Look! A Wild Feature-Length Film Appeared!

Hey, guys!

After I read this, I thought I should make a suggestion:

Go, get a snack and a drink, turn on some background music, then read. This is my first feature-length film– sorry, I mean, this is my longest post.

I've been playing Minecraft a lot recently, and the main world I've been playing on is a challenge that I set for myself– a Flatland Survival world!

So, to bring you up-to-date on the world, I've found two villages, built a house between the two, have a wheat, tree, carrot and potato farm, a cobblestone generator, a well, and a Nether Portal.

Yeah, you heard right, a Nether Portal! One of the blacksmith's chests had five obsidian, and one of the villages had two blacksmiths! So, two lava times three blacksmiths plus five obsidian minus one lava for a Cobble Generator equals enough obsidian to make a portal! No, I don't have a Diamond Pick, but I was able to use a frame to hold the lava before turning it to obsidian. No corners, by the way– I used Glowstone for that!

In the Nether, I mined a ton of Glowstone and... NETHER QUARTZ! Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Isn't it interesting how our minds work? Glowstone and Quartz have NEVER before excited me, but when I work this hard and defy the rules of the flatland world by creating an amazing house and a Nether Portal, which, by the way is the most challenging thing I've ever done in Minecraft, I get extremely excited.

That, obviously, must be the reason that Shiny Pokèmon excite people– and why Nintendo doesn't need to work hard to stop hackers.

Really, think about it– if you hack a Shiny Pokèmon into the game, do you really get excited and feel satisfied? I wouldn't. The whole point of Shiny Pokèmon is to reward dedicated players, as the have the highest chance of acquiring Shinies when they play more.

This especially applies for Shiny Hunters, as, for many of them, the game revolves around Shinies. This is one of the reasons that I feel like the race to acquire Shinies is crazy– because they're not really as cool if you just trade for them, and if you have any, you're excited, but after a while, you get bored of them.

That is, unless you like to clone/trade Shinies, in which case, you wouldn't get bored of them, but look at them like valuable assets instead of Pokèmon. Which, in my opinion, sort of defeats the whole point.

Sure, gloat about them, and keep them as the crowning jewel of your collection, but will your life really become amazing if you have the most Shinies ever?

Funnily enough, much of that is hypocritical, as I do some of that stuff. I mean, I'm not a hardcore hunter, but I'm trying to get my hands on a few more Shinies.

Note that much of what I post on my blog is actually stuff that I'm pondering, not, like, the absolute truth, and not even my whole opinion. It's just what I've got on my mind at the moment.

Wow, I typed a lot.

Well, I do have a lot of spare time on my hands– I'm on an international flight home, and I really have nothing better to do.

Well, I could play more Minecraft...

Most of my posts are just me deciding to sit down and post, but this one will be posted a while after I actually write this, as there's obviously no WiFi on this flight. Or else I wouldn't be saying this.

I am in love with a certain band right now– Imagine Dragons. Well, partially. I have six songs of theirs that I really like, and one that I sorta like.

My list (in order of worst to best):

-Nothing Left To Say/Rocks

-On Top Of The World

-Tiptoe

-Demons

-It's Time

-Bleeding Out

-Radioactive

Well, now you know which of them I like!

I suppose that I might as well talk about my music interests now. 

My current interest is Imagine Dragons, but my all-time favorite band is Coldplay! Viva la Vida is such an awesome song! Paradise is decent as well– it used to be my favorite song, but has been dethroned by multiple songs, including Skyfall, Bleeding Out, Burn It Down, and, most recently, Radioactive.

As you might have gathered from that, I like Linkin Park and some of Adelé's songs. Adelé is actually a genuine singer. It sounds like she actually sings live, instead of lip syncing, unlike many singers who rely on digital manipulation. Linkin Park is just overwhelmingly energetic and, you know, fiery.

Hang on, let me think of the right word.

Umm...

Got it!

Linkin Park is passionate when they sing! The music itself, not the singing, is amazing! The music is seriously better than the lyrics, and that's saying something!

Owl City is, like, the only solo singer who I really, really, really like. He's Christian, like me, is good with tech, comes up with the craziest lyrics and his voice is actually pretty good!

So, yeah, I like a few different groups.

I can't think of anything else to say– probably because I've said it all already. Well, I guess that's my cue to wrap up!

Sorry for the tremendously long post!

-Shymain

Pokè Avatars!

Hey, guys,

I was sort bored, so I decided I wanted to show off some of my art!

First of all, my Photobucket.

Now, this first one I made for my friend on Serebii:



This one was just me experimenting with blur and layers:




This was one I made for my friend (and still haven't got around to giving to him yet):




Now, this one here was made to celebrate the announcement of Fairy Type Pokèmon:




Last but not least, my favorite avatar:




And that's all! Thanks for reading this! Feel free to post C&C in the comments!

-Shymain

The Soundtrack of Music! The 3rd Gen rocks!

And we're on air!

Hey, guys! What's up?

I love the third generation in Pokèmon. It is the BEST generation ever, IMO. Reasons? Well, apart from the game being a reincarnation of awesomeness itself, it has secret bases, two different bikes, introduced the Battle Frontier to the series, has a cloning glitch, and has the best storyline so far.

So, I recently received a Rubik's Cube as a gift and I'm totally addicted to it! I learned a basic method to solve it (my best time is 2:52) and I'm trying to learn how to logically figure it out, without any set turns or moves or algorithms, because I sorta feel like that's cheating. But hey, it'll do for now!

Colress is such an epic bad guy– especially because he's a genius and he's not really a bad guy! He has an awesome battle theme, Pokèmon that are cool AND match his personality well, an epic hairstyle (or is that some sort of headgear?), a cool outfit, and overall, just an unbreakable air of amazement!

