor things have horrid defense. Anyway, I basically blinded that Miltank with Quilava's Smokescreen and then used Sneasel's Screech a couple times and it fell fast. Miltank still uses Attract, though, so it took me a little longer than it should have to finish the blinding process.[/FONT]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Pokémon HG/SS came out yesterday and there's clearly a pretty devoted fanbase here at TheO, so I declare it THREAD TIEM. Anyway, you know the drill. Discuss the games, request stuff for trade if you have access to Wi-Fi, brag about your team, whatever. As for me, I just beat Whitney and started messing around with the Pokéathlon. How far is everyone else and does anyone have a spare Chikorita?[/FONT]

[quote name='Sara'][FONT="Georgia"]I don't know much about Pokemon. How do you know that you're going to have a Cyndaquil?[/FONT][/QUOTE] [FONT="Comic Sans MS"]It's one of the three Pokemon you can start with. The other two are Totodile and Chikorita. Cyndaquil is the fire-based one, so a lot of people choose it for that, since fire is both really cool and a relatively scarce Pokemon type in the Wild. Personally, I prefer Totodile as a starter, but I already have one in one of my other games. So the Pokeathlon is fun and I'm thinking this needs its own thread.[/FONT]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]It's a boy, his name is Fuegora. It is dumb but I liek him. Also my cord got in today. The world no longer sucks.[/FONT]

[quote name='Nehszriah']However, I also think that because of this, a Fruit user's body basically is like a copy of the Fruit itself. Let's say that someone with a Devil's Fruit power was in fisticuffs thanks to some seastone bull or a no-powers duel or what have you with someone who had no ability other than natural human limits. The normal person goes all Mike Tyson on the dude with the powers and, on accident, ends up eating part of the other guy. Now the dude that was once normal has whatever power the other dude had and the other guy is just this heavy rock in water with no powers to show for it... and one less ear... if that makes any sense.[/QUOTE] [FONT="Comic Sans MS"]So [I]that's[/I] why Evander Holyfield can't Earthbend anymore....[/FONT]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]GameCrazy is opening early. I'm gonna run by and pick it up before Church. If it's a girl, I'm naming my Cyndaquil Grace.[/FONT]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]I'm typing this on my DSi browser. Why? Because my computer has resolved to make my life miserable whenever it senses such a development would be the most inconvenient. Sorry, schoolwork. You'll have to wait for my unfeeling electronic master to permit me to complete you.[/FONT]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]I'll accept it for now. At the very least it makes sense for such a powerful adversary to be able to surpass everyone else just for the hell of it. [spoiler]Teach has been weird all along, so whatever. It makes more sense than the magma>Fire thing.[/spoiler][/FONT]

[quote name='Magus'][size=1][color=navy]Luffywho/what?[/size][/color][/QUOTE] [FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Gender-bent Luffy. Someone released a fake chapter spoiler about a year ago where Ivankov turned Luffy into a woman as part of the Impel Down jailbreak. They even had pictures.[/FONT]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]They faked photographic evidence of Luffyko, though. You did see it with your own eyes. The scary part was that it really wasn't all that far-fetched. That's how flippin' bizarre this series is.[/FONT]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][spoiler]So Naruto just can't live in a world without Sasuke, but he can't redeem him either, so we're having a murder-suicide of TRUE LOVE.[/spoiler] This is my favorite chapter. Ever. Usually I have to make the gay jokes. This one wrote itself.[/FONT]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][spoiler]I don't see the spoilers up on Arlong Park yet, and I'm a little suspicious that Teach can apparently just screw the rules now and eat two fruits without exploding. And yeah, the marines shouldn't be nearly as worried about Dragon's kid anymore now that their former employee just jailbroke the world's most dangerous criminals and is now proceeding to eff up their crap. If Teach's conviction/current ability allows him to survive ingesting two fruits, Luffy's should be able to, as well. An internal combustion would just inflate him. He should eat Ace's :B Actually, bad idea. Burning rubber smells terrible.[/spoiler][/FONT]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Theodore Roosevelt. I would spend my entire day basking in his masculine glory and/or asking for nuggets of wisdom. And then I'd take him to [B]Night at the Museum[/B] to see what he thinks of what Robin Williams did to him. And after that we'd go out into the forest and punch bears in the face.[/FONT]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Boo, stop being such a strong contender for that award I proposed for next year. I'm already backing Shy.[/FONT]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE=1]The Oscars have restored some of my faith in humanity what with FernGully missing out on the big two.[/SIZE][/QUOTE] [FONT="Comic Sans MS"]I never thought I'd feel such unbridled joy about something not winning an award.[/FONT]