Things in Pokemon games I'll never understand

[Chishio Kunrin]

No, snorlax IS the board! It has awesome buoyancy.

>Awesome buoyancy
>1014.1 lbs
I don't think so....

Most of its body weight must be fat. Fat makes you float more easily.

[Flamestriker]

No, snorlax IS the board! It has awesome buoyancy.

>Awesome buoyancy
>1014.1 lbs
I don't think so....

Most of its body weight must be fat. Fat makes you float more easily.

Exactly what I meant.

[Darkangel]

Well then...

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[Cobalt ZERO]

How the heck can Snorlax surf?

Probably the same as pikachu surfing.... except Snorlax's the board.

But Snorlax would crush the board. o.o

yeah but have you seen the orange islands episode where ash catches a snorlax? it knew surf and did this belly flop thing..getting from island to island eating all the fruit trees

[Book Smarts]

Snorlax can float like a raft, entirely possible 

[Stardust Dragon]

I've watched Chuggaaconroy's LP's for quite a while, and he's raised some interesting points.  Namely that Electrode should, according to his math, be capable of floating on water carrying something as heavy as 2000 lbs, but it isn't able to learn Surf in any way. 

Caution: Math ahead.

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His math (and mine, to check and make sure it makes sense) goes that it weighs 66.6 kg and its height (also diameter if it's a perfect sphere) is 1.2 m.  Thus it's volume is about .904 m^3, and it's density is about 73.6 kg/m^3.   That's compared to water's density of 1000kg/m^3, so it should be able to float easily. Not honestly sure how he figured how much weight it would support...

[Detective Woona]

I've watched Chuggaaconroy's LP's for quite a while, and he's raised some interesting points.  Namely that Electrode should, according to his math, be capable of floating on water carrying something as heavy as 2000 lbs, but it isn't able to learn Surf in any way. 

Surf implies to me that the user would have some degree of control over their movement in water. Sure Electrode is super buoyant, but can it do anything other than act as a fancy bobber for a fishing line? That's the most logical argument I can give in the goofy thing's defense. That, and there's already enough weird things swimming around these days.

[Stardust Dragon]

I've watched Chuggaaconroy's LP's for quite a while, and he's raised some interesting points.  Namely that Electrode should, according to his math, be capable of floating on water carrying something as heavy as 2000 lbs, but it isn't able to learn Surf in any way. 

Surf implies to me that the user would have some degree of control over their movement in water. Sure Electrode is super buoyant, but can it do anything other than act as a fancy bobber for a fishing line? That's the most logical argument I can give in the goofy thing's defense. That, and there's already enough weird things swimming around these days.

I see your point.  I just figured I'd add that to the Surf conversation, not exactly that I agreed with him.  Even if Electrode could find a way to just spin in the water, that would 1) Not be likely to get it anywhere, and 2) Knock its trainer right off, making Surf just about as useless for it as you mentioned.  Still, it's a funny image, huh?

Also you've given me a brilliant idea: Electrode fishing.  Need to learn patience while fishing?  Use an Electrode as your bobber!  If you reel in too soon, it explodes! And if you catch something, you've got an Electric type on standby to weaken it.  Think of the possibilities!

[Book Smarts]

Would you really want to place ball shaped pokemon known to shoot volts of electricity and commonly self destruct; into the water, and then make it learn surf 

[Cobalt ZERO]

explain how rhydon/rhyperior can surf.. there be yer challenges.

[Tiger]

explain how rhydon/rhyperior can surf.. there be yer challenges.

Many mentioned that before :T

[Flamestriker]

explain how rhydon/rhyperior can surf.. there be yer challenges.

Many mentioned that before :T

Yes, they have. Let alone some other pokemon, but especially these two.

[Chishio Kunrin]

I dunno much about the physics of surfing, so here are two surfboards covered in dogs:

[Book Smarts]

I don't think this posted here...

[Flamestriker]

I don't think this posted here...

That's funny. I've always wondered about battles in the middle of the water, they don't make much sense most of the time.

[Enstramentall]

I don't think this posted here...

That's funny. I've always wondered about battles in the middle of the water, they don't make much sense most of the time.

Diglet in a water battle.......How?! 

[Stardust Dragon]

Oh so it's okay to drop a Graveler into the ocean, but people mock me when I talk about putting an Electrode in water? I see...

Nah, I'm just kidding.  Katie's posted quite a few funny comics about Pokemon, but this is one of the better ones in my opinion.

[super_chris85]

when you got a pikachu to hatch and it knew surf 

[GoldenTerrabyte]

How do you do that?

[Nala Valor]

*hatch egg*
Kangaskan!... Wait... It already have a baby in its pouch... And it's huge at birth...
*tries to understand*
Mind=blown.