Pikes & Friends' Blog

WHY SOCIETY, WHYYYY?!

pikespendragon67 — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:48:36 +0000

Hello, future friends and enemies. Well, it’s President’s Day (Week for me) and you know what that means?
Children: NO SCHOOL! 8D
Adults: NO WORK! 8D
Pikes: Exactly! So, how do we celebrate this?
Lucario: Let’s party until we’re purple!
Pikes: I LOVE BEING PURPLE! 8D But no, according to television, we celebrate it with crappy marathons & meaningless store sales!
Meta Knight: …You serious?
Pikes: Oh, it doesn’t end there, unfortunately… Apparently, they’re also airing an award show about real-life sports on Cartoon Network, a marathon over a pointless star on Disney, AND they’re making a television show about the Internet sensation, Fred! …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F1Gv0VE5q0&feature=related

Okay, I used to like Fred when I was 10 years old (which was 5 years ago) because back then, he actually had SOME humor in him, but after knowing we could actually SEE what the other characters looked like & the show/movie being irrelevant to his old humor, I guarantee that the show will suck horribly. -_- As for regards in the Cartoon Network situation, WHY THE HELL ARE YOU SHOWING REALITY SHOWS ON THERE WHEN THE CHANNEL IS SPECIFICALLY CALLED CARTOON NETWORK?! (True, there are some exceptions, but that’s because the reality soon turns into a cartoon world.) And we got rid of anime for that?! WHY?! Finally, Disney; Y U KEEP MAKING SHOWS ABOUT SINGING/DANCING?! I mean, it’s not bad when you have actual comedies & cartoons to parallel things, but EVERYTHING is about “finding your talent” when it’s literally just inconfident teenage girls singing & dancing to show that they’re “different”. ._. It gets so repetitive it’s not even funny…

But with that out of the way, I am continuing my Pokemon Platinum walkthrough swimmingly. -w- TEAM SO FAR:

-Goku (Monferno) Level 18
-Nova (Luxio) Level 18
-Admiral (Buizel) Level 16

Currently trying to get into the Valley Windworks so I can save the scientist in there & continue onto the Eterna Forest. Not bad, not bad… But one day, a random thought popped into my mind; I’m going to raise a Togepi that I’ll get soon, so I’ve decided to name it Bacon. o_o Dun ask why cuz I dunno either

P.S. And I might be going over to DJ’s house this Friday along with Mizore so that we can see “Secret World of Arrietty” together, but that vaguely depends if Fandango actually tries to be helpful or not. -3-;

P.S.S. So, I apparently got all A’s so far & my folks are rewarding me with a Zoroark & Hammer Bros. plushie + a Zanpakutou keychain. o_o’ IF ONLY I COULD BE GENEROUS & HELP MY FRIENDS WHO NEED THE REWARDS MORE!!! DX

Metal Gear Predicts the Future!

pikespendragon67 — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:06:54 +0000

Hello, future friends and enemies. Well, as all of you nerds should know, there was a whole comotion over 3 bills that were going to censor the Internet & kill small businesses called SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA. Luckily, the first 2 weren’t approved, but we still have ACTA to worry about… (Come on, Europe; don’t let us down!) So, I was randomlly going through Youtube (as I usually do) when I noticed somebody posted a video about said evil bills with a dialogue that came from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. At first, I thought it was just going to be a hilarious video with bad voices & stuff, but it actually turned out the video was talking about why certain people were censoring the Internet. o_o I then looked on the MGS Wiki to see when the actual dialogue came out & it came out in 2002; 9-10 years BEFORE the bills came to become reality! O_O OH MY CHEEZITS! (Maybe they had Psycho Mantis write that part of the game’s script…) Anywho, just in case you don’t believe me, here be-eth the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGtdNmtfKXk&feature=related

Creepy, ain’t it? And here’s another video of another dialogue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4jThrPWJoU&feature=related

All That Glitters…is Shininess

pikespendragon67 — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:39:22 +0000

Hello, future friends and enemies. Well, after not recording Platinum for a while due to my camera needing a new memory card & getting a 3 Star rank in Mario Kart 7, I’ve decided to pay attention to my SoulSilver game where I realized I had all 5 of the random shiny Pokemon I had still there & yet still not evolved or trained to be better, so I decided to make somewhat of a decent team out of what they were. HOWEVER, since I only had 5, I decided to use a Beldum to fill in the gap. (It may not be shiny, but I’ve wanted to raise one for a while now, so why not?) Anywho, you’re probably thinking, “OMG, there’s no freaking way Pikes found 5 shiny Pokemon at random in ONE game!” You’re right; they come from seperate games. And in case you’re too lazy to search through all my crappy weaboo posts just to see when I got them & such, here they are with the games they came from & their backstories. (And if you want to, you can muster up a good movepool for said Pokemon.) :

-Graveler (evolved from Geodude)
From: Pokemon Diamond
Story: One day, I wanted to prove that randomlly running into wild shiny Pokemon was a myth & that you had to have the…uhh, what’s it called… Poke Transmitter or something? Bah, nevermind that; so, I continued searching & I kept running into Geodudes without using that thing where the odd thing was that they kept getting somewhat brighter everytime a new one was encountered. o_o’ Might’ve been something with my eyes, but you may never know. FINALLY, I got to the point where I actually met a shiny Geodude wihthout that device!

