Soul Splint Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Fighting VS Dark:A bunch of jocks beating up a bunch of emos. You win the internet. Dragon weak to ice isn't surprising, they usually are in most stories and movies that I'm familiar with. But Poison weak to Psychic? Hmmm..... That's gonna take a couple of nights to sleep on it. Even better, WHY do bugs resist fighting? I don't know about anyone else, but the few times I have punched a bug I definitely won the fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenogu Labz Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Bugs vs. fighting: Bugs that size are gonna have some pretty thick exoskeletons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC2151 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 I mean yeah, an ant can lift 50 times its weight. Now, imagine a huge-ass ant. You get the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overflow Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 I mean yeah, an ant can lift 50 times its weight.Now, imagine a huge-ass ant. Made of metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Briggs Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 has someone already said "who gives a fuck" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDX Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 psychic beats poison because shit man how you gonna poison a psychic expanding on that thought Ground beats Rock? Where did that rock come from? Bug beats Dark? Lots of bugs come out at night. Ever turn on the lights are 2 in the morning in a place that's usually dark? Guarantee there's gonna be at least one spider sitting on the wall. And most bugs either can see in the dark or they don't use their eyes. Or they don't have any. Ice beats Dragon? cold blood Fighting beats Steel? Have you ever tried to punch something made out of steel? japanese myth Even better, WHY do bugs resist fighting?I don't know about anyone else, but the few times I have punched a bug I definitely won the fight. I'm seriously willing to bet at least half of the type match ups have something to do with some ancient japanese myth or something. It's possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalcyonSpirit Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 But Poison weak to Psychic? Hmmm.....That's gonna take a couple of nights to sleep on it. I suppose you've never read Dune? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Or that psychic energy somehow purifies poison... or mind over matter, or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soul Splint Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 I suppose you've never read Dune? I have, but its been years. Elaboration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalcyonSpirit Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 I have, but its been years. Elaboration? The most obvious example that comes to mind is when Jessica, being the story's equivalent of a psychic, drinks the Water of Life and is able to change the structure of the poison it contained so as to render it harmless. Basically, what Damned just said above about psychic energy purifying poison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Frank Herbert was one of the influences on Satoshi Tajiri's creation of Pokémon back in the early early 90s. OK, not really... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Bottle Rocket Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Well shit, now I must like pokemon because I quite clearly love dune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaki-LEGEND.sys Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 You guys should take your pokegasm over to the actual Pokemon thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 When the next ZP episode is out, sure. Until then, the discussion is valid, just like every other game he reviewed and we talked about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 But why is ice strong vs. ground? Why is flying strong vs. fight? Rock strong vs. bug? About half of them make perfect sense and the others are whatever they are for the sake of balance. Dude, I totally got this. Ice vs. Ground: Frozen Soil is more brittle etc. Psychic Vs. Dark thing can be explained away by the fact that Dark Types are evil (their type in japanese is aku, which literally means evil) so their minds are basically too evil to comprehend, a psychic void, etc. They're kind of pussies physically so they do get pushed around by Fighting types, and they piss their pants at the sight of big scary bugs. Same goes for Psychics who get scared by ghosts, dark types, and bugs. Fighting in general beats everything that can be considered brittle, from Ice up to Steel (Brick Break, Rock Smash), but has trouble reaching Flying types. Their attacks are also ineffective against poison types since those often have amorphous bodies that can absorb physical punches. The same goes for bugs because catching flies with chopsticks, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scufo Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I always thought of Dark types more as "dirty fighters" than genuine evil. Moves like Sucker Punch and Thief and Beat Up. That's why I like the idea of Fighting types beating them because they are straight up more skilled and dirty fighting doesn't phase them. But hey I guess if the ORIGINAL JAPANESE says they're evil then whatev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROTO·DOME Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Surely to make a balanced game, they had to come up with a few random, nonsensical weaknesses to keep it fun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril the Wolf Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Surely to make a balanced game, they had to come up with a few random, nonsensical weaknesses to keep it fun? FUN??!?! WHO PLAYS GAMES FOR FUN!!! You sir, clearly need to reevaluate your stance on life. <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocre Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Yakuza 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Crysis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin Crust Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Crysis 2 Hey, he's not in this one either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big giant circles Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Nintendo 3DS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin Crust Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Hey, he's not in this one either. What's going on Yatzee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 For some reason, I can not watch any video on the Escapist. Any of them. It's not that they aren't playing, it's that they aren't even loading. Like, as in, there is no place for the video on the page for them to appear. It's like it's been filtered out by adblock or something, except according to adblock, there isn't any video to block. The server itself seems to be not sending anything video-related to my computer at all. And yes, I checked adblock, it's not listing anything related to videos to block, and I've even tried disabling the entire site just to see if that was the problem. No good, video are still completely non-existent. I've made sure everything is up-to-date, and still nothing. I can only assume that I have been video-watching banned from the Escapist for some reason, or that Sony network hackers have somehow fucked with the page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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