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OMM 1: ..I think I like musicals. OMM 2: I feel like one of the only people who cares about the equestrian portions of the Olympics. I was watching a recording of the dressage event from earlier today, and the stadium was depressingly empty Hooray! Another Instinct member! It is rather disappointing that pokemon can't really be found in wooded areas. Even if it was mostly common pokemon, it'd be a nice touch if forests and hiking paths had a bunch of bug types and pokemon that are clearly inspired by birds. I see; tell me when you get around to hatching them then! With the eeveelutions, if you want a certain type, you can nickname the eevee (spoilers maybe...?) either Rainer, Sparky, or Pyro to get vaporeon, jolteon, or flareon respectively. If you name it something else or leave the name as is, the evolution will be random. I think you can only use the name trick once per name, so it might be worth saving up until you can capture really high CP eevees. If you have a preference for one type over the others though, it's a nice way to ensure you'll be happy with the outcome at least once. Evolving pokemon is a good way to get exp though. You get 500 exp for every pokemon you evolve, and you get an additional 500 exp if the evolution is a pokemon you don't already have. You might want to hold off on evolving any pokemon you have though until you can get a lucky egg. Lucky eggs, when activated, double any exp you earn for 30min iirc, so you could probably level up a few times at once that way if you wanted. You'll get one when you reach level 9. As for battling gyms, and powering up pokemon via stardust, I'm not really sure what the best way to go about doing that is. If you plan on taking on gyms, it might be more worthwhile to hold off on evolving strong pokemon, and powering them until you're a higher level. If there are any Valor gyms near you, you could train there in the meantime though. I wouldn't say it's difficult being a part of Instinct. I'm not all that interested in battling gyms, but I like knowing that if I change my mind on that, I'll probably have an easy time finding a Valor or Mystic gym to go after. Being a part of the smallest team also makes it feel kinda cool whenever you do come across a friendly gym since Instinct gyms are fairly uncommon. I'm level 11 at the moment though, my strongest pokemon is a CP589 Flareon, and my pokedex is at 52 different species seen/caught. What about you? It's been about a week (sorry about that btw), have you made any more progress? Also, how do you like the most recent update? I'm glad tracking got fixed and re-implemented, and, though it could be purely coincidental, I feel like pokemon aren't running away as much as they used to, nor are they jumping out of pokeballs as much as they did a couple days ago. The new nearby feature people in San Francisco are testing out looks cool too. I'm really happy about the addition of more trainer customization options as well.

OMM 1: I've felt like a stereotypical teenager a lot these past few days and it's simultaneously refreshing and mildly distressing OMM 2: Well it appears I'm back in the market for a new laptop. Arguable worst part is that the laptop that died on me is the one my parents just got me two summers ago. It was refurbished, so it was a few years old when I got it, and while it did come with some problems, it worked pretty alright. Fortunately though, I thought to bring my older laptop back with me to Ohio too, because my google account's on both computers, most of my tabs have been saved, and I copied most of files on to my portable hard drive maybe 2 months ago, so I won't lose much, but this is incredibly inconveniencing I agree! Though a lot of people have been complaining about Niantic and the recent update a lot, the app's accomplished quite a bit in its short lifespan. It's garnered worldwide attention, broke some records, and is getting large amounts of people to go outside and explore their local communities. The park near my friend's house used to rarely have more than 15 people there at a time, but when we went on Sunday, there were easily over 100 people there, and on Wednesday evening, there were at least 70 people just hanging around, hoping one of the lures would attract something neat. We ran into a few of our old classmates who we haven't seen in 4+ years while there too. No one would've imagined this a year ago. It's actually a bit sad knowing that the hype will probably die down soon, and the large crowds will dwindle as the new school year kicks into gear. For the time being though, it's a weird/unique feeling being a part of a fad this large. That sounds really nice! It's good to hear that you've been enjoying yourself lately too! I'm a bit jealous your family has a summer cottage though haha Did you manage to hatch any of those eggs? You've gotten some pretty good hatches so far, so hopefully your luck will continue. Do you know which eeveelution you want to get first? Or will you just leave that up to chance? You'll probably get a bunch of exp when school starts for you though. Cities tend to have a ton of pokestops/gyms (almost an overwhelming amount of them to be honest), and once you start regularly evolving pokemon up, you'll gain a few levels. Hopefully your school's campus will have a pokestop or two so you'll be able to reap the benefits of having one nearby too. And are you more interested in filling out your pokedex or battling gyms? That's understandable. Despite Valor's reputation, it's a nice medium between Mystic and Instinct in terms of how likely you are to find fellow team members/friendly gyms.

