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  1. Pahrak Model ZX
    I’ve decided to commit to writing the next chapter of Beyond Ruin about the Queen of Fire. But, I’m having trouble thinking of a good way to showcase her.
     
    While she’ll probably develop some aggressive and impatient attributes like most fire-wielders, I think I want her to mainly be a flame that burns in place—she just enjoys being where she belongs, ruling over the volcanic realm of Pyrada in peace. I’ve said before that she stays out of affairs that don’t concern her, but she can hold one heck of a grudge and hates being indebted to people, so it seems like her view is based on paying things back, looking at most things like a transaction, reacting to things rather than instigating them…
     
    And I kind of like that, but I don’t know what to do with it right now. You know what I currently have in the document for the next chapter? She’s leaning against one side of her throne half-asleep tossing a fireball in the air like it’s a hacky sack or something. That’s it. I don’t see her as being motivated to do much else, and I doubt anyone would be up to messing with her while the entire world is rebuilding in the wake of the Ruinous.
     
    I mean, I could have someone try to loot the still-damaged Pyrada, but the Queen would just set them on fire and that’d be the end of that. She has been tasked with sealing away the Eastern Ruin, but I’m not sure how interesting it would be to see her dragging an unconscious monster up a volcano, plus the Eastern Ruin is the only Ruinous I haven’t even started coming up with an appearance for. Maybe I could write something about her wanting to stay independent, but her advisors point out she kind of needs to start trade agreements with the other queendoms, and then she groans and tries to get out of it, and…relatable as that is, I’m not sure it’s entertaining, fitting, or smart to do (since it might be limiting her character a bit more than I really should).
     
    So it looks like I tried playing with Fire…and got burned! Hahahahahahahaha!
     
    (Seriously though does anyone have any suggestions?)
  2. Pahrak Model ZX
    So it looks like those rumors about the region being based on Hawaii are true! Alola looks kind of small, though.
     
    The starters all look great, but Rowlet is clearly the best choice. It’s an adorabird! You must choose the adorabird!
     
    Sun lion and moon bat both look pretty interesting. Not entirely sure at this point since we don’t have types and such, but I think I’m leaning Sun at the moment.
  3. Pahrak Model ZX
    An OC who is forced to go through bad fanfic versions of numerous series, and painfully aware of just how badly their life is written.
     
    ***
     
    "You are one of the chosen few who can wield the Keyblade."
     
    "Okay..."
     
    "And yours is a very special one with powers that no other Keyblade possesses."
     
    "Wait why?"
     
    "Remember, you are the one who will open the door to the true Kingdom Hearts."
     
    "...Is that a good thing?"
     
    ***
     
    "OC, we need your help to defeat Platinum Frieza and gather the Mega Dragon Balls!"
     
    "Uh...sure? I'm still adjusting, what can I do again?"
     
    "Turn Super Saiyan God Super God King Saiyan God Saiyan!"
     
    "...And what color does that turn my hair?"
     
    ***
     
    "Toa OC, you are the only being capable of controlling the Legendary Mask of Life."
     
    "Aside from the Mask itself, you mean?"
     
    "Now, you must defeat Marendar!"
     
    "Oh, so you're sending me, a Toa, to kill the thing specifically made for killing Toa? Alone? I guess things like Unity and logic aren't traits standard to my Element. Which I never did find out."
     
    "You are a Toa of Reality."
     
    "Oh come on."
  4. Pahrak Model ZX
    The fight going on in Bleach right now is exhausting nonsense. This villain’s power is literally “Come back stronger each time you die”, so no matter how thoroughly they destroy him, he stands back up and it just keeps dragging on.
     
    It’s like trying to argue with a Genwunner. No matter how definitively you disprove their argument, they keep insisting it is true no matter what, and it never ends.
     
    (Wow, I actually made that relevant!)
     
    …But seriously. Can’t we make, like, an Official Genwunner Topic, and limit all baseless complaints and hate leveled against G2 to that topic alone? I like that solution. Can we try that?
  5. Pahrak Model ZX
    The level cap was increased just before I hit it. I guess it keeps me more invested that way.
     
    Now that they've reset Raid Bosses, I'm defeating them very quickly...but only get just over 1000 Lux for each one. I currently need around 40,000 for each Level. That combined with April's "Half AP" thing being over mean that I can't sit and play as long as I used to, but maaaaybe that's for the best.
     