-Crobat (evolved from Golbat)
From: Pokemon Pearl
Story: In my weird daily routines of Pokemon, I usually go to the Mt. Coronet summit to listen to the pretty music. (I had yet to realize the powers of Youtube, mind you) One day, as I was surfing in the normal part of Mt. Coronet (before you use Rock Climb to even get near the summit), I forgot to use a repel & a Golbat came at me, so I thought I could kill it easily with my bro’s Palkia. BUT THEN, I realized it was shiny & caught it before Palkia could murder it. (And it was a literal bitch to evolve. >_<)

Solrock
From: Pokemon Emerald
Story: I just got back from fighting Steven in Meteor Falls & healed up my Pokemon when I realized that I had to have a rematch in said Meteor Falls. (True, I could’ve ignored it, but I usually don’t want battles to pile up like crazy, so yeah) As I was getting to the NPC I was supposed to fight, I once again forgot to use Repel & encountered a Solrock. At first, I couldn’t really tell that it was shiny, but then I saw the sparkle around it & knew I had to catch it. But dear god, it would not be caught at ALL. @_@ Everything I tried usually failed until my Irish luck gave me a blessing & let me catch it

Spearow
From: Pokemon FireRed
Story: I was about to take on the Elite Four when I ran into a shiny Fearow on Victory Road & managed to catch it. HOWEVER, I forgot to save, so it disappeared. ;^; But back to Spearow’s story, a little while after that, I went to Route 3 (I believe) for memory’s sake & actually ran into a shiny Spearow. o.o Maybe it’s the Fearow reborn… But yeah, I caught it & I’m still training it; I mean, it’s only level 9 for crying out loud…

Beedrill (evolved from Weedle)
From: Pokemon SoulSilver
Story: I wanted to try the Bug Competition that usually goes on in National Park, so I started searching for a usually rare Pokemon like Scyther or Pinsir. But instead, I managed to find a shiny Weedle. So, I caught it, won, kept it, leveled it up, yadda yadda. (It’s only level 12, but I haven’t played SS for a while now…)

AND THAT IS ALL OF THEM~ I know, probably not the best Pokemon out there, but hey, they’re shiny. owo

Pikes vs. Modern Technology

pikespendragon67 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:35:35 +0000

UPDATE: So, it turns out that my camera wasn’t acting screwy, but my memory card IN the camera was. o_o’ Apparently, I only have 4 minutes left before I run out of room, so yeah… TIME TO GET A NEW ONE/START UPLOADING THEM ON MY COMPUTER SO THAT THEY WON’T BE LOST~! (Also, my phone isn’t doing what a phone should do; talk to people, so that’s why I need to replace it)

Hello, future friends and enemies. As you might recall, I’m actually in the progress of making my very first videos for Youtube; which is a Pokemon Platinum walkthrough. Well, as I was recording, my camera said it only had 5 minutes until the battery died out; which I thought was weird since I charged it fully last night (being aware not to overflow it). SO, I tried charging it again to see if this was a flaw or not, but when I tried to, the little light that shows when it’s done charging went off (when it was only on for a minute) AND BARELY CHANGED; IT STILL HAD 5 MINUTES TO LIVE. WHAT…THE…HECK?! D8< I even tried a different outlet & turning off all technology in my room; nothing. ._. *sigh* Now you can see why I didn’t start recording videos a few years ago; TECHNOLOGY HATES ME, WHETHER IT BE TOASTERS OR VIDEO CAMERAS

Oh yes, on the topic of evil technology, my phone’s also going to have to get replaced soon. My phone’s about 5 years old, so when I tried to get the same model at the local phone store, they said it was “outdated” & didn’t have any of my kind left. And when I tried to find something a bit more modern, it was…meh. Now, I’m one of those simplistic people who likes simplistic technology & the more modern phone I got a while ago was CONFUSING AS HELL. >_< And I also have a smidge of OCD when it comes to touch-screens, so that won’t do. (I also pretty much hate using apps since they’re mostly useless. Some aren’t, I admit, but there are just some that I can’t bare.) WHY, TECHNOLOGY?! WHY?! D,8

P.S. Oh yes, my team on Platinum so far:

-Goku (Chimchar) Level 11
-Nova (Shinx) Level 10

Currently in Jublife & going to train Nova some more so that she (Yes, it’s a girl) can learn another physical attack before I take on my rival, Barret. (Got the Poketch, by the way)

IT HAS BEGUN!!!

pikespendragon67 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:39:09 +0000

Hello, future friends and enemies. The suspense was killing me, so I re-started & am now playing through Pokemon Platinum. HOWEVER, THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAVE A CAMERA TO FILM MY EXPERIENCE! And you know what that means? That’s right! As soon as I get good editing technology, I’ll upload it to Youtube, which will be my first crappy video that might get removed due to evil SOPA/PIPA/ACTA! WOO~ 8D Team so far:

-Chimchar (nicknamed Goku) level 7

…That’s it. o_o; What, I just started. D: But now, the time is serious to think about Pokemon to have on my team! I’ve gotten this idea so far, which is basically the same as the post below, but yeah

-Infernape
-Absol
-Alakazam
-Froslass
-Magnezone
-Togekiss

Not really that bad, but yeah, I might need some more suggestions here. >_< And hopefully, I’ll be able to edit my videos at DJ’s house since her bro, SpectreSabre, has killer editing software! LOOK OUT, YOUTUBE! PIKES SHALL SOON MAKE VIDEO HISTORY!!!

Peril in…Platinum

pikespendragon67 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:23:21 +0000

Hello, future friends and enemies. WELL, on Youtube, Chuggaconroy has started playing through Pokemon Emerald & I’ve also been listening to some good remixes of themes from said Emerald. This got me into the motivation of loving Pokemon even more than I originally do now…again & wished that the Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald remake would appear someday soon and I WOULD’VE replayed my Emerald/Ruby/Sapphire version…if I actually had it. D: Sure, it got repititive after playing it a few times, but hey, it was still pretty fun… So, I guess my only other option is to re-start my Platinum, one of my most favorite video games. :3 Now, here’s the problem I have with that:

I DUNNO WHAT SHOULD BE ON MY POKEMON TEAM!! DX

I’ve gotten somewhat of an idea, but if I went with the team I have so far, I’d have mostly Attackers rather than a variety:

-Infernape
-Absol
-Gyrados
-Vespiquen

…That’s it. >_< Yeah, I know, but I just started thinking about this & I even asked some of my friends what they would reccomend, but they either ignored me or said “I dunno.” *sigh* What to do, what to do… Oh, I can always ask you kind nerds for help! (Nerds as in a good way) However, when suggesting a Pokemon, please keep these ideas in mind:

No legendaries- I don’t want my team to suddenly be ignored by an uber, difficult-to-level Pokemon, so yeah
No transfer needed Pokemon- I want this team to be completely based on the Pokemon that can actually be found in Platinum. (Unless it’s a Pokemon that requires trading like say Gengar or Alakazam)
No HM slaves- I’m trying to make sure that each Pokemon gets a fair share of Exp. Points (However, I can use one for emergencies)
No Pokemon I overuse most of the time- These Pokemon are the following: Charizard, Sceptile, Gardevoir, Lucario (ESPECIALLY this one) , Luxray (but I love this guy… 3: ), Vaporeon/Espeon, Torterra, etc. o_o; Ehehehe… But yeah, I want to have experience with raising other types of Pokemon
Have a variety of stat/type advantages- ^ Read above, please.

Hopefully, I won’t bring too much stress to this & I’m not acting too desperate; I just can’t think of a new team with school. -A-

Blogging? o.o

pikespendragon67 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:15:04 +0000

Hello, future friends and enemies. Y’all should know the reason why I haven’t been posting nor why the others are: HIGH SCHOOL. There are some points where it’s difficult, but otherwise, I just find the homework time-consuming. -.- But luckily, I barely have any homework this weekend. :3 You’re probably wondering, “HWUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT?! How can you barely have any homework in high school?!” Well, first off, it’s high school freshman work, not college work. o-o And second, half of my classes were just watching awesome videos while one was just taking a quiz. LET ME EXPLAIN MORE THOROUGHLY:

In Engrish, we have to read a shortened version of “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens. (My friends say the beginning is the only good part & then gets really bad later on…) So, our Engrish teacher actually let us watch half of the “South Park” version of it. (It apparently got really bad at the end, so that’s why we didn’t finish it) God, it was hilarious. “Don’t mind me; I’m just blacksmithing. Look, I made a metal newspaper!” X,D
Biology, we discussed the very confusing topic that is evolution. (And yes, there was a brief discussion of Pokemon in there.) How is it confusing? Well, there’s barely evidence of it, so people keep arguing between evolution & religious beliefs. (They burnt down a kid’s picture of evolution for crying out loud!) And after that serious discussion, our Biology teacher let us watch a “Simpsons” opening that showed the evolutionary process through Homer. It was very lulz-tastic
GEOGRAPHY, MY-MUCH-BETTER-THAN-POLITICAL-SCIENCE-CLASS, we took a quiz on the world map after we got to draw our own versions & label zem. (I colored mine with flag colors of countries. c: But GOD, why must so many flags have red?! My red colored pencil nearly died after I drew most of the flags! D: ) After the very easy quiz we took, we got to watch the Caves section of “Planet Earth”. It was magnificently creepy; what with the glow worms fishing for food (with transparent bodies, might I add… @_@ ) & the snakes sensing the heat of bats for food capture. oAo I sense stuff that shall be in my stories soon~

And then we took a quiz (SUPER-DUPER EASY) in Algebra. Pretty much it… o_o’ But yeah, it was still cool to watch that kind of stuff in class. -w- ALSO, Tobuscus is hilarious:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdRmIALzfdg&feature=related

commissions anyone?

t0bittr0ll — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:24:03 +0000

heh sorry i haven’t been on but just putting this out there but I’m gonna be doing commissions so if anyone wants some then just email me at bakurasass@yahoo.com

those are the prices

but right now im doing $5 per picture and $0.01 for icons till maybe the end of February so jump on it if you want it bleh

HALLELUJIAH!

pikespendragon67 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:23:04 +0000

UPDATE: If you want to go to Wikipedia anytime soon, make sure you do it today since that site & some others will be “blacking out” against SOPA & such. Here’s more info:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/popular-websites-dark-over-sopa-controversy-174211626.html

And whatever you do, don’t forget to keep fighting! Remember, this is only dead for now, so it CAN come back to life at any given moment. @_@

Hello, future friends and enemies. Well, you know about SOPA, right? You know, the bill that would be your ticket to jail just by not crediting original creators of Youtube & other sites? NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT NOW! WHY?

SOPA IS DEAD!!!

You heard me right! (Unfortunately, it’s only in hiding, but still!) THIS IS A MIRACLE! 8,D

A Great Way to Start a 4-Day Weekend

pikespendragon67 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:05:59 +0000

Hello, future friends and enemies. SO, the difficult testing known as Finals are over where I believe the only one I failed is the EVIL Political Science one. (Rawr, the website barely gave us any of the words we had to study for vocab…) And with hard work comes awesome relaxation time by having none other than a 4 day weekend! WOO~~ 8D (The normal weekend + MKJ holiday + teacher work-day) The best part about this being a 4 day weekend is that an anime convention was in town where I actually got to hang out with DJ & Mizore after us barely talking to each other due to different classes AND meeting Senpai ever since we went to high school! Luckily, I got our magical experience on camera, so as soon as I know which editing software to buy & maybe drawing-on-the-computer-thingymajigger, I shall upload it on the evil Youtube for everyone to see! (Hopefully, SOPA won’t become too strict on us by showing people dressing up as their favorite “copyrighted” characters. ._. ) Oh yes, for those wondering, I cosplayed as a hipster. X3

HOWEVER, there were some downsides; aka the security. I mean, they were complete jerks to us. D: Always telling us to move when we were waiting for Senpai in the hallways & the lines for voice actors being EXTREMELY long. (You’d have to get in line the second the convention even opened!) Sheesh, maybe this is a sign of fans & such when becoming a voice actor/Internet sensation. o_o’ Oh well, as long as I got some memorobilia from my first ever convention… And we would’ve gone today, but DJ got an urge to go to a movie theater arcade so she could play DDR & then hang out at her house for a while with Mizore & I. We all thought that was good since our only other option would be waiting in a line for 2 to 3 hours… BUT YEAH, we went to the arcade where DJ practically dominated DDR (got that on film as well) while Mizore & I played pinball and air hockey, then we went to DJ’s house where we got to play a bit of Fallout 3 (love the game; I just hate doing evil deeds is all… T^T), eat yummy food, and also play with DJ’s ADORABLE puppies. 8D After a while, Mizore & I went back to my house to play a bit of Okami. It was a good start to a 2 day weekend, AND NOW, I shall spend the rest of my days sleeping in & doing nothing. d(owo)b

IMPORTANT NEWS! For those in Alabama & going to Kami-con, Crispin Freeman will be there, so please be a doll & ask him if he can say “Hi” or something. PLEASE? He’s my favorite voice actor. D: Oh yes, Kami-con will be in February, which is also the month that “The Secret World of Arrierty” will be playing in theaters, so don’t miss that as well! AND FINALLY, the amazing “Magic Treehouse” series is actually turning into an anime movie! GOD, I LOVED READING THOSE AS A KID. 8,D Don’t believe me? See for yourself(ves):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHPkeRCK17g

It’s legit, trust me