Contest!

Ei guys! For those of you out there who know what country this is already, good job! The rest of you can learn that it is indeed Portuguese, the language of Portugal. I would like to announce a contest.. My google plus page needs a cover, and I want one that is fan made. Every entry will be featured on the blog of your choice, and my favorite will go up on the page. Email me the entries at bibobottrell@gmail.com See ya and allons-y.

How to Nuzlocke

Hey guys! So today I wanted to talk about Pokemon. To be more specific, I wanted to talk about a way to lose the game. Of course, I speak of the Nuzlocke challenge. There is a lot of dispute on what the base rule set is and what clauses are available. I am here to clear it up and tell you how I believe it should be played. The base rules are as follows; If a Pokemon faints it is considered dead, and must be released into the wild; When you are out of Pokemon, you lose and must erase the save file; You can only catch the first Pokemon you encounter in any given area;If you fail to catch that first encounter, you can not try again; You must nickname every Pokemon. Now, there are of course several applicable clauses to this, that add difficulty to the challenge. The duplicate clause, which I always play with, says that you can not catch a Pokemon that you have at any time possessed. If it is your first encounter, it doesn't count as such, and your next encounter can be the functional catch. This rule not only forces you to have a more varied team, but it prevents breeding, and can stop you from getting a catch on certain routes if you already have everything on it. There is the no healing in battle clause, which I use sometimes, and it dictates that you not heal in battle. There is the one use building clause which says that you can only use any given Poke mart or center one time. I don't use that. There is the no running clause, stating you can't run from battle, which I think is more trouble than it's worth. There is the full party clause, which says you must have your party as full as possible(for example, if you have 6 Pokemon, you must have them all in the party, instead of splitting them in some way between your party and PC so that you can have a backup). There is also the defeat all clause which states you must defeat every trainer in an area before moving on. I never really state that I am doing this, but I almost always end up doing it, as I hate unfinished business. There are many more available clauses, and you can make your own, but I feel these are the most important to know. Any clause is optional of course. The final rule of any Nuzlocke is not to chicken out. This challenge is self-enforced, but it is very rewarding to complete. I want to suggest that everyone try it. I find it fun to write a story in conjunction with the challenge about how the team in working out, about their personal fears and triumphs, and about how they cope with the death. A good YouTube series depicting my favorite rule set to most extents as well as having a good story, once you get a few episodes in and he gets used to making the videos, is the Super Carlin Gaming Pokemon Fire Red Nuzlocke Challenge. That is it for me today. See ya and allons-y.

Living the Vive-a Loca

Hey guys. Yesterday I had the privilege of going to a family friend's house to try his new HTC Vive. He has it connected to an awesome gaming computer and has an Oculus Rift coming in the mail. Y'all know what time it is, Dope or Nope. The moment that helmet fell into place over my eyes, I was completely immersed, in a menu. I'm nopeing that I had to do a menu first. The game was a demo called The Blu. I used the wands, which I am dopeing for being such an intuitive interface, to select a whales tale, I had seen this one on a screen before, and at the time it seemed cartoony, so I figured it would be a good one to see first, because I knew what was coming. After a brief loading screen (Nope), I realized I couldn't be more wrong. I was standing on the surface of a boat, a bit animated looking (Nope), but within seconds I forgot that this was not how the world looked (Dope). I walked around the ship, with a feeling of needing to swim and to hold my breath. I bent down to examine a fish that was awesome, unconsciously reaching out to touch it, it freaked and swam away. (Dope) I looked up, and a school of fish, accompanied by a manta ray, was swimming in front of the sun. A whales swam up beside me and my sunken ship, I walked up to it and looked it in the eye, I then realized that I had walked off the boat and jumped back, scared, to the boat. The whale got even closer, the eye filled my vision and it blinked. As it began to swim away, I watched, leaning on the railing, I fell forward, as there was no railing. The whale swam away, tail flashing before my face. This was ten minutes of my several hour experience, and the least cool part of it. I won't waste your time by telling you the rest of it, all I will say is the whale was nothing. Dooooooooope is the end result with an experience well worth the hefty price tag.

