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#1

Your Art / Re: You are challenged by Pizz...

Last post by DrampardonMe - September 14, 2026, 19:33

Thank you! To answer those questions... I couldn't remember if they were meant for this one region I was planning out, YEARS ago (I had eight gym leaders, a regional 'Dex and everything!), or if they were meant to be in another hypothetical one.

Either way, I picture whatever they'd appear in to be like the mainline games, yeah. I may have come up with these two before the jump to 3D, or at least not long after X and Y came out; I'm honestly rusty on the details! I'll have to relay some more info on Pepper and Oni themselves when I have a chance. Got sick over the weekend, so it might be a bit, lol

#2

Your Art / Re: musharna, jolteon, ampharo...

Last post by DrampardonMe - September 14, 2026, 19:28

^Ah, much better! I especially like how the Musharna came out, but the Ampharos is definitely my favorite pic of 'em. Is it leaning on bushes or clouds? Either way, cool and cute!

Your Glaceon drawing reminded me of the couple times I tried to draw one, myself... I could probably do better now than those attempts from years ago, but I seem to have a hard time with animal anatomy (well, depending on what it is, I guess). Definitely like what you were going for with your pic of it here!

#3

Your Art / Re: musharna, jolteon, ampharo...

Last post by wilbie - September 14, 2026, 07:50

whoops!... i messed up the urls and didn't notice for ages, my mistake.... they're back now, and i tacked on a glaceon doodle to make up for it

#4

Your Art / Re: You are challenged by Pizz...

Last post by wilbie - September 14, 2026, 07:44

cute & very nice!! do you have a more fleshed out world you're making with these OCs? was it for anything? is it analogous to the 'canon' pokemon series?

#5

PKMN.NET / Re: Happy 20 years

Last post by dan dan - September 13, 2026, 13:49

Hello! Glad to see some familiar faces still popping in! Just looked through the meet up photos and had a huge nostalgia hit. Hope everyone is doing well!

#6

General Pokémon Discussion / Re: How do we feel about Norma...

Last post by Xooc - September 05, 2026, 10:54

Miltank is awesome heal bell best bell

#7

General Pokémon Discussion / Re: How do we feel about Norma...

Last post by DrampardonMe - September 04, 2026, 19:39

^Never used one myself, but the only thing you gotta watch out for there is its glaring double-weakness to Fighting (4x damage, before anyone misunderstands me, lol). Well, okay, it's weak to Bug and Fairy, too, but considering it's also immune to Psychic attacks and only resists Dark, idk, there's gotta be tradeoffs SOMEwhere, right? Although, a double weakness doesn't necessarily make a Pokemon terrible... I agree with you on paper, at least!

Also huh, I'm surprised it doesn't get Sucker Punch... Wonder why that is?

[Pepper]

#8

Your Art / You are challenged by Pizza De...

Last post by DrampardonMe - September 04, 2026, 19:10

Some old Trainer OCs I had an idea for a long time ago. Dusted them off with a fresh coat of paint, but I'm sure they're still room for improvement, lol

Anyway, the girl's name is Pepper and the guy's name is Oni. They work for a pizza joint called Rapidash Pizza, from a made-up region I never got around to fully fleshing out (though the two of them might originally be from Sinnoh. Haven't decided yet). Pepper has a Ponyta (later a Rapidash), and Oni has a Numel (later a Camerupt).

I'd say more about these two, but I figured I'd keep it brief. If anyone has any questions, I'll answer 'em!

#9

General Pokémon Discussion / Re: How do we feel about Norma...

Last post by Petzbreeder - August 30, 2026, 23:53

I think my favourite Normal type is Obstagoon. It is the perfect counter against Ghost types. Being a Normal type, it is immune to Ghost type moves. Being a Dark type with Dark type moves means it can use Super Effective STAB moves.

#10

General Pokémon Discussion / How do we feel about Normal-ty...

Last post by DrampardonMe - August 30, 2026, 00:41

It's been discussed before, but I'm curious what the general consensus is on Normal-type Pokemon these days especially. Honestly, I used to be kinda neutral to Normal (there's a joke there somewhere, probably), but over time they've crept into my top... 6? favorite types? Maybe? Can't think of my top five types off the bat, but anyway, I think it's mostly the designs for a lot of them, for me, anyway. Off the top of my head, Bouffalant's one of my favorites, and you gotta love Meowth! Oh, and it'd be remiss of me to not mention Drampa dethroned Shelgon as my favorite Dragon-type... which I only mention because it is, in fact, part Normal. Also it inspired my username, but that's neither here nor there, haha.

Mechanically speaking? Ghost-type immunity is always nice, and only having one weakness, even if it IS Fighting, is also nice, but it's not winning any favors offensively (outside of Inverse Battles, anyway. Remember Inverse Battles? No one remembers Inverse Battles ;_; ) and, well, it doesn't really resist much, either, which is for better or worse, I suppose!

As for flavor, i.e. "What IS Normal-type?", I always kinda saw it as the "Every type AND No type" type. Of course, this is contingent on the Pokemon itself, but the TCG seems to toy with that idea... when Dragon isn't lumped in, anyway! I also remember it being said Normal exists because it was "before Game Freak knew what they were doing", (if they ever figured it out, haha) and I'm inclined to believe that's true at this point, too, lol

Anyway, what do you think? Got any favorites? Any Normal-types you wanna see in the future? Is it silly they do dual-type Normals when it makes little sense sometimes? Well, yes, but... Anyway, DISCUSS.