Post by Bombermanx21 on Apr 27, 2015 0:52:00 GMT -5
Well, i was supposed to have an interview with Robyn Stanford, but alas that dreadful Majin Darryl showed up and took over the show.....heres what transpired.......
Me: Welcome to show Ms. Stanford.
As always I'm your gracious host.
First question, how did you come to be part of the ECPL? We don't have many females so its always interesting when one joins
Robyn Stanford: *hearty chuckle* I was at Otacon 2013 when a roommate of mine mentioning something
about a video game convention; a small circle of friends and I hopped that bandwagon real fast and a short six months later,
returned for MAGFest 2014. I went to MAGFest on the very specific intent to hunt down fellow trainers and
on the high hopes to battling any (for, after all, I live in the woods) — low and behold,
that mission was exceeded when I was greeted by the ECPL. I was sold.
Credit where due, our Dark GL Aaron told me in MAGFest 2014 to join, among a few others.
Time passed and I didn't get to it. When I battled him again in 2015's MAGFest, he straight up me the business card: I was joining, lol.
The "I'll think about it phase" promptly ended.
Me: Yeah we can be kinda forceful when we find good people to join the group.
So did you when any badges at magfest?
Robyn Stanford: BADGES. My first battle wasn't until halfway through MAGFest 2014 I don't think.
(Bank didn't release yet for international audiences and I only just finished Y, aka sans a competitive crew. Timid? Reluctant? All of it.)
I landed four out of six challenges. However, I got into the final 16 tournament, so that was pretty nifty!
MAGFest 2015, I left with six badges out of eight challenges, though had to leave Sunday morning kudos a mix of travel time and
approaching snowstorm. No regrets; I lived for the art of table stalking.
Me: Nice. Hmmm 2014 I think I might've fought you. Did you nab the bug gym badge that year?
Robyn Stanford: Unfortunately no bug badge was had that year, nor do I recall fighting Bug types for 2014.
Still may have seen me in passing though!
2014 earned Fire, Ground, Steel, and Poison's badges with a loss to Dark and a mutually agreed draw with Psychic
(hearing the final 16 calling). 2015 saw the earnings of Ghost, Steel, Normal, Grass, Bug,
and Fairy badges with another loss to Dark and 4x OHKO by Fighting. Hopefully not missing anyone. x.x
Me: Lol I think its probably cause I had to leave early in 2014.
2015 I was unable to make it.
So what team did you run with on both occasions?
Robyn Stanford: *laughs* Oh gods. 2015, the spitting image of the same exact crew you'll see before you on my trainer card,
Pokémon for Pokémon: Charizard Y, Blastoise, Garchomp, Dragonite, and Talonflame.
I had a few others listed on my trainer card as a last second resort, but I never used them.
2014 was a hilarious hot mess; nonetheless, I decided to bite the bullet as a self-show and tell of brains vs IV brawns.
As mentioned, Bank wasn't released and I just finished Y exactly as MAGFest arrived: I had no competitive anything up my sleeve,
only personal experience from over a decade of battling.
I brought along my story mode crew of Chesnaught, Blastoise, Lucario, Shiny Hariyama, Shiny Crustle,
an IV Talonflame raised only days before, and a Shiny Safari Banette I never played with. Adventure!
To my complete surprise, my crew of mutts and I did vastly better than I expected. Still proud of them. They tried, and they pleased.
Me: Hey you do what you must. So do you have a favorite type?
Robyn Stanford: Dragon/Fire or Fire/Dragon. Choose either and you still land on my favorite homebodies.
In terms of attacks, I it's often Ground, Ice, and Electric. My attack types and Pokémon type favorites differ.
Me: Hmmm interesting. Favorite pokemon?
Robyn Stanford: Loaded answer, lol — dabbles in everything I've ever raised.
However! For simplicity, will go with core values: Charizard, Latios, Lugia, and Reshiram.
The oddball appreciation of the laundry list is Shiny Quagsire.
Me: Gotta love your shinies. My first shiny was during the original silver.
I remember I was at Hershey park waiting in line for a roller coaster. My friend was playing my gameboy and was like what does head-butt do?
He handed me the game, I walked up to a tree and headbutted it with my blastoise and out pops a shiny heracross.
Still miss that thing to this day. Moving on. So outside of Pokemon do you play any other games?
Robyn Stanford: D'aw — funny thing, mine was also from the GBC Silver! Thieving for Lucky Eggs with Misdreavus west of Fuschia when
I ran into one in late 2001. The lady of sparkles fled the very next turn, but I got a second chance in 2012
when another lass of the same name showed up on…Soul Silver's Mt. Silver? …it was very special moment. RIP your purple Heracross.
I do, but not by many. I devote my gaming hours to it nearly exclusively. Other titles these days are Smash…and…Smash?
Yeah, that's it. XD My only other regular is Minecraft since 2012, though I've taken a hiatus.
During the N64 days that lineup was much more varied.
Me: Ok, what all systems do you currently own? And yeah the 64 had one if the best libraries.
Hell I still have mine. Just need an expansion pack so I can play Donkey Kong 64
Robyn Stanford: Game Boy Pocket (Green), Game Boy Color (Teal), Game Boy Advance (Pokémon Center Gold), Nintendo DS original (Mew edition),
and Nintendo 3DS XL (XY Red edition). Larger consoles are the N64 and Gamecube.
—And get thee to an expansion pak! D: Oh legendaries, I don't even have it but that's a staple.
Me: So mainly a Nintendo girl? I can respect that.
So how does your beau feel about having a girlfriend that's a gamer?
Or are you taking the solo journey to be the best, the very best, the best no one ever was?
Robyn Stanford: My beau! *laughs manically* Aha. I don't. I'm single and I'm winged, fanged, and clawed.
Those who are close to me…it's generally understood Robyn tanks. And by tanks, I mean takes no prisoners.
Bluntly speaking, if you're facing me in Smash or Pokémon, you count your lucky stars you get out alive.
(The brief moment ego was here.) In my circles, it's very much less on "girls are playing" and more on "make way and like hell make room,
fellow gamers arrived."
Me: Why does everyone laugh when I ask this question? Hell I play D&D and I have a whole kid.
Lol and I can respect that. So outside of games any hobbies?
And in terms of ego mines is much bigger. He even has his own name.
Robyn Stanford: LOL. ^Winning!
Hobbies! I'm gonna pull a dare in the honor of Phil and shamelessly plug this in:
www.robynstanford.com.
That's me. I recommend the demo reel and doodles on Instagram. Outside of gaming, I'm a 2D animator and artist of whatever medium or
media I put my mind to, though I typically reserve myself to dry mixed media or acrylics.
However! If I'm not drawing in real life, chances are it's the computer, and if it's computer,
I'm sure as hell probably giving my OS nightmares. Good news: my other favorite thing is computer repair, specifically for angry Macs.
Do art < use computer < break computer < repair computer < do art. Repeat. …Self sufficient, methinks? XD
Anyone who's seen my Facebook banner — that's also me. ^^
Me: Hey whatever works. Although I don't like apple. I believe its skynet. Moving on.
Do you watch any anime?
