Yes, you're not imagining things. The polls got updated!

First off we have the answers for the polls we posted last time 'round. And as usual, here are the questions again:

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1) Which of the Really Bad Decks is your favorite?

A. The one with the first (and so far only) mention of the plaque and statuette one recieves as a prize for being featured.
B. The one where the bashee wrote in and cussed Spike and Vulpix out.
C. The 162-card one.
D. One of the ones where Vulpix briefly copied Cranky Steve's rating system.
E. Other

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2) What do you think of the Pokemon TCG for Gameboy?

A. Who programmed this AI? Wait, don't tell me... the same person who built the theme decks.
B. Gee, that coin sure is slow... Not to mention rigged.
C. I have eleven Poliwraths and only five Poliwhirls. Fear me.
D. Great! I've finally been able to make my dream deck!
E. I have no comment because I have better things to spend my time/money on.
F. Other

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3) Which of the following super powers would you prefer?

A. Flying
B. Changing Shape
C. Bad Gas
D. Telepathy
E. Telekinesis
F. Other

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Now a sampling of the letters... As usual, this is only a representative slice of the whole, but be assured that all votes were counted in the final tally.

>OKay... this is my first time doing the polls.  Hmm...
>wonder why there's only three... anyway... here ya go.
>
>1.) E. Other...
>
>I rather liked the way you guys bashed MY deck to
>pieces.  Heh heh... it was funny...  My deck was
>Aerial Assault..  just to let ya know.  also...
>someone cussed you guys out??  SOunds like they take
>the GAME way too seriously and need to lighten up. heh
>heh.
>
>2.) F. Other
>
>What???  What??? WHAT???  Okay... you guys got me
>started on Pokemon TCG for GB... sit back... this'll
>take a while.  First of all... I agree... WHO
>PROGRAMMED THAT THING??  FOR THE LOBE OF GOD!!!  Who
>designed the game play??  No... wait.. I know... it's
>the same IDIOT who gave poor vulpix a crappy card in
>base!  *shudders.*  Okay... why don't we just slip all
>of those idiots together and let Vulpix roast em?  My
>Flareon could help... heh heh..
>
>3.) F. Telekinesis
>
>Why, you ask?  Simple... OH THE POSSIBILITIES!!!  I
>could become the world's best crime fighter... or the
>world's worst criminal... heh heh.  THe things one
>could do with Telekinesis are incalcuable... of
>course... Pyrokinesis kicks butt, too... as does
>electrokinesis.  but telekinesis works. =)
>
>Okay.. as I said, first time answering the polls.
>Hope you guys post this.
>
>Drake Gotemo
>Durango City
>
>OUCH!!! OKAY OKAY!!! SHEESH!!
>
>and.. .Moltres too...
>
>OUCH!!  Okay... I gotta go... need to get some nice
>Aloe Lotion...


SPIKE: The Lobe of God? That doesn't sound quite right...

VULPIX: We bashed your deck? Hehehe.


>#1:  Best Bash:
>Oh dear oh dear... well, I loved #6 where Vulpix ate
>that 1st Ed. Charizard... that was classic... and #1
>with the statuette of Vulpix lifting his leg over a
>stack of cards... that was pretty funny too.  But I'll
>have to go for B because that was truly a
>horrendous deck and the (censored)infant had no
>business questioning the judgement of a High and
>Mighty Deck Mechanic!! (btw, this bash was #7 for
>those of you who couldn't find it!)
> #2:  Thoughts on the TCG GB:
>All of those things seem to hold true for me.  At last
>count I had 48 Gengar.  And somehow I have 99 Rapidash
>and only 39 Ponyta!  It's really a tie between C and
>D, but I'll go with C because my "dream deck"
>can't be built without the TR expansion!  But it's
>*almost* my dream deck :)  Having more of the final
>evolution than the previous one sucks!
> #3:  Preferred Power
>I'm picking B> unreservedly because it allows
>almost all of the others to be possible.  Want to fly?
> Turn into a mock dragon! Want to move things with
>your mind?  Turn into a mock dragon! (we're
>telekinetic!)  How about mind reading?  Well, Mock
>dragons are telepathic too!  We have rudimentary shape
>change too, but full shape change would be perfect!
>If you want bad gas, though, turn into one of those
>farting snakes!
> Well, I gotta scram now, hope you and Spike are
>having fun on your vacation... I miss CA beaches!  The
>sand was excellent for basking, even though I always
>got a sunburn :P


SPIKE: I guess Mock Dragons are sort of the animal world equivalent of the Swiss Army knife, huh? It must be cool to be one.

