Clock Crew

or they magically appear after evolving (Machop->Machoke)

skin shed

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Don't nobody want to see a jinx naked.

the pokemon universe -does not have a system of internal logic-

Yeah the Pokemon universe is anything but logical. I mean from the moment where Alakazam has a 5000 IQ...

I still don't understand how they fit in those goddamn balls.

Quote from: topcatyo;1784714I still don't understand how they fit in those goddamn balls.

I think they're minimized or something.

what the fuck is a pokeman?

Quote from: DiscoBallClock;1784717I think they're minimized or something.

So now they're computer applications?  This makes no sense.

Quote from: topcatyo;1784720So now they're computer applications?  This makes no sense.

I mean their cells are minimized.

IF ALAKAZAM IS SO SMART WHY CANT HE TALK

Quote from: DiscoBallClock;1784721I mean their cells are minimized.

So are pokemon Macs or PCs?
Or Linux, even?

I guess it all depends on the pokemon.

Machoke are dumber versions of humans.

Quote from: DWARFINATOR;1784722IF ALAKAZAM IS SO SMART WHY CANT HE TALK

He is too smart to talk :cool:

Quote from: topcatyo;1784714I still don't understand how they fit in those goddamn balls.

Anythings possible with colorful balls?

actually that bit always seemed obvious to me.

pokeballs are advanced technology that scan a pokemon's body on a molecular level and store the information they gather digitally, then disassemble the physical bodies. when the pokemon are called out, the process is reversed, and the pokeballs reassemble the molecules out of the air (or maybe a base block of generic easy to reconfigure matter, but that would probably be pretty hefty... although, come to think of it, that might explain why you can only carry six of them at a time) and delete the information
if the pokemon is moving too much, the information is too unstable to use, and the pokemon is not caught- they have to be incapacitated.
this explains how you can transfer them through a PC, and why Bill storing them is so remarkable- his servers would have to be massive to accommodate that amount of data, and he's putting up the money just because he's such a fanatical pokemon fan (much like Tom Fulp and the Clock Crew)
it also explains how they can be healed with a machine while they're still in the balls- the digital information is automatically corrected to remove injuries through some kind of corrective algorithm.

I think somebody mentions this, not in so many words, in red and blue. either oak or bill. he's like "blah blah now blah blah blah pokemon digitally blah"

it doesn't explain what happens to the pokeballs when the information they're holding is transferred to a box, it doesn't explain why you're the only trainer that uses 6 balls and why the world is layed out to be a slow progression of difficulty beginning at your hometown, why according to the statues in the front of the gyms you and gary are the only two people on earth that can beat a single gym leader even though everybody in the world is completely obsessed with pokemon to the level of psychosis, why you can't capture pokemon after they've "fainted", why if pokemon can be stored digitally they can't have older states of being saved as back-ups in case they're injured or killed, or any number of other questions.

internal consistency is not the point of pokemon. all that matters is the cute critters, the play mechanics, and the world set before you, ripe for conquest.

On that note, Pokemon must have some built in stalling feature, keeping them from attacking after an opponent has fainted. This would mean that Pokemon are not organic, but completely digital. But since all creatures excluding humans and plants are Pokemon in that world, and that wouldn't make much sense. Unless of course it's all digital, as if the world where made digitally for a child's amusement...

Best thread in a long time

Quote from: PolyhedronClock;1784685

Holy shit that was my middle school's mascot.

Quote from: RobClock;1784754Holy shit that was my middle school's mascot.

You went to Hogwarts?

(Sorry off topic)

Quote from: Paranoid;1784751On that note, Pokemon must have some built in stalling feature, keeping them from attacking after an opponent has fainted.

well I mean obviously with videogames a certain level of abstraction is expected in the gameplay mechanics. there's no true death because it's a kids' game.

Quote from: Slurpee;1784760well I mean obviously with videogames a certain level of abstraction is expected in the gameplay mechanics. there's no true death because it's a kids' game.