Sorry had to throw this in, all that drawing and typing and computer repair must meek you're really good with your hands. Giggity
Robyn Stanford: Apple best meshes with the artsy type. XD No blame had! I've been an Apple person since kindergarten,
so by no means was it a trend bandwagon-hop. *SAFE* *wipes sweat*
Anime…what's recommended to me usually! Gurren Laggan, Kill La Kill, Attack on Titan, Sword Art Online I & II, Death Note,
and then lesser known Madoka Magika, Mirai Nikki, and most recently, Danganronpa.
It's less of a go-to and more of "you need to pass the critiques of my School and Animation comrades if you are worthy of my time."
Having a film degree is intense. >>
BAHAHAH! Snort. Welp. There's tiny…screws… um. Screwdrivers. Some antistatic electricity tossed in, some clicks. Some sounds. lol MOVING ON.
Me: .......yeah gonna have to take a cold shower on that last part. Lmao but oh man,
I think your like the only other person other then myself who has watched danganronpa. I'm hoping they make a second season.
But the other choices are very good as well. Especially kill la kill.
So who do you think would win in a fight, Kamina or Kirito?
Robyn Stanford: OH, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME? UGHHHHH.
Me: Damn right I am!! This is no longer darryls show. Behold his alter ego, Majin Darryl!!!!
*draws M on forhead*
Sometimes it doesnt come out when i take over.....Giggity
Robyn Stanford: HE ALREA— but, but… damn.
Kamina sans Gurren = Kirito. Kamina with Gurren = Kamina. THERE. Kamina isn't the most…elegant.
He tries, but without Gurren…well, we know how that ended.
…correction. Still ended with Gurren. NONETHELESS.
Me: But yeah Kamina's death has always left a bit of a hurt piece. I mean who could ever be manlier them him!?!?!
Robyn Stanford: *flails*
Me: Moving on, recently the manga Naruto came to an end. Do you think the way the series ended was up to par or a let down?
Answer quickly or I off Lopbunny (aka slutbunny)!!!!
Robyn Stanford: I didn't see or have ever seen Naruto or such so BAM. I choose answer C!
*pulls out Mega Blastoise's Dive Ball*
Me: *throws out Dark Pokeball* go Drapion!!!
Robyn Stanford: I issue a restraining order on the Lopunny or Lady Prismarine clears the field.
Me: Hmmm well seems like your gonna have to go through a court to issue the restraining order.
That takes time that you don't have Unfourtanetly.
*throws lopbunny into Seviper pit*
Wow that's a lot more bloodier then I thought it would be.
Next question, do guys tend to shy away from you being a female gamer? I only ask this cause back when I was young the female gamer was a myth.
Now a days some guys act like its a turn off.
*spins giant wheel with cute Pokemon on it*
lets see who goes next....
Robyn Stanford: Oh. Oh that hits in the feels. I cannot. Even. Begin.
*watches the wheel*
Cute? Innocent? I see no loss in this.
*leans on the female Charizard X standing behind her*
It's…it's really, really a mixed bag of worms. In my region of friend circles, it's more of a plus than a minus.
Who doesn't want to play some games with friends together? And none of the stereotypes. A gamer is a gamer is a gamer: looks or gender have
nothing on expectations. However, that isn't to say how all the world works. If I have a goal as a trainer,
a trainer with a very real mind keep climbing the rungs of the competitive ladder, it's to break the very myth of the female gamer you speak
of. That myth has cost me conversations that could have gone more genuine than that of tutorship, or, that of insult, underestimation,
flirting, or straight-up at a loss of interest because chances are what's on my chest means I speak another language. If there's any favor
I could ever ask of anyone, it's to ask yourself whether commentary of knowledge sharing stems from a true interest to share, or,
whether my size, gender, voice pitch, and young appearance suggested I was a newb to the scene.
To put it bluntly, I received more handshakes and compliments than when I wore my badges in
three hours than all of MAGFest when I didn't — even when I still won games. Not everyone! Of course not everyone. Never.
There were also incredibly AWESOME people at MAGFest I met, all knowing who they are. If I didn't, I wouldn't be here.
It's simply my advisory that myth still perpetuates, or leaks time to time. Mission: keep breaking it.
And I will break it…with my drill.
*kicks can behind her, with a dash of Blast Burn*
Me: Through the heavens indeed. I actually find your response a breath of fresh air.
See I don't discriminate against gender, sexuality, age etc. You pick up a controller I will fight you with every ounce of my gaming skill
as if you were my younger brother David (my eternal rival).
That being said, any other facets of fiction you into?
Oh it landed on Celebi.
*hands start freezing*
this right hand of mine is freezing blue. It's pierced wail demands destruction and victory. Here I go!
*jumps into air*
take this! my love, my sorrow, and all my rage!!!!
ETERNAL FREEZING FINGER!!!!
*crashes into ground and freezes everything*
shit I froze the wheel......
Robyn Stanford: *raises the Wavebird towards the heavens* I HAVE FOUND MY PEOPLE.
— and oh my legendaries, you have a younger brother, too? Eternal gaming rival indeed.
(He retired from trainership as of LeafGreen, but bet your Lumiose lottery tickets he's a solid chunk our sibling rivalry is why
I'm competitive.)
ETERNAL FREEZING FINGER?! D:
…that sounds unhealthy. lol Turn that wheel into a Flame Wheel and you'll be good as new~!
Correction. Probably crispy.
HHMMMM. Other facets of fiction…I really like that phrase…
I'd say I have childhood standard of having read all of Harry Potter,
though I never got around to reading the last book. Atrocious, I know. What else…here's a different one.
Had anyone received copies of Nintendo Power or wandered onto the Pokémon Center's website back in the day?
I appeared in both, so there's a chance some of you saw me before you knew me.
Me: Wow so a Nintendo celebrity as well. Bravo good miss.
So lately you've had a meteoric rise through the ecpl gym scene.
I believe as of a few days ago you nabbed the Eclipse badge and one other.
Whose gym are you looking at next?
Robyn Stanford: Hoping to catch another afternoon with Dragon soon!
After him, Water. After both, wait until the return of Rock, re-election of Bug, and blazing reincarnation of Fire.
Funny thing — all three hiatus-based ones are a gym per region, which is why I hadn't the opportunity to secure a region just yet.
Soon, soon!
Me: Also to this day the wavebird is one of the best wireless controllers ever!!!
Robyn Stanford: FOREVER WAVEBIRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We really, really should have bought more of them while they were out and new and not patent-problems. x.x
Me: Yeah sorry. I was gonna emerge from the hive the day of my brothers bday (oddly enough the day after my sons bday)
but I had to give up my games for bills. But hopefully during May I get them all back
I know. I think on amazon a new or used one runs like $50
Moving on, have you ever met any romantic interest through games?
Robyn Stanford: AWWWWWWW.
Well, whoever can deny that timing? I'm not. *touches nose*
OH MY ARCEUS, YOU ASKED THAT ONE? *buries self in keyboard* Um, actually, yes.
My latest one was. It was…it took us both by surprise. I heard of such things, frankly didn't think that'd ever happen to me.
