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Welcome to this playthrough of Pokemon Sword, which takes place in Galar which is actually Britain. As it was quite recently released, this is pretty much a blind run.

One of the controversies surrounding Sword and Shield is the fact that many older Pokemon are supposedly not in any way obtainable. That said, I've already seen my personal favorite Pokemon in a screenshot on the back of the box, so hah! I've also seen rules for the first competitive tournament stating that only Pokemon obtainable in Galar are eligible, implying that non-Galar Pokemon are obtainable somehow. They also said that "special" Pokemon, including specifically Mew as well as the box legendaries, are not eligible, implying that Mew is legitimately obtainable in this game.

A few things to note before I begin. I'm actually much further in the game than any given update. I've also probably forgotten some of things I may have done, especially if I forgot to screenshot it in the first place. Also, some of the image sizes might be a little weird, especially for the first update. Not sure if that's Imgur doing something screwy with the upload or if it's something I have to fix - the screenshots were all scaled down by half in Paint, in part to keep the file size down.

Steam store page. Game home page.



This showed up in my queue today. It's a low-fantasy medieval MMORPG that recently hit Steam's Early Access. Screenshots and video looks quite amazing. Combat in the videos looked fairly close to Mount&Blade(thankfully not like Chivalry's helicopter knights). Seems there will be a very in-depth crafting system, plus tons of possible items. Also looks like there will be castle/town/house construction. Other features include open pvp, faction wars, dynamic weather, and limited "magic" apparently based on the game's various religions.

It seems that they're going with paid Early Access($20 right now, plus $10 for the soundtrack if wanted), and switching to free2play after main release - Early Access backers receive all the paid content.

Is this worth the $20 for Early Access? I've probably blown that much on worse things, after all.

The brakes on my bicycle are terrible. More than once I've almost been hit by cars because I have trouble stopping, even using my feet to brake(plus, the ability to drive a car is apparently not a requirement to actually driving a car in New York).

Earlier today I fixed the front brake, but the rear brake simply does not work. I can't squeeze the brake handle at all. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the brakes itself, and I haven't found any problems with the brake wire, but I also can't find the problem in the brake handle. I'm not sure what there is that would prevent the handle from being pulled, and I don't want to try and detatching pieces because I'm afraid I might break the brake wire or accidentally detaching it and not being able to put it back in.

I suppose I could just take it to a repair shop, but I'd rather be able to fix it myself, I also probably should replace the front brake pads, since even though I just fixed the problem with them, they aren't fully stopping me, possibly because the pads are so worn down(I have not been able to use the rear brakes ever since I got the bike).

I've played about the first 3 minutes of Pokemon Omicron, and it looks like it can be LP'd.

For those who don't know, Pokemon Omicron, along with Zeta, are two fanmade freeware Pokemon games supposedly containing every single Pokemon, currently in beta. According to the website, it's lacking one gym and some other endgame content, but promises over 80 hours of play as is.

So, should I do it?

I've mentioned this a few times in General Discussion, but... I'm in love. I have a serious crush on this girl at the college where I work. The main problem I'm having is contacting her. A while ago, I would often see her during my lunch break, but now, I never do. The last time I saw her was in passing, although then I saw her giving me a very big smile as she walked by. Admittedly, I know little enough about her, and she knows just as much about me.

The only way I seem to have contact with her is through some mutual friends. What I want to know is how I'm going to deal with this. I've considered writing a letter, but I don't know how well something like that would be received.

I'm not sure is there is anything like this. I've been working on it off and on for a little while, so here goes:

1. Urist is never to do any engraving of any image.
 1.1 That goes double for the images on coins.
 1.2 That goes triple for artifacts.

2. "Edir Ishen" is never an appropriate name for an image of "dwarves laboring".
 2.1 Subsequently, an image of dwarves laboring is never an appropriate image for something named "Edir Ishen".

3. Is never to refer to goblin thieves as The Dwarven Adoption Agency.

4. Is not allowed to claim a sock. Ever.

5. Urist may not offer to show his "menacing wooden spike" to any female in the fort.
 5.1 This is especially true to female elven traders. The doctors will not be removing that arrow any time soon, Urist.

