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Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

Is it still considered pandering if you're pandering to yourself?

Ask An Adventurer – To Be The Very Best/Worst

on September 27, 2014
Chapter: Ask An Adventurer
└ Tags: Bandit, Byron, E-Merl, Flo, Frigg, Gravedust, Rachel, Scipio, Syr'Nj
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  1. Phil
    Flo
    September 27, 2014, 12:03 am | # | Reply

    3DS Friend Code exchange?

    3DS Friend Code exchange.

    4613-7404-6539

    • AcadianBacon
      AcadianBacon
      September 27, 2014, 12:55 am | # | Reply

      DONUT. GIMME. -grabby hands- D:

      • Oshi
        Oshi
        September 27, 2014, 1:48 pm | # | Reply

        I assure you that is no donut, it must be a bagel with smoked salmon cream cheese.

        • smilr
          smilr
          September 27, 2014, 4:09 pm | # | Reply

          At first i was all ‘Donut? gimme!”

          But now I’m like “salmon cream cheese bagel? GIMME GIMME GIMME NOW!” ;p

          • phyre
            phyre
            September 28, 2014, 3:43 pm | # | Reply

            *steals tablet while everyone else fights over the donut/bagel/whatever food item*

        • Tsapki
          Tsapki
          September 28, 2014, 7:05 pm | # | Reply

          But he is in front of a Dunkin Donuts, not a Blinkin Bagels…

          Okay, new business plan.

          • Ed Rhodes
            Ed Rhodes
            September 29, 2014, 11:21 pm | # | Reply

            Dunkin Donuts does bagels. I remember the commercial when they first started handling them. A picture of a bagel with the copy; “They’re round, they have a hole. Yeah, we can do this!”

      • riotllama
        riotllama
        September 29, 2014, 5:23 pm | # | Reply

        Yo, that looks like the dunkin on the east side of city hall. Is it? Is it?

    • AcadianBacon
      AcadianBacon
      September 27, 2014, 12:55 am | # | Reply

      I need to see what my friend code is, I never checked. o:

    • Rensuel
      Rensuel
      September 27, 2014, 2:45 am | # | Reply

      2509-1379-5510

      Feel free to ask if there are any ‘mon(non legendary) that you need/want. Always willing to breed/gift them.

    • BucklesSupreme
      BucklesSupreme
      September 27, 2014, 3:38 am | # | Reply

      4983-5035-9845

      3DS Friend Code Exchange.

    • Craddok
      Craddok
      September 27, 2014, 5:13 am | # | Reply

      2552-2010-6659

      And I’ve got to go with Chesnaught.
      Huh? What’s that about horrific defensive typing?

      • Phil
        Flo
        September 27, 2014, 9:56 am | # | Reply

        Dude, Chesnaught is sick though. In doubles anyway:

        Chesnaught @ Leftovers
        Ability: Bulletproof
        EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
        Impish Nature
        – Spiky Shield
        – Leech Seed
        – Hammer Arm
        – Wood Hammer

    • TKC
      TKC
      September 27, 2014, 10:08 am | # | Reply

      Huzzah, friend code exchange!

      2337-5315-5376

    • DocPhoenix
      DocPhoenix
      September 27, 2014, 10:43 am | # | Reply

      Heck yeah friend code exchange!

      Mine:
      3110-4398-6141
      And my fiance’s:
      4656-6240-0368

    • AeonsShadow
      AeonsShadow
      September 27, 2014, 11:11 am | # | Reply

      0748-2022-8509

    • TachyonCode
      TachyonCode
      September 27, 2014, 12:51 pm | # | Reply

      When I finally get a friend code, in like 2-3 years, you will be like… tenth to get it. Which is loads better priority than most people on the internet will ever get from me, so that’s sort of saying something.

    • JadeStarrz
      JadeStarrz
      September 27, 2014, 3:16 pm | # | Reply

      My friend code is: 2423-3392-6992

      So glad that people are all posting up theirs too. Gonna add you all.

      • Grrtt
        Grrtt
        September 29, 2014, 11:25 am | # | Reply

        I have also added everyone on the list thus far. Time will tell who adds me back…

    • Mr Ak
      Mr Ak
      September 28, 2014, 12:22 am | # | Reply

      This makes Guilded Age the best phishing attempt of ALL TIME.

