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« on: February 05, 2010, 08:01:25 AM »
 Okay well you guys can have this one also. A little less creepy. But... I really don't take any serious photos ahaha
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« on: February 05, 2010, 07:49:35 AM »
Hey. I kinda dived right into suggestions and IRC, but I guess I'll make an into thread... I'm Level 5 Pidgey, real name Zanda - a college student 18 years of age from Australia. I attend the Academy of Interactive Entertainment where I am in my first year of Professional Game Development - Programming Major. I plan to enter the game industry through programming, but I aim to be a designer rather than a programmer. Anyway, I have contributed a lot to other game projects, most notably my revision of the Dead Ringer in Team Fortress 2 (a build currently still functioning in game), and my total redesign of the flagging system in the European MMO Darkfall Online. I also won a national game design competition called 'Gameface' - with my entry 'The Undeadables'. I want to help this project mainly through attacking Pokemon's large content redundancy, and I have a range of methods to attempt. I'm still trying to work out what will be most effective. Right now I'm creating a program that will effectively compare Pokemon's base stats as derived stats, that can help us individually balance various pokes. Anyway, if you want to see some of my work: http://zandagamedesign.blogspot.com/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL294g3svr0I hope you like it  Anyway, I'll just rattle off some facts: Favourite Films: No Country for Old Men 28 Days/Weeks Later Children of Men Tekkon Kinkreet Blood Simple. Reservoir Dogs Wall-E, Ratatouille, Up, The Incredibles Sin City Zombieland District 9 Inglourious Basterds Up In the Air TV Shows: Heroes Burn Notice Avatar: The Last Airbender Dexter Music: The Protomen Les Miserables Ayreon Guilt Machine Cog Mindless Self Indulgence 65daysofstatic Deftones Games: Team Fortress 2 Pokemon Snap Pokemon R/B/Y/G/S/C Golden Sun 1, 2 Pikmin 2 Zack and Wiki Tales of Symphonia Borderlands Cloud World of Goo The World Ends With You Okami Braid Harvest Moon Opinions of Pokemon: I'm a giant fan of the first 2 generations, and I love them to bits - but I am less than impressed by the newer games. In fact, I'm trading all my newer games for the remakes of the older ones. I believe a great flaw in Pokemon is its 80% content redundancy - and I aim to try and fix that. I also loved the immersion of Pokemon Snap (seeing a world full of wild Pokemon) - and I want to see more of that in future Pokemon games. I think the turn-based game play might be getting a little stale, so a more immersive environment should be encouraged.
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« on: February 05, 2010, 12:37:00 AM »
Ummm...
Ivysaur, Pidgey, Dunsparce, Sandshrew, Haunter, Muk, Totodile, Chinchou, Breloom, Shuckle, Hoothoot... Just great designs.
But really, most in the first 252 are great.
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« on: February 05, 2010, 12:20:36 AM »
I support this idea, anything to increase the power of Poison and Fire pokes.
1 antidote for all.
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« on: February 05, 2010, 12:08:30 AM »
I was to take photos :3
But I very very much doubt it'll happen D:
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« on: February 05, 2010, 12:05:13 AM »
Here. We. Go.
I'll be here for hours.
Gen I:
None
Gen II:
Octillery << I am really really scared of Octopi. Not really a design issue. Just me.
Togetic << Looks bad.
Gen III:
Sceptile << Looks crap, not remotely badass.
Combusken << Looks... again just awful. Also like a big penis.
Poochyena line << Okay idea (dark pokes early), just looks bad and has bad stats.
Zigzagoon line << Why would we need more?
Wurmple lines << Tries to be like Caterpie - Butterfree and Venomoth. Fails at holding a candle to both.
Lotad, Seedot lines << Just suck. Aren't Pokemon.
Taillow line << Awful design. Look awful.
Masquerain << I like the animals that Surskit is based off. Masq just sucks.
Slakoth line << Snorlax forever. Also, like, Sloth pokemon could be so much better.
Whismur line << Just f* it.
Makuhita line << Looks like a sack of crap.
Nosepass << Fffff
Skitty line << Make it like... Psychic type or something and maybe we'll talk. Just generic pokemon. Normal Psychic.
Electrike/Manectric << Their heads are like... messed up, if their manes were redesigned they'd be pretty okay.
Minun/Plusle << ...
Volbeat/Illumise << God damn it. Just awful in every way.
Roselia << Too cute looking. No personality.
Gulpin line << ...
Carvahna/Sharpedo << Just suck.
Wailmer line << Eh.
Numel line << Make them look better and they're okay.
Torkoal << Make him look better (his head is awful) and okay.