Lawls life, it did. I fell for the Kirito-style antagonist himself of closely-knit friends-of-friends Minecraft RPG server over
the expanse of a year. WELP.
Done and done. *laughs*
Me: Happens. Hell I met my fiance through some peculiar circumstances.
But that's a story for another time.
Have you ever broken up or had someone break up with you over a game?
And in regards to your kirito, hell im a Kirito myself but I would like to believe I met my Asuna.
Heck I made her a shirt with Kirito and Asuna on it for our anniversary two years ago.
Robyn Stanford: AW! You! You tell us that story one day! End of the line of these interviews, I wanna hear one about the interviewer.
TEEHEE. I'll just keep enjoying my… physical keyboard.
Break up over a game, nope. By then it's closed doors. However! I did see one such avatar of interest —
both mine and my character's — be RP slain in front of me by another player and permanent by lore. So there was that. XD
AWWW, DARRYL. YOU WANNA KNOW CUTE? That. That there. Is cute. GUH.
Me: I AM NOT CUTE!!!!
Robyn Stanford: LOL
Me: and that mustve been fun to watch. did you pull up a chair and grab a bag of popcorn? lol
moving on, lately phones are getting more and more advanced. but at the same type they all seem to do the same thing.
do you feel that current technology allows for phones to function as they should or do you feel they should do more?
Robyn Stanford: At the current technology, I'm more worried about people getting addicted to phones and news feeds, myself included.
I actually wish they kept the infrequency they had in our lives (mild, not overwhelming) that they did already five years ago: enough to text,
not enough to game. When I'm traveling or with friends, I make a point to keep technology as a last resort: I won't bring my laptop for
LAN games unless requested. Exception the 3DS: gotta kill the solo time on multi-hour train rides somehow! ^^
Ironically, it was I who always carried around three electronic devices in my pockets the same five years ago,
though at the time I was more of a lead photographer to cover all the shenanigans among friends: snapping shots with iPhones wasn't
quite a thing yet, so somebody had to be that bonus-camera-carry-on.
Me: see i take my 3ds almost everywhere (btw i have the fire emblem limited edition, valentines day gift from fiance....
im beginning to think im spoiled lol). i mainly use my phone for music, texting, and facebook when im bored (especially at work).
so outside of computers, what do you do for a living?
Robyn Stanford: *applauds fiancée* Good taste, very good taste.
Aha! Phone, work…I see how this interview has gone down then. XD Aside from all the art and tech,
I currently reside as a medical records clerk at a nearby rehabilitation facility. Not as quite art/tech/animation department yet,
but we'll get there eventually! I credit them for the marvelous opportunity.
SNORT
Me: well we all got to make a living. im a cook at ruby tuesday.
and yeah i was shocked when she got it too. see she knew i needed a 3ds since the new pokemon was coming out on it,
so she asked which one i wanted. i told her a blue one, she goes to gamestop, asked for it, saw the fire emblem one
and asked why it cost more then the other one. they told her it was limited edition and came with a game.
so she already knew i would want that so the rest is history, i honestly would be lost without it.
moving on, this next one is kinda personal, so if you dont want to answer it, you dont have to.
have you ever played a game while being "physical" with someone?
Robyn Stanford: Regard me intrigued. And a fan of your significant other all the more.
Me: and thank you. i honestly dont see a life without her (although you never know what the future may hold)
Robyn Stanford: Been single as a Mew for 26 years, so I'd say I haven't.
…Way to add it to the possibilities, however.
Not that you yourself would get the idea from somewhere, would you?
Me: i have done so a few times. mainly during halo. and once while playing a game called culdcept saga.
each time i was online playing with friends.
so yeah.......
Robyn Stanford: me applauds
Respect. It is had. And highly amused.
Well dared!
Question posing, that is.
Me: going on, lol seeing as i would get the average response from a male, i figured a females point of view would make this interesting.
If you had to live with a male counterpart as a room mate (and yes hes straight) for an entire year and you both were single,
do you think its possible to coexist without anything sexual happening?
Robyn Stanford: Yes. Coexistance is possible. No doubts had. Because I do in fact have
and had single straight platonic guy comrades and, while we weren't ever apartment-mates,
I did coexist with such a pair as across-the-hallway-roommates (five feet between doors) for two years. Golden. Still are.
Safe is when you befriend someone for a long time before they meet their long term significant others.
If nada happened before, during, or after — no worries point blank, regardless of the status of either party.
Me: hmmm, again a refreshing take on that question.
so what do you like to snack on and drink when you game?
Robyn Stanford: What have I… huh. Varies. Usually nada. Sometimes a mug of some sort of fruit juice,
no telling what: I like to try new things often. Snacks are nonexistent: makes for greasy fingers on the pretty shiny buttons,
and or, memories of previous I-nearly-killed-my-Mac-horror-stories-because-cat-meets-OH GOD HE SPILLED MILK AND IT'S FLOODING RIGHT
FOR MY EXTE—
Me: Lol my cat caused my netbook cord to break so I can't even charge it let alone turn it on. so I have to use my fiance's laptop
Robyn Stanford: Long live. Cats are merciful or restless deities.
Me: speaking of deities, do you consider yourself one?
cause this photo needs some explaining
*see attached photo*
Robyn Stanford: HAHAHHAHAHAH.
Oh, that one. Twister. It is a favorite. My life in the beginning of that session…pretty good!
I mean— BOW TO ME. BOW, all of you! THEN CRUMBLE.
Me: crumble indeed. you shouldve had one of them at least make a sandwich.
so, i recently asked ian lutz a question which i want to relate to you,
did you feel that geoffrey didnt die hard enough on Game Of Thrones?
Robyn Stanford: I hearddddd about thhhaatt onnnneeeee~ Read the reviews on that particular episode even.
What a turn on the tables!
Poor Bug GL: little farther an answer from Ian, I actually don't watch Game of Thrones,
so my ability to say is hampered. XD Don' get me wrong: massive respect for the production quality, plot (and original),
onward and onward. And the dragons! Yet, it wouldn't be in the lineup. I do very poorly with horror, or scenes with explicit,
malicious violence. Unfortunately GoT slips into the category here and there. Pity.
I mean, DOWN WITH GEOFFREY. RAR!
Me: lol i appreciate the honest answer.
if you were offered an opportunity to be a gym leader, which gym would you choose to take over?
Robyn Stanford: Dragon. Fire.
You know where my Charizards praising their almighty Reshiram sleep at night.
Me: smh reshiram, what a joke.
praise be to the almighty genesect!!!!!
Robyn Stanford: *Ash Ketchum Charizard style fire-floof*
Me: so i see in your profile pic youve visited hollywood before.
what city do you currently reside in?
Robyn Stanford: City! Hah! Town. Village. One of those. I reside within a few miles of the mouth of the Connecticut River.
A trip to anywhere guarantees you a half hour to …you count how many hours drive. However, kudos college, my connections/comrades are
heavily invested in LA and NYC.
You see, this is why ECPL has been Arceus's blessing: up until MAGFest,
I didn't see any other competitive trainers willing to battle me besides myself, lol.
Everyone I knew who did Pokémon (gotta love them) decided a long time ago I wasn't gonna be any casual opponent of theirs.