First tech review

Hey guys. So I feel it is about time for me to review something. This will be based on a dope or nope basis. To explain this reviewing system, it is first impressions only, and each attribute of the product or program is awarded a point dope or a point nope. They are not directly correlated with the end result, only taken into account.
Quizlet recently came out with a new thing called Quizlet live. Quizlet was previously only a great online flashcard making and sharing service. Dope for branding. Quizlet live allows an instructor to quiz a whole class on their knowledge of the material in form of a fun game. It divides the class, all using their own devices, into teams of about 3. This of course is after they pick their name to be shown as each game, which teachers can remove if inappropriate. Nope for not having an adoption to go solo, dope for team dynamic of random team assignment, which is a constant.  Dope for naming system. The teams are randomly named after animals by the system and the game begins. Each team member is shown a set of answers that their team doesn't have. A question is shown simultaneously on all team members screens, and the one with the answer clicks it, and then they have one less answer to choose from in the future. Nope for not being able to answer every time. Dope for having it be like a checklist for each person. If anyone misses a question, their teams progress is reset. Dope for high stakes on each question. When all of the questions have been answered or cards have been paired by one team without error, they win.

So, overall first impressions, it is still in the works and they have a lot of improvements to make. However, even now it is a very useful tool for studying as a group and is very enjoyable for everyone. Overall, it is a dope. Dope as an end result just means it seems better than it is bad, so go check it out yourself. Nope would be I don't even recommend giving it a look.

Real Plan

Hey guys! So what is actually going on right now is I don't know how often I will be able to write entries and posts for either blog. I will, of course see what I can do but for now no schedule will be maintained. Keep looking on both for updates, or follow by email on the right of the page. I will post fun things about science, history, and literature on this one as well. I hope that will help me be able to post more, and to be able to write entries faster. Please excuse the ads, they are something new I added to pull in just a bit more income, if you could just give one a click now and then, it would help a lot. See ya and allons-y.

Pundertale (spoiler alert)

Hey guys, you guessed it! We have added the UK to out number! I'm sorry for doing that to you... Anyways, as of late I have been playing the popular video game Undertale, (that the main fandom destroyed itself) UI have really enjoyed it as a game, and have noticed that those writers don't leave a detail out. Toby, Temmie, Melissa, y'all are great! I have completed the pacifist run (viewing the neutral ending) It really got me thinking and feeling for these characters, with no particular favorite. Of course, now I feel obligated to do a genocide run, searching for flavor text. I felt the pain first when killing (tu)Toriel, But the guilt persisted as I murdered the silliest of fonts Papyrus, and when I tried to kill monster kid. I evacuated Snowdin and am now in the fight with Undyne. God, I feel for these blobs of 16 bit marvelousness and now am being forced to pick them off one by one. Just a final thing, after the pacifist ending, I don't know what I want more, Toriel with Sans, or with Asgore... I just wish I could know. Game has best soundtrack of them all btw. Sorry for the short post but see ya and allons-y.

The Poke a Mans

Hey guys, right now, there are no new countries to say hi to. Right now, the biggest thing in the geek multiverse that is new is the announcement of Pokemon games Sun and Moon. Now, as much as I want to believe that it takes place in the Sinnoh, due to Cyrus and Cynthia, being sun and moon respectively, or in the Hoenn because of Solrock and Lunatone, it doesn't appear we are going back in time, but instead into a new Generation 7 due to a tweet from the Pokemon people calling it the next generation of Pokemon games. Magearna, a man made Pokemon is set to be a Pokemon in the new game as well as having an appearance in the new movie. The game will be released late this year, I assume between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Look up the official trailer and then check out the following two links for all you need to know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr7hj1m2K_w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4oafR3F8nA . Now, One more thing for today, I am in the process of writing a book right now, and on this and maybe more on the other blog I will talk about it, to help myself work forward through the story myself. See ya and allons-y.