    • Devlerbat
      Devlerbat
      September 28, 2014, 3:19 am | # | Reply

      0318-6762-1958

    • hobbit
      hobbit
      September 28, 2014, 9:34 pm | # | Reply

      Yes!

      0173-2454-4181

    • GRRTT
      GRRTT
      September 29, 2014, 9:12 am | # | Reply

      3454-0759-6600
      3ds friend code exchange!

    • Ubuntu4Ever
      Ubuntu4Ever
      September 29, 2014, 9:42 am | # | Reply

      Wooo! Friend Code: 3909-8300-3004

    • Faint of Hearts
      Faint of Hearts
      September 29, 2014, 8:50 pm | # | Reply

      Friend code for teh Pokemans!!!

      4699-5222-3364

    • Phil
      Flo
      December 2, 2014, 3:26 pm | # | Reply

      I never went back and took in all these friend codes!

      I will remedy this soon.

  2. Taxil Necrobane
    Taxil Necrobane
    September 27, 2014, 12:12 am | # | Reply

    Phil uses owner/boss man dictate to put his own question into the AAA.
    It’s super effective!

    BTW, mine was my first, best, and only pokemon I ever cared about. Pikichu.

    • Ganurath
      Ganurath
      September 27, 2014, 12:17 am | # | Reply

      Which Pokémon did you give the nickname of “Pikichu” to?

      …Golduck for me.

      • Kennerly
        Kennerly
        September 27, 2014, 1:01 am | # | Reply

        I don’t even recognize any of those pokemon! My favorite was Nidoking.

        • Tsapki
          Tsapki
          September 27, 2014, 3:24 am | # | Reply

          Tough choice overall but I got to give my vote to Marowak. Mommy issues aside, I loved the mix of ranged and close combat it seemed to use.

    • Wrath
      Wrath
      September 27, 2014, 3:22 am | # | Reply

      Sandslash. Loved that guy.

    • TBeckett
      TBeckett
      September 27, 2014, 11:42 am | # | Reply

      I always thought Poliwhirl was the coolest; for some reason I thought his thematic connections to three attack types made him more diverse than the average pokemon.

      • TBeckett
        TBeckett
        September 27, 2014, 11:42 am | # | Reply

        er, Poliwrath I suppose

    • TachyonCode
      TachyonCode
      September 27, 2014, 12:54 pm | # | Reply

      Vulpix was my first and favorite for a long time, and then I finally got a Ninetales that didn’t play like an annoyer. Now my favorite is Ninetales.

      It’s unfortunately not very close to my personal theme, though…

    • Devlerbat
      Devlerbat
      September 28, 2014, 11:37 am | # | Reply

      I skipped Gens 3 and 4 and didn’t really find any favorites in Gen 5. Back then my favorite was Girafarig though Ditto, Lickitung, Snorlax, Sudowoodo, and Venasaur were certainly on the list as well. Come gen 6 Greninja is my new favorite with Honeedge and Tyrantrum also making the list.

    • wwlaos
      wwlaos
      September 28, 2014, 7:55 pm | # | Reply

      Breloom. Manectric a close second.

    • Ubuntu4Ever
      Ubuntu4Ever
      September 29, 2014, 9:44 am | # | Reply

      Metagross, even after steel got nerfed, is still my favorite!

  3. DDDragoni
    DDDragoni
    September 27, 2014, 12:19 am | # | Reply

    Friend codes, you say?
    4081-5537-8256

    • Grrtt
      Grrtt
      September 29, 2014, 11:28 am | # | Reply

      You missed the thread by a bit man…

  4. The Indomitable Eric
    The Indomitable Eric
    September 27, 2014, 12:19 am | # | Reply

    Ha ha!

  5. Acrox
    Acrox
    September 27, 2014, 12:30 am | # | Reply

    Looks like the fairy-type did the trick (that is, making the already obscenely popular franchise even more popular).

    I mean, come on, I live in a barren wasteland where gameboys and GBAs were owned only by the most elite/totally radical people who wouldn’t let you glance at their screen for more than five minutes, and skipping the fourth and fifth generation was almost an unspoken rule.

    Now? Suddenly everybody has a 3DS with X/Y. Though I believe everybody was just concealing their nerdness back when that was considered a bad thing, since most of those “new trainers” actually know a decent chunk of pokéscience like IV/nature/HP breeding and catch rates.

    Looks like I should break my piggy and (well, re-)join the club.