Y'all changed that. Very, very, suddenly.
I just realized why you said Genesect. That took way to long to realize. lol
Though, that's your first Bug legendary anything, wouldn't it be? Small wonder he's so prized!
Me: that he is. sadly not much in terms of a game changer.
seeing as you have been to new york, have you been to the pokecenter in new york city?
Robyn Stanford: Oh. All. The years. Since 2001-2002 somewhere. It's my favorite question to answer when I visit them every few weeks
and I'm asked where I came from and how long.
It's because of the NYC Pokémon Center I have my GBA. I won it in an art contest of theirs hosted on the old
school PokémonCenter.com: my artwork was in their store for a while.
Me: nice. that would most definitely hold sentimental value.
how often do you play your older game systems?
Robyn Stanford: Amazingly, the GBA was right up as a staple up until last 2014 September:
I was hunting for a Shiny Ho-Oh off of FireRed's Navel Rock ever since I got the Mystic Ticket in-person at Nintendo World in 2005.
Little fruitcake finally showed his colors nine years later after his rival Lugia did. The other consoles are more come
and go when I want to check on something or have N64 skirmishes with the brother/friends.
Me: i miss 64 skirmishes. for me and my brothers if it wasnt smash or mario party, it was gauntlet or turok 2.
my god, so many hours lost on that game. lol
Robyn Stanford: ^SRSZ BZNS
Me: looking through your profile pics, i notice you enjoy cosplaying alot.
ever do that as a romantic gesture for someone? giggity
Robyn Stanford: A lot? Not nearly! XD Those are actually cosplays I borrowed from (extremely talented) friends to make the most
my first convention visits. I can't sew worth a dime.
Me: you're avoiding the question Lady Stanford
Robyn Stanford: Oh. That one! See Mew: I haven't. XD The most that has has been updates to RPGed skins, though not for those intentions.
Me: smh, woman you need to live a little, dont worry, someday there will be guy whose gonna open you up to all kinds of new experiences.
Robyn Stanford: All things in due time! Like shinies.
Says the veteran shiny hunter.
The hours.
WORTH IT.
Me: moving on, you stated earlier that you wouldnt mind the interviewer being interviewed.
would you be the one willing to do such an interview?
are you brave enough to voyage to the dark depths of my brain?
Robyn Stanford: …Yes.
Challenge accepted.
Me: hmmm, then mayhaps tomorrow? seeing as i have off work
Robyn Stanford: Tomorrow I'll gonna be Earth Daying up hardcore and clean trash off my roads for all the daylight hours,
rendering my usual work hours reserved for the late evening. (Yep. I'm that person — I do this normally anyway, but tomorrow I'mma be
relentless. ALL THE ROADS! *skyward fist bump*) HOWEVER. I do think we can work with this! I'll have you in mind and be certain to
jot down some notes/questions of my own in advance.
Not sure if we can do tomorrow, but definitely a time sometime soon.
You'll find my time slots are flexible.
Me: no problem. im usually free around this time on my work days.
k few more questions and we can call it a night
with the addition of amiibos to smash brothers, do you feel this is something that will catch on with pokemon?
Robyn Stanford: — I didn't think of that before, actually. That's a load of potential.
Oddly, I thought parallels to this idea in the Pokémon universe was already proven with the supposed success of Battrio's arcade tokens
(for lack of a better word) in Japan — less figure form, more coin form.
And then, there's seeing how well Skylanders in the US has been doing; if Nintendo needed a proof the concept this would translate
to audiences beyond Japan, it went off like a firecracker when applied to our broader range of fan favorites.
Even more than I candidly expected.
Not sure if I would embrace that future or run in the other direction.
I already have my reserves for rare Pokémon plushes. Paying up for add-ons to my usually one-time purchases…damn.
I'd need me a 10 foot poll first. That's a topic, alright.
Space. Money. These are things. x.x
Me: glad you have a broad spectrum to this subject.
if you were found yourself in a real life pokemon reality,
would you use your current team to take on the gyms or would you start from scratch all over again?
Robyn Stanford: Oh, and then there were the Pokémon Rumble figures, too. However, I wouldn't have a Wii or Wii U though,
so I never quite looked into their success rates. Couldn't tell, but I don't think it matched how well Japan's Battrio went.
…oooooo. Very good question. Which raises a whole other slew of thoughts. For instance, and it goes for any of us: our IV and EV counting
days would be over, if not massively ambiguous. The Judge would probably be expensive as hell to pay to critique your folk,
if she or he were even trained properly or trained to inspect that species or Egg group of Pokémon.
You might say the 5-6V standard as it's known now would be curtailed back to the ambiguity of before we all had our eyes on IV/EV calculators.
If I knew others were and I needed a clean slate platform chance of success, then yes, I'd take my current crew for the gums.
We've already been through a lot together and I know I can throw them at the most terrible of situations and survive.
There wouldn't be the phase of raising — at this point, it's be stacking and strengthening the chemistry and bonding.
However, wasn't that exactly what both Stadiums were? Taking on a team you already raised and taking on the gyms all over again?
Those were some of my best memories. I recall those battles in detail better than I do what happened in-game.
The announcer, the various Cups, Elite Four, Mewtwo, rival in a cave. Even that Academy/Library.
Yep. I'll take my current crew with me. Silver and Red Version's crews would agree: no loss of enjoyment would be threatened.
Me: excellent.
if you could take anyone from the ecpl on your pokemon journey with you, who would it be? (like ash had brock and misty)
actually two more questions after this. lol
Robyn Stanford: *grins widely* What a tough one. I've really fallen for a bit of all of you.
However, Aaron volunteered to be one such traveling gym leader the other day, so we got a first one self-covered!
Me: lol very nice, traveling with Dark GL.
k, what kind of music do you usually listen to?
Robyn Stanford: HAH! Backstreet Boys. And anything worthy of that type of music.
—Including their current stuff, because even as recent as 2013 there's been new albums and tours strong into 2015.
Me: so late 90's early 2000's? a woman after my own heart. lol ok last question,
if you could use any legendary for competitive play, what would it be and why?
Robyn Stanford: Competitive but not mystical OP. If we're talking VGC legal, my heart is on Latios.
I wouldn't know how viable is viable at this time (yet — I go by personal experience, not Smogon),
but he was my original Gen 3 bread and butter. Also badass.
Non-VGC legal, a Reshiram or Groudon on my team: always a good idea.
Disclaimer: the English dub Latios' voice is a lie that sounds like a dolphin.
The Japanese version is superior, whereupon he sounds/roars/hisses far closer to how he sounds in-game.
Also, the dub release's unnecessary/heavy cyan overlay, censorship of an entire (AND BEAUTIFUL) opening lore sequence,
and rewriting of the Latios lore. Whoever justified and implemented those adjustments, may a Mime Jr. forever follow them.
Me: well at least we all learned something today. lol
*puts on noise canceling headphones* well thats a rap. i leave you with this
*throws random pokeball* DO IT NOW JIGGLYPUFF!!!!!!!!
Robyn Stanford: D: PRISMARINE, AURA SPHERE. AURA SPHERE RIGHT NOW!!
