I love the mario 3 rants already.

You probably already know this, but when using the Toad Houses in worlds 5 and 6, always choose the rightmost chest to get Tanooki and Hammer suits, respectively. (Actually, I only know that the first house in W5 gives a Tanooki, while two of them in W6, the first house and the house surrounded by water, give Hammer suits via the third chest.)

You'll probably end up wanting the hammers for some Pipe Maze levels, which can be annoying as hell without them.

[QUOTE USER="slowflake" TIME="1255224029"]
Okay. October 10, 9:20 PM, and I STILL haven't been beta-ified. How long can it last?[/QUOTE]

Wouldn't count on it lasting for too much longer. They put down my old channel about 18 hours ago.

They've gone and done it now. I'm beta too. And let me tell you, it's a pain in the ass to customize and navigate.

I hope the bastards get so much hate mail that at least they don't try to do this again.

I can't decide if my biggest beef is that all channel vids are lumped into those separate sidebar channel menus, or that clicking any vid loads it into the player right there- when clicking the comments section doesn't even load the comments page itself, but the original video page with the most recent comments on display. Seems pretty stupid.

I was the last hold out on the whole beta channels thing, my account just got changed about an hour ago though.
Time of my channels death 11:00 A.M; I will miss you old channel design but at least I have the desire now to make my own background now so it sucks less.

lawl, waaaaaaaaaay back when it was just in the first stages of beta, I had printscreened my channel with its background and saved it, just so I'd have an image of before it was shafted. Loser much? =P

Part 95 up! For those of you who want to see a challenge... I'm afraid you'll have to wait until the E4. The presence of those Dragonairs essentially makes this a 6-on-1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A21LH2v9dnY&fmt=18

As for my beef with the channels, I have enough of it to feed the entire Third World for a decade. Harder to navigate, harder to customize... urgh.

After FINALLY getting an acount here, I am able to contribute on two fronts! Good luck with the remainder of you're LPs, no good advice this time (although I bet you know who I am on Youtube, right?)

Thank you very much!

The current status of stage 3 testing from my own point of view:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNsLVmEA-Sk&fmt=18

To be fair, there's some interesting stuff in the comments as well... something tells me that, if the OU side of the argument manages to stage a comeback, Latias should be held directly responsible for an eventual Garchomp unbanning. It's quite possibly the Pokémon that gives Garchomp the most trouble when it comes to picking an item (pick wrong and you know what creek you're up!), and it was still uber when Yachechomp broke the game.

Then again, the uber side got a slight majority even with LatiOs around, so if anything we'll get a repeat next round.

Having done it for a little over a week now, I think I've found a way that the Battle Tower can actually be a lot of fun, in short little increments.

Basically, since I've had the game I've hacked somewhere in the zone of 80 pokes, which includes multiple sets for different pokes, and much like the trainers in the BT, they're all crammed together in national dex order within the PC and make up my roster as a whole. I then use an online RNG to select four and use them to attempt to complete a streak. Hold items can get to be a problem, considering there's something like 13 Life Orbs, 11 Expert Belts, 7 Choice Bands, etc.. but if that happens I either use the RNG again or just pick a replacement.

After beating a streak I replace the old set until the next time I have to use the shitter, which is the only time I play this game anymore.

Through this I've gotten a newfound respect for Floatzel, and an adoration for Choice Scarf Magnezone, two pokes I otherwise rarely if ever used. Especially Maggy, who would be a good pokemon if its speed didn't make its typing such a liability.

Cool story bro, mirite?

I agree. It isn't as broken as it was before (see: Trick, Bullet Punch Scizor, and many others were come up with after he left), and, while it may be good in Ubers, it still is at least top tier OU.

Then again, the more Latias's there are, the better: it is more defensive than Latios, and that MIGHT mean it can counter Garchomp.

Oh, and the idea of an "Uber" item was around WAY before the Soul Dew. See: Little cup, Deepseatooth.

And the best thing about Garchy being OU? Cresselia will rise up to the top again, and with more Cresselias... comes more Heracrosses! Yay for the pokemon who can use Guts'd, SDd, Facades, Night Slashes and CCs to OKAO all non-ubers!

Don't count your chickens before they hatch... I'm expecting another close vote in favor of the uber option.

But yeah, I'm a bit sad that Heracross and Cresselia, two Pokémon who by all means are better than that, are so dangerously close to the OU cut-off... we're even starting to see a few "don't use Heracross/Cresselia" movements just for the sole purpose of having them in UU.

With that being said, Garchomp is in real danger against Latias no matter what unless it packs a Scarf, and I think we can all agree that being forced to use it means it simply has less potential for a sweep than in the Yache, Swords Dance, bonsoir, elle est partie days.

Oh, I almost forgot (well, not really), Risingbadge and a few loose ends!

Part 96: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMjd4AckHTg&fmt=18
Part 97: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1rT69kyKu8&fmt=18

It's especially a shame for Heracross who grossly outdamages Scizor on all fronts in most cases, the only difference being he doesn't have a priority move to do it with.

Scizor is like a flatchested girl that went and got a pair of Ds, and now all of a sudden she's stunning, and these numerous minor features that weren't accented by anything now make a great package. You know Superpower wouldn't have meant shit if Scizor didn't have Bullet Punch; it'd just be part of a CB set that Heracross used much more efficiently, and with a better ability.

Repto, it is as I said earlier: With Flame Orb, Guts, Swords Dance, Night Slash, Close Combat, and Facade, he can LITERALLY Okao EVERYTHING in all of OU, and everything in UU, BL, and NU as well. Not so sure on Ubers... I don't think he can 1 hit Groudon.

Still, the only real reason I can see Heracross going to UU is that low speed... and if he gets into UU, he'll be BL before you know it.

Oh, and I wonder why people didn't notice the CCAT based around Hera, the team is nearly flawless.

Current events? In my LP? Surely you jest. Nope, not this time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WUdCXOR-dU&fmt=18

Damn, it's sorta hard to listen to your rants on the current events while watching those battles. >_>

I know, those Machokes are simply too strong!

[QUOTE USER="crossdragon" TIME="1255654053"]Damn, it's sorta hard to listen to your rants on the current events while watching those battles. >_>[/QUOTE]

Wait, there were battles?

Since his commentary is 95% of the reason to watch his pokemon LPs, I pretty much do other stuff while listening to him, glancing at the screen when he specifically mentions something in regard to what he's actually doing (I'm sure he's noticed all of my comments on his vids have basically been in regard to something he said, and not did.) Occasionally I eat one of my apparently beneficial 5 meals out of the day while watching the LPs.

The Sonic LPs on the other hand.. not looking at the screen means you don't know why he's yelling and swearing! Same with Mario Bros, though he hasn't lost his temper yet.