    • Phil
      Flo
      September 27, 2014, 10:01 am | # | Reply

      We had different experiences, then. Almost nobody played Gen IV, it’s true, but Gen V saw a little action. Gen VI brought the popularity back because finally the technology caught up with the ambition of the series. Wonder Trade, Street Passing, customizable trainers, etc.

      I highly recommend getting back into it. X and Y were pretty great, and I’m reasonable sure that OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire are going to be as amazeballs as HeartGold and SoulSilver were.

  6. CorrTerek
    CorrTerek
    September 27, 2014, 12:46 am | # | Reply

    I’m always a generation behind due to being perpetually poor. It really sucks to miss riding that “new Pokemon!” wave with everyone else.

    On the other hand, I get to buy the games for cheap, so it all works out somehow.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      September 27, 2014, 4:51 am | # | Reply

      Hell, the first Pokemon game I played legit was Diamond…My DSLite was the first handheld system I’ve ever had. And I don’t have a 3DS (though I may see about remedying that come xmas), so I’m missing out on XY… ;_;

    • TachyonCode
      TachyonCode
      September 27, 2014, 12:59 pm | # | Reply

      I used to be able to keep up, until my family became poor due to me growing up and the economy turning sour. So, Diamond/Pearl was the last game I was really able to play while it was still popular and not outdated. Now I’ve been out of work for over five years, so I can’t really get back into it right now.

      I’m sad, I need a job.

  7. KyndMist
    KyndMist
    September 27, 2014, 1:40 am | # | Reply

    I feel like Frigg’s Pokemon choice would be one that nobody else likes or uses, isn’t that popular even in memes, has angry-eyebrows, and uses a kind of blunt instrument to pummel its foes.

    …But naw, that’d be too Farfetch’d.

    • Phil
      Flo
      September 27, 2014, 10:08 am | # | Reply

      I think Frigg would be all about Aggron, myself.

      • TBeckett
        TBeckett
        September 27, 2014, 11:43 am | # | Reply

        That’s it, that’s the perfect choice. This beaut tanked for me all through Emerald.

      • banjo2E
        banjo2E
        September 27, 2014, 3:14 pm | # | Reply

        I dunno, I kinda figure she’d go with Metagross. Steel/Psychic = glowy hammershit.

        • Loyal
          Loyal
          September 28, 2014, 11:25 am | # | Reply

          Frigg uses the glowy hammershit to great effect, but to her it is merely a tool. It doesn’t feel like it’s really a part of her, despite literally coming from within her.

          Her mace and armor on the other hand, are extensions of her being, despite not literally being parts of her body.

          • Tsapki
            Tsapki
            September 28, 2014, 7:06 pm | # | Reply

            Plus Aggron has Aggro right in the name, what more do you want?

      • Belisarius
        Belisarius
        November 4, 2015, 3:49 am | # | Reply

        First thing that came to my mind!!!

  8. Nathanyel
    Nathanyel
    September 27, 2014, 1:56 am | # | Reply

    Pokemon is one of those things where I can never tell whether it’s the real thing or a parody, mocking the silly looks and names.

    • Electricdawn
      Electricdawn
      September 27, 2014, 3:25 am | # | Reply

      I absolutely concurr. Never understood the hype…

      • Halae
        Halae
        September 27, 2014, 3:40 am | # | Reply

        The reason for it is actually relatively simple. For most people, it’s about the little monsters you can capture and train, finding favorite among various monsters you come across, and playing around with the story (such as it is). Beyond that, the game is surprisingly tactical; the Inherent Values of a given pokemon won’t be equal to another, same with the direction you’ve taken your experience in, your move choice, and working with your type. There’s so many little bonuses and penalties that it rewards system mastery without alienating more casual players. And if you’re more of a rare hunter? Finding shiny pokemon (ones with a different color scheme compared to normal versions of their breed) is so rare that going about getting them is a status symbol.

        It appeals to collectors for the huge numbers of pokemon out there to gather up, or if you want to gather shinies (which is what I do with my time in the game). It appeals to those that love animals for obvious reasons. It appeals to those that enjoy tactical turn-based combat. All in all, it has a way of appealing to the vast majority of individuals that play games, which is why it pulled so much traction among gamers.