Me: *Jigglypuff uses mean look, then perish song*
mwahahahaha,
I'LL TAKE YOU TO HELL WITH ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Robyn Stanford: Damn that partial Fairy-typing—
Take one for the team. You can handle it. *reserves the other balls*
…You, you monster.
Me: *throws out 3 more pokeballs*
*Electrode, Forretress, and Metagross appear* i think more of myself as villain then monster
USE EXPLOSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Robyn Stanford: *rests a hand of Prismarine's back*
I apologize. I was wrong. You're the true monster, here. *eyes the others*
THE REST ARE PREY! USE PROTECT!
Me: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Robyn Stanford: www.somegif.com/gifs/13924742111596534766.GIF
Me: Bug Shall RISE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LONG LIVE VADER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*masked figure in hood swings 2x4 across the back of Majins head*
sorry about that. what i miss.........
*stares at crater* oh......
well guess i better get the dragonballs....
again........
i swear everytime i skip a day without drinking a mountain dew
so um......
i guess thats the show?.......
youve been a great guest?
Robyn Stanford: I look forward to battling you, sir. Oh yes I do.
By the way, your tail is showing.
Me: I look forward to a battle with you in the near future.
and lets shoot for sometime this week for that interview.
with me.
not the other guy.
hes going back in his mental prison
Robyn Stanford: LOL
Goodnight! It's been a pleasure.
Me: Welcome to show Ms. Stanford.
As always I'm your gracious host.
First question, how did you come to be part of the ECPL? We don't have many females so its always interesting when one joins
Robyn Stanford: *hearty chuckle* I was at Otacon 2013 when a roommate of mine mentioning something
about a video game convention; a small circle of friends and I hopped that bandwagon real fast and a short six months later,
returned for MAGFest 2014. I went to MAGFest on the very specific intent to hunt down fellow trainers and
on the high hopes to battling any (for, after all, I live in the woods) — low and behold,
that mission was exceeded when I was greeted by the ECPL. I was sold.
Credit where due, our Dark GL Aaron told me in MAGFest 2014 to join, among a few others.
Time passed and I didn't get to it. When I battled him again in 2015's MAGFest, he straight up me the business card: I was joining, lol.
The "I'll think about it phase" promptly ended.
Me: Yeah we can be kinda forceful when we find good people to join the group.
So did you when any badges at magfest?
Robyn Stanford: BADGES. My first battle wasn't until halfway through MAGFest 2014 I don't think.
(Bank didn't release yet for international audiences and I only just finished Y, aka sans a competitive crew. Timid? Reluctant? All of it.)
I landed four out of six challenges. However, I got into the final 16 tournament, so that was pretty nifty!
MAGFest 2015, I left with six badges out of eight challenges, though had to leave Sunday morning kudos a mix of travel time and
approaching snowstorm. No regrets; I lived for the art of table stalking.
Me: Nice. Hmmm 2014 I think I might've fought you. Did you nab the bug gym badge that year?
Robyn Stanford: Unfortunately no bug badge was had that year, nor do I recall fighting Bug types for 2014.
Still may have seen me in passing though!
2014 earned Fire, Ground, Steel, and Poison's badges with a loss to Dark and a mutually agreed draw with Psychic
(hearing the final 16 calling). 2015 saw the earnings of Ghost, Steel, Normal, Grass, Bug,
and Fairy badges with another loss to Dark and 4x OHKO by Fighting. Hopefully not missing anyone. x.x
Me: Lol I think its probably cause I had to leave early in 2014.
2015 I was unable to make it.
So what team did you run with on both occasions?
Robyn Stanford: *laughs* Oh gods. 2015, the spitting image of the same exact crew you'll see before you on my trainer card,
Pokémon for Pokémon: Charizard Y, Blastoise, Garchomp, Dragonite, and Talonflame.
I had a few others listed on my trainer card as a last second resort, but I never used them.
2014 was a hilarious hot mess; nonetheless, I decided to bite the bullet as a self-show and tell of brains vs IV brawns.
As mentioned, Bank wasn't released and I just finished Y exactly as MAGFest arrived: I had no competitive anything up my sleeve,
only personal experience from over a decade of battling.
I brought along my story mode crew of Chesnaught, Blastoise, Lucario, Shiny Hariyama, Shiny Crustle,
an IV Talonflame raised only days before, and a Shiny Safari Banette I never played with. Adventure!
To my complete surprise, my crew of mutts and I did vastly better than I expected. Still proud of them. They tried, and they pleased.
Me: Hey you do what you must. So do you have a favorite type?
Robyn Stanford: Dragon/Fire or Fire/Dragon. Choose either and you still land on my favorite homebodies.
In terms of attacks, I it's often Ground, Ice, and Electric. My attack types and Pokémon type favorites differ.
Me: Hmmm interesting. Favorite pokemon?
Robyn Stanford: Loaded answer, lol — dabbles in everything I've ever raised.
However! For simplicity, will go with core values: Charizard, Latios, Lugia, and Reshiram.
The oddball appreciation of the laundry list is Shiny Quagsire.
Me: Gotta love your shinies. My first shiny was during the original silver.
I remember I was at Hershey park waiting in line for a roller coaster. My friend was playing my gameboy and was like what does head-butt do?
He handed me the game, I walked up to a tree and headbutted it with my blastoise and out pops a shiny heracross.
Still miss that thing to this day. Moving on. So outside of Pokemon do you play any other games?
Robyn Stanford: D'aw — funny thing, mine was also from the GBC Silver! Thieving for Lucky Eggs with Misdreavus west of Fuschia when
I ran into one in late 2001. The lady of sparkles fled the very next turn, but I got a second chance in 2012
when another lass of the same name showed up on…Soul Silver's Mt. Silver? …it was very special moment. RIP your purple Heracross.
I do, but not by many. I devote my gaming hours to it nearly exclusively. Other titles these days are Smash…and…Smash?
Yeah, that's it. XD My only other regular is Minecraft since 2012, though I've taken a hiatus.
During the N64 days that lineup was much more varied.
Me: Ok, what all systems do you currently own? And yeah the 64 had one if the best libraries.
Hell I still have mine. Just need an expansion pack so I can play Donkey Kong 64
Robyn Stanford: Game Boy Pocket (Green), Game Boy Color (Teal), Game Boy Advance (Pokémon Center Gold), Nintendo DS original (Mew edition),
and Nintendo 3DS XL (XY Red edition). Larger consoles are the N64 and Gamecube.
—And get thee to an expansion pak! D: Oh legendaries, I don't even have it but that's a staple.
Me: So mainly a Nintendo girl? I can respect that.
So how does your beau feel about having a girlfriend that's a gamer?
Or are you taking the solo journey to be the best, the very best, the best no one ever was?
Robyn Stanford: My beau! *laughs manically* Aha. I don't. I'm single and I'm winged, fanged, and clawed.
Those who are close to me…it's generally understood Robyn tanks. And by tanks, I mean takes no prisoners.
Bluntly speaking, if you're facing me in Smash or Pokémon, you count your lucky stars you get out alive.
(The brief moment ego was here.) In my circles, it's very much less on "girls are playing" and more on "make way and like hell make room,
fellow gamers arrived."
