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yuuago☆ Fascinating news! Sir John Franklin's ship, the HMS Terror, has been rediscovered in Nunavut. *_* So, that's two major discoveries from this failed expedition, in a very short period of time (the earlier was the HMS Erebus, rediscovered two years ago). It's really cool how Inuit oral history has been vital in finding this stuff. When I was a kid, I was fascinated by stories about the Franklin expedition, so I'm really looking forward to reading more about this when more information becomes available. (Though I do find it funny how in school, we learned so much about failed Northwest Passage expeditions, especially Franklin and Hudson, but the first expedition to actually succeed in completing the journey was never mentioned. MAN, THAT ROALD AMUNDSEN, WHAT A GUY. Ahem.)
☆ I'm finally able to play PokeGo again. HOORAY. Don't have the Buddy update yet, but that's all right. It was just nice to play it again. Didn't catch anything interesting tonight, but I did hatch... a Zubat. Shhhh, it has high CP and awesomely balanced attack+defence and Blanche was Very Impressed with it. I'm going to keep it and name it something cliche and vampire-y.
☆ My neighbourhood is kind of weird at night. Lately it's been dark at around 8, and by 8:30 it's pitch black, and because it's kind of chilly out, nobody goes out walking, unless they have a dog with them. But for the most part, the small sidestreets are empty. The lamps are widely-spaced, so there are lots of parts where it's almost entirely dark. It just gives off this eerie, weird feeling. ...Also, somebody had their Christmas lights on. What. Though, er, they were orange, so maybe they were meant to be Halloween lights. In which case - mate, you're still a month early. I don't mind starting Halloween a little ahead of the game, but think of your electrical bill, dude.
☆ I'm finally able to play PokeGo again. HOORAY. Don't have the Buddy update yet, but that's all right. It was just nice to play it again. Didn't catch anything interesting tonight, but I did hatch... a Zubat. Shhhh, it has high CP and awesomely balanced attack+defence and Blanche was Very Impressed with it. I'm going to keep it and name it something cliche and vampire-y.
☆ My neighbourhood is kind of weird at night. Lately it's been dark at around 8, and by 8:30 it's pitch black, and because it's kind of chilly out, nobody goes out walking, unless they have a dog with them. But for the most part, the small sidestreets are empty. The lamps are widely-spaced, so there are lots of parts where it's almost entirely dark. It just gives off this eerie, weird feeling. ...Also, somebody had their Christmas lights on. What. Though, er, they were orange, so maybe they were meant to be Halloween lights. In which case - mate, you're still a month early. I don't mind starting Halloween a little ahead of the game, but think of your electrical bill, dude.
Yuu. Fic writer & book lover. M/Canada.
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Date: 2016-09-13 09:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-14 03:45 am (UTC)-In both GO and the regular games, they're super common, so they cease being exciting after the first 10 or so
-They're tricky to catch because they keep flying around, so it often isn't worth the effort to try to catch them for XP
-They don't have a significant type advantage in battle against the kinds of pokemon that people usually put in gyms
-GO doesn't have Status damage like the regular games do, so Zubats can't poison their opponents for extra damage, unlike in regular games
-Aaand to top it all off, they aren't particularly cute, and they don't evolve into anything cute or exceptionally useful either.
So they're usually a case of "Aw man, another one?" ;p
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Date: 2016-09-14 08:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-13 10:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-14 03:48 am (UTC)