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    [RISÉ] The Uprising

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    On 11/12/2021 at 12:36 AM, calidubstep said:

    @Mike fact of the day?

    Random fact of the day;

     

    Did you know that the first written record of glue comes from the Ancient Egypt? One of the earliest examples are hieroglyphs that shown casket of Pharaoh Tutankhamun that was glued together with compound made from animals.

     

    Now never ask me for a fact again you were never part of this team kinda weird dude

    [RISÉ] The Uprising

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    On 8/1/2021 at 10:13 PM, xSparkie said:

    Now that I think about it, why did we choose the accent E over the regular one again? 

    Because it was taken at the time and teams never got deleted even if no one logged on for 5yrs

    [RISÉ] The Uprising

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    Posted · Edited by Mike

    On 1/1/2021 at 3:19 PM, Suneet said:

    ayo @Mike you haven't posted a fact since last year

    Yeah sorry I don't go by the casual normal new year, I go by chinese new year like a true chad. ANYWAY WELCOME TO Mike's Fact of the CENTURY YEAR MONTH DAY WHATEVER IT IS™

    Today we will be talking about birds. Yes birds. Truly fascinating beings. Chirp chirp.

    Did you know that birds can get depressed? It turns out that birds actually have the brain to become depressed, stressed or even very upset. So next time you see a pigeon fly against a window it's probably a suicide attempt. That is all.

    See you next time uwu

    The Ban Appeal System is Bogus

    in General Discussion

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    On 2/10/2021 at 3:06 PM, Eggplant said:

    If staff had one dude whose entire purpose, more or less, is exclusively to look at ban appeals and double-check.

    "Yes, this was definitely sufficient evidence to warrant a ban." or "Kinda ambiguous, unbanning."

    And people had faith in this person because they're not the person handing out bans and they're straight-up neutral like switzerland.

    Maybe it would work nicely?

    While this isn't necessarily a terrible idea in the end it would not change anything. Because SGMs do double check the evidence and do make sure that the ban was warranted. Having a sort of middleman do this will just prolong the process without any change. Since if the evidence isn't strong enough and makes a SGM question if the ban was actually warranted they won't just shut said person down, you do not need a middleman for this.

     

     

    11 hours ago, Eggplant said:

    If the ban appeal states "Why did I get banned for RMT when I didn't commit RMT"

    and the response is, "RMT is forbidden". and the appeal gets closed.

    Well. This conversation doesn't really...logically or sequentially add up.

    So my next logical step, as a banned user, would be to make a new ban appeal, all like "excuse me but did you properly read my appeal? i don't think you understood my post", and then you get met with probably a copy paste of the first response and another closure...

    Zenor touched upon this already but I want to add that if someone does get banned for RMT, and they get said message like "Your account has been permanently closed due to breaking the code of conduct by trading in game assets for real money." it is 99.9% also actually the case.

    The fault of the current system is that false positives, which do happen occasionally, are very hard to spot. Because I have seen it happen where the stars align so much that someone got banned because of it. Is this ultimately the fault of the system? Yes. But if staff sees the evidence and case of the false positive, and if the evidence looks like hard evidence but actually just very unfortunate timing, everyone in staff would agree with the ban. Therefore the false positive will get the same message as someone who actually did it because the persons who are in charge of ban appeals see no reason to look into it further which is what makes it sometimes feel as if the system is unfair or in other words complete dogshit. But these are oddballs, very very very rare cases.

    And to be honest this is a really hard thing to fix, because being framed or being falsely accused of something in real life also happens.

     

    37 minutes ago, Kyklous said:

    The time excuse really doesn't hold up with me.


    You're right, it doesn't hold up. But it's not an excuse. It's a factual thing. Everyone has always complained for the longest time that ban appeals take way too long to be handled. If staff were to also write out unique answers for every single ban appeal they would be handled even slower. It is very unfortunate if someone gets banned, I would never want to see anyone get banned. But the fact of the matter is, if you got banned and the evidence is there to backup everything a GM did to ban a person. Why would anyone in staff give them more time and effort than they do right now?  And as I said before if something isn't clear, they do actually get asked their side of the story. 

    Also I would like to add that someone saying "I didn't do it" doesn't mean they actually didn't do it. I have seen plenty of people that I trust say to my face I didn't do it, but then they actually did it.

    Last but not least do I think the current way ban appeals are handled could be improved? Of course, there is always room for improvement. But I think how everything is handled right now is pretty much how it's going to be for a very long time in the future. Would it give players a sense of closure if they saw and got explained more what they got banned for? Yes and should that be the case? In an ideal world yes. But the day only has 24hrs. I am not quite sure any of you understand how much time and effort ban appeals already take. Trust me I wouldn't want to deal with that stuff even if I got paid to do that. In the end there are some cases that get screwed over by the current system and that should be improved. But the way they are being responded to is essentially the way it is.
     

