So why am I in New Jersey? Because of my heart. I left my heart in San Fransisco... Wait no. I've got an appointment with my Pediatric Cardiologist in Philly, and so here I am. Usually I schedule these things for the middle of the Summer, when I'm visiting my Dad, but this is the first year I got to schedule it myself, so, of course, I left it till too late, and this was the earliest appointment they could get me when I asked back in May. X_X
Oh well, a week off from school, right? YAY!... 'Cept, I still have a few assignments to get done before I get back. Nothing I can't handle, of course. An essay on how the media being run as a business affects the public in America, for instance, which'll probably end up on here when I'm done with it. Also, a couple papers discussing the literary values from short stories for English, and I've gotta get farther into my story for Screenwriting.... Sigh, tis hard, and really, not much fun to talk about. I'd rather be doing them than telling you about them, so, moving on...
What else is there to do while I'm here? It's the beach, yes, but its also October, so fuck that. Well, here, take a look at what all I did today. After getting in at 11:30 last night, I made it to the house with Dad at around 2, and quickly set up for sleep. I woke up for nine, though, and the true adventure began. After a quick shower and getting dressed (THERE'S NO HEAT IN THIS HOUSE!!!!), I started to hunt around for a wireless connection to check up everyone and get logistics for today setup. I'd had a general plan that I wanted things done today, I just had to get the specifics down first and, as usual, I'd waited till the last minute. I got online eventually, by 10, and started making plans. And Maps. One thing about making plans in an area you aren't entirely familiar with: bring a map with you. It will help immensely.
Ah, but all this planning, what for? Why, you saw the title, guys. I was getting me a Mew, of course. Yes, the Legendary Pokemon Mew. As part of a promo for the newest Straight-To-DVD Pokemon Movie, Toys-R-Us stores across the country were given game boy games filled with Mews to trade to customers. And I wanted me some of that. Mmmm.... the sweet smell of the legit Mew.
While in line with my friends, we debated the philosophy of Pokemon collecion. My friend raised a good point: there's nothing waiting in the line got you that you couldn't rig up with a Game Shark. But, I countered, even if the Game Boy game didn't know, I would have known, and that made a difference to me. Besides, who is he to play God with these creatures, and summon them forth at will? Hmmph. So, I officially have a Mew now. Originally he was owned by a trainer named "Mystry", either after the "Mysterious Dungeon" series, or the movie, "Lucario and the Mystery of Mew." All the reference materials for the give-away (trade) listed him as "The Mysterious Mew" in big bold font and capitol letters. I find the Mystry name puzzling, because I got it from a trainer named Red, being the employ at Toys R Us (she thought it was funny that I'd nicknamed my Magikarp for trade "NOT MEW"), but still, it's cool. Nice and healthy, too. Here are it's level 10 stats.
I've actually decided to get semi-serious about training up a battling team, ever since I met the other guy in Japanese class who plays too, and wants to battle me during the breaks. Here's an idea of what I'm gonna go for:
H P: 42
ATK: 28
DEF: 26
SAT: 27
SDF: 26
SPD: 23
Magneton: Thunderwave, Thunder, Rain Dance, SubstituteThat Mewtwo may be Mew, depending on how his stats turn out when he reaches Mewtwo's level. Also, these are all preliminary lists, but I'm confident that I can arrange them all right, without any major breeding (exception: Skarmory needs to be bred with Drill Peck). That said... I like it.
Groudon: Flamethrower, Solarbeam, Earthquake, Overheat
Vaporeon: Surf, Ice Beam, Bite, Haze
Snorlax: Rest, Sleeptalk, Earthquake, Hyperbeam
Skarmory: Spikes, Roar, Drill Peck, Steel Wing
Mewtwo: Psychic, Recover, Ice Beam, Shadow Ball
It's rough, though. I know just enough about Pokemon teams to be dangerous to myself. It's like how I was in Magic. I know enough tech to be the best in my play group, but I'm still a random n00b to the really good players, leaving me with pretty much no one to play with. I dunno, the guy in Japanese class (Joshua) seems pretty on the ball about it, so maybe I'll end up starting a battle group with him or something.
The next generation of Pokemon game is Wi-Fi Internet enabled for battling and trading. I'm trying to decide how that will work out. I think that Nintendo COULD offer a semi-pro tournament series of sorts, with the winners getting Surfing Pikachus, Shiney pokemon, or Legendary pokemon or something. The problem as I forsee it, as Derek pointed out, is Game Sharks. If anyone can just will into being a degenerate team of do-everything 00bers, then the competitions will simply devolve into "who is luckiest of the Sharkers?" No one wants that. I can see possibly a series of tests, with a shifting metagame as Nintendo dictates it: A season of Multibattles, or the best team of Water types or something, with legends being disallowed. (Most people do this already: The only reason I put them in my team is because Josh and I are okay, since we both know we aren't being artificially degenerate to each other.) But yeah, along with a high potential for artifially created Pokemons dominating any possible international tournament scene, I can see a future of Pokemon being sold on ebay for trade.
For sale: Lot of seven (7) female Eevees. One for each evolved form. Evolve as you will, breed to your heart's content. Reserve set at $35.There is one last comment I had about my Mew. I can't nickname him, because I got him in a trade. These are the rules, theoretically to preserve the "special" name that Pokemon's first owner gave him. Okay, I understand that rule. But on another note, the Legendary Pokemon shouldn't be able to be nicknamed. Think about it. Let's look at Mewtwo, for instance. He's a unique Poke`mon, the only one of his kind. He was named Mewtwo because he was a clone of the original Mew. So... That is his species, but it is also his name. You wouldn't say "I caught a Mewtwo." You'd say "I caught the Mewtwo," or more appropriately, just "I caught Mewtwo." That is his nickname, so to speak. The closest real world equivilant I can think of here is gods and godesses. See, a lot of the unique Pokemon are like gods to the people living in that world. So imagine if, for whatever reason, people had the ability to capture spirits or whatever and use them in competition. And it was possible to capture and train the essense of Zeus, say. But there is just one Zeus. (Shut your pie hole, Jupiter.) You can't capture a Zeus. You capture the Zeus. You can't say, "I caught Zeus up on Mount Olympus, then nicknamed him Lightning." See my point?
Mmmm... Sacrelicious. I'm tired now, going to sleep in this freezing house. Later on I'll publish my thoughts on the new Magic set Time Spiral. In the mean time, aside from sleep, homework, and doctors visits, I've got to see a man about some Poke... mans.
