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When I had my first Oshawott in Black, I gave it a mixed set so I was unsure about what EVs to give. So I kinda just yolo'd it. I mainly EV train Pokemon that specialize in certain stats--so Toxicroak would get 252/252 in attack and speed, and Alakazam would get 252/252 in sp attack and speed. I leave alone other Pokemon that have potential to be mixed since I can never make up my mind what to train them in, lol. I've heard that the exp. share does make things harder in X/Y, but you could always box the Pokemon you don't want to EV train in a certain stat. It's kinda tedious though so if it were me, I'd probably give up on EV training during the plotline and then resume EV training during the aftergame. I'm not comfortable catching Pokemon in Master Balls. The only time I used one was to catch that roaming Mesprit in Platinum (which I regret now). Using a Master Ball seems kinda cheap and doesn't feel as rewarding as catching something in other Pokeballs. In my opinion, Pokemon caught in Master Balls give off this vibe as if they've been hacked. If I encountered a shiny Geodude or Voltorb, I'd be pretty torn about which Pokeball I should use. But in the end, catching it in a Master Ball is more worth it than letting the Pokemon explode. In my White 2 game, every single Pokemon I've caught have been caught in Pokeballs--including the legendaries. Lately, I've been getting somewhat OCD on what I catch my Pokemon in. It has to be caught in a classic Pokeball, unless it's a shiny (then it can be caught in a Heal Ball ;D). I've only won the Jubilife lottery once--but it can also be attributed to countless amount of times I've been on the GTS. The Battle Tower was seriously difficult. Most of the time, I would just head off to the other facilities since their premises' can be a lot more fun (and less rage-inducing) sometimes. Was your LeafGreen also "unofficial"? (for lack of a better word) I love using Pokemon Showdown! Although most of the time, I only participate in random battles since the teams in the OU/ORAS OU tiers become way too repetitive these days. The Battle Tower is so gosh darn difficult. I really admire your patience with it because I gave up on it ages ago. I also wouldn't be able to handle the pressure of the possibility of losing at streak 99. It's not worth it D:

Probably the scene in movie 2 where Ran was giving Conan mouth-to-mouth. I found it rather comedic as opposed to touching. It's solid proof that Conan's relationship with Ran has progressed farther than Shinichi's. Irony at its finest.

I think I mentioned before that I got my Sapphire game in China. The memory of the game was erased for some odd reason after reaching the Elite 4 and it refuses to save now (it was probably pirated since it didn't come in its signature blue cartridge). The video and the description you included definitely cleared things up a bit! (the articles on sites like bulbapedia didn't explain much) Although I don't think I'll be able to utilize this method since my Sapphire game is practically useless at this point. Otherwise, I probably would have abused the crap outta this for competitive stuffs. Nowadays I just hop on Pokemon Showdown sparingly and battle for fun since setting up a competitive team on there takes literally a few minutes as opposed to days when done in-game. Ahhh! It's so thrilling being able to discuss these things with someone! :'D I also think whether we go onto the next page of the topic depends on the post number and not necessarily the length of the post--although it certainly feels like we should have been on the next page ages ago, haha.

All-nighters are life changers. It really puts into perspective how valuable sleep is (not recommending it though, lol) My orchestra is also fairly big since a full orchestra for us also includes band members, but our sectionals are tailored to each instrument. Violas would have theirs on Monday, Basses on Tuesday, etc. The following week would be sectionals for band members, and the week after would be for strings again. We also have multiple orchestras in school, but only our orchestra has sectionals since our music tend to be harder than the other orchestras'. It kinda sucks having to wake up early for sectionals, but if we didn't have them it would be a pain to figure out how to play stuff like Tchaikovsky, Shostakovitch, and especially Berlioz. Ahahahahaha! I also pulled my first all-nighter playing Pokemon! (except I think it was around 6th grade for me, while I was playing Platinum) Actually, I wouldn't call it a legitimate "all-nighter" since I forced myself to sleep after 6am that day so my parents wouldn't find out about it, lol. My first legitimate all-nighter was done while typing an essay. The night really drags on when the prompt deals with old American Literature.

