Chumpy

Today I'm feeling post-punk. Starting out with Joy Division (lel), then Gang of Four, This Heat, Television, Echo and the Bunnymen, and finally, some Talking Heads. Remain in Light and Gang of Four's Entertainment! are probably my favorite post-punk albums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvw984KFViY So that's today's playlist.

That was re: my post so it's totes srs ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) I don't know how Desu and the guys work but if they're stress testing it right now that means the most major bugs are fixed. I don't know how long the PTS will be there but once they get rid of it I'll give them around a week or two to finish whatever bug fixes they need to do and implement it to the main server. Hopefully sooner though.

1. This is something you can do without teams. You only need to find people who are willing to trade with you. 2. Yes, you can no longer borrow breedable comps. You can, however, get parents with IV's you need and breed those comps yourself. If your response to this is "But why would anybody give away Pokemon for free?" then I seriously have no response to you. Why would anybody help other people for free? What a conundrum. So no, people helping other people will not end with the update. It will change, but it'll still be there.

How are teams useful for anything then, if that's your logic? It seems to me that because there are some things people can do in teams that you can do with strangers, then that means teams are worthless. Maybe I'm not the best expert on teams, since my criteria of a good team is that it has to have cool people and a good name, but I really don't see how breeding will ruin teams forever. You can still... give away Pokemon, you know.

NO FUCK YOU THIS RAGE TRAIN HAS NO STOPS MY FRIEND WE ARE IN FOR QUITE A RIDE DESTINATION: ANGER CITY POPULATION: ME Anyway, I actually like the new new breeding system, all things considered. Once we sit down and think about it, it's a nice solution short of doing a server wipe (which most wouldn't approve of anyway and wouldn't really solve anything). Breeding, as it is, doesn't work for an MMO where you can exchange Pokemon for an arbitrary amount of currency, because breeding is a.) too easy and b.) results in an accumulation of resources without any decrease. Since breeders can just breed whatever, money ends up being devalued and we get inflation. So I like what they came up with. It forces us to actually spend time and resources (i.e. Pokemon) to get something good as opposed to just spending an arbitrary amount of currency whenever you want an egg. It makes catching a Pokemon a thing again. It also solves the problem of Pokemon incest quite nicely (and this is something I feel very strongly about), so overall, I like it. If anything, the only problem I see is that it'll jack up prices for 6x31's, since now they're harder to get, but with that should also come an increase in worth for not-as-perfect Pokemon, since they become integral ingredients in the breeding process. Ultimately though, I feel as if we will just have to let the invisible hand of capitalism have its way. Lets just see where this goes, guys.

But... PokeMMO is my family now.

Please do. If there's one thing I like more than waiting for patches it's making sure said patches are delayed for as long as possible. He is now.

Guys, guys guys. You're all forgetting the real problem of breeding. For too long breeders have been breeding and rebreeding their Pokemon with each other, creating a limited gene pool and performing what amounts to Pokemon incest. This is sick and wrong and our Lord and Saviour Crobat will never approve of that shit. Here's a simple solution: Have each Pokemon generate a hash. A bred Pokemon's hash would be based on the parents' + a fudge factor for RNG thus creating a unique genetic code. If two Pokemon have too similar of a hash, i.e. they're related, God intervenes and does not allow them to commit sin. Of course, second cousins are fine, and first cousins are alright if they're hot enough. Step-sisters are also ok, because technically they're not related. Anyway. The next step is then to create penalties for inbreeding (aside from going to Hell for all eternity, of course). Each Pokemon gets three dominant IV's and three recessive IV's (random). When Pokemon breed, dominant IV's have a higher chance of being passed on compared to recessive ones (dominant IV's stay dominant after being passed on, so eventually you can create an Ubermensch Rattata with 6*31 dominant IV's), but as the genetic pool shrinks and you start Hapsburging all over the place, recessive genes get a higher chance of being passed on. As the inbreeding gets worse you'll eventually end up with Pokemon with the worst IV's ever. Eventually when we get cloning we can create the perfect Pokemon (say, an Arbok) and we can selectively get his IV's to create two clones, one with all the dominant IV's and one with all the recessive IV's (which we'll call Solid and Liquid Arbok in this case). It'll be a lot of fun. So this is what we need to do. We need to get rid of inbreeding in this game. PokeMMO is a Christian game, god dammit! I won't allow for sins to be perpetuated in this game. I also want my Eugenics simulator. Okay.