Tuesday, November 26, 2013: Fun

Today wasfun. I went to the Westfield Mall and also went to the Cousin Cafe. There was a power outage there. It was kind of fun living like the past without energy.

Monday, November 25, 2013: Already Monday

Ha, It's the first real day of Thanksgiving break from school and I'm already failing. I don't know what to do, and that lead me to watch Caillou and Thomas and Friends. It's just sad not going to school. I always thought that some breaks from school would be great, but this is proving otherwise. Anyways, see ya.

Sunday, November 24, 2013: Break

I'm at a dim-sum place watching Clannad. See you.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013: My Phone Came

Guess what? My phone finally came. It's pretty slow, but it gets the job done. I'm typing this on my phone right now. Anyways, bye.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013: Quick Post, Then Back to Homework

Hey guys, right now, I'm going to post my draft of the speech my partner and I have to work on. Surprisingly, we could choose the topic of Pokémon, so we chose it. Maybe tell me what you think of it. It's probably very boring and terrible because we have a time limit for our speech for 4 minutes. Here we go.

What Does It Take to be Great? Advice to an Aspiring Pokémon Master

            Most of us know that feeling, we want to play a game, but you do not know how to play it well; or you just do not have a talent for that. Therefore, you give up. You like Pokémon. You like the anime series, card game, and the Pokémon video game. Well, all hope is not lost. With enough deliberate practice, repetition, and feedback from others, as stated in Geoff Colvin’s article, “What It Takes to be Great”, even complete rookies can become masters at the video game. We want to discuss with you how to be great at the Pokémon video game by putting Colvin’s suggestions to use.

            Before you can even get into Pokémon, you’ll need to know some background information about how the Pokémon franchise started, what it is, and some trivia. So how did Pokémon begin? The idea of Pokémon began with Satoshi Tajiri, because he enjoyed collecting insects as a hobby. (Satoshi is the name for Ash Ketchum in the anime series in Japan.) He gathered his friends and started a company called Game Freak, which almost became bankrupt. Pocket Monsters was previously called Capsule Monsters, but trademark issues made it become what it is known today.

            Now that you know some background information, we need to start discussing many main topics, such as…

                        Tactics: Abilities, Evolving, Types, and Battles

                        Pokémon Teams: Choosing Your Starter Pokémon

            Because of the time limit, we will only talk about basic Pokémon knowledge and choosing a starter Pokémon.

                       

            The first thing we are going to talk about is Tactics. How do you want to play the game? Are you a casual player and do not exactly have a set way of battling, or do you have your own style? Some people enjoy battling by trying to get the opponent’s Pokémon to 0 HP first while others enjoy using moves like Leer and Growl to decrease the damage done to themselves and increase it for the opponent. This might take a little bit of experimenting, so this connects with Colvin’s opinion, to perform repetition until you have a set idea how you are going to do things.

            There are more things to tactics than you think. You still have to think about how your Pokémon will do in battle. Some try to take advantage of the type system, but others rely on pure power by being raising Pokémon to high levels to win battles. What is the type system? Well, it is a way to classify Pokémon. To give an example, normal type Pokémon, assuming they do not have two types, are weak to only fighting Pokémon moves, and are immune to ghost Pokémon moves. This might take some practice to get the hang of it, so you might have to battle wild Pokémon often and go to online forums to get this information. This connects with Colvin’s deliberate practice because you have to practice to get the hang of it.

            Evolving and abilities both are very confusing. Let us start with evolving. When your Pokémon reach certain levels or exposed to a certain evolution stone, they can evolve. However, there are good things about it such as, you get a better overall Pokémon, but you have to trade; if you do not evolve, the Pokémon will get better moves faster, but if you do evolve, you will have to wait for it to level up a lot for it to get the same move.

Abilities are skills that may help you in the game. They cannot change unless you evolve it. An example of this would be Pure Power. This ability doubles your attack stats, which is significant if you think about it. How might this connect with Colvin’s article? It connects because this takes repetition to understand. You might have to study by looking on websites like Bulbapedia, because there are over 170 abilities currently.

            Finally, we are going to talk about Pokémon teams. How do you choose your starter Pokémon? This choice will take the much thinking to decide. The Pokémon that you choose there will most likely be the one that is the most powerful overall out of all the Pokémon you will have. You will have to have a new mindset of approach. Maybe in the past you have been choosing all grass type Pokémon. You might want to choose some other Pokémon.

            To summarize, the Pokémon video game is a very competitive and you often have to keep in mind many things such as abilities and types. Pokémon can also evolve but you have to choose either better strength overall or better moves sooner. At the beginning of the Pokémon game, you can choose a starter Pokémon that will most likely be the most important Pokémon in your team later on. Remember, every Pokémon will have a weakness; it is how you compensate for that. If you try your best, get a new mindset, practice, and put in effort, although you might not have been born with the gift to be “the very best,” you too can be the Pokémon master.

So, what do you think? I have to get back on my mathematics homework so I'm going to leave. There's a break in two weeks, so I'll be fine. I wish school could be online. Like webcam chat so we could be in the comfort of our own homes and learn. Well, bye.

Thursday, November 7, 2013: That Phone...

So, my phone's taking a while to ship. It's been about, two weeks? That's just sad. Well, bye.

Saturday, November 2, 2013: Meh.

So, now what? Anyways, hello readers and I don't know why I'm even bothering to type this meaningless text.

Saturday, November 2, 2013: At McDonald's Again

So, I'm at that fast-food chain store once again. It's so addicting, almost everybody eats it these days. I purchased a phone on FreedomPop, but I don't know if I can actually get the phone. Okay, I'm confusing the viewers, so what I mean is that when I purchased it online, there was no invoice and said there was an error and said I didn't have an account. Yet, the payment was made on the credit card. This seems weird. I hope it arrives so it isn't a rip-off. However, since I did purchase it, if it doesn't ship, I might be able to contact customer service. I was sick these few days so I couldn't post at all. Also, I had homework, so that was another problem. I'm not going to explain how I was sick, but it sounds like diary-ugh. You get it? Yeah, you should. I hope you do. Anyways, I'm playing this game called Eternal Saga and I'm addicted. Completely addicted. I play the game to get presents now. That's stupid, but I do. I guess I'm getting crazy. Anyways, talk to you readers soon.