Started Gundam 00 and Terra e. With Gundam 00, I'm going into this knowing very little. I knew about one of the characters being voiced by the same guy who voiced Amuro Ray in the original Gundam 0079 anime, the "ore wa gundam" meme, that the gundam exia is 'affectionately' nicknamed the "gundam sexia" by a decent amount of fans, and that this series got its fair share of odd character names too. (Allelujah Haptism is pretty out there, but it's no Quattro Bajeena to be honest) I think I read that Gundam 00 is partially inspired by the Iraq War, so I knew that tidbit about it beforehand too. I knew nothing about the plot or characters though, and so far, this it's turning out to be a pleasant surprise. I really like the mobile suit designs, how the few battles I've seen so far have been choreographed, and what little of the plot I've seen seems really interesting. Gundam 00 takes place in the distant future when all fossil fuels have been depleted, and the countries that used to make a lot of their income through fossil fuels are now deeply impoverished and conflict stricken. I heard the movie introduces aliens though, so I'm a little nervous about that, but I'm looking forward to the rest of season 1, and eventually, season 2 as well. As for Terra e, I know even less about this one. I'm really only watching this because, according to its tumblr tag, it's got a sad ending, and because the author of Terra e is the same person who wrote Kaze to Ki no Uta, a niche, gay manga from the 70s that hurts me a little bit every time I think about it. I've only seen one episode, so I don't have much of an opinion on it yet, but the story's really different from KazeKi's, so I'm hoping it'll still appeal to me, especially since I've got high hopes for this. I'm disappointed with the art style though. It was animated in a more current-looking style, and imo, Takemiya Keiko's art style just doesn't look very good when you try to make it look modern. KazeKi got an ova in '87, and has a very pleasant look to it. It just feels like Terra e will lose a lot of its charm because of its unfortunate art style.

You ever watch the right show at the right time? I watched the first season of Bojack Horseman recently, and I really liked it. The first half of the season is pretty different from the second half, so if you decide to watch it, definitely stick through the first 6 episodes before dropping it. By that time you'll be used to the humor, and the show takes a bit of a more serious turn around there that's worth sticking around for. What I meant by that opening line there though is that even though none of the characters in Bojack Horseman are especially relatable, the sentiments the characters hold at some points can be relatable. There's a few lines throughout the first season that struck a chord with me, and reminded me of some things I should probably be more aware of. Also, BH's humor just sits really well with me since it's pretty dry, and it's been a while since I've watched something with these type of jokes. I'm just glad I finally sat down and started this show when I did. Hopefully the 2nd and 3rd seasons won't be disappointing in comparison to the 1st season... Oh and the opening is gr8 edit: Finished season 2. I don't zone out when watching shows per se, but I definitely don't think about much when watching stuff usually, and now that I'm sitting back and thinking about everything that happened, BH's melancholic tone is really hitting me. It got relatable, and even though what the characters have going on is really exaggerated, it's the sort of thing where they'll say something in the midst of a scene, and that one line will just stick with you. Some of the episodes felt like watching a car crash. You get a vague feeling that something's gonna happen, and then you watch everything play out, and it's always somehow worse than you expected, and even though you're on the sidelines of the entire thing, just experiencing it from there is more unpleasant than you thought it'd be. I like this show a lot, but goddamn does it make you feel awful at times....

