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Let's take a look at how the popular game of Pokemon lines up with God's word.
Um… no. It's weird to just force a religion on a fantasy world incompatible with it.
Pokemon teaches children to depend on "psychic powers"
Actually, no one in Pokemon ever does that.
and to trust in their "Pokemon" or "pocket monsters".
Isn't that good?
The "good" creatures in the game use their occult powers (which are forbidden by God),
What God? There's no equivalent of "God" in this world. (unless you count Arceus's role as a creator) And in this world, there's nothing wrong about their powers.
to overcome "evil" Pokemon.
WHAT??? DID YOU EVEN WATCH THE ISLAND OF THE GIANT POKEMON EPISODE!???? Besides, most trainers are "good," anyway.
Pokemon creatures show a power that is of a supernatural and spiritual source. Creatures such as Hypno, Mewter, and Haunter all display psychic powers.
Supernatural? No… Spiritual? No…
(unless you count the psychic type) NOT MEWTER
Just because these popular creatures are labeled "good" in the Pokemon game, does not mean they measure up in God's word.
Okay, so animals don't measure up in God's word…
To achieve your goals in Pokemon you begin to believe it's OK to cast spells,
As far as I know, no one has ever cast a spell in a Pokemon game (besides that channeler that made a space that heals your party) and no one can do it anyway.
use psychic powers,
No, the PEOPLE don't do that, the POKEMON do. At least some, but I don't even know if psychic powers are REAL anyway.
magic,
There's no magic. (unless you count the extreme wonderfulness of Pokemon's existence)
poison,
The poison used in the game isn't even fatal!
cheat, steal, deceive or kill others.
Okay, this is going over the line here…
You begin to believe these things, because many of the people who control our entertainment have lied to you, and have told you to believe that it is OK to take part in them.
Those people have NOT told us that. Who's the liar now?
Another false promise that the game of Pokemon teaches is that you can become your own "master".
Last time I checked, being a master meant being really good at it.
Did you know that all other religions around the world (except for Christianity), were brought into existence by Satan?
LIAR.
Most all of these religions teach that you can become a god (master).
ERNT. WRONG.
Remember the first big lie that Satan told in the Garden of Eden? The lie "ye shall be as gods". The Bible tells us, no one can become a "god" or a "master". This is a false promise. Satan, Adam and Eve all suffered terrible consequences for believing this lie and disobeying God.
That's different.
The New Age Movement theme can be detected once again throughout Pokemon. It is good to use your mind, but your mind should concentrate on good things, not evil things (see Philippians 4:8-9). When children play this game, many begin to get mixed-up between what is real and what is make-believe. The game becomes reality to them and pulls them into the story like they were really there. This is what the game was meant to do.
This would also be so for books, and every other video game in the world.
It is dangerous, because your mind is busy focusing on things that God hates, rather than on things God loves.
So apparently, God hates one man's imaginative dream.
Many children believe they have power at their fingertips, the power to give commands. This is magic
No. Many normal people can do that.
and it is a very destructive power that will lead only into Satan's trap.
So, being a leader is bad…
Did you know that those who call themselves "Wizards of the Coast" created the Pokemon game?
No, Nintendo did.
These wizards are calling themselves something that God has forbidden. Let me make it clear that God loves the person, but hates the practice of a wizard.
BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY WIZARDS!!! Nor could they ever be.
These "Wizards of the Coast" are also the creators of "Dungeon's and Dragon's" and "Magic:The Gathering". These games also have many occult forbidden practices in them, that need to be avoided.
You just thought that because of the words "magic" and "dragons."
Overall, Pokemon is teaching you how to practice witchcraft and sorcery. It is teaching you to put your trust in Satan's occult forces which are in reality "demonic spirits".
Yeah right, as if. DEMONIC!??
Satan wants to attract you to these things by making them fun for you to play or watch on TV, while in a sneaky way, he draws you away from the true God who loves you.
Yeah, like every single cartoon on the planet! What are these guys on, (insert drug here)
Just remember, these things are not pleasing to a God that truly loves you!
Yeah, like fun, imagination, and happiness.
I pray that all of you who are addicted to Pokemon will decide that your Pokemon game just is not worth it!
I pray that your prayer doesn't come true.
Nothing is worth getting between you and God. If you are already a Christian, you must ask God's forgiveness from being involved in these forbidden practices.
