Getting a Sacred Fire TM would mean getting Ho-oh to use it for scientists, who according to Pokemon lore doesn't show itself to people under normal circumstances. The only time we've gotten to even see it do anything within a game is nuking the mayor's copter in the shitpile of a game Colosseum.

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Now, a Flare Blitz TM, on the other hand... They could do it, but Flareon would be deprived of it much like he's deprived of Solarbeam. Stop laughing, Magcargo.

Good point, Repto. I was just using Sacred Fire as an example since it's such an awesome move, but it can go for any awesome move that can be learned by non-legendaries... wait, what about Smeargle? (Fun fact: Chatter can't be sketched.)

If you notice abnormalities in the number of comments in parts 34 and 35, I nuked the comments of some guy who asked me to comment on a variety of absolute garbage movesets he made up, such as Curse Shuckle or Headbutt GSC Hypno. There's only so much crap I can take before going bat**** insane, and since I have the right to flush comments down the toilet, I took the liberty of going to town on those.

Ken's Labyrinth part 3 should be up later today.

Edit: Here it is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Qf1TN-eII

I'm surprised he hadn't been doing that on more of your vids. Take a look inside your profile to see if he spammed your comments box also. A while back I had a guy that incessantly asked me to do a run of a certain YI stage, posting the same request multiple times in my videos and comments. Didn't even deviate the text.

Nah, I got lucky, only 34 and 35.

Heh, since the time I've wanted to go all Stalin on stupid posts on internet forums... this is a dream come true. (Speaking of Stalin, that's all Shuckle should ever do. lol horrible pun.)

Edit: In part 35 I mentioned a big spike for my viewership... yesterday I got such a major spike for ONE video (part 27). Thanks to the Insight thingy, I figured out that most of these views came from the fact that part 27 was in the "related videos" section of an uploaded version of the Crasher Wake anime episode (#551). Now, why part 27 in particular, I honestly have no idea, but that's quite the involuntary publicity stunt.

Urgh, stupid glitch.

Actually, it turns out that spike is even bigger than I thought... part 27 has had a good 150-200 views just from the Wake episode, and odds are it'll pass part 1 as my most viewed video before long (to give you an idea, part 1 has over twice as many views as any other of my vids short of part 27). But oddly, it doesn't rub off on other videos, not even part 1 itself, so does that mean people only watch part 27? Or maybe part of it... can't wait to get Hot Spots data for that, especially since I already got it for part 1. The pattern is that the graph stays relatively good all the way until the game actually begins, then it drops off all the way until the Blue battle begins, increases all the way until Blue's actually defeated, then drops off again. So wait, does that mean viewership is at its highest when Charmander goes down, more than when the battle actually takes place? Weird.

But that's enough ramblings. Ken part 4 tomorrow, hopefully.

I know what you mean. After KSSU was released one of my videos skyrocketed and it started getting 1000+ views per month. The others climbed a little or a lot, but it was the one that somehow got tied to a KSSU vid that was reaping them in. I also have no clue how it got associated with the other, but after a little while it now has 4,000 more hits than my second most watched. Coincidentally it's the prime target for dumbass comments.

Really? And it lasted more than a month to boot? I'm not expecting that for mine, because that episode is going to end up being forgotten before then. For kicks, though, what does the Hot Spots graph look like for that vid of yours? Did everyone just stop watching after 30 seconds, or did they watch the whole thing? (Unless it, in fact, lasts 30 seconds, in which case you may ignore that question.)

Oh yeah, Ken part 4 is up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z-MoQ_K7fo

Don't worry, next is Pokémon Red part 36. With one of my favorite moments in every single Pokémon game... getting the Fly HM!

Well, it may not have been all that there was to it, but 75% of the views were coming from related videos for a particular Arena segment on KSSU (how they got lumped together is beyond me; different power, different mode so to speak, etc.) And I noticed that by and far this particular run was scoring a lot of hits, sometimes 150 in one day (hey, for us, that's a frigging lot) and near the end of a given month it would've accumulated at least 1k in hits. Granted it's been around for over 6 months now and had been my most viewed by a little bit before the skyrocket, but something was picking up views that wasn't doing it for the others. It's not my featured vid, in fact my efforts to help one of my other better runs along by featuring it has only worked a little bit. My most recent one is faring a lot better.

As for hotspots, there's a huge drop right at the very beginning, which I pretty much deduce as the group of people that aren't interested in my method of killing most things, and a spike at the very end, which I think is for Kracko or Marx. Surprisingly no spike for what I consider the most interesting part, but whatever. I honestly haven't paid much attention to the hotspots apart from noticing that one really far outshined the others.