Me: Why does everyone laugh when I ask this question? Hell I play D&D and I have a whole kid.
Lol and I can respect that. So outside of games any hobbies?
And in terms of ego mines is much bigger. He even has his own name.
Robyn Stanford: LOL. ^Winning!
Hobbies! I'm gonna pull a dare in the honor of Phil and shamelessly plug this in:
www.robynstanford.com.
That's me. I recommend the demo reel and doodles on Instagram. Outside of gaming, I'm a 2D animator and artist of whatever medium or
media I put my mind to, though I typically reserve myself to dry mixed media or acrylics.
However! If I'm not drawing in real life, chances are it's the computer, and if it's computer,
I'm sure as hell probably giving my OS nightmares. Good news: my other favorite thing is computer repair, specifically for angry Macs.
Do art < use computer < break computer < repair computer < do art. Repeat. …Self sufficient, methinks? XD
Anyone who's seen my Facebook banner — that's also me. ^^
Me: Hey whatever works. Although I don't like apple. I believe its skynet. Moving on.
Do you watch any anime?
Sorry had to throw this in, all that drawing and typing and computer repair must meek you're really good with your hands. Giggity
Robyn Stanford: Apple best meshes with the artsy type. XD No blame had! I've been an Apple person since kindergarten,
so by no means was it a trend bandwagon-hop. *SAFE* *wipes sweat*
Anime…what's recommended to me usually! Gurren Laggan, Kill La Kill, Attack on Titan, Sword Art Online I & II, Death Note,
and then lesser known Madoka Magika, Mirai Nikki, and most recently, Danganronpa.
It's less of a go-to and more of "you need to pass the critiques of my School and Animation comrades if you are worthy of my time."
Having a film degree is intense. >>
BAHAHAH! Snort. Welp. There's tiny…screws… um. Screwdrivers. Some antistatic electricity tossed in, some clicks. Some sounds. lol MOVING ON.
Me: .......yeah gonna have to take a cold shower on that last part. Lmao but oh man,
I think your like the only other person other then myself who has watched danganronpa. I'm hoping they make a second season.
But the other choices are very good as well. Especially kill la kill.
So who do you think would win in a fight, Kamina or Kirito?
Robyn Stanford: OH, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME? UGHHHHH.
Me: Damn right I am!! This is no longer darryls show. Behold his alter ego, Majin Darryl!!!!
*draws M on forhead*
Sometimes it doesnt come out when i take over.....Giggity
Robyn Stanford: HE ALREA— but, but… damn.
Kamina sans Gurren = Kirito. Kamina with Gurren = Kamina. THERE. Kamina isn't the most…elegant.
He tries, but without Gurren…well, we know how that ended.
…correction. Still ended with Gurren. NONETHELESS.
Me: But yeah Kamina's death has always left a bit of a hurt piece. I mean who could ever be manlier them him!?!?!
Robyn Stanford: *flails*
Me: Moving on, recently the manga Naruto came to an end. Do you think the way the series ended was up to par or a let down?
Answer quickly or I off Lopbunny (aka slutbunny)!!!!
Robyn Stanford: I didn't see or have ever seen Naruto or such so BAM. I choose answer C!
*pulls out Mega Blastoise's Dive Ball*
Me: *throws out Dark Pokeball* go Drapion!!!
Robyn Stanford: I issue a restraining order on the Lopunny or Lady Prismarine clears the field.
Me: Hmmm well seems like your gonna have to go through a court to issue the restraining order.
That takes time that you don't have Unfourtanetly.
*throws lopbunny into Seviper pit*
Wow that's a lot more bloodier then I thought it would be.
Next question, do guys tend to shy away from you being a female gamer? I only ask this cause back when I was young the female gamer was a myth.
Now a days some guys act like its a turn off.
*spins giant wheel with cute Pokemon on it*
lets see who goes next....
Robyn Stanford: Oh. Oh that hits in the feels. I cannot. Even. Begin.
*watches the wheel*
Cute? Innocent? I see no loss in this.
*leans on the female Charizard X standing behind her*
It's…it's really, really a mixed bag of worms. In my region of friend circles, it's more of a plus than a minus.
Who doesn't want to play some games with friends together? And none of the stereotypes. A gamer is a gamer is a gamer: looks or gender have
nothing on expectations. However, that isn't to say how all the world works. If I have a goal as a trainer,
a trainer with a very real mind keep climbing the rungs of the competitive ladder, it's to break the very myth of the female gamer you speak
of. That myth has cost me conversations that could have gone more genuine than that of tutorship, or, that of insult, underestimation,
flirting, or straight-up at a loss of interest because chances are what's on my chest means I speak another language. If there's any favor
I could ever ask of anyone, it's to ask yourself whether commentary of knowledge sharing stems from a true interest to share, or,
whether my size, gender, voice pitch, and young appearance suggested I was a newb to the scene.
To put it bluntly, I received more handshakes and compliments than when I wore my badges in
three hours than all of MAGFest when I didn't — even when I still won games. Not everyone! Of course not everyone. Never.
There were also incredibly AWESOME people at MAGFest I met, all knowing who they are. If I didn't, I wouldn't be here.
It's simply my advisory that myth still perpetuates, or leaks time to time. Mission: keep breaking it.
And I will break it…with my drill.
*kicks can behind her, with a dash of Blast Burn*
Me: Through the heavens indeed. I actually find your response a breath of fresh air.
See I don't discriminate against gender, sexuality, age etc. You pick up a controller I will fight you with every ounce of my gaming skill
as if you were my younger brother David (my eternal rival).
That being said, any other facets of fiction you into?
Oh it landed on Celebi.
*hands start freezing*
this right hand of mine is freezing blue. It's pierced wail demands destruction and victory. Here I go!
*jumps into air*
take this! my love, my sorrow, and all my rage!!!!
ETERNAL FREEZING FINGER!!!!
*crashes into ground and freezes everything*
shit I froze the wheel......
Robyn Stanford: *raises the Wavebird towards the heavens* I HAVE FOUND MY PEOPLE.
— and oh my legendaries, you have a younger brother, too? Eternal gaming rival indeed.
(He retired from trainership as of LeafGreen, but bet your Lumiose lottery tickets he's a solid chunk our sibling rivalry is why
I'm competitive.)
ETERNAL FREEZING FINGER?! D:
…that sounds unhealthy. lol Turn that wheel into a Flame Wheel and you'll be good as new~!
Correction. Probably crispy.
HHMMMM. Other facets of fiction…I really like that phrase…
I'd say I have childhood standard of having read all of Harry Potter,
though I never got around to reading the last book. Atrocious, I know. What else…here's a different one.
Had anyone received copies of Nintendo Power or wandered onto the Pokémon Center's website back in the day?
I appeared in both, so there's a chance some of you saw me before you knew me.
Me: Wow so a Nintendo celebrity as well. Bravo good miss.
So lately you've had a meteoric rise through the ecpl gym scene.
I believe as of a few days ago you nabbed the Eclipse badge and one other.
Whose gym are you looking at next?
Robyn Stanford: Hoping to catch another afternoon with Dragon soon!
