Did you spam it throughout the Black Omen to kill the wave after wave of annoying and bulky enemies?

Im libelldra slow, I told you so my self. Or I tried to maybe my computer screwed up again.

A little bit, though I like to keep my MP for bosses.

As for the LFM account... I knew someone told me, I just didn't remember it was you.

Edit: By the way, Repto, I did notice the Vortex FAQ was yours. And you have a sick sense of humor, you know...

When you're ready to leave, walk up that huge staircase to the throne area, where you'll face a 20-round battle, each consisting of six Golem Overlords. Bootleg copies of the game, however, will net you a single battle with two Bone Knights, Deathcreepers, and Dire Rats apiece.

Such a shame, 120 Golem Overlords would've made for some awesome experience treadmilling. Diablo 2's cow level would've had nothing on that place. (Especially since there's no one to hold Wirt's leg hostage, or stupidly kill the king before you can quit the game... but I'm rambling on, and if you haven't played Diablo 2 you wouldn't understand anyway.) But seriously, I bet you've had countless e-mails from idiots who think you claim they have bootleg copies. This is GameFAQs we're talking about, after all.

On another note, this week, I've done level 18 of Ken's Labyrinth, Latheon Gorge, and the Water Temple. Now I think I'll go attempt to recruit Giratina in MD2... nah, just kidding, I've had it up to there with tedious (or in Kenlab's case, really ****ing hard) dungeons. But it's true that I haven't gotten Giratina yet.

Jesus Christ, talk about coincidence. Earlier today I was browsing the board and searched for "DV" and "guide" since some people apparently don't know how to send email, and prefer to point things out in topics that aren't even addressed to me. And I find these:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=950181&topic=47654854
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=950181&topic=47289542

It's not "countless emails from idiots", but daaaaaaamn.

I like injecting a little bit of humor into my guides, even the occasional line that makes you go "what the fuck is he smoking" but apparently no matter how hard I try to make it seem too absurd to fall for, people do.

Likewise in another guide I list a Ditto as having Explosion among other moves and Slaking having Wonderguard. Those have gotten emails, along with a quip about female Mr. Mime which I eventually did remove since I was getting a LOT of emails telling me the reason behind it, which I knew before even making the quip in jest.

DAMN people are dense.

Beat the Dream Devourer this morning... what I did, as you might expect, was spam Apocalypse Arm + Dragon's Tear while Crono and Marle did nothing but constantly Aura Whirl. IMO any other method would result in a crushing loss at worst and a war of attrition at best, thanks to thick defenses and MP Buster counters up the ass. Would've used Double Cure instead of Aura Whirl, but Marle didn't have Cure II, so that was out of the question. Aura Whirl every turn kept my HP at or near max at all times anyway.

No new videos this weekend, since we got an invitation to watch the Super Bowl at one of my father's friends' place (hi2u obscenely large HDTV) and I've got other things to do as well.

[QUOTE USER="slowflake" TIME="1233424649"]DAMN people are dense.

Beat the Dream Devourer this morning... what I did, as you might expect, was spam Apocalypse Arm + Dragon's Tear while Crono and Marle did nothing but constantly Aura Whirl. IMO any other method would result in a crushing loss at worst and a war of attrition at best, thanks to thick defenses and MP Buster counters up the ass. Would've used Double Cure instead of Aura Whirl, but Marle didn't have Cure II, so that was out of the question. Aura Whirl every turn kept my HP at or near max at all times anyway.

No new videos this weekend, since we got an invitation to watch the Super Bowl at one of my father's friends' place (hi2u obscenely large HDTV) and I've got other things to do as well.[/QUOTE]

You mean you didn't farm the re-spawning Rubble on the Mountain of Woe until everyone (except Magus) had learned all their techs?
...n00b...

Personally, even in single-player games I try to avoid exploiting glitches. Whether this is one is one thing (especially considering they didn't ever fix it, despite the game being ported to PS1 and remade for DS), but it's still borderline enough that I felt like passing up on it, so that I wouldn't regret it later.

Eh, it's not exactly a glitch. Rubble just give a crapload of TP. It's just a form of grinding.

Is the respawning Rubble a confirmed glitch? As opposed to a hidden gift of sorts that we can exploit for our benefit?

I suppose I could understand it being a glitch, because the Fated Hour sidequests is a freaking sea of TP you can drown in. The Black Omen alone has a few thousand's worth on a single trip, if you're able to kill those eyeballs.

At the same time, if you're going to try to kill Lavos in the Ocean Palace on a new game, you all but NEED that Rubble. Both for TP and to earn the money to afford the Vigil Hats that protect you from Chaos Zone.

I know they give a crapload of TP, but the thing is that all the others just disappear after you beat them once. But not this one, and I'm sure it wasn't intended by the game designers. If it's not a glitch, it's still a blatant oversight.