    Oh, yeah, I got a jetpack. Jetpacks are cool. Gauntlets are also cool too.
  8. Pahrak Model ZX
    I have emerged from Unchained X...to change my display name to something Unchained X related.
     
    This is becoming a real problem.
     
    In other news, The Great Career Fair has wrapped up. Sorry for being absolutely horrible at hosting that, I have no acceptable excuse and realize that I have brought dishonor upon myself. I'm gonna take a short break but I still think I'll be able to run the next Technic Tournament around mid-May.
     
    Also I am going to try pretty dang hard to get RoboRiders Re:Start...well, started. Ideally the first chapter will be up this week. I should have a new chapter of Beyond Ruin up soonish too, I have the basic idea I just need to sit down and write it.
     
    Now that my progress in Unchained X has slowed down immensely I'm hoping I'll actually be able to get stuff done. An attempt will be made!
  9. Pahrak Model ZX
    I got the cloak! Don’t think I’ll be wearing it regularly, but I wanted to document the fact that I obtained it.
     
    I’ve spent a lot of time going back to old missions to clear out their objectives, so my Avatar Boards are expanding well and I have a decent stock of Mythril Shards. Lately I’ve taken to farming Guard Armors, originally since I needed Fairy Godmother Medals and now just because they’re my best source of Lux at the moment. They kill me several times before I kill them (the last one I beat was Lv 28), but you level up even when you lose, so that’s great!
     
    (I guess I’m taking the Saiyan approach then, growing stronger each time I brush with death. Guard Armor makes a pretty cool rival though.)
     
    Really looking forward to tomorrow, where I'll not only get a chance at more Mythril Crystals to level up Starlight and Treasure Trove, but I'll also get a chance at Yen Sid and Fantasia Mickey Medals to evolve my best Medals and really power up! Mulan is the first priority, since she's basically the best Medal I have and the one I'm now sharing--I was going to hold off since I have a 4 star Mulan and thought I'd fuse them at stage 5, but now I'm thinking I'll get them both to 6 before fusing to try accessing Guilt for the first time. We'll see how that goes.
     
    A thing I'm currently irritated by: they just added new Medals and new deals for obtaining 10 of them for 3000 jewels...but I just did the standard 10 Medals for 3000 deal the day before these new Medals were added. Argh.
  10. Pahrak Model ZX

    Me With a Key

    By Pahrak Model ZX,

    So this is my Unchained X character. Turns out the English version currently has only 200 missions available, so right now I’m backtracking to complete some bonus objectives and expand my Avatar Boards.
     
    I decided to use Starlight for this picture since it’s the only Keyblade I was able to get to third tier. Three Wishes is right at the point where it can be upgraded to third tier, but I’m one Orichalcum short. Hope they add at least another 25 missions soon! Treasure Trove, Lady Luck, and Olympia are all at second tier, with Olympia at its current max level of 10. Not that I’ve used Olympia much (and really I haven’t used Starlight too often either).
     
    Those are the best Medals I have, too. Want to say they're all 4-5 star, but off the top of my head I'm actually not entirely sure?
  11. Pahrak Model ZX
    So Unchained X is really fun. Help.
     
    But I'm making this entry to see if anyone wanted to form a party! I've set one up (right now it's just called "BZP", but we can brainstorm new names), and I believe I can add anyone if they just give me their ID. (And if you're a part of the Ursus Union.)
     
    I'm still figuring this out, but I believe that's really all there is to it. I'll edit this if further steps are discovered.
  12. Pahrak Model ZX
    I regret deleting all my gifs now, I don't think these emoticons can relate my glee.
     
    (Source)
     
    I kind of expected it would be a late-notice announcement since that's what they did with the Japanese version. Thank God I have the day off Thursday!
     
    So who else is gonna download it? What Union are you thinking of joining? Since we don't really have any information on what's different between them, I was thinking I'd just go with Ursus because I like their Foreteller's Keyblade. But, if a bunch of you are joining another Union and wanted to form a party, I'd have no problem switching. (*wink*)
  13. Pahrak Model ZX
    April is known for rain, I think?
     
    Well now stars will fall instead of water, because Jirachi is available from April 1 to 24! This is another one you can get from home, just use Mystery Gift.
     
    Of course, you might already have one if you’ve visited Japan, they get one like every single year for Tanabata, it’s totally unfair but once I get mine I’m going to be less angry about it.
     