^ :0 I don't believe you've posted more than a handful of times since I joined here last year. It's nice to see that another prominent member still lurks around here! It sounds like the same announcer is featured in both videos haha

"ich bin immun!" gonna have to remember to listen to this song the next time I get a flu shot or something

OMM 1: My friends and I walked so many places yesterday The town two of my friends live in is like a college town in some parts, so we walked around the small downtown area, loitered on the local college campus, visited our grade school, and walked down to the nearby park. We passed like 40 pokestops in total and I got so, so many things. (I had 3 pokeballs on Saturday, but when I got home last night I had 110) And at the park I heard some like 16yr old kid behind me casually, yet sincerely mumble "holy shit a slowpoke" At the time, him saying that didn't sound odd at all, but in hindsight, that'd be absolutely hilarious in any other context. Like if you're at a gas station, minding your own business waiting for your car to fill up, and the guy on the other side of the pump under his breath just intently goes "holy shit... is that a slowpoke" My calves feel ded, but I'm 100% ok with it and yes I caught the slowpoke. I said a lot of awful things to it while trying to catch it, but I somehow managed to get him before my phone died For the time being, yes, I am actually! My summer has been pretty boring up until now, but because my friends are going off to college soon, and I'm back in the area, we're planning some stuff What about you? Anything cool happen recently? If you haven't gone very far, that's actually not a bad amount. What distances are the eggs you have? That's understandable. The game is irritatingly less fun if you don't live near anywhere with at least 3 pokestops and a gym within walking distance of each other. And with the three step glitch never getting fixed, there's even less of an incentive to go and look around if you don't live near any pokestops/gyms. What level are you on by the way? I'm on Instinct. Due to the unofficial Valor-Mystic rivalry, I wanted to join the most casual team of the three since I'm not very interested in battling gyms. I'm surprised you went with Valor though. When you first mentioned it, I'd assumed you went with Mystic. I haven't updated my app yet actually, so I haven't read what the new warning messages say exactly. I've seen many people mocking them though, so I'm curious about them...

Hello! For the most part I'm doing pretty well For what I've had available, I think I'm doing ok. I've caught 37 different pokemon, which isn't very many, but I've got quite a few eggs to hatch, so maybe that number will go up soon. There's a pokestop within 5min of my house here too, so I'm considering put a lure there before I have to leave in hopes of attracting some pokemon I don't already have.

Technically happened yesterday but w/e I got to briefly visit my sister and see a little bit of Cincinnati. My mom and I split up the driving from Indiana to Ohio over two days, so we stayed at my sister's place overnight. I got my sister into Pokemon Go when she came to visit a few weekends ago, so after having breakfast a little bee themed cafe, we drove around looking for pokestops, and I got to sight see a little bit as we did that. Cincinnati is much nicer than I thought it was..

OMM 1: I'm back in my hometown \o/ OMM 2: "Sega releasing mini Sega Genesis with 80 built in games." This is incredibly tempting.... It's under $100 too. I'd have to import it from the UK, but I could play Sonic II (and potentially Bubsy the Bobcat if my sister knows where the cartridge is) again if I bought it. I haven't seen our sega genesis in over 10 years, have been missing it a lot in recent years, and I want this more than I should... OMM 3: "Pokemon Go update available" - Trainer avatars can now be re-customized - Various bug fixes during wild pokemon encounters - Removed footprints of nearby pokemon - Updated achievement medals art

But it's a video of small, autonomous robots slowly playing soccer with audio of actual sports announcers over it. It's totally worth 2min of your time that you'll never get back :^) here's a shorter video if you can't spare 2min to watch little robots try their best though

Alligatoah - Vor Gericht why is a song about a sleazy guy exploiting the legal system with petty lawsuits so catchy