That's the main reason why I love using DeviantART muro, haha. It's a lot of fun tracking and watching the drawing process.

I average between 4-5 hours of sleep everyday. I used to think it was absolute torture, but after pulling my first all-nighter, it doesn't seem nearly as bad. I also had a strings rehearsal today (but we call them sectionals) starting at 6:30am, which I have to attend every other week. Currently, I have a bunch of calc homework sitting in front of me that I haven't finished yet, which I guess is something I didn't do today.

I don't mind the status updates. It's a nice way to casually interact with people on the site. The Facebook and Twitter statuses are what's really bothering me. They have no relevance to DC nor do they spark any sort of conversation. At least statuses like "I hate Mondays" have potential to generate discussion. Plus, Facebook and Twitter statuses look like they're posted by bots.

I think my friend had one of these! I probably would have loved to have one back then, but I didn't even know that they existed D: Seriously though, that sounds fantastic. I tried chaining, but the random encounters kept interrupting them even after using repels, so I gave up on it after a while. When I first got my Platinum game, I didn't even know that natures affected the Pokemon, much less IVs. It wasn't until I got HeartGold when I started hunting/breeding for Pokemon with good natures and IVs. It was too tedious, but they nerfed it in gen 5 so that made things a bit easier. Haha, and I thought I was lucky with the shinies! I don't think I'd have the patience to continuously soft-reset for shinies. I tried getting a shiny Tepig in my White 2 version at one point (shiny Emboar's coloration is glorious), but after reaching a few hundred attempts, I gave up on it and settled for a Lonely nature. The shiny Skorupi you found basically sums up why I'm also especially paranoid of double battle encounters and safari encounters--so I tend to avoid those areas most of time. Ahhh! The GTS was where I mainly found my shinies! I managed to grab two shiny Mew, shiny Shaymin, shiny Darkrai, shiny Kyogre, shiny Groudon, shiny Flygon, and probably a lot more that I can't remember. Most of them were probably hacked, but I never bothered to check. I also managed to complete the Dex using the GTS, so I guess it's pretty easy to determine where I spent most of my time in the aftergame, haha. The Battle Facilities in Platinum was also one of my favorite places to go to and I also spent a good chunk of my time there. Ohhh...I've heard of RNG abuse, but I never got around to learning its mechanics (it does sound pretty complicated). But nowadays when I play Pokemon, I usually play it for the plot line rather than for the IVs, natures, or EV training (though sometimes I find myself unconsciously forcing certain Pokemon members to battle only Pokemon that only give out specific EVs. I still cringe when I catch Pokemon like Scyther with a Modest nature). It's still fun to have a perfect selection of Pokemon, but it ends up being too time consuming for me to breed and train all of them. This is seriously so mind-blowing for me to find someone who shares such a similar history to me when it comes to Pokemon. I have no words O: Whaaaaatt. You have a Pikachu 3DS? D: aklfadklghgkjhsgkjsgl. dang, I am missing out. I only have a regular Wii and doubt that I'd find myself buying the WiiU since I'd only be using it for smash. Tell me how it goes! I'll probably be digging through Twitch streams after it comes out. Ohh, I see what you mean. The roster probably wouldn't look as impressive if it weren't for the clones. I guess it doesn't really make that big of a difference as long as there isn't an overabundance of them, haha.

Haha, yea that was me, lol Thanks for the support you guys!

Another random art thread! Here's a picture of Conan and Shinichi I drew with DeviantART muro a while ago: There's a "Watch Redraw" option on the right side of the page if you want to watch the drawing process. I also haven't added a background on it since I've been getting lazy. If any of you guys have an idea for a background that I really like, I might use it once I get the opportunity. I'm pretty open to suggestions at the moment. I might continue adding stuff on here later, but school does get in the way of things, so probably not often. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Conan and Shinichi 2. Detective Conan banner | Version 2 3. Detective Conan Christmas wallpaper 4. More DC Christmas stuff 5. DC Chibis 6. >> next art post >>