FORBIDDEN???
Christians must separate themselves from these things.
If this is what being a Christian means, then I won't be one.
The Bible says in 1 Thessalonians 5:22 very clearly to; "Abstain from all appearance of evil".
Exactly my point. Where is this "appearance" of evil?
You see, God did not put verses in the Bible to disallow us from doing fun things, but to protect us from evil.
I don't think this is what God had in mind…
You must decide who you would rather follow; God, your loving creator or Satan, the master deceiver?
Well, God, but I don't see how this whole thing's message is "follow Satan."
Do you want to learn how to follow Jesus Christ the one who loves you and made you?
WRONG!!! According to Christians like you, GOD made us, not Jesus.
As a side note, I got the Johto and Kanto starters by a trade arranged at that previously-mentioned site.
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Catching it in a regular Poké Ball is definitely not the inexplicable bit in this scenario; people catch legendaries in regular Poké Balls all the time. Depending on its HP and status and which game you're playing, it's lucky but far, far more likely than finding a shiny, much less a Pokémon with perfect IVs.
I somehow caught a shiny roaming cresselia in a regular pokeball and it had perfect stats. Can someone please explainh how?
You just select Articuno/Zapdos/Moltres - if the form matters, it'll show a field where you can pick the form.
Is there no settings for the Galarian legendary birds?
Just testing this comment thingy.
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It does show your critical capture odds, e.g. "You have a 1.953% chance of a critical capture, which then has a 58.791% chance of succeeding. Failing that, you have a 11.946% chance of succeeding with a normal capture. All in all, this amounts to a 12.861% chance per ball. Thus, you have at least a 50% chance of catching it within 6 balls and at least a 95% chance of catching it within 22 balls." If it doesn't say anything about a chance of a critical capture, then there's no chance of a critical capture with what you've input into the calculator - note that the critical capture chance depends on the total Pokémon caught in your Pokédex, so if you left that as 0, you'll always get no chance of a critical capture.
The calculator is useful but I’d love a line that tells me my crit capture odds, even if it doesn’t change based on mon it’ll be useful to those who haven’t memorized it
“^me^”
Use HM Cut on the door, for anyone who didn't look it up before walking all the way to the door because this guy didn't want to mention it, i feel bad for you.
Thanks!
Lookie lookie i got a latios
This is the most complicated thing I have seen in my entire life.
Gotta guess 'em all
Children are the real villains.
Cute and nice website! :3
I came here to read your HTML thingie and ended up engaged with other posts of yours.
According to The Forbidden Leaks(TM), Gibble was what they initially wanted to name it. It was rejected by legal, for whatever reason
This is easy
Very helpful calculator. Although knowing the odds can be more painful—I didn't catch a parasect after a full 30 safari balls (<1.3% odds by my working).
Aww, thank you! I'm always delighted when people who used to visit when they were kids come back and are psyched to see the site is still here and active.
Aww, thank you for a lovely comment <3 Always thrilled to hear I've helped motivate other people to create their own websites!
hi, Dragonfree! i just wanted to say thank you for your hard work.
i've been visiting TCOD for a long time - a poor-memory guesstimate puts my first visit sometime around 2006, though there's a very good chance i could have spied it earlier while roaming Pokémon websites.
reading the history tells me it was exactly the labour of love i always sensed it was, right down to the bare bones. you set out to make a website YOU would have loved to visit, and built so much on top that it kept me coming back and exploring different parts of the site for all sorts of completely unrelated reasons - creative inspiration from your art and writing, fun and silliness when i had loose time, to educate myself on game mechanics and trivia, to use the resources you set up, and… motivation to keep learning basic website building in my free time, because i got (and still get) the exact same feeling from TCOD as you did from Mew's Hangout back in the day.
i'm a big silly grown-up now, and even now when i'm roaming the internet or discussing Pokémon with friends, The Cave of Dragonflies is like a monument on a hill i can point to and say "oh, we should visit! let me show you!"
your dedication to crafting something that works as both a well-formed utility and an earnest, creative showcase is inspiring.
i think there must be hundreds of people just like me who feel this way about TCOD - i hope you already know that by now, and i'm definitely not the first to say it - but reading the Site History earlier made me realise i feel like a little part of its history, too. and i don't know if i've ever said so! so, here's one. cheers for everything.
OK, sappy comment over. roll credits. thank you Dragonfree! keep well!
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