Most of my videos aren't rated too often, either, but at least most of them manage to average a 5. The ones that aren't I'm hoping they'll bump back up at some point.

Would you have any remote interest in doing a LP for a game like Sonic 3 & Knuckles? You seem to like the series enough, and I think it'd potentially be widely viewed. It happens to be the only Sonic game I bother to go for all the emeralds in one playthrough (without abusing the Mushroom Hill Zone portal on a save file), since it's the only game I consistently score them in.

I might do it in the more distant future, but there are no plans for a third simultaneous LP right now, nor do I like the idea of doing three at a time. So it's at least going to wait until Ken's Labyrinth is done, and even then, there's no guarantee I'll ever do it. But yeah, it's not a bad idea for a future LP, especially since Sonic games lend themselves well to that sort of thing.

Edit (praying it gets through...): Part 36 up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRFJ0Z1bAE8

...nope, it didn't get through. Did Polite just pull a Diablo 2 and correct a fatal bug by introducing another fatal bug?

Edit: Ken's Labyrinth part 5! Yes, I find that bouncer within 30 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqYOl4WmREM

hey slow have you been playing Sonic Unleashed?

I have picked it up and am loving it, although the werehog can get boring at time. However playing as sonic has never felt this good on a 3d console before. This is how sonic was meant to run, and to be honest this game might be even better than SA2.

Ah, Sonic Unleashed. Now, most of the time, I am a vehement aggressor towards the Sonic franchise. I dislike the series as a whole purely because Sonic was Mario's pseudo rival back in the day. Still, as of late, I am looking into the series because of how bland Mario can be. I realize he practically set the standard for platformers on his own, but it's become so overdone that you can't get more generic than 'kill the bad guy by jumping on it'.

All of this just basically means I am pretty interested in S:U right now, especially after seeing the Holoska (or however the hell you spell it) daytime level. I mean, DAMN, it's more fast-paced than I thought it would be. Still, the Werehog looks incredibly boring, but I've never been a fan of beat-'em-ups. It doesn't help that Werehog levels apparently make up two-thirds of the game, with only a few Sonic levels. Ah well, I don't think it's worth $50, not unless I get it as a gift.

[QUOTE USER="shadianvise" TIME="1228024218"]Ah, Sonic Unleashed. Now, most of the time, I am a vehement aggressor towards the Sonic franchise. I dislike the series as a whole purely because Sonic was Mario's pseudo rival back in the day. Still, as of late, I am looking into the series because of how bland Mario can be. I realize he practically set the standard for platformers on his own, but it's become so overdone that you can't get more generic than 'kill the bad guy by jumping on it'.

All of this just basically means I am pretty interested in S:U right now, especially after seeing the Holoska (or however the hell you spell it) daytime level. I mean, DAMN, it's more fast-paced than I thought it would be. Still, the Werehog looks incredibly boring, but I've never been a fan of beat-'em-ups. It doesn't help that Werehog levels apparently make up two-thirds of the game, with only a few Sonic levels. Ah well, I don't think it's worth $50, not unless I get it as a gift.[/QUOTE]


Are you taking 360 here, because the game has a 1:1 ratio between day and night stages. It also, like classic sonic games gets harder and harder untill you want to kill someone. The music score is really good in this game along with the fact that the 360 version looks great, controls great, and most of all Sonic is fast. Insanely fast, like his max speed I think is literally the sound barrier in this game. Also the 360 levels are longer, not to mention more day stages, challenges, and full hubs.

Also about the werehog, in the 360 version, goes faster preforms more moves, and looks cooler with better stages.

All in all the 360 version is overall better, but is also identical to the PS3 version minus achievments and xbox live.

[QUOTE USER="shadianvise" TIME="1228024218"] Still, as of late, I am looking into the series because of how bland Mario can be. I realize he practically set the standard for platformers on his own, but it's become so overdone that you can't get more generic than 'kill the bad guy by jumping on it'.[/QUOTE]

Curious, what exactly do you expect of Mario? Mario games have never been solely about killing things by jumping on them, but platforming, and in that regard almost all of the titles have managed to outdo the ones before them. Perhaps I'm just being a fanboy here, but Galaxy was one of the best platformers I'd ever played, and not once did it cross my mind that I was just playing the same old shit on a more advanced piece of hardware. I don't see where you're pulling this "overdone" from.