    721 HERE WE COME!
  16. Pahrak Model ZX
    Slizer Dome just wrapped up, naming Jamie (El-P) the Champion of the Millennium. I feel like the scenes quickly became very basic, so I want to apologize for that, and for pushing some deadlines back way too far. Overall I had fun! Thanks for playing!
     
    If anyone has any comments, I’d be more than happy to hear them! I’d like to run a sequel if I can make it work, since the Slizer line actually had two years of story (well…two set-ups), but I’d like to refine the basic system before I make the big changes that would be necessary for Slizer Dome 2000. Maybe I’ll run one in between that uses the multiple planets version of the story so I can tinker with the system without it being in the same storyline as the first…Slizer Dome US: The More Convoluted Version?
     
    The only thing really on my mind right now if that I wonder if I should provide more ways to overcome elemental advantage, or maybe make it the second deciding factor while weapon advantage is first. There’s no guarantee the players’ elements will be balanced, and I feel like this time around they weren’t, and I worry it might’ve ended up a bit unfair. I don’t know—I want elements to matter, but I don’t necessarily want them to unbalance everything. Then again, my basic ideas for Slizer Dome 2000 sort of make elements a moot point, so…maybe I should just ditch them? (Though they could still be useful in Slizer Dome US…)
  17. Pahrak Model ZX
    (Well, technically, Technic Tournament is the spin-off and this is trying to unspin it a little...)
     
    Even if it did die out, I still feel like Technic Coliseum was a bit more popular than Technic Tournament. However, I feel far less able now to keep up with a game that big, and I really do want to continue the Tournament-style games. But I am exploring some options.
     
    I’m thinking that part of what made Coliseum so well-liked (in its day) was the level of customization it offered. So, in an attempt to make that work in a smaller game, I ended up with the following idea, tentatively called “Technic Coliseum: Limited League”.
     
    A set of fighters will be selected, of course, and then either players will choose them (first come first serve) or be assigned them randomly. You will then have a set amount of Widgets to use to prepare your fighter for a match. You can choose from the available trainers and equipment however you see fit, but you have to keep it within budget. Fighters will then be paired up and fight. Then their slates will be wiped clean and they’ll be rerandomized, or put up for grabs again with whoever sponsored them last round being forced to choose someone else. Your budget is reset, and you now have to prepare that fighter for their match.
     
    A big concern I have is what to give the winner of each match. If I give them more Widgets, then they’re going to have an advantage that will quickly leave other players in the dust, and start another arms race like the one that killed activity back in Coliseum. Now, since this game will only go on for a few weeks, this might not be as big a deal, but I still want to try something else. Right now I’m thinking that if you win, you get to keep your fighter for the next round, though I might still put some restrictions on trainers and equipment so that you can’t have the exact same set each time—that would be boring.
     
    There’s also the matter of settling matches. Fights like these need to be run like they were in Coliseum: you each post a strategy, I compare them, and I give a judgment on who I think would win. I worry about such subjective criteria. Also it’ll take a lot more of my time and focus that way and I’m not sure I’m up for that. I don’t know, maybe I could have the other players vote? But that’ll require a lot of participation on everyone’s part, and if we don’t hear from people it’ll really, really hurt us. Hmmm.
     
    And of course, whoever sponsors the most winning fights by the end of the whole thing wins the game. That part’s probably obvious.
     
    I don’t know, I still need to work out the kinks and there’d be a lot of work to do trying to balance everything. If anyone has any comments I’m happy to hear them—this is just a rough idea right now, so I make no promises of it ever going up. I just want to gauge interest before I go through all that work.
  18. Pahrak Model ZX
    This is the story of a trainer named Pahrak and his trusty Chandelure.
     
    Pahrak and Chandelure arrived in the Ferrum Region, having heard tales of the Pokken Tournament and deciding they wanted to compete. A girl named Nia was kind enough to teach them the basics of how Ferrum Battles worked, and after getting down the basics, Pahrak and Chandelure decided to get started.
     
    It was immediately apparent that Pahrak really had no idea what he was doing, but his sheer dumb luck seemed to work for a time. He and Chandelure made it into the Green League’s top 8 after only two sets of trainers, won the tournament, and earned their rank promotion!
     
    But then, a mysterious Shadow Mewtwo appeared. Chandelure was defeated in mere seconds.
     