VULPIX: It's been a long time since I got to eat a Charizard. I understand Scott has a whole page full of them, but stupid Spike wouldn't let me go to the STS. Hmmmph.


>1.C
>who can be stupid enough to build a deck that big. My baby cousin built a smarter deck than that, and it was based on magikarp >and Victreebel.
>2.B
>What can you say? I had a Kangaskhan fully powered and my gyrados was knocked out by a Hitmonchan with a Special punch >with a pluspower( gyardos had 20 left, and Hitmonchan did to). I brought out Kangaskhan, certain that he/she would die. I comet >punched and missed all the time and was really peeved. Hitmon punched for 80. I cometed again and missed again and i lost.( >Funny thing was, that was the fairest match.)
>3.E
>I can see if the computer cheats in pokemon TCG.


SPIKE: It does. Trust me on this one.

VULPIX: Spike was in a match one time where his Kangaskhan kept flipping tails. She was quite annoyed. In fact, as I recall, that night she went over to the house of Spike's opponent (who supplied the Chansey coin for the match) and inserted the coin into a rather painful place.


>1.  C.  All the old ones were funny, but nothing compares with 162
>cards.  as you said, it stands as a "shining beacon on a hill" as a "standard by
>which all crappy decks are measured"  162 cards.  Damn.  You'd think he owned
>a rulebook if he's spent so much on boosters.  Heck, you'd think his
>elephant-sized pikachu doll would quit letting him cheat this much. 
>I'd say that the only fix for this guy would be to take his "deck" to any
>pokemon TCG event, and give it to the first guy who spotted it out as an illegal
>deck.  So it goes....
>
>2.  A.  I was hoping that the AI opponents would be reasonable (so you
>could try out a hairbrained deck scheme without building an actual deck or
>hassling with Apprentice, but no.  The AI opponents are horrible strategists,
>play horrible decks, and don't even play 6 cards most of the time.  There
>are no good decks in the assorted precon decks in the game, and there's no
>challenge whatsoever once you get the right cards (approximately after your 5th
>battle).
>
>3.  E.  Telekinesis rules.  Anyone who has seen or read Steven King's
>Carrie or the semi-copy Pokemon: The First Movie, knows that telekinetic powers
>rule and can kick major <expletive deleted>.


SPIKE: I don't read Stephen King. Sorry.

VULPIX: After your 5th battle? It took Spike a long time to accumulate enough Ninetales to duplicate Cinder...


>Heh, not one of yer best polls. ^_^ But still, it's worth answering.
>
>1) Which of the Really Bad Decks is your favorite?
>C, definately C.  It still escapes me as to how a person can be so
>completely idiotic about building a deck.  Yes, I realise that that is
>almost incomprehensible, but gimme some slack, I spent yesterday at a
>themepark.
>
>2) What do you think of the Pokemon TCG for Gameboy?
>D.  I can build just about any deck I can think of with only a few
>minor alterations due to rocket cards.  And then I can test them out. ^_^
>
>3) Which of the following super powers would you like to have?
>A, as long as I could get wings with it too. ^_^


SPIKE: Wings would be cool.

VULPIX: I've got some slack right here. How much do you need?

SPIKE: Now here we go with the results...

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1)

A. 2
B. 4
C. 24
D. 1
E. 5

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SPIKE: The cussing one was my favorite, because it's the first time I was ever cussed out as a result of doing my job. Since then it's become something of a tradition.

VULPIX: Ditto here.

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2)

A. 9
B. 3
C. 6
D. 8
E. 4
F. 6

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SPIKE: It's the Poliwrath one. That thing is insane.

VULPIX: I don't even own a Gameboy....

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3)

A. 6
B. 8
C. 0
D. 1
E. 12
F. 8

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SPIKE: I'd go for changing shape in a second.

VULPIX: Telekinesis would be cool. The opportunity for practical jokes would be boundless.

SPIKE: That's it. Sorry to run, but we're in something of a rush, so I'm afraid I'll have to point you directly to the new polls... or whatever part of the garage you want to read next.


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