And for what it's worth, Sunshine took Mario to a level naught attempted by any other game, and got overwhelmingly negative reviews from a lot of diehard fans. Also note that other classic series like MegaMan and Sonic know what it feels like to bomb, and they've drastically altered their formulas later in their series. None of the Mario platformers have experienced that kind of failure.

Exactly. While SMB3 may never be equaled, I'll be damned if the other installments don't bring their own charm to the table. Galaxy especially, which was fantastic.

As for Sonic Unleashed... I'm not playing it now, and I won't be playing it middle-term either.

Anyway, I'll try to continue the Pokémon Red LP today.

FUCK. I was planning to do both quotes in one post, but I messed it up. EDIT:

[QUOTE USER="hebrewhammer" TIME="1228028281"]

Are you taking 360 here, because the game has a 1:1 ratio between day and night stages. It also, like classic sonic games gets harder and harder untill you want to kill someone. The music score is really good in this game along with the fact that the 360 version looks great, controls great, and most of all Sonic is fast. Insanely fast, like his max speed I think is literally the sound barrier in this game. Also the 360 levels are longer, not to mention more day stages, challenges, and full hubs.

Also about the werehog, in the 360 version, goes faster preforms more moves, and looks cooler with better stages.

All in all the 360 version is overall better, but is also identical to the PS3 version minus achievments and xbox live.

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I have to admit, I didn't consider the 360 version as a viable option for me. I don't have either a 360 or a PS3. Don't get me wrong, I do want a 360 pretty badly, but financial issues are preventing me from being able to get one, at least in the next few months. I'll probably just hold off on S:U until the point where I can get a 360, then.


[QUOTE USER="repto" TIME="1228039280"]

Curious, what exactly do you expect of Mario? Mario games have never been solely about killing things by jumping on them, but platforming, and in that regard almost all of the titles have managed to outdo the ones before them. Perhaps I'm just being a fanboy here, but Galaxy was one of the best platformers I'd ever played, and not once did it cross my mind that I was just playing the same old shit on a more advanced piece of hardware. I don't see where you're pulling this "overdone" from.

And for what it's worth, Sunshine took Mario to a level naught attempted by any other game, and got overwhelmingly negative reviews from a lot of diehard fans. Also note that other classic series like MegaMan and Sonic know what it feels like to bomb, and they've drastically altered their formulas later in their series. None of the Mario platformers have experienced that kind of failure.[/QUOTE]

Hmm... I don't really know how to explain this one. It's not really anything in particular that I find 'bland' about Mario. It's just... As the series progresses, I find myself wanting to play each installment less and less. Galaxy, for example. I've heard almost nothing but good things about it since release, so I picked it up. For some reason, I found it really boring. I played it enough to get 60 stars and see the "fake" ending, but that was it. Maybe it was the fact that there was nothing to do in the hub world, or maybe it had something to do with the frustrating controls when walking around a small planet.

Sunshine, on the other hand, I thought was fantastic. It was needlessly difficult and frustrating on some of the Shine Sprites, but it introduced a mechanic that, in my opinion, rather than made the simple jumps easier, actually made it so you could explore more and achieve new heights.

But then there was NSMB. I didn't like the game at all. That was definitely a rehash of older Mario games. It introduced almost nothing new, and I just felt like I was playing an older game for the umpteenth time. I don't know how to explain it. I just like Mario less and less as time goes on.

Invisible edit glitch POST!

EDIT: OK, I'm good.

I guess you're simply not Mario's target audience, then. It's also the first time I heard "Galaxy" and "boring" used in the same context.

It's not the hub world or tiny planet thing, since I certainly noticed those also. You just get a knack for controls, and to me, the fact that Galaxy's random filler stars are entire levels in themselves (the Hungry Luma ones I mean, along with the single-star galaxies) justifies not making you explore every nook and cranny of an intricate hub to get to them.

I'd wager that a lot of Mario's remaining fans today are those that grew up with them, and it seems like you fell out of that group. That's all. I'm not only a part of that group but platformers are my favorite genre of gaming, so Galaxy was easy for me to like.

I thought Galaxy was a pretty good game, though, I did like Sunshine more. And you know, when your racing your friend through Galaxy, it is hard stuff. Good god, do you know what it was like to do everything TWICE!

...frankly, I'm absolutely surprised at how much praise Sunshine is getting here. I thought it was decent, but nothing more - by far the worst of the main Mario games.

I've tried to upload part 37 twice, but YouTube says there's an error. I'll try again tomorrow.

Edit: Decided to try again today instead, here we go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF4PXhqCnaE