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Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Jan 29

Did they Arezu-ify Mars in the new #TCGP expansion? I swear Mars was much less cutesy than her Legends ancestor in DP. #pokemontcgp #pokemontcgpocket

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MrCheeze @mrcheeze.github.io · Jan 1

Do you know how Pokemon types being immune to status conditions work? There are *way* more inconsistencies between generations (and within them) than you'd expect.

Notes from the code

RBY
Poison: immune if target is Poison (regardless of move type) - but all the moves are poison
FreezeBurnParalyze side effect: immune if target type matches the move type. (which means Body Slam and Lick can paralyze electrics, but not their own type)
Paralyze (thunder wave, stun spore, glare): immune if the move is Electric AND the target is Ground (hardcoded interaction)

GSC
Poison side effect: immune if the target is poison type OR immune by the type chart (results in twineedle being able to poison steel types, but not any other move)
Burn side effect: immune if target matches move type (unless they are both normal type)
Freeze side effect: immune if target matches move type (unless they are both normal type)
Paralyze side effect: calculates immunity using the type chart (Foresight + Body Slam can paralyze ghosts)
Poison (poisonpowder, poison gas, toxic): immune if the target is poison type OR immune by the type chart (steel types are immune to all of these moves)
Paralyze (thunder wave, stun spore, glare): calculates immunity using the type chart (affects thunder wave on ground and glare on ghost) (Foresight + Glare can paralyze ghosts)
TriStatusChance (tri attack side effect): follows the logic of BattleCommand_ParalyzeTarget, BattleCommand_FreezeTarget, or BattleCommand_ParalyzeTarget

RSE
poison - Poison and Steel-types have a universal immunity to poison
burn - Fire-types have a universal immunity to burn
freeze - Ice-types have a universal immunity to freeze
paralysis - Follows the type chart to determine immunity, even for status moves (affects Thunder Wave and Glare)

DPP/BW
poison - Poison and Steel-types have a universal immunity to poison
fire - Fire-types have a universal immunity to burn
freeze - Ice-types have a universal immunity to freeze
paralysis - Thunder Wave alone is hardcoded to follow the type chart, despite being a status move

BW: Same as above

XY+: Electrics immune to paralysis, grass types immune to powder moves.

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Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 31

You don't get it, bro. You just need to get a crypto gaming handheld console, bro. The only console designed for fast spending action.

An article from cryptocurrency news webside Decrypt covering an alleged "crypto gaming handheld" SuiPlay0x1, aiming at a 2025 release.

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Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 31

Of course, this has lead to a race to the bottom of sorts in the long run since their space has got so used to unpolished, dated tech that openly grifter newcomers can do the same on purpose, all in the name of "being still early" in the so-called "web3".

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Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 31

So people who were not necessarily the most experienced or competent in their fields (e.g. amateurs or rookies who happened to be crypto enthusiasts too) suddenly became rich, whether briefly or permanently.

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Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 31

Not saying this is the reason but —no joke— a lot of people who had never handled more than a couple thousand dollars ended up with millions in capital due to the pandemic era cryptobubble. Not just the gambling, ponzi En Ef Tee types, but *dev teams* as well.

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Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 30

Didn't know Lillie could learn Darkest Lariat

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Ricardo Juchem @ricardojuchem.com · Dec 26

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We need them more than ever.

Arturo Serrano 🇨🇴🤖👽🧙🦄 @carturo222.bsky.social · Dec 26

Excuse me while I run in circles screaming in horror.

Encyclopedia Britannica Is Now an AI Company

The 200 year-old company may soon go public on the back of AI-powered education products.

gizmodo.com

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Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 23

Yes, my bio says I'm from Panama. No, don't ask me how I feel about the American Cheeto threatening to invade my country to take the Canal back and doubling down after my president stood up against it.

Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 21

That Gentle Slap was not so gentle

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Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 21

Maybe some kids now are of a much more "plug-and-play" disposition (which, ironically enough, was how things were at first before consoles with hard drives became a thing), but I remember when I had to set up my PS3 with very slow (for today's standards) internet and all that. Tedious but fun.

Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · Dec 21

seeing a couple of those “make sure you open your kids’ new games console and install updates before xmas” posts and yeah maybe a good tip for some but read the room i guess cos that would have made me sad, the setup and tinkering and ~anticipation~ was all part of the fun for me

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Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 21

Too late

a man with a beard is wearing sunglasses and a bandana around his head .

ALT: a man with a beard is wearing sunglasses and a bandana around his head .

media.tenor.com

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Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 21

Also, due to DOA's nature as a de facto companion to Itagaki's Ninja Gaiden reboot, DOA's strength also relies heavily on the Ninja Gaiden brand, which hasn't been worked on anymore by Koei Tecmo either. Kasumi's character needs Ayane and Ayane needs Ryu Hayabusa. Simple as that.

Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 21

And even if we argued DOA *was* competent as a fighting game, you need to market it as such, both directly and through word of mouth. That matter, of course, tends to be beyond game design's reach. It's largely marketing strategy at that point, which creatives and devs alike can't handle themselves.

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Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 21

Like, if it was simply the seuxalization, Skullgirls wouldn't be a thing (AKA a game whose problematic issues with female oversexualization overlap with real-life harrassment and an overall male chauvinist worldview of one individual). But the game is competent *as a fighting game*.

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Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 21

All of this is full of a subjective angle, of course, but I feel like the whole "hot women"/"sex sells" premise became too much for DOA's own good, to the point that a good portion of the fanbase just expected more hot women in hot outfits, etc. and less FG innovation.

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Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 21

3) Moreover, even the name "Venus Vacation" is featured more prominently than "Dead or Alive", which could signal a "Rabbids; not Rayman" moment.
4) Also, Mai clearly went on to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of King of Fighters on Street Fighter 6 instead, alongside Fatal Fury co-star Terry.

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Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 21

Thinking about it, I wouldn't want to be Tomonobu Itagaki right now:
1) Tekken is the top fighting game right now, meaning his vision of DOA dethroning it didn't fulfill.
2) Koei Tecmo controls the franchise on their own now and their only upcoming release is another "Xtreme" spin-off. Asia-only ofc

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Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 20

Based Virizion saying nothing but facts here

Out of Context Pokémon @oocpokemonofficial.bsky.social · Dec 20

Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 19

Aww hell naw they doin premium gacha now

Bulbagarden @bulbagarden.net · Dec 18

New blind box figures themed after disobedient Pokémon available from today on the Japanese Pokémon Center Online store https://bulbagarden.... #pokémon

Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 17

TPC should make inflationary expansions just for the sheer sillines

"Limited print? Yes, 5 years ago. Let's drop these reprints!"

IGN @ign.com · Dec 17

The Pokémon Trading Card Game has grown so valuable that Japanese crime syndicates are reportedly using it to launder money. bit.ly/4gvl3Fy

Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 16

Games should be fundamentally enjoyable things and thus they ought to be inclusive by principle, so a game which is exclusionary by design is betraying such principles.

Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 16

I could care less about "culture wars". I just happen to believe games are for everyone and they can portray all kinds of worlds or situations, simple or complex, in various welcoming ways. So this whole gatekeeping overlaps against my views.

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Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 16

That's where you can't call it anything else but misogyny: when girls who are fed up with the sexiness defaultism can't have nice things, but those who embrace them can't either because "they're just thirst traps" or what not. A rigged game were women always lose.

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Arikk AKA HyperHoundoom @arikkhoundoom.bsky.social · Dec 16

Anyways, the whole "hot women in games" thing always backfires (in the sense of exposing the creeps as precisely creeps) because then the girls who *do* identify with them and cosplay as them get harrassed by guys and even called out as "fake gamers" even if they are not posers or wannabes.

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