    Though shaken, Pahrak and Chandelure moved on to the Blue League. Though still a relatively low league, it seemed Pahrak’s luck had run out, and his lack of skill finally caught up with him. The team has managed to start their climb up the rankings and have yet to suffer a loss, but nearly every victory is won by an incredibly slim margin. Pahrak is unsure if he can guide Chandelure even through the rest of this league, let alone the Red and Chroma Leagues beyond. It remains to be seen if he can ever master the techniques of “Blocking” and “Dodging”…
     
    (Pokken’s definitely fun, I just wish I was better at it. *sigh*)
  19. Pahrak Model ZX
    I was going to go with “Pahrak Master of Tournaments” but character limit ugh
     
    So my main ideas now are:
    -Stained Glass Pahrak
    -Pahrak III.7 HD ReNAME
    -Galactic Commander Pahrak
    -Sinnoh Slizer
     
    It’s a tough decision. Though since I’m now Pahrak the Sinnoh Slizer on another website I’d probably be better able to put that one aside to try out other ones for BZP here…
  20. Pahrak Model ZX
    Wow.
     
    So, I had managed to make it to the Indigo Plateau in Virtual Red, and I was unsure what to do at that point. I set it down for a few days, but on Sunday I finally buckled down to grind until everyone was Level 50 (because Scorch badly needed Flamethrower and an evolution), minus Articuno who was already 51. Knowing that those numbers were still too low, I nevertheless made the decision to challenge the Elite Four and see how far I could get.
     
    Somehow I ended up winning.
     
    Hall of Fame:
    -Hana the Venusaur, Level 51
    -Scorch the Arcanine, Level 50
    -Gahlok the Vaporeon, Level 51
    -Sentinel the Marowak, Level 51
    -Aeroga the Aerodactyl, Level 50
    -Articuno, Level 52
     
    To celebrate I went and caught Zapdos, which was difficult because apparently Poke Balls can miss in Gen I, but I got it. Not sure if I want to do much else though. We’ll see.
     
    Now to replay either X or Y with the team I was planning to use for Pokemon Z.
  21. Pahrak Model ZX

    HONOR

    By Pahrak Model ZX,

    I’ve received a great one. Don’t tell Zuko.
     
    I have been promoted to Outstanding BZPower Citizen! I honestly never thought I’d earn this much proto, reclusive as I am, but it seems I’ve gotten a lot more mileage than I expected out of my Pokemon news blog posts and violent crossover games!
     
    Since I haven’t been keeping track of every increase I don’t know who each one came from, but I know Windrider’s given me at least two, so a big thank you to her! And thanks to everyone who participated in said blogging and games, I hope you all enjoyed the time you spent indulging me.
     
    Wait…does this make me a role model now? Yikes. Kids, let’s get one thing out of the way right now: do as I say, not as I do!
     
    Coincidentally, I recently realized that I’ve had this name since December 2014 and was thinking it was time to change it. And now I can abuse name changes more than ever. *rubs hands together in a vaguely sinister yet cheesy due to being cliché manner*
     
    Also for completion’s sake: I changed my blog title. Sinnoh forever.
  22. Pahrak Model ZX
    Prompted by fishers' contest, I’ve got a brand new game inspired by the constraction line that started it all!
     
    Slizer Dome will allow players a chance to immerse themselves in the overlooked world of the old line, becoming Slizers of any region they choose and pushing their abilities to the limits in order to battle it out in a planet-wide tournament! You’ll need to find disks, gather rare sources of power, and battle elemental monsters if you’re going to become strong enough to best all the others, and be named Champion of the Millennium!
     
    The game will start Monday. I’ll make another post here with the link, and then you’ll have 24 hours to sign up before the first round gets started. I hope you’ll enjoy it!
  23. Pahrak Model ZX
    So, March. The month of celebrating green!
     
    Because Celebi is now available! I believe this is one you can download from the comfort of your own home, so just use the Mystery Gift option and you should be good.
     
    Unless it shows up in a special Poke Ball that no one can open, and then you take it to an expert and totally forget that it ever existed in the first place. That would sure suck, wouldn’t it?
     
    721 HERE WE COME!
  24. Pahrak Model ZX
    I wasn’t going to buy the Virtual Console Pokemon games, but since we can transfer Pokemon from them to Sun and Moon and I had some leftover eShop cash, I decided to pick up Red.
     