So there is no 'wild' Pokemon, for even those labeled as wild must follow rules. 'Wild' Pokemon are just Pokemon with no trainer besides the game itself. And now things make sense, and I can sleep easy.

pokemon are digimon

Quote from: ChalkClock;1784691Don't nobody want to see a jinx naked.

:hi5:

Quote from: Kombucha;1784779:hi5:

:lo5:

I could go deeper

that's what she said

How do pokemon learn moves when they level up because my Shellder is technically a water-type yet it can learn ice-type moves!!! So confusing

Quote from: TelephoneClock;1784786How do pokemon learn moves when they level up because my Shellder is technically a water-type yet it can learn ice-type moves!!! So confusing

Because Shellder is cool.

Quote from: Slurpee;1784784that's what she said

Well that probably wasn't a she.

Speaking of which, anyone else seen the new ones? http://pokebeach.com/2010/09/all-isshu-pokemon-sprites

I'm likin' the grass starter, the Terrier/Shi Tzu, the Spectacled croc, the sarcophagus, and the Bald Eagle. My friends have been really ragging on these guys but I really like them and looking at the initial 150 I know there's some that I just don't think look that great too.

Also, I'm totally catching that knight pokemon and naming him Rutgers.

aww man the fuckin fire pig evolution looks so dang stupid
they're so much cooler when they stay bestial
enough with the fucking megaman shit

I was really hoping they wouldn't screw that up man they always screw up the fires argh


I like the hermit crab, the afro bison because it's an afro bison, and yeah the croc's pretty rad.
the spritework on him reminds me of Bonk.

the ghidora knock-off is growing on me real fast, too. I like the shag haircuts on his preevolutions

it's gonna be stupid if they're some weird type that their appearance doesn't demonstrate at all though I hate that shit
dhurr dhurr it's a steel/ghost type try to guess what completely asinine thing is supereffective against it

a lot of the stupid digimonesque design decisions that starting cropping up in gen 3, too.
and a looooooooot of just instantly forgettable ones.
another generic fluffy thing. another strong fetusy thing. another sentient piece of machinery. another turtle, another deer, another flower, another bird, another fucking cat.

probably not gonna buy pokemon black or white tbqh

I never even finished diamond or soul silver

Pokemon has been dead to me for close to 10 years now..

Quote from: Marlin Clock;1784811Speaking of which, anyone else seen the new ones? http://pokebeach.com/2010/09/all-isshu-pokemon-sprites

I'm likin' the grass starter, the Terrier/Shi Tzu, the Spectacled croc, the sarcophagus, and the Bald Eagle. My friends have been really ragging on these guys but I really like them and looking at the initial 150 I know there's some that I just don't think look that great too.

Also, I'm totally catching that knight pokemon and naming him Rutgers.

i like these:

Quote from: Slurpee;1784819probably not gonna buy pokemon black or white tbqh

I never even finished diamond or soul silver

some japanese rating gave it 40/40, first perfect score for a pokemon game
 



Finishing my post, I find the new typings extremely interesting. Electric-Flying Pokemon? Hell yes!

This will be my team:
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I honestly might buy it just for Wotter and Sarcophagus ghost-hands dude.

Quote from: CaramelAppleClock;1784833Electric-Flying Pokemon? Hell yes!

fuckin kids.

I hate when they make evolutions or pre-evolutions of old Pokemon. Ex: Munchlax


(BTW, Pokemon Black/White Dream Team[ATTACH=CONFIG]1685[/ATTACH])

I'm pretty psyched about Black/White. Lots of cool stuff. The Pokemon themselves are kind of hit and miss, but I can of course just not use the ugly and/or boring ones. These are my favorites:

Edit: Pokebeach took down their Black / White images because they're a bunch of PUSSIES who were (rightly) intimidated by a LIKELY FAKE (but maybe real idk) copyright infringement notice.

Quote from: Slurpee;1784869

fuckin kids.

Hahahaha

Quote from: Kombucha;1784906

wat

Quote from: TequilaClock;1784913wat

It can capture other Pokemon by touching them!

Quote from: Kombucha;1784916It can capture other Pokemon by touching them!

So what happens if you throw a pokeball at him, and he captures it?

Quote from: Paranoid;1784917So what happens if you throw a pokeball at him, and he captures it?