    Lets talk about matchmaking

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    7 hours ago, LifeStyleNORE said:

    New tournament system basically turned tournaments into enhanced matchmaking, with less time invest and better rewards. Why would I play 300 blind matches for untradable hat when I can play 6 blind matches for a shiny Comp and RP? 

    Life hit it on the head here to be honest. What's the difference between matchmaking and ATs nowadays? Theyre all blind matches, you have no idea who you are facing(except the finals) and the rewards are better from tournaments. That's it. 

     

    As it's always been UU and NU aren't as popular mainly because it is not the first tier a player gets into. And seeing how much of a pain it can be to breed and make a larger amount of pokemon I can see how people can be turned off from playing the lower tiers, especially if they barely have any OU mons. Even more for newer players.

     

    I think the issue doesn't lie in the MM system. In fact I think the current MM system is the best we have ever had. Could you get more rewards for placing high on the ladder? Sure I wouldn't have an issue with it although I don't think this will magically make 2000 people play UU and/or NU. I mainly think that the issues lie elsewhere in the game. Since realistically why would you want to play lower tier matchmaking when tournaments exist and you pretty much guaranteed get in, unlike the OUs. 

    [RISÉ] The Uprising

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    6 hours ago, MaatthewMLG said:

    @Mikefact of the day ?

    Alright. This will be a very big brain fact of the day, and it'll be space themed.

    Did you know that 'White Holes' are technically possible, the opposites of Black Holes so where matter can't be entered in but can escape from. Even though there is currently no known case of it existing. 

    The universe surely is an interesting place. 

    [RISÉ] The Uprising

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    Posted · Edited by Mike

    Hello,

     

    You were all expecting another ON TIME AND TOTALLY NOT MONTHLY random fact of the day? But I am sorry to disappoint. There wont be any today. To be quite honest with you all I have been pondering about the idea of stopping this. Now I know what you're thinking; WHAT!? THAT'S INSANE!! YOU DO THIS EVERY DAY WHAT ELSE AM I GOING TO WAKE UP TO? And to that I say just don't wake up at all. Its that easy. That is all friends.

     

    For legal reasons I must tell you that this is a joke and I don't want anyone to never wake up. 

    PSL XIII - Player Sign-up

    in Competition Archive

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    IGN: Mike
    Reason: I like making these posts
    Prefered Tiers: yes

    Competitive accolades: I made a lot of things you all won

    Other random stuff: I know more about your account than you do yourself, I have sucked more uguu than an average gay male and even though I haven't had a single battle in like 2 year time I will probably be better than most people that sign up as a player.

     

    Don't actually buy me though

    [RISÉ] The Uprising

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    Hello yes yes hi. Its that time of the day again for A RANDOM FACT WOW. I sure am excited, hope you are as well! Our schedule is looking packed for today. SO LETS GET STRAIGHT INTO IT!!!!

     

    Did you know that marbles are often made by melting recycled glass, that is then cut into even portions and dropped onto moving rollers that allow the malleable glass to form balls as they cool? I sure didn't. Did you also know marbles were invented thousands of years ago and were a popular item in Ancient Egypt and Rome? I am learning so much about these things its incredible. 

     

    Anyway that's all the time I have for today friends. Hopefully you all learned something today!!! I hope to see you all again tomorrow© FOR MIKES RANDOM FACT OF THE DAY™

    [RISÉ] The Uprising

    in Main Section

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    WOW ITS ALMOST LIKE IT HAS BEEN MONTHS SINCE I LAST DID IT BUT DONT BE DECEIVED AS THIS IS STILL A DAILY® THING

     

    Mike's Random Fact of the Day™ back again with a new amazing fact.

     

    Did you know that peanut butter was originally made for people without teeth? Wow so informative. I didn't even know people couldn't have teeth. Man I learned so much today, I hope you did too!

     

    Ill see you again tomorrow©. 

    PokeMMO's Screenshot Contest (3rd April to 10th April)

    in Events Archive

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    1st LifeStyle:

    Spoiler

    It made me laugh, more than it should've. While not entirely original it has been recreated to be quite funny. And it is simple which I like. 


    2nd lestheawesome:

    Spoiler

    This brings me back to the good ol days of just lining up with random people out of nowhere. A truly nostalgic feeling with this screenshot. On top of that it looks cool too!

    3rd Sebat:

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    You gotta do something when you don't have Johto. Pretty well done but it didn't strike me as much as the previous two did. Still a very valient effort.

     

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