After him, Water. After both, wait until the return of Rock, re-election of Bug, and blazing reincarnation of Fire.
Funny thing — all three hiatus-based ones are a gym per region, which is why I hadn't the opportunity to secure a region just yet.
Soon, soon!
Me: Also to this day the wavebird is one of the best wireless controllers ever!!!
Robyn Stanford: FOREVER WAVEBIRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We really, really should have bought more of them while they were out and new and not patent-problems. x.x
Me: Yeah sorry. I was gonna emerge from the hive the day of my brothers bday (oddly enough the day after my sons bday)
but I had to give up my games for bills. But hopefully during May I get them all back
I know. I think on amazon a new or used one runs like $50
Moving on, have you ever met any romantic interest through games?
Robyn Stanford: AWWWWWWW.
Well, whoever can deny that timing? I'm not. *touches nose*
OH MY ARCEUS, YOU ASKED THAT ONE? *buries self in keyboard* Um, actually, yes.
My latest one was. It was…it took us both by surprise. I heard of such things, frankly didn't think that'd ever happen to me.
Lawls life, it did. I fell for the Kirito-style antagonist himself of closely-knit friends-of-friends Minecraft RPG server over
the expanse of a year. WELP.
Done and done. *laughs*
Me: Happens. Hell I met my fiance through some peculiar circumstances.
But that's a story for another time.
Have you ever broken up or had someone break up with you over a game?
And in regards to your kirito, hell im a Kirito myself but I would like to believe I met my Asuna.
Heck I made her a shirt with Kirito and Asuna on it for our anniversary two years ago.
Robyn Stanford: AW! You! You tell us that story one day! End of the line of these interviews, I wanna hear one about the interviewer.
TEEHEE. I'll just keep enjoying my… physical keyboard.
Break up over a game, nope. By then it's closed doors. However! I did see one such avatar of interest —
both mine and my character's — be RP slain in front of me by another player and permanent by lore. So there was that. XD
AWWW, DARRYL. YOU WANNA KNOW CUTE? That. That there. Is cute. GUH.
Me: I AM NOT CUTE!!!!
Robyn Stanford: LOL
Me: and that mustve been fun to watch. did you pull up a chair and grab a bag of popcorn? lol
moving on, lately phones are getting more and more advanced. but at the same type they all seem to do the same thing.
do you feel that current technology allows for phones to function as they should or do you feel they should do more?
Robyn Stanford: At the current technology, I'm more worried about people getting addicted to phones and news feeds, myself included.
I actually wish they kept the infrequency they had in our lives (mild, not overwhelming) that they did already five years ago: enough to text,
not enough to game. When I'm traveling or with friends, I make a point to keep technology as a last resort: I won't bring my laptop for
LAN games unless requested. Exception the 3DS: gotta kill the solo time on multi-hour train rides somehow! ^^
Ironically, it was I who always carried around three electronic devices in my pockets the same five years ago,
though at the time I was more of a lead photographer to cover all the shenanigans among friends: snapping shots with iPhones wasn't
quite a thing yet, so somebody had to be that bonus-camera-carry-on.
Me: see i take my 3ds almost everywhere (btw i have the fire emblem limited edition, valentines day gift from fiance....
im beginning to think im spoiled lol). i mainly use my phone for music, texting, and facebook when im bored (especially at work).
so outside of computers, what do you do for a living?
Robyn Stanford: *applauds fiancée* Good taste, very good taste.
Aha! Phone, work…I see how this interview has gone down then. XD Aside from all the art and tech,
I currently reside as a medical records clerk at a nearby rehabilitation facility. Not as quite art/tech/animation department yet,
but we'll get there eventually! I credit them for the marvelous opportunity.
SNORT
Me: well we all got to make a living. im a cook at ruby tuesday.
and yeah i was shocked when she got it too. see she knew i needed a 3ds since the new pokemon was coming out on it,
so she asked which one i wanted. i told her a blue one, she goes to gamestop, asked for it, saw the fire emblem one
and asked why it cost more then the other one. they told her it was limited edition and came with a game.
so she already knew i would want that so the rest is history, i honestly would be lost without it.
moving on, this next one is kinda personal, so if you dont want to answer it, you dont have to.
have you ever played a game while being "physical" with someone?
Robyn Stanford: Regard me intrigued. And a fan of your significant other all the more.
Me: and thank you. i honestly dont see a life without her (although you never know what the future may hold)
Robyn Stanford: Been single as a Mew for 26 years, so I'd say I haven't.
…Way to add it to the possibilities, however.
Not that you yourself would get the idea from somewhere, would you?
Me: i have done so a few times. mainly during halo. and once while playing a game called culdcept saga.
each time i was online playing with friends.
so yeah.......
Robyn Stanford: me applauds
Respect. It is had. And highly amused.
Well dared!
Question posing, that is.
Me: going on, lol seeing as i would get the average response from a male, i figured a females point of view would make this interesting.
If you had to live with a male counterpart as a room mate (and yes hes straight) for an entire year and you both were single,
do you think its possible to coexist without anything sexual happening?
Robyn Stanford: Yes. Coexistance is possible. No doubts had. Because I do in fact have
and had single straight platonic guy comrades and, while we weren't ever apartment-mates,
I did coexist with such a pair as across-the-hallway-roommates (five feet between doors) for two years. Golden. Still are.
Safe is when you befriend someone for a long time before they meet their long term significant others.
If nada happened before, during, or after — no worries point blank, regardless of the status of either party.
Me: hmmm, again a refreshing take on that question.
so what do you like to snack on and drink when you game?
Robyn Stanford: What have I… huh. Varies. Usually nada. Sometimes a mug of some sort of fruit juice,
no telling what: I like to try new things often. Snacks are nonexistent: makes for greasy fingers on the pretty shiny buttons,
and or, memories of previous I-nearly-killed-my-Mac-horror-stories-because-cat-meets-OH GOD HE SPILLED MILK AND IT'S FLOODING RIGHT
FOR MY EXTE—
Me: Lol my cat caused my netbook cord to break so I can't even charge it let alone turn it on. so I have to use my fiance's laptop
Robyn Stanford: Long live. Cats are merciful or restless deities.
Me: speaking of deities, do you consider yourself one?
cause this photo needs some explaining
*see attached photo*
Robyn Stanford: HAHAHHAHAHAH.
Oh, that one. Twister. It is a favorite. My life in the beginning of that session…pretty good!
I mean— BOW TO ME. BOW, all of you! THEN CRUMBLE.
Me: crumble indeed. you shouldve had one of them at least make a sandwich.
so, i recently asked ian lutz a question which i want to relate to you,
did you feel that geoffrey didnt die hard enough on Game Of Thrones?
Robyn Stanford: I hearddddd about thhhaatt onnnneeeee~ Read the reviews on that particular episode even.
What a turn on the tables!
Poor Bug GL: little farther an answer from Ian, I actually don't watch Game of Thrones,
so my ability to say is hampered. XD Don' get me wrong: massive respect for the production quality, plot (and original),
onward and onward. And the dragons! Yet, it wouldn't be in the lineup. I do very poorly with horror, or scenes with explicit,
malicious violence. Unfortunately GoT slips into the category here and there. Pity.