Infinite mushroom-Pokeball summation loop.

Quote from: Kombucha;1784919Infinite mushroom-Pokeball summation loop.

10 points to first to make that. _poogle_

Like I said, pokemon has always been the game of two dozen guys you think look kickass and a bunch you don't care about.


Also, it's IN AMERICA.

Sorry, I had to pull that one out.

Quote from: Slurpee;1784869

fuckin kids.

I meant it as a non-legendary.
Normal-Flying are useless, now you can actually get a better flying pokemon hopefully more early in the game.

Quote from: CaramelAppleClock;1784939Normal-Flying are useless, now you can actually get a better flying pokemon hopefully more early in the game.

Fearow is a badass. You can get spearow near the start of Blue and evolve that bitch at level 20.

Quote from: EnglishClock;1784940

Fearow is a badass. You can get spearow near the start of Blue and evolve that bitch at level 20.

Normal-Flying type's resistance to Fighting moves makes having the Normal type pretty useless, so I might as well get something else in exchange since Normal doesn't have any other weaknesses.

.... but..... it's a bird.... with a mohawk......

A lot of those evolutions look pretty lazy, like gaining an extra head like Doduo.
Also:

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Digimon, digital monsters, Digimon are the champions

I'll just be happy with some more Ice-Types. THERE ARE ONLY 4 PURE ICE TYPES DAMMIT

I agree that Fearow is badass.

Quote from: Ram.;1784949I'll just be happy with some more Ice-Types. THERE ARE ONLY 4 PURE ICE TYPES DAMMIT

You're in luck! There are six more pure Ice-types.

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Quote from: Slurpee;1784760well I mean obviously with videogames a certain level of abstraction is expected in the gameplay mechanics. there's no true death because it's a kids' game.

Quote from: CaramelAppleClock;1784939I meant it as a non-legendary.
Normal-Flying are useless, now you can actually get a better flying pokemon hopefully more early in the game.

Giant eagle



Fuck you

Quote from: SheepClock;1784983

Quote from: Blue, in a pokemon graveyardHey, FARTDICK! What brings you here? Your POKEMON don't look dead! I can at least make them faint! Let's go, pal!

What? You stinker! I took it easy on you too!

How's your POKEDEX coming, pal? I just caught a CUBONE! I can't find the grown-up MAROWAK yet! I doubt there are any left! Well, I better get going! I've got a lot to accomplish, pal! Smell ya later!

yeah real tragic.
he also has caught a gyarados and apparently had time to visit the safari zone (dead raticate in tow???) before "burying" his """"dead""" raticate in his """""""grief""""""", because he caught an exeggcute, too, and evolved his charmander.

your rival arbitrarily stowed his raticate (and his cubone) to go easy on you, just like every other opponent in the game.
that complete lack of any discernible narrative reason for you to be pretty much the only person on the planet that consistently uses all 6 pokeball slots is just another one of those problems in internal logic that I was talking about.

you want to know the real creepy, sad undercurrent in pokemon? it's that lack of internal logic I just got done describing. pokemon was not a fun enchanted land you visited when you were 10, it was a warehouse full of cardboard cutouts with scowly faces painted on them that you were instructed to cut down one after another.
the game was crafted to appeal to the base pinings of a child- escape from the doldrums of schoolwork and people telling you what to do, make friends with (read: subjugate) hundreds of fantastic creatures- a whole world telling you that you're special and smart and bending over for you to conquer it while simultaneously explaining to you exactly how to do so, yet pretending it's all your doing, all a result of how wonderful you are and telling you that you're doing it all out of love and compassion because you're such a great person. it's a cynical, paper-thin manipulation.

also I was blatantly referring to true death as a gameplay mechanic
team rocket was apparently throwing pokemon off the roof of the pokemon tower for no reason, and then you fight a dead marowak. of course the element of death is in there- the point is the player's pokemon are immortal.
even when all your pokemon are down to zero hp, you never lose any progress, the party leader is never in any danger short of a monetary loss with the in-game currency, and the only way to truly lose a pokemon is to trade it, release it, or evolve it into a cooler looking monster with higher stats and better moves. doesn't really happen accidentally, and not exactly a tragedy.
contrast fire emblem, where a party member losing all his health means a dead party member that you're never gonna see again.