Spoink line << God damn it.
Cacnea line << ...
Solrock/Lunatone << GOD DAMN IT.
Barboach line << Useless.
Baltoy line << =/
Lileep line << =/
Feebas line << Magikarp #2 attempt. Hell no.
Castform << ... ('...' basically means "It sucks balls")
Chimecho << ...
Snorunt line << ...
Spheal line << Better art could make them passable.
Clampearl lines << Nope.
Relicanth << Eh... not too bad in design. Sucks though.
Lovedisk << Hate. So much hate.
Beldum line << ...
The Legendaries << All of them are terribly designed.
So, the salvageable ones are: Spheal line, Relicanth, Torkoal, Numel line, Electrike line, Sceptile, Combusken.
For Gen IV, I'll actually list the ones I like. As I hate them all cept for a few. Generally because they are badly designed in terms of look (they look bad), they are moronic, or they're just a dumb rehash of previous pokemon.
I like:
Turtwig line << They still need to be redesigned - example, Torterra should have a proper face.
Chimchar line << They do a bit for the metagame, however, they need to be redesigned. The tatts just look bad.
Piplup line << Empoleon needs to look more organic, with more personality.
Starly line << Pidgey... but in the BL tier. I can respect that. Maybe better faces.
Shinx line << Better faces.... white tummies... look more like Pokemon
Buizel << Take off the ring and he'd look good. Floatzel sucks balls.
Ambipom << Aipom needed an evolution, but this one looks pretty bad. Fix his face, make the hands more like Airpom's tail hand, not like freaking... massive pimples on palms.
Mismagius << Hell yes.
Honchkrow << Maybe make him a little less stumpy and fat. A more full body would work.
Happiny << I can respect it.
Chatot << Looks like a Pokemon. I can deal with it.
Munchlax << Sure.
Lucario line << Look quite like Pokemon. Well done.
Weavile << Sure
Abomasnow << Well, he was a good concept (Grass/Ice). But he looks like crap. Totally redesign him.
Lickylicky << Redesign and he'll be okay.
Tangrowth << Maybe another redesign.
Yanmega << New, more colourful colour scheme.
Leafeon/Glaceon << Good. Actually look like Pokemon. Awesome.
Gliscor << Slight redesign
Dusknoir << Sure. I like the pre-evolutions.
Legendaries << Get f*d.
Okay... so that's all the ones I hate, and, the ones I can actually stand from 4th gen. Most of which still need to be redesigned haha.
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« on: February 04, 2010, 01:56:00 PM »
Also, let's not forget that a lot of game developers in the real world industry are hired by producers to make games that they don't know of. For example, a programmer I know who worked in game development for around 5 years once had to make a game based on a Nickelodeon series that was cancelled halfway through development. They just had to get on with it. Similarly, I very much like the way Mr Dark is handling this project - myself and a whole bunch of others actually jokingly bugged him today to make it original 252 Pokemon only (which he probably knows more about than the more recent generations) - but did he submit despite it probably being more inside his comfort zone? Nope. He's strong
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« on: February 04, 2010, 07:52:08 AM »
I'm the one on the right.
The one on the left is my super-awesome friend.
I'm going to be honest... this is a bit creepy looking =/
Ahaha. Yeah. We like to pull faces.
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« on: February 04, 2010, 06:20:58 AM »
I'm the one on the right. The one on the left is my super-awesome friend.
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« on: February 03, 2010, 11:08:54 PM »
None taken at all - we can have our opinions :3
I don't like the stylistic change in the Pokemon, and chances are nostalgia has something to do with my love for the old games. Playing them on the old gameboy when I was 7 was just the most amazing thing ever.
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« on: February 03, 2010, 11:04:14 PM »
I'm playing Pokemon Blue (Can't stand the new games, and my G/S/C can't save any more), and I currently have Ivysaur, Nidorina, Pikachu, Pidgey
I'm aiming for... Venusaur, Raichu, Pidgeot, Sandslash, Nidoqueen, Lapras(?)
I haven't thought about it really. I also love Marowak... Snorlax.... Tauros...
If I had access to Gen II I'd totally have like... Dunsparce <3
But yeah, I don't really care about moves and such because I'mplaying it casually this time (I often try to make good competitive teams, but with the current metagame, and my intolerance of the newer gens... yeahh XD )
Like, I don't... really... hate the new games, but I much prefer playing the old ones. I can't wait for translations of HG and SS so I can play those again <3
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« on: February 03, 2010, 12:43:39 PM »
Blood Simple.
Amazing. Crime thriller...
Anything by the Coens is usually amazing, like No Country for Old Men
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