I mean, DOWN WITH GEOFFREY. RAR!
Me: lol i appreciate the honest answer.
if you were offered an opportunity to be a gym leader, which gym would you choose to take over?
Robyn Stanford: Dragon. Fire.
You know where my Charizards praising their almighty Reshiram sleep at night.
Me: smh reshiram, what a joke.
praise be to the almighty genesect!!!!!
Robyn Stanford: *Ash Ketchum Charizard style fire-floof*
Me: so i see in your profile pic youve visited hollywood before.
what city do you currently reside in?
Robyn Stanford: City! Hah! Town. Village. One of those. I reside within a few miles of the mouth of the Connecticut River.
A trip to anywhere guarantees you a half hour to …you count how many hours drive. However, kudos college, my connections/comrades are
heavily invested in LA and NYC.
You see, this is why ECPL has been Arceus's blessing: up until MAGFest,
I didn't see any other competitive trainers willing to battle me besides myself, lol.
Everyone I knew who did Pokémon (gotta love them) decided a long time ago I wasn't gonna be any casual opponent of theirs.
Y'all changed that. Very, very, suddenly.
I just realized why you said Genesect. That took way to long to realize. lol
Though, that's your first Bug legendary anything, wouldn't it be? Small wonder he's so prized!
Me: that he is. sadly not much in terms of a game changer.
seeing as you have been to new york, have you been to the pokecenter in new york city?
Robyn Stanford: Oh. All. The years. Since 2001-2002 somewhere. It's my favorite question to answer when I visit them every few weeks
and I'm asked where I came from and how long.
It's because of the NYC Pokémon Center I have my GBA. I won it in an art contest of theirs hosted on the old
school PokémonCenter.com: my artwork was in their store for a while.
Me: nice. that would most definitely hold sentimental value.
how often do you play your older game systems?
Robyn Stanford: Amazingly, the GBA was right up as a staple up until last 2014 September:
I was hunting for a Shiny Ho-Oh off of FireRed's Navel Rock ever since I got the Mystic Ticket in-person at Nintendo World in 2005.
Little fruitcake finally showed his colors nine years later after his rival Lugia did. The other consoles are more come
and go when I want to check on something or have N64 skirmishes with the brother/friends.
Me: i miss 64 skirmishes. for me and my brothers if it wasnt smash or mario party, it was gauntlet or turok 2.
my god, so many hours lost on that game. lol
Robyn Stanford: ^SRSZ BZNS
Me: looking through your profile pics, i notice you enjoy cosplaying alot.
ever do that as a romantic gesture for someone? giggity
Robyn Stanford: A lot? Not nearly! XD Those are actually cosplays I borrowed from (extremely talented) friends to make the most
my first convention visits. I can't sew worth a dime.
Me: you're avoiding the question Lady Stanford
Robyn Stanford: Oh. That one! See Mew: I haven't. XD The most that has has been updates to RPGed skins, though not for those intentions.
Me: smh, woman you need to live a little, dont worry, someday there will be guy whose gonna open you up to all kinds of new experiences.
Robyn Stanford: All things in due time! Like shinies.
Says the veteran shiny hunter.
The hours.
WORTH IT.
Me: moving on, you stated earlier that you wouldnt mind the interviewer being interviewed.
would you be the one willing to do such an interview?
are you brave enough to voyage to the dark depths of my brain?
Robyn Stanford: …Yes.
Challenge accepted.
Me: hmmm, then mayhaps tomorrow? seeing as i have off work
Robyn Stanford: Tomorrow I'll gonna be Earth Daying up hardcore and clean trash off my roads for all the daylight hours,
rendering my usual work hours reserved for the late evening. (Yep. I'm that person — I do this normally anyway, but tomorrow I'mma be
relentless. ALL THE ROADS! *skyward fist bump*) HOWEVER. I do think we can work with this! I'll have you in mind and be certain to
jot down some notes/questions of my own in advance.
Not sure if we can do tomorrow, but definitely a time sometime soon.
You'll find my time slots are flexible.
Me: no problem. im usually free around this time on my work days.
k few more questions and we can call it a night
with the addition of amiibos to smash brothers, do you feel this is something that will catch on with pokemon?
Robyn Stanford: — I didn't think of that before, actually. That's a load of potential.
Oddly, I thought parallels to this idea in the Pokémon universe was already proven with the supposed success of Battrio's arcade tokens
(for lack of a better word) in Japan — less figure form, more coin form.
And then, there's seeing how well Skylanders in the US has been doing; if Nintendo needed a proof the concept this would translate
to audiences beyond Japan, it went off like a firecracker when applied to our broader range of fan favorites.
Even more than I candidly expected.
Not sure if I would embrace that future or run in the other direction.
I already have my reserves for rare Pokémon plushes. Paying up for add-ons to my usually one-time purchases…damn.
I'd need me a 10 foot poll first. That's a topic, alright.
Space. Money. These are things. x.x
Me: glad you have a broad spectrum to this subject.
if you were found yourself in a real life pokemon reality,
would you use your current team to take on the gyms or would you start from scratch all over again?
Robyn Stanford: Oh, and then there were the Pokémon Rumble figures, too. However, I wouldn't have a Wii or Wii U though,
so I never quite looked into their success rates. Couldn't tell, but I don't think it matched how well Japan's Battrio went.
…oooooo. Very good question. Which raises a whole other slew of thoughts. For instance, and it goes for any of us: our IV and EV counting
days would be over, if not massively ambiguous. The Judge would probably be expensive as hell to pay to critique your folk,
if she or he were even trained properly or trained to inspect that species or Egg group of Pokémon.
You might say the 5-6V standard as it's known now would be curtailed back to the ambiguity of before we all had our eyes on IV/EV calculators.
If I knew others were and I needed a clean slate platform chance of success, then yes, I'd take my current crew for the gums.
We've already been through a lot together and I know I can throw them at the most terrible of situations and survive.
There wouldn't be the phase of raising — at this point, it's be stacking and strengthening the chemistry and bonding.
However, wasn't that exactly what both Stadiums were? Taking on a team you already raised and taking on the gyms all over again?
Those were some of my best memories. I recall those battles in detail better than I do what happened in-game.
The announcer, the various Cups, Elite Four, Mewtwo, rival in a cave. Even that Academy/Library.
Yep. I'll take my current crew with me. Silver and Red Version's crews would agree: no loss of enjoyment would be threatened.
Me: excellent.
if you could take anyone from the ecpl on your pokemon journey with you, who would it be? (like ash had brock and misty)
actually two more questions after this. lol
Robyn Stanford: *grins widely* What a tough one. I've really fallen for a bit of all of you.
However, Aaron volunteered to be one such traveling gym leader the other day, so we got a first one self-covered!
Me: lol very nice, traveling with Dark GL.
k, what kind of music do you usually listen to?
Robyn Stanford: HAH! Backstreet Boys. And anything worthy of that type of music.
—Including their current stuff, because even as recent as 2013 there's been new albums and tours strong into 2015.
Me: so late 90's early 2000's? a woman after my own heart. lol ok last question,
if you could use