And I see it as my job as a gamer to utilize every trick possible in the game that isn't an obvious glitch. I really don't see how one could consider the fact that one of a type of enemy respawns when none of the rest do as a glitch. I considered it a gift, just like the extra Prism Specs I won from the Arena while still in Prehistory the first time.
Was it unwise of the game designers to include such a powerful item as a prize in the Arena, probably. Was it an oversight, maybe. Does this mean I won't take advantage of it? Hell no.

Comparing the two doesn't even make sense. The Prism Specs in the prize list is most definitely intended - if they didn't want you to have it, it wouldn't have been there. The Rubble is much more likely to be a programming flaw.

But back to what this topic is supposed to be about... expect at least two new videos later tonight.

Edit: Here they are!

Part 61: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc8g52fYgKE
Part 62: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jInZe1fzrfo

The next batch of videos will probably be a much bigger one, since I'm planning on recording Zapdos all in one shot.

[QUOTE USER="slowflake" TIME="1233577578"]I know they give a crapload of TP, but the thing is that all the others just disappear after you beat them once. But not this one, and I'm sure it wasn't intended by the game designers. If it's not a glitch, it's still a blatant oversight.[/QUOTE]

Ah, sorry about that then. I didn't know that they aren't supposed to respawn.

Also, I've been waiting for the tackling of Zapdos for a very long time. :3

Apparently someone saw fit to give your latest Red video a poor rating, for whatever reason. 5'd it up so at least it won't still be an ugly three and a half.

For kicks, I concocted a little graph showing the capture odds of a Pokémon with a catch rate of 3 (that being most legendaries except for Mew, Celebi, Kyogre, Groudon, Dialga, Palkia and Shaymin). I used the one at Bulbagarden, since the one most people have seen is definitely wrong (as anyone who tried to catch a level 3 Pidgey at full health can attest).

- Red represents a Pokéball.
- Yellow represents an Ultra Ball.
- Purple represents a Dusk Ball.
- A square means the Pokémon has no status.
- A lozenge means the Pokémon is burned, paralyzed or poison.
- A triangle means the Pokémon is asleep or frozen.
- Note that the first two asleep/frozen lines overlap with the non-status lines of the next ball, hence why you can only see seven lines.



Fun fact: catching an asleep/frozen Pokémon at 5% health with a Dusk Ball is guaranteed if the catch rate is 34 or higher! Even Dialga and Palkia don't have much of a chance of escaping!

Edit: Turns out I'm not even close to fighting Zapdos. Partly because of the game, partly because I decided so. Still, here's part 63:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfNaaIdrGbU

Catch rates of three are needlessly frustrating and difficult to capture and only entice the player to hack or trade/import Master Balls. God knows how many times I've False Swiped a legend to 1 HP and spored it, over and over, only to waste upwards of a dozen balls trying to catch it.

Add the factor of IV hunting among other things and I'd make the argument that competitive pokemon is all but unplayable/unenjoyable without hacking or sims.

I fully agree about that last part. This is the reason why simulators exist. Well, and sleep clause and ubers and so on.

As for False Swipe... well, I don't see too much of a point. I could understand if the catch chance increased faster as the HP goes down, but it doesn't. Get that legendary down to 5% health, put it to sleep, chuck Dusk Balls and you get a 9% chance of catching it. As opposed to 9.3% when it has just one HP. I'd much rather use that moveslot for something useful.

Therein lies the problem: that magic "5%." The way I play my games, most legendaries will be killed by an attack in any number of hits without being dropped to the low red first. In fact steel legends are a blessing thanks to their typing and are muuuuch easier to weaken when you can peck at them and not 2-3HKO.

The boatload of mono-typed frail things are not, as their crappy defensive typing and defensive stats make them get fainted quickly by most things lategame when you're able to catch them. I gave my ingame Azelf so many attempts before I said "fuck this" and started using the MB so I could just concentrate on getting a Naive one with good offensive IVs.

Actually, Azelf wasn't that much of a problem for me. What I did was that I used a level 13 Spiritomb with Hypnosis. It was able to block Confusion and Uproar (a blessing with Nasty Plot in its moveset), and I switched out whenever I was about to take a Future Sight. So not only was I never in any danger of dying, but Spiritomb's ultra-weak Faint Attacks got Azelf down to nearly nothing.

Edit: VGCats' latest Super Effective comic brings back some painful memories. Not to me, since I've always been a Bulbasaur man, but to everyone who picked the SUPA COOL LIZARD THING and hasn't figured out the game's basics by the time they reach the first gym, hitting a brock wall and dying a horrible, rocky death. (With Ground-types.)

Jesus fucking christ. What kind of normal Slowbro survives a Leaf Storm?

I can't even remotely point at a spread because even with a ridiculous 252/252 Calm spread the thing can still deal over 400 damage, and this same Slowbro was still eating Sword Danced STAB attacks with 40% of its health left.

Assuming that Slowbro still ran Relaxed nature and yet maxed its SDef its odds of surviving Leaf Storm was 3%.

To piss me off even more, this Slowbro is the last of six, and with no muscle at all can basically do nothing but spam Slack Off and Yawn. Gay. I'd have stayed in and Leaf Stormed it again to death but that usage happened to be the 8th one.