And with this, I reclaim the spot of last poster

Welcome to DCW! I hope you'll enjoy your time here

OMM: My 61yr old dad wants to get in on the Pokemon Go fun. Because I downloaded it on my phone, he got it on his phone too, and I guess seeing it featured on the news this past week made him curious. He came home from work yesterday with his account all set up and a charmander, and today when he got home he asked me how you can tell when pokemon are nearby. The worst thing about this is that he works in the most densely populated, and most historic part of town, and it's possible he could catch a bunch of powerful pokemon while on his lunch break, or possibly even from his office And for the record, he wants to join Valor ummmmm w0w d00d thats, like, totes hella r00d i'd take a shot back @ u & the rest of team mystink, but team instinct doesnt condone such behavior &nd i cant let lightning dad aka lord zapdos down I'm also just really bad at coming up with comebacks Considering how popular it is, I can't imagine they'd make the rest of the world wait too long for it, especially since the demand for it being available in other countries is certainly there. You could always download it through another country's app store if you know pokestops and gyms are set up in your country. Might be worth it to just wait for an official release though :/

I'm still working through the stuff I picked up over the spring but that's not important The summer anime season has finally started I'm not watching a ton of stuff, but the four series I was looking forward to the most are all started off on the right foot fortunately!

OMM: Success! Deleted my tumblr app and some pictures to make room for Pokemon Go, downloaded it, and somehow had enough to space to redownload tumblr. My assumption of there being no gyms or pokestops near me was correct unfortunately. I think I might know where one gym could be though, and if my suspicion is correct, I'll have my parents pull over the next time we drive by there. It was raining on and off yesterday, so I couldn't go very far, but I caught the few things that spawned on my property, one of which was an eevee. Some pikachus, squirtles, and rhyhorns were hanging around my neighborhood last night, so hopefully I'll be able to catch at least one of those when I have time to go searching later today. Surprisingly, I haven't seen any magikarps listed in my nearby. Maybe I need to get closer to the ponds for them to spawn in....? If it means anything, Team Mystic was my initial first choice. As fun as the rivalry between Mystic and Valor sounds, I prefer watching everything unfold from a third party perspective. Team Instinct's "There Is No Shelter From The Storm" tagline and Zapdos insignia are the most appealing to me too. And of the three, based off subreddit, I like Instinct's community the most. Mystic seems cool, but in comparison, Instinct's overall more appealing imo.

Damn... You can be the ruler of the subforum, but I won't let you take the title of last poster in this thread so easily!

OMM 1: I'm gonna join #TeamInstinct once I make enough room on my phone. Though the whole "trust your gut!" thing doesn't fit me that well, they're easily the most chill of the three teams. My friend also told me I'd have to fight her irl if I didn't choose Valor, so of course I couldn't choose that team. OMM 2: "Pokemon Go and sin no more" "We recruited Jigglypuff to deal with the sodomite loveislove Clefairy" how is the WBC even real You mean like the near-annual installments in the franchise? I've played a few of them. Though I had a few toys and watched the cartoon on occasion, my first Pokemon game was Black and White 2 which came out in 2012. I don't have very much nostalgia for the series because I started so late, but it being reminiscent of my childhood in other ways is still enough for me to look forward to Pokemon related news nonetheless. I live in a rural area too :/ I live near a few ponds, so hopefully there'll be some water types near me at least, but there's nothing of note within walking distance of where I live that seems like a prime pokestop or gym location. I'm still deciding which apps to sacrifice to get the game though, so maybe I'll be proven wrong once I actually can see a map. Good luck with your pokemon breeding though. Maybe you'll raise something cool! This tumblr post seems like an accurate description of the teams, maybe it'll help you decide if you don't find the GoT comparisons very helpful haha

Assassin's Creed Black Flag.... it was on sale for $10, and I had $12 left over in the wallet of my psn account, so I bought it, and now my video game backlog just got 50+ hours longer..... It's fun though, and incredibly pretty, but I hate the controls. The gameplay's fine, but I dislike how combat works, how jumps feel, and how there's no crouch button. The menu interface also bugs me, but that's far less bothersome in comparison.

Ok... But what if I just like, hypothetically speaking of course, took that title away from you by posting here? In theory, that outcome is totally possible and oh wait....

B-but... just about all of my friends have the game, and if I did that I'd have very few people to talk to #Team ;-;

Unlike English where "-s", "-es", and "-ies" on the end of a word can often correctly indicate whether or not a word is plural, this isn't the case in German, and sometimes the only difference between the plural and singular form of a word is an umlaut over one of the vowels.