I haven't gotten a new DS game in years mainly because I can always download them onto my laptop...though there's no feeling like sneaking into bed and playing DS games to your heart's content. I personally loved playing the hacks. It's amazing what people can come up with, especially since Pokemon games these days aren't as challenging anymore. My first shiny was a random Fearow. Catching it was probably one of the greatest feelings I've ever had during my childhood. My second shiny was a random Dugtrio and my last shiny was a Magikarp I was hunting for (it only took me a few hours). All of them were caught in my Platinum game, and I haven't found a shiny since then (unless you count things like the Red Gyarados at the Lake of Rage). The rest of the shinies I have were all traded from the GTS (I managed to find a shiny Deoxys there, lol). It's a shame that they cut off the DS wifi. Many of the hours I've clocked on the DS consisted of going on the DS wifi in the aftergames. Also, have you seen some of images of people's circle pads after playing smash? Holy geezus. I've heard a lot of people complain about Doctor Mario and Dark Pit since they are essentially exact clones of the originals. A lot of people consider these characters as lazy, so I feel like they would have better off programming those as a different "color scheme" of the originals--like how you can change Kirby's color to green. I was pretty surprised with how long it would take to implement Mewtwo into the game. It helped put into perspective how much time and effort they put into each character's design and properties. I'm still not a huge fan of clones like Doctor Mario, but after seeing the amount of work invested for each character, it doesn't seem as bad anymore.

Mai Kuraki's newer songs all sound the same to me--especially Muteki Na Heart and Dynamite.

Quite the opposite, actually--Sera's role was mainly for fan-service. The movie wouldn't have changed much even if she were to be completely left out. Sera's only purpose was to bait Akai's involvement. Note that after Akai visited her in the hospital, she had minimal influence in the movie. Remember that scene where Sera saved Conan from getting shot? Ran could have easily taken that role. "Ran becomes damsel in distress" could have been checked off of the producers checklist using that instead of the scene where she stupidly charged towards the man with the gun.

The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case (136-137). The DB weren't as annoying as they usually are, and it didn't contain the usual "Someone is killed, Kogoro gets put to sleep, Conan solves everything, everyone is happy, the end" (yawn). This case has all the essence of why I love this show in the first place. Even though Conan didn't get as much screen time (which is pretty rare), these episodes still contained more suspense than the average DC movie or episode in general. The ending was also troll--I almost felt bad for the culprit. Definitely one of my favorites. I also enjoyed arcs like the Desperate Revival, but those tend to be a fan favorites so I didn't feel the need to include them.

Awesome! Thanks a bunches!

Good luck with college apps! Ah yes, winter break--one of the best times of the year to catch up on everything. Ohh...I never thought of it through that perspective. If the game didn't appeal to me, I probably wouldn't have picked it up at all. Aaaahhh! Platinum was definitely one of my favorites (I had also been extraordinarily lucky in finding shinies in that game). I definitely clocked hundreds of hours there. I remember back in middle school where I would sneak my DS out at midnight just so I could play it. I also played quite a few Pokemon hacks a while ago to give myself more variety (Light Platinum being one of them). I played the gen 3 games multiple times! My sister's first Sapphire game was on one of those sketchy Chinese cartridges we got from China, so we lost our save file at the elite 4 and it no longer let us progress past the first gym when we started over. The second time was Sapphire again, but through an emulator my sister downloaded. The third time was Emerald, but through an emulator I downloaded myself. Now that I think about it, my first Pokemon game (that wasn't my sister's) was actually Shadows of Almia. I absolutely loved that game. I speculate my friend stole it from me during a party, which is why I tend to forget mentioning it at times. Right now, I'm just anxiously waiting for the remixes of route 113 and Deoxys. Oh, and route 111, because that's such a classic, heh. I could imagine! I just watched the reveal online, and even though I knew it was coming, I couldn't contain all the hype D: Even if Sakurai decided to bring back the IC in the new smash game, we'd still have to wait years before it comes out. It'll be worth it though! I'm also glad they didn't get rid of Ness, but I'm not sure why they decided to keep Doctor Mario. I remember there were Twitch streams everywhere! I watched a lot of them but I couldn't keep up and decided to drop them. I'll probably also pick them up again for the 8-player matches. I. must. see. the. new. stage. builder. Most of the final smashes are just for embellishment anyway. Still entertaining to watch, nonetheless. Mewtwo is probably going to get a Mega as its final smash. Lucario and Charizard's smashes were fun. I'm glad that they took the time to nerf the characters. Some of them were too op, haha