        • Karishi
          Karishi
          September 27, 2014, 4:26 am | # | Reply

          Pokemon X/Y addressed one of the franchise’s strengths directly, by making a big group of people you know who are all different kinds of players. The one who’s in it to be The Very Best, Like No-One Ever Was, the one who’s in it to see cool moves, the one who’s in it to catalog all the pokemon that exist, the one who’s in it to play with cute li’l animals…
          They speak directly to the fact that there are a lot of different kinds of players who might be interested, and cater to all of them.

  9. Rules Lawyer
    Rules Lawyer
    September 27, 2014, 5:37 am | # | Reply

    I could easily see Scipio with a Scizor. I mean, he wears a fricken’ metal coat everywhere he goes.
    And it’s a bug, just like scorpions.

    • Drunken Nordmann
      Drunken Nordmann
      September 27, 2014, 5:42 am | # | Reply

      Except scorpians are arachnids. ;)

      • Drunken Nordmann
        Drunken Nordmann
        September 27, 2014, 5:43 am | # | Reply

        Aaand I misspelled. Great, now it sounds like some alien race that looks like scorpions.

      • Rules Lawyer
        Rules Lawyer
        September 27, 2014, 12:20 pm | # | Reply

        Well, it’s not that they’re insects, it’s that they’re bug type.
        Scipio, accordingly, is strong versus grass types- ask his tobacconist!

  10. CoridimusPrime
    CoridimusPrime
    September 27, 2014, 8:15 am | # | Reply

    Phil.

    I’m sorry.

    But you have got to be stopped.

    • Phil
      Flo
      September 27, 2014, 10:09 am | # | Reply

      You’re welcome to fucking try :D

      • cliffmonster
        cliffmonster
        September 27, 2014, 12:21 pm | # | Reply

        A man can be stopped, killed, or destroyed. But an idea, an idea is immortal…or immoral, I can never remember which…

        • Karishi
          Karishi
          September 28, 2014, 3:22 am | # | Reply

          Believe you me, it can definitely be both.

  11. BAH
    BAH
    September 27, 2014, 9:04 am | # | Reply

    You damn kids! In my day there were 151 pokee-mans that we played in Black and White on a big grey brick while walking uphill in the snow to school! And we loved it!

    • Phil
      Flo
      September 27, 2014, 10:10 am | # | Reply

      Oh c’mon, don’t bring that Original 151 Purism up in my house!

      • cliffmonster
        cliffmonster
        September 27, 2014, 12:20 pm | # | Reply

        Back in my day, pokemon cost a wooden nickle, and we used to have them fight behind the one-room school house….

    • ⁣
      ⁣
      February 15, 2015, 4:19 pm | # | Reply

      don’t forget you start that count at 0! MISSINGNO. forever

      (unless you’re already counting MISSINGNO. since mew isn’t catchable?(well a legit mew glitch wasn’t discovered until relatively recently i mean))

      • ⁣
        ⁣
        February 15, 2015, 4:22 pm | # | Reply

        so yeah, more like 152

  12. FuzzyZergling
    FuzzyZergling
    September 27, 2014, 9:25 am | # | Reply

    I’d go with Typhlosion.

  13. The Tallest Dwarf
    The Tallest Dwarf
    September 27, 2014, 10:34 am | # | Reply

    I notice that the two shortest are the only ones that favor a Pokémon that isn’t fully evolved. Also I ask what about the Savage Races favorite Pokémon?

    • Cassandra / Loki
      Cassandra / Loki
      October 1, 2014, 9:27 pm | # | Reply

      Yeah, seriously. I have no qualms if Phil does a comic like this one for the rest of the Guilded Age cast (well, at least for sepia world + world’s rebellion cast. Cultists and Heads of Houses might be pushing it too far, but if it was done, I wouldn’t mind).

  14. Phil
    Flo
    September 27, 2014, 2:11 pm | # | Reply

    … On a side note, all I need is the Dusclops and the Leafeon and I could roll with the whole Panel 3 team.

    • CAPSLOCK
      CAPSLOCK
      September 28, 2014, 9:11 pm | # | Reply

      I ALREADY REALLY LIKE READING THIS COMIC

      STOP MAKING ME MORE OF A FAN

  15. FoolishOwl
    FoolishOwl
    September 27, 2014, 4:38 pm | # | Reply

    I’ve not played Pokémon much. But, I’ve always liked Psyduck.

  16. Taxil Necrobane
    Taxil Necrobane
    September 27, 2014, 4:53 pm | # | Reply

    Oh yea, hey Phil! have you are T ever played Magic the Gathering?

