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Magikarps_Beast
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:05 pm Posts: 581 Location: The Land of Ooo
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Okay. I was looking around on some sites and i found a certain page that amazed me how mathematical it was. So. This page explains how complicated algebra is involved into throwing a pokeball and watching it jiggle back and forth.
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Catch_rate
Now, i know its bulbapedia but whatever. it's amazing. and i have been trying to do a page of it and it's ridiculous. i don't even know how to enter it into my calculator. i guess it's my fault for deciding to try and catch a giratina (based on the data i put in) but JESUS F***!
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Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:13 pm |
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Zemo12
Bug Catcher
Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:58 am Posts: 12 Location: Diglett Cave.
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Magikarps_Beast wrote: Okay. I was looking around on some sites and i found a certain page that amazed me how mathematical it was. So. This page explains how complicated algebra is involved into throwing a pokeball and watching it jiggle back and forth.
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Catch_rate
Now, i know its bulbapedia but whatever. it's amazing. and i have been trying to do a page of it and it's ridiculous. i don't even know how to enter it into my calculator. i guess it's my fault for deciding to try and catch a giratina (based on the data i put in) but JESUS F***!
Asians are nerds, it was obviously going to happen.
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Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:41 pm |
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Big J 0526
Psychic Trainer
Joined: Mon Jun 07, 2010 5:45 pm Posts: 58 Location: Columbus, Ohio
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That is probably comparatively easy math compared to most games for the consoles.
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Sat Jul 17, 2010 10:04 pm |
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The Amber Mine
Dragon Tamer
Joined: Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:57 am Posts: 227 Location: If I told you, you'd have to kill me.
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HOLY F****** S***!!!!!!!!
i can't even figure that out and i am good at maths!!!!!!!
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Sat Jul 17, 2010 10:44 pm |
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Magikarps_Beast
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:05 pm Posts: 581 Location: The Land of Ooo
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exactly what i said! i may have failed algebra, but thats cause i didn't do homework, i did great on tests. except for the EOC because... she wouldn't let me take it D: apparently irresponsible people can take the class over. ANYWAYS, I KNOW! it took me an hour to find B. and finding P or whatever, not even gonna try.
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fullerfast
Psychic Trainer
Joined: Sat Jul 10, 2010 7:24 am Posts: 77 Location: the other side of darkrai's dark void
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Going to have to go with big j on this one the math may be confusing but it is not the hardest thing out there
think about the ivs evs and other hidden stats those are probibly just as hard or harder than this stuff
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Sun Jul 18, 2010 2:30 pm |
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Magikarps_Beast
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:05 pm Posts: 581 Location: The Land of Ooo
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i know. but it just surprises me. and this is the only equation for anything like this i've found. most people know about the percentages and rates and stuff, but the equations are something the game does on it's own in seconds and we don't really realize it. I just find it amusing that throwing a ball and watching it jiggle back and forth is this complicated. think if we had to do this math everytime before to know how much it would jiggle. then again... if we could do it easily, we would be pokemon masters.
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Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:41 pm |
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rex09
Pokemon Master
Joined: Mon May 03, 2010 5:43 pm Posts: 1312
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fullerfast wrote: Going to have to go with big j on this one the math may be confusing but it is not the hardest thing out there
think about the ivs evs and other hidden stats those are probibly just as hard or harder than this stuff
...counting evs is hard for you?? all you have to do is sit there while battling/giving vitamins with this site open... oh, and i think there's an iv calculator on this site as well, so, tadah!
@m_b: why do you want to know the math behind it?? i usually just spam ultra balls to catch legends. lol
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Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:08 am |
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Magikarps_Beast
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:05 pm Posts: 581 Location: The Land of Ooo
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haha, I don't want to really KNOW it. I barely know any of the stuff i learn in Algebra, that's why i get to take it again. And dude, when i'm going to go get me some legendaries I just Dusk Ball the **** out of them. or Fast Ball them (or is it Quick? who cares) if it's like Entei/Raikou or those 3 things Azelf/Mespirit whatever theyre called. Yess.
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Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:31 am |
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The Amber Mine
Dragon Tamer
Joined: Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:57 am Posts: 227 Location: If I told you, you'd have to kill me.
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i sometimes use the master ball...
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Sat Jul 24, 2010 2:40 am |
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fgdfgd31
Dragon Tamer
Joined: Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:20 pm Posts: 184 Location: Bulbasaur Land
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holy mother of f***
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Sat Aug 14, 2010 8:40 am |
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Someguyfromcrowd
Psychic Trainer
Joined: Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:50 pm Posts: 57 Location: noitacoL
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I could PROBABLY turn this into a calculator program, or something. It is just a long string of arithmetic, and pretty simple at that.
Of course, then again...hmm
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Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:54 am |
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ScaleyJones
Pokemon Trainer
Joined: Tue May 04, 2010 7:18 pm Posts: 46
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So pokemon is just a big math problem? Figures....
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Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:25 pm |
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DarkTrainer13
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Mon Jul 12, 2010 2:42 am Posts: 587 Location: Lurking around..
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I think that math didn't only apply in catching pokemon, i think there's more like the success probablity of berry blending, and else. Oh well, i don't really understand the math but i think it is hard.
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Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:00 pm |
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Jaypokes
Ace Trainer
Joined: Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:27 am Posts: 287 Location: on Psypoke
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i did it aprently a sleeping pidgy at lvl2 with 1 HP + ultra ball = a 1/100 chance of capture Random guy "carry the 2" oh i mean a 100/100 chance of capture
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Wed Sep 15, 2010 5:27 pm |
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omgfail
Bug Catcher
Joined: Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:20 pm Posts: 16 Location: Cinnabar Island, Kanto
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Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:59 pm |
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Deadeyedave
Pokemon Trainer
Joined: Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:37 pm Posts: 45
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One of my favourite quotes regarding Pokemon was from game designer David Sirlin who said (more or less)
"I set out to make a Pokemon game for adults. In order to do this, I had to massively simplify it."
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 9:17 am |
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