Speaking of music, the soundtracks in the Pokèmon games are epic! They should be, since half of the music is a remix of other music from the game... When I was playing MD:EoS's Sky Jukebox, I noticed that there were, like, ten songs that are essentially the same, with minor tweaks. Sort of cheap, if you ask me.

I love to write FanFiction, as I said in 'Introductions', but one thing that I might love more that writing is reviewing! There's a guy on Serebii Forums, epicninjask123, who's writing an imaginative League of Legends and Pokèmon crossover fic that, in my opinion, is doing pretty well! Here's the link!

Well, that's all for now!

-Shymain

Scythian S(w)orcery and Professor Ponderings

Hey, guys!

I'm posting again! About time, right? Yeah!

So, today I was on the Internet, you know, just surfing around, messing on forums, looking for cheats, when I found some interesting info about a game that I recently got, called Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP– or S:S&SEP or #sworcery or just plain old sworcery. Wow, that game has almost as many names as Gandalf!

So, anyways, I found out that there was this whole conspiracy theory thing going on, so, with the help of information kindly provided by the folks in (warning: spoilers) this link, I have come to a conclusion. When the Scythian died after uploading the Megatome into the Whirling Infinite upon the top of Mingi Taw, she went to a heaven of sorts.

See, there were these clues about 'long live the new flesh' and something about advancing to the next level, and in one of the videos there was the text 'The Future' hidden in the beginning of it (I saw that BEFORE I saw that someone else had seen it!), and stuff like that.

What I'm getting at is that I think that they are making a second Sworcery game, and it will be either in a heaven of sorts, or a new reincarnation, or a second life, even. Yeah, sort of a weird theory, I know. But it's all that I've got.

For those with iDevices, It's free for a short time, so I'd recommend getting it! Once you've played it, listen to the voice when you upload the Megatome to the Whirling Infinite... Are those numbers?

If you want to know what the numbers are, simply go to the link above.

And that conspiracy theory is crazy awesome!

So, anyways, those of you keeping up to date with the news about X and Y should know that the new professor will battle you. Did anyone notice that this is a nod to the original games' beta development? Professor Oak was intended to be able to battle you– but due to some unknown reason, the aforementioned feature was removed.

It must have been removed close to the end of development, because in the coding of R/B, the team that he would use is visible.

So, yeah. Just another interesting fact.

Well, that's all for today!

-Shymain

Another Post Already? Believe it!

Hey, guys!

Does anyone else out there like riddles? I do! If anyone has a good Pokémon riddle, post it in the comments and I'll see if I can answer it!

Now, on to the content!

Do you know what the ten scariest Pokémon are? You might think so, but you haven't read this article yet! The section about Marowak is a lot different than you might expect! BBS Magazine is really cool– it's worth reading!

Now, as I said in the previous post, I love to read. There are soooo many awesome books that you can find– Eragon, Harry Potter, Narnia, Tunnels, Gone and so much more– to the point that it's hard to find any good books after reading some of the best! Now, there is a series that is awesome– it's a long, tedious read, mind you, but it's worth it– called Redwall. Some of the more avid readers might recognise that name– and in that case, good! For the rest of you, it is totally something that you should read– if you like large books.

So, I'm currently making a title banner, and it should be up soon! I love graphic art (even though I'm not the best) and I like to make Pokémon stuff– especially avatars. It's ironic, really, since I hate art class.

I'm learning to program HTML and JavaScript– and I absolutely love it! I want to program for a living at some point– either that, or program as a hobby.

And that's all for now!

-Shymain

Introductions

Hey, guys! How's it going?

Just in case you don't know who I am, I am Shymain! I'm just your average Pokèmon lover who loves Pokèmon a ton! I frequent Serebii Forums, Pocket Monster Paradise Forums and Glacidia Forums! Feel free to visit any of those through the 'links' page to the right! I am an avid reader, I enjoy playing Minecraft, and I love to write! Most of my writing is FanFiction, but nevertheless, I'm working on an original idea.

I am a HUGE grammar freak, so if you see any mistakes at all on my blog, feel free to inform me in the comments!

I've been thinking about racism recently, seeing as the trial where a black guy got shot by a 'white Hispanic' guy is currently going on. It occurred to me that Doctor Seuss was anti-racism! I haven't read any of books for a long time, but I suddenly recalled a story he wrote called 'The Sneetches', where some of the weird creatures had stars, and some didn't. The ones with the stars thought they were better that the ones without. Some guy came along who was able to put stars on and take stars off, until everything was a huge mess, upon which the stars and the non-stars agreed to just act like they were all the same. The End.

So, Doctor Seuss was effectively trying to raise an anti-racist generation. Shame it didn't work...

I've been playing Black 2 a lot recently, and I'm trying to hatch a Shiny Sneasel. A few boxes of Sneasels later, I've still had no luck. I already have two Shinies- Starly and Regirock- that I've caught, and I'm starting to wonder why they're valued so much. They're just different colors! I mean, sure, brag about the rare Pokèmon you have, but why does it matter so much? It's valued higher than Pokèmon with perfect EVs amongst many players- heck, most people don't know what EVs are! I mean, do you want to win a Pokèmon tournament, or do you want a Shiny?

Recently, in Minecraft I've been playing on a friend's server- it's not his, really, he's just an admin- that's been around since Classic! 3 years, to be more specific, and my friend's been a admin for 2.5 years!
The ip:

dark-kingdom.no-ip.org

The server has Multiworld, Factions, Awesome Staff and is in development!

So, yeah, feel free to comment or whatever!

-Shymain