6. May not name an artifact corkscrew "The Tantrum Spiral", no matter how appropriate it may seem. The survivors are still on edge, and don't need any reminders.

7. No, leaving gifts out to attract kobolds to come to our fort is a bad idea.
 7.1 It works. That isn't the outcome we want.

8. Do not feed the trolls, in any sense of the term.
 8.1 Leading them to the booze stockpile is right out.

9. Two or more injured dwarves going berserk in the hospital is not a "cripple fight", and is not to be referred to as such.
 9.1 And you may not sell tickets to any such event.

10. Suddenly jumping up and yelling "Ambush! Curse them!" in the vicinity of the Fortress Guard at any time is forbidden. Sǻkzul is still recovering in the hospital.
 10.1 Yelling "Curse all friends of nature!" while the elven caravan is here is also bad. Our only mason was among the casualties, and we don't have enough coffins.

11. Do not taunt the carp.

12. Please do not attempt to breed mules ever again. They are import-only for a reason. We had to euthanize the horse and donkey. Our meat stocks were low anyway.

13. The Forgotten Beast zoo is not a petting zoo. Please do not mislead dwarven children as such. The infection is still spreading up Aban's arm.

14. Rat weed is never to be used as a recreational substance.
 14.1 The last time Urist tried to smoke it, our food stockpile went up in flames, and it almost hit the booze stockpile as well.
 14.2 Seriously, Urist? How the hell did you think you were going to smoke that much rat weed?

15. Is Urist is ever found in possession of a loaded crossbow, please initiate Alert 9 and Pull the Lever, IMMEDIATELY.

16. Spiking the dwarven rum with that Forgotten Beast's non-so-deadly dust was NOT funny. You're going to clean all that vomit up.

17. The following items are never to be placed into a minecart launcher:
   - Training weapons.
   - Booze.
   - Medical Supplies.
   - Gold objects of any kind. (I know the weight helps, but goddamn, that stuff's expensive.)
   - Other dwarves. (Urist excepted)
   - Eggs. Especially during a famine Ever. The elves are ticked off enough, even without suffering vandalism.
   - Corpses. Especially during necromancer attacks. No need to increase their numbers.
   - Anything on fire. (Urist excepted) On second thought, that would require an explanation of how he got set on fire.

18. Please do not refer to the hospital room with the traction benches as "the Mistress' chamber".
 18.1 Do not refer to the female Chief Medical Dwarf as "the Mistress." She WILL teach you the meaning of pain.

19. Urist must never be allowed near any lever unsupervised for more than 5 seconds.

20. Placing statues of the current ruler's detested vermin in his throne room is in poor taste.
 20.1 Statues of said ruler cringing in fear of said vermin is right out.

21. Wearing a sheet, hiding in the meeting hall at night, and jumping out at unsuspecting dwarves shouting "Boo!" is forbidden. Especially when there's still dead we haven't entombed yet.

22. Dwarven newborns are not to be called "li'l meatshields", no matter how accurate the term may be.

23. You may not try to ride the Forgotten Beast.

24. Replacing the Captain of the Guard's adamantine sword with a featherwood training sword painted blue with dimple dye was not amusing.
 24.1 The Captain was extremely lucky to have been trained in a danger room for 3 years, or else he would not have survived that ambush. He also immigrated as a High Master Ambusher, so watch out Urist. He still has that training sword.

25. Standing under the retracting drawbridge while the humans were sieging, singing "It's Raining Men" when the bridge retracted, causing them to impale themselves on the spikes below, while amusing, was a severe safety risk to the rest of us. Don't do it again.

26. Blood for the Blood God is not an excuse to inflict bodily harm on anyone. THE HELL IT'S NOT!!

27. There is no such material as "explodium". Check the raws.
 27.1 Urist is not allowed access to the raws. Anyone asking why will be subject to a Hammering.

28. Is not to imply that elves are into any form of BDSM due to anything related to rope reed.
 28.1 For goblin lashers, however, this is a reasonable suggestion.

29. Urist is not allowed to produce or procure "dwarven milk", either by himself or using any volunteers for the project. Particularly if purring maggots are not available.