    For one thing, it takes up basically no space and downloaded super-quick, I was surprised by that. Anyway, I’m enjoying it, which I wasn’t too sure I would. They’ve held up alright, though if the system had remained totally unchanged Pokemon probably wouldn’t have lasted 20 years.
     
    I started with Bulbasaur, named it Hana, it was the only Pokemon I used all the way through Vermillion. So Hana’s now a Level 37 Venusaur who’s basically sitting back and watching the new recruits try to catch up. Gahlok the Vaporeon is doing nicely at Level 32, and Sentinel the Level 32 Marowak very quickly became a pillar of the team. I also caught a Growlithe, currently Level 31, but the only STAB move poor Scorch has is Ember, which is pitiful—and they won’t learn anything else until Flamethrower at Level 50. So, that Fire Stone is going to be sitting in my bag a while…hopefully a flamethrowing Arcanine will be worth it.
     
    Scorch was able to beat Erika for me, though, so next up is Koga. But the first trainer in his gym has a Level 38 Hypno, so that’s not happening. There are still some sources of EXP around—especially Silph Co and the Fighting Dojo—so I’m hoping to power up there, beat Koga, and then go from Pallet to Cinnabar so that I can get Aerodactyl on my team. After a little time powering that up, I want to go to Seafoam Islands and use that Master Ball on Articuno. Perhaps then, I’ll be able to stand a chance against Sabrina…but, I’m getting ahead of myself.
     
    So yeah, Virtual Red is pretty fun! Now I’m considering future Virtual Console Pokemon games…
  25. Pahrak Model ZX
    Technic Tournament 3 & Knuckles just concluded with Knuckles acquiring a full set of Super Emeralds and unlocking an epic scene where Hyper Knuckles destroyed the Makuta-possessed Great Spirit Robot in a single punch and then flew around the eight realms distributing magic rings to their inhabitants.
     
    Also Umarak became Champion and lost to Pridak in the Title Match. Not the ending I was hoping for.
     
    I’m not sure when I’ll host Technic Tournament 4 in 3D, but while this last game is still fresh in your minds I’d like to ask for any suggestions you might have. I’d like to make at least a few significant changes, else it doesn’t really feel justifiable to do another one.
     
    The only thing that’s really bothering me right now is that we still have most fights ending up with a character with Widgets vs a character with none. (Though this was averted relatively well in the Title Match, thank God!) The first thing I thought of was a limit on how many times each fighter can be promoted—like, in the first round each fighter can only be promoted by two players, and then they’re closed for sponsorship until round 2—but, I dunno, that feels a bit too restrictive…
     
    An alternative I like more: I was considering that players would promote a match rather than a specific fighter. You would of course state which fighter you preferred to win, and then I’d do another roll to decide how the money you bring in gets split between the two fighters. This would make it a bit more luck-based, since I’m tired of how easy it is to predict how the entire tournament is going to play out as soon as the first round gets underway. If I do this, I might also remove the “overpopular penalty” system, since it would probably be more obstructive here, and the bonuses and multipliers determined by type of promotion would most likely activate based on the preferred fighter.
     
    Trying to think of more wild cards, I wondered if I could add a “public opinion” system, which has an influence on how well certain lines do. Say G1 has +1 public opinion—if you promote a fight with a G1 fighter, they get an extra 1000 W or so. Meanwhile if Hero Factory has -1 public opinion, and if you promote that fight then that fighter makes 1000 less. (Though I may want to establish a lower limit, I’d hate for a player to bring in absolutely nothing based solely on this system.) I’d need to think of a good way for players to influence these values, of course, and I’m not 100% sure how to work that. My first thought was that it would be based on how many times fights featuring a specific line get promoted, but I also think it’d be more interesting if you could spend Widgets on more than just the promotion, so I might instead provide a set of campaigns players can fund to affect public opinion of certain lines. I think I’d like to randomize where these values start, and maybe add in a few random additions and reductions per round, but right now I’m thinking that for the most part I’d like it to be player-guided. That could change though.
     
    I also think I’ll reduce all rounds to 48 hours in length. Now that I’ve played a few more recent Games & Trivia games, I realize the rounds in the Tournaments are absurdly long, and it definitely gets driven home by the days spent watching the topic sit there with no activity because everyone’s already made their actions for the round. So Technic Tournament 4 in 3D should take only 10 days altogether.
     
    That’s all I have so far. Anyone have anything else to add?
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