  17. Psolo Ghoti
    Psolo Ghoti
    September 27, 2014, 5:07 pm | # | Reply

    I find it highly amusing that everyone but Frigg, including Gravy and Scip, know their Pokeymans and have their choices made. ^_^

    The only ones I’ve played with are the ones in the Smash Bros franchise, though.

  18. Nyzer
    Nyzer
    September 27, 2014, 5:39 pm | # | Reply

    So considering his status, would Best be partnered up with a Missingno. right now?

  19. Random Whatever
    Random Whatever
    September 27, 2014, 10:57 pm | # | Reply

    Phil nails it again. Ask an who gives a f*ck. Made my Saturday.

    • Random Whatever
      Random Whatever
      September 28, 2014, 12:40 am | # | Reply

      I just stopped laughing long enough to read the alt text. Priceless.

  20. zathael
    zathael
    September 28, 2014, 4:42 am | # | Reply

    …Pokemon is still a thing?

    How is Pokemon still a thing?

    • Thirteen
      Thirteen
      September 28, 2014, 1:49 pm | # | Reply

      Because it appeals to a broad spectrum of different people. The games are perfectly playable by kids and casual gamers, but the mechanics are such that there’s a rich competitive scene for older/more “serious” fans. The TV show (as far as I know) is still the winning formula it’s always been and is on like…It’s 15th season or something. And brand loyalty. A lot of people grew up with pokemon.

  21. Emanon
    Emanon
    September 28, 2014, 8:39 am | # | Reply

    I’m with Frigg.

    Why fake dog fight when I can real dog fight? Just because they’re cute doesn’t mean it’s less sick.

    LOL

  22. Thirteen
    Thirteen
    September 28, 2014, 1:54 pm | # | Reply

    For any of you with interest/potential interest in the competitive pokemon scene, I encourage you to check out Pokemon Showdown. It’s a free, online battle simulator from the folks at Smogon. Pretty good (if somewhat intectually incestrous) competitive community.

  23. Dave
    Dave
    September 28, 2014, 9:46 pm | # | Reply

    Friend Code!

    3926-6730-2087

  24. khalil
    khalil
    September 29, 2014, 7:03 pm | # | Reply

    I left after third gen and can someone tell me what all of these are?

    • Phil
      Flo
      September 29, 2014, 8:57 pm | # | Reply

  25. Rimswythor'nj
    Rimswythor'nj
    October 5, 2014, 11:10 am | # | Reply

    Never did get into the franchise, but of the little bits I did see, my favorite thing was “Coffee! Smog!” Made me chuckle and stuck in my brain. And I always liked the name Charmander for some reason.

    Starting to reconsider joining the party, though, now that my 4 year-old is starting to show interest. We’ll see if she sticks with it.

  26. SotiCoto
    SotiCoto
    January 26, 2015, 11:34 am | # | Reply

    Like Khalil… I left after 3rd gen.
    Well… technically I left after Colosseum. That was the one that ruined Pokémon for me.
    But Silver was where it was always at for me.

    So… my mon is Shiny Umbreon.
    Yes. Specifically the Shiny version of Umbreon.
    I spent weeks in Silver trying to breed a shiny Eevee at the earliest possible opportunity. Such a frustrating grind. BUT eventually I got one, named it “Anubis”, turned it into Umbreon, trained the hell out of it and conquered the rest of the game with it…. well… that and my Scizor. I also had the Red Gyarados that was traded from an earlier game and served as the utility-mon (after spending a long time being a breeding stud).

    When I got Ruby … I just cheated. Instant resurrection of Anubis. Good times. Shiny Umbreon rampage.

    • SotiCoto
      SotiCoto
      May 16, 2017, 5:25 am | # | Reply

      Note : Since 2015… I have played Pokémon Sun and briefly dipped my hand back into the franchise.

      I still like Shiny Umbreon best… though Alolan Marowak is awesome as fuck. I actually got a shiny Cubone by accident in Sun and evolved it, so my Pokédex has the Shiny Cubone and Shiny Marowak in for the default pictures.

      Also discovered that statistically, Delphox is the worst Fire Starter. Shame, since it looks kinda cool.

  27. ⁣
    ⁣
    February 15, 2015, 4:16 pm | # | Reply

    blasphemers! MISSINGNO. is was and always will be the best pokemon.

    sadly it is only in gen1 :(

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