30. Urist is never to aquire volunteers of any kind for any endeavor.
 30.1 This includes "volunteers".
 30.2 And servants.
 30.3 As well as levies, draftees, and conscripts.

31. If the Hammerer is using an adamantine hammer, Urist is not allowed to downplay a Hammering punishment by using "Bonk!", "Squeak!", or any other kind of sound effect.
 31.1 This is doubly true the Hammerer isn't using an adamantine hammer.

32. The standard dwarven military uniform is *not* a shirt dyed red with redroot dye.

33. Even if it were possible, Urist may not have any of the following as a pet: dragons, cave dragons, Forgotten Beasts, Titans, other dwarves, carp, elephants, anything classified as a Megabeast, Giant Cave Spiders, werebeasts, other dwarves(again. Don't ask why), unicorns, or rocks.
  33.1 Basically, Urist is not allowed a pet of anything bigger than himself.
  33.2 Or mermaids. Good Armok, I don't even want to know why.

34. Urist is not allowed to go "Singin' in the Rain" in an evil biome.

35. Urist may not use any well to reenact any scene from 300 with human diplomats.
  35.1 Or with captured goblins.
  35.2 Kobolds are fine, they generally have it coming.
  35.3 Elven diplomats are fine too. Those are our trees dammit.

36. When issuing a beating punishment, Urist is not to spank anyone with a training weapon.
 36.1 Wait a minute, how the HELL did he get into the Fortress Guard?!

37. There is no such thing as Drawbridge Volleyrockball. Anyone attempting to play such a sport will be shot. With a ballista.

38. Successfully wrestling a cave crocodile does not give you the right to speak with an Austrailian accent. Screw that, yes it does.

39. Whem organizing a theme party, please refrain from using "Interactive Murder Mystery Theatre" as the theme, especially when there's a vampire running around.

40. Also when organizing a party, raves are forbidden. Those gem windows aren't goddamned cheap, you know.

41. Urist is not to attempt to convince somebody that he is a night creature.

42. Urist may not convince anyone they they are a night creature.

43. Urist is not allowed to design any minecart track system. We violate the laws of physics enough, thank you very much.

44. Attempting to use any form of mechanical system to build a mecha is a bad idea. It won't work, and the resulting cave-ins have caused enough damage.

45. Urist is not allowed to report any dwarves as missing, unless they are actually missing.

46. Urist may not run around with an animal trap, cage, or any spherical object, claiming that he's "gotta catch 'em all".

47. Yes, while being a dwarf implies having a degree of mental scarring, that does not mean that Urist is allowed near any dwarven child unsupervised at any time.
  47.1 Having any ranks in the Teacher skill does not help.

48. Urist may not try to re-create the opening scene from Saving Private Ryan, using dwarves as Nazis on either side of the conflict.
  48.1 Kobolds charging the beach against elves, on the other hand, would be extremely badass.

49. Urist is not allowed to give an elf a short sword, a wooden shield, and a green tunic, and convince them that they are the "Hero of Time".
  49.1 Or "Hero of Seasons".
  49.2 And please let that fairy out of the animal trap, she's suffered enough.

50. This is not a checklist.

I'm trying to make creatures with some of their bodyparts made of different materials. The normal parts of them are regular flesh and bone, and they work. However, trying to use other materials causes errors to show up in errorlog.txt, in some cases the body parts can be hit in Arena mode, in others attacks "pass through". I forget the exact tags I'm using at the moment, though.

Opposite to the "How did you last die?" thread, post about your most recent episode of win, ownage, pwnage, or gaming badassery. The name of the game is requested, but not neccessarily required.

My most recent ownage: In Cortex Command, I was trying a new tactic, where I loaded a drop crate with crabs and a few Molotovs, and scuttled the crate mid-fall, effectively creating an airburst effect. It worked. But that's not the best part. Two (regular, not dummy)dropships were flying side-by-side when one of the crabcrates arrived. I detonated, it did only superficial damage to the dropship closer to the crate, but the other one was completely destroyed, except for on of its engines which stayed ignited. It flew over the other dropship, looped across the map and hit it, destroying it. Combined with the damage from the crabcrate, there was nothing left alive on the ground.
This has solidified the use of submunition crabs into my usual arsenal.