It's not necessarily any financial issues, but the fact that I know I will be spending the rest of my life in there if I buy it--I don't think I'd be able to restrain myself. My grades would plummet for sure. I don't think the order in which you play the games really matter that much. The first Pokemon game that I owned was Platinum (technically could be Sapphire if you count mooching off of my sister's Gameboy). Afterwards, I kinda jumped between games (played a little of Firered and HeartGold, then got an emulator to play Emerald, then proceeded to play Black, then White 2). This was all in a span of many years so hopefully I don't sound too crazed, haha. But yeah, jumping between games didn't inhibit my experience that much. Is there a specific reason why you prefer going in chronological order? I found that a little interesting. Yeah, I was a little shocked to see that Sakurai was willing to work on Mewtwo even after the game was released. I love this guy. Haha, yeah! I read something similar on IGN earlier so I was a little disappointed that IC didn't return. I guess it might also be a little ridiculous for 16 of these little guys running in the WiiU. Actually, I think it'd be pretty entertaining to say the least. But I still don't think they'll bring the IC back because I highly doubt that Sakurai is willing to work around the 3DS's limitations. If anything, the IC might become exclusive to WiiU at best. I'm fairly certain that the IC won't come back for the 3DS. So lately, I've just been watching other people play these demos/games through YouTube while sitting enviously behind my computer screen. Also, I can't get over Megaman's final smash. asdfhjsdfjhldgfjkl

but it's also not far from the latter Funny, I had a similar thought when I first encountered this show. so here's an image I found that basically sums up how I felt:

ugh, times like this where I really wish I had a 3DS. so. much. hype. You're not going to play Alpha Sapphire for the nostalgia? D: Also, when smash first came out this year, I was really surprised that Mewtwo wasn't on the roster. I knew they couldn't leave him out :'D ice climbers aren't back though :c

b-b-but ORAS is coming out in less than a month D: Last game I played: Pokemon Light Platinum Last game I played that wasn't Pokemon: Cave Story Games that I really want to play but will probably never get to: ORAS, Smash Bros 4, Chrono Trigger

Yes.didn't you read Manga magic kaito? hmm...is the manga really that different from the anime? Well, regardless, I'm still hoping that Toichi's death was real despite him being one of the more interesting characters. If he did somehow make it out alive, it forces the series to lose merit--not that it had much to begin with. Then again, Gosho never really had the heart to kill off any of the main characters. That's a bit depressing.

Crunchyroll has uploaded episode 754 Quality only goes up to 480P for free users, but can go up to 1080P for premium users (which you can access through codes, free trials, or payment). If you have an account, occasionally, they'll email you codes that grant you 30 day day free trials so I highly recommend that you guys get an account if you haven't already since ads can also be a problem. They left honorifics in the sub but they left out the subs for the intro, which isn't too bad. I'm also pretty happy with the sub quality. If you live outside the US and Canada, you can use hola to watch it. (Not sure if I'm allowed to link it here so just type in "hola" into google and click on the first link; or go to the chrome web store if you're using chrome). Or if you'd rather not go through the trouble, animewaffles has the episode with subs directly ripped-off from Crunchyroll. The video quality isn't too bad either. Happy watching!

Gogh's works are probably going to end up as mainly plot devices. Maybe they'll sprinkle in a bit of history at most. I'm only basing this off of patterns coming from the previous movies, so I could be completely off-mark. Though I still wouldn't get my hopes up. The golden years for Conan movies are long gone. It's a shame that they're just spoon-feeding us fan-service and going overboard with Conan's gadgetry these days.

Sorry to bash on this, but I completely disagree. Being perfect is a flaw in itself. It's boring, predictable, and it gets old real fast. Not saying that Ran is perfect, because she does have a fair amount of flaws.

I'm assuming you're referring to movie 19? Except that it's probably not a Kaitou Kid only movie.