""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

Quote from: Slurpee;1784996you want to know the real creepy, sad undercurrent in pokemon? it's that lack of internal logic I just got done describing. pokemon was not a fun enchanted land you visited when you were 10, it was a warehouse full of cardboard cutouts with scowly faces painted on them that you were instructed to cut down one after another.
the game was crafted to appeal to the base pinings of a child- escape from the doldrums of schoolwork and people telling you what to do, make friends with (read: subjugate) hundreds of fantastic creatures- a whole world telling you that you're special and smart and bending over for you to conquer it while simultaneously explaining to you exactly how to do so, yet pretending it's all your doing, all a result of how wonderful you are and telling you that you're doing it all out of love and compassion because you're such a great person. it's a cynical, paper-thin manipulation.

That's some fucked up shit.

Quote from: Slurpee;1784996you want to know the real creepy, sad undercurrent in pokemon? it's that lack of internal logic I just got done describing. pokemon was not a fun enchanted land you visited when you were 10, it was a warehouse full of cardboard cutouts with scowly faces painted on them that you were instructed to cut down one after another.
the game was crafted to appeal to the base pinings of a child- escape from the doldrums of schoolwork and people telling you what to do, make friends with (read: subjugate) hundreds of fantastic creatures- a whole world telling you that you're special and smart and bending over for you to conquer it while simultaneously explaining to you exactly how to do so, yet pretending it's all your doing, all a result of how wonderful you are and telling you that you're doing it all out of love and compassion because you're such a great person. it's a cynical, paper-thin manipulation.

you want to know the real creepy, that you explain it like that.

I'm loving the insight I'm getting into Pokemon in this thread. Slurpee is swell for allowing me to think about the philosophical implications of this monster-training game. This is something that I might have gone my whole life without thinking about, but not anymore.

Yeah, I usually play the game for fun.

Quote from: Slurpee;1784996contrast fire emblem, where a party member losing all his health means a dead party member that you're never gonna see again.

Oh hey this level is almost over I should be safe, time to fight the bosWHERE DID THOSE REINFORCEMENTS COME FROM OH GOD THEY JUST SKULLFUCKED MY ARCHER AND NOW HE'S DEAD.

Quote from: FloundermanClock;1785052Oh hey this level is almost over I should be safe, time to fight the bosWHERE DID THOSE REINFORCEMENTS COME FROM OH GOD THEY JUST SKULLFUCKED MY ARCHER AND NOW HE'S DEAD.

Don't even get started about critical hits.

Quote from: Slash;1785053Don't even get started about critical hits.

1% critical hit ratio? I have nothing to worry abouOH HEY HE GOT ONE AND IM DEAD NOW

Quote from: FloundermanClock;17850541% critical hit ratio? I have nothing to worry abouOH HEY HE GOT ONE AND IM DEAD NOW

It's okay they are all higher levels than me, I have 1k hp potiOH MY GAWD HE 1 HIT KILLED ME.

Quote from: Slurpee;1784996contrast fire emblem, where a party member losing all his health means a dead party member that you're never gonna see again.

hahaha I can't believe I skimmed this part. this game is an example of diabolus ex machina.

creepcrew.cc

Quote from: Slurpee;1784996also I was blatantly referring to true death as a gameplay mechanic
team rocket was apparently throwing pokemon off the roof of the pokemon tower for no reason, and then you fight a dead marowak. of course the element of death is in there- the point is the player's pokemon are immortal.
even when all your pokemon are down to zero hp, you never lose any progress, the party leader is never in any danger short of a monetary loss with the in-game currency, and the only way to truly lose a pokemon is to trade it, release it, or evolve it into a cooler looking monster with higher stats and better moves. doesn't really happen accidentally, and not exactly a tragedy.
contrast fire emblem, where a party member losing all his health means a dead party member that you're never gonna see again.

There is a way of playing pokemon where you release them after they faint.

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ehhm, I actually share similar thoughts with Slurpee here, cause no matter where you look at, Pokemon is still basically a glorified cockfighting game.

Suspension of disbelief is the only thing reeling me back. Well, the gameplay too.

it's actually significantly different from cock-fighting in several important ways

the cock fighting thing is a decent punchline, but it doesn't really consider the multitude of factors at play.

the world of pokemon is dangerous; oak tells you not to enter the tall grass without a pokemon, lest a wild one come and fuck you up. would you like to encounter a wild onyx without a pokemon ally? how about if you weren't a trainer, and a renegade trainer attacked you? would you like to be caught in that situation without any support from another trainer? pokemon trainers aren't just doing this for sport- they're the remnants of a warrior class. (hence training at such a young age, the cults of personality surrounding gym leaders, and the strange way people are so impressed by your status as a trainer.) we're looking at a society that tamed and trained wild animals and repurposed them as tools for battle (a closer analogy than cock fighting might be the titular riders from the Dragonriders of Pern series), as opposed to developing spears and swords. and we're looking at it as that era was coming to an end.
the league might even be the united remnants of military classes from a feudal era, repurposed for sport in a world that's quickly running out of use for such brutality- consider what the development of the master ball, capture styler, and the magnet train would mean in terms of public safety.

This is probably very specific, but:


-Why does no one catch the legendary pokemon? In Gen 1 they're really easy to find.

-Why does Red go to Mt. Silver and lay around? He could be famous, but chooses to run away.

-How come there is no police? Team Rocket is running around and no cops are around to stop them.

Think about it guys. Think about it.

Quote from: DiscoBallClock;1785170-How come there is no police? Team Rocket is running around and no cops are around to stop them.

Team Rocket owns the police!

Quote from: DiscoBallClock;1785170This is probably very specific, but:


-Why does no one catch the legendary pokemon? In Gen 1 they're really easy to find.

-Why does Red go to Mt. Silver and lay around? He could be famous, but chooses to run away.

-How come there is no police? Team Rocket is running around and no cops are around to stop them.

Think about it guys. Think about it.

you meet a cop in celadon. the rockets ransacked a house. you get the tm for dig.

nobody knows what red's deal is, but personally I advocate the theory that he became so good at training and capturing pokemon, he began to push passed the bounds of the known world in search of further challenge. off the coasts of cinnabar island, he bore firsthand witness to a pokemon eldritch abomination and did an acrobatic fucking grand jete off the edge of sanity.

Well yeah that's true, but for example, when they invade Silph Co there is no single cop there. I mean, it's a big fucking deal when a bunch of criminals take over a whole building and make hostages.



Also, why can't the employees or the company have guard pokemon? That would have fended off the Rockets (not Giovanni maybe, only if they ganged up or if they were really powerful guard pokemon)

Quote from: Satellite;1785174Team Rocket owns the police!

Which is why you battle policemen in G/S/C/HG/SS.

THEY'RE ALL DIRTY COPS.

Quote from: Slurpee;1785175you meet a cop in celadon. the rockets ransacked a house. you get the tm for dig.

You mean Cerulean :p

Quotenobody knows what red's deal is, but personally I advocate the theory that he became so good at training and capturing pokemon, he began to push passed the bounds of the known world in search of further challenge. off the coasts of cinnabar island, he bore firsthand witness to a pokemon eldritch abomination and did an acrobatic fucking grand jete off the edge of sanity.

Eh, I don't like it too much.

Quote from: DiscoBallClock;1785177Well yeah that's true, but for example, when they invade Silph Co there is no single cop there. I mean, it's a big fucking deal when a bunch of criminals take over a whole building and make hostages.



Also, why can't the employees or the company have guard pokemon? That would have fended off the Rockets (not Giovanni maybe, only if they ganged up or if they were really powerful guard pokemon)

Maybe they did and they've already been defeated? They probably don't have time to train with their jobs so they just weren't powerful enough for team rocket.

Quote from: Marlin Clock;1785191Maybe they did and they've already been defeated? They probably don't have time to train with their jobs so they just weren't powerful enough for team rocket.

Are you kidding? Team Rocket's pokemon are really weak, the police force must suck to be beaten by them.

Besides in the world of Pokemon having powerful police pokemon and training them should be rather important

Quote from: DiscoBallClock;1785194Besides in the world of Pokemon having powerful police pokemon and training them should be rather important

Not if there are ten year olds to do the police's job for them.

which goes back to what I was saying about the trainers as a warrior class

Quote from: DiscoBallClock;1785194Are you kidding? Team Rocket's pokemon are really weak, the police force must suck to be beaten by them.

Besides in the world of Pokemon having powerful police pokemon and training them should be rather important

I was talking about the scientists. Why can't anyone actually pay attention to what I'm typing today, damn it.

Quote from: Slurpee;1785166it's actually significantly different from cock-fighting in several important ways

the cock fighting thing is a decent punchline, but it doesn't really consider the multitude of factors at play.

the world of pokemon is dangerous; oak tells you not to enter the tall grass without a pokemon, lest a wild one come and fuck you up. would you like to encounter a wild onyx without a pokemon ally? how about if you weren't a trainer, and a renegade trainer attacked you? would you like to be caught in that situation without any support from another trainer? pokemon trainers aren't just doing this for sport- they're the remnants of a warrior class. (hence training at such a young age, the cults of personality surrounding gym leaders, and the strange way people are so impressed by your status as a trainer.) we're looking at a society that tamed and trained wild animals and repurposed them as tools for battle (a closer analogy than cock fighting might be the titular riders from the Dragonriders of Pern series), as opposed to developing spears and swords. and we're looking at it as that era was coming to an end.
the league might even be the united remnants of military classes from a feudal era, repurposed for sport in a world that's quickly running out of use for such brutality- consider what the development of the master ball, capture styler, and the magnet train would mean in terms of public safety.

Well, the world of Pokemon DOES have spears and swords, and even guns. Yet they still find it necessary to fight with these animals.

the anime doesn't count

Quote from: Slurpee;1785215the anime doesn't count

The anime has been providing pervs with hentai ideas since the beginning.

slurpee can you just lay on me everything you've got regarding pokemon?

Spoilers: Giovanni is Ash's father.

Pokemon is actually an alternate universe Hiroshima/Nagasaki in which the nuclear bombs didn't kill everything and instead lead to magical mutations.

Quote from: LimewireClock;1785222Spoilers: Giovanni is Ash's father.

Really? I always thought it was Mister Mime.

Quote from: Paranoid;1785227Really? I always thought it was Mister Mime.

Hahahahaha

Quote from: Paranoid;1785227Really? I always thought it was Mister Mime.

Maybe they had a gangbang or something. As does look kind of I'm a edgy teen.

Quote from: RibsClock;1785232And racer X is really his brother "Rex". See, say "racer X" really fast and it becomes...

:suicide:

And SpongeBob is really one of them homo-sex-u-als.

Quote from: Satellite;1785218slurpee can you just lay on me everything you've got regarding pokemon?

I don't, like, have a dissertation lying around or anything

tbqh I don't really actually even have a firm concept of what I think about pokemon.

most the things I've said itt are just artifacts of how I process shit- loose pretexts and annotations helping me accept and process experiences and information in in a way relative to the world as I understand it, in a kind of mental shorthand, until I'm called upon in some respect to introduce, develop, and defend them as concepts. I need something to bounce off of.

except for the eldritch abomination thing. I got that from this dudette, and I liked it enough to parrot and stealadopt.

it would probably take a really long time and a lot of reflecting to properly conceive and develop and amalgamate my various extrapolations regarding pokemon, and I'm not really that interested. I just think it's funny.

the more inconsequential and multifaceted the subject, the easier the process of unabstracting it flows, which is why I've always got awesome things to say about star wars and video games and comic books and the clock crew. it's just an entertaining mental exercise to sit down and try to fully consider aspects of something that I generally take for granted.

but anyway I'm getting kind of meta here so

This thread is awesome and I am considering goldmining it. You cool with it Slurps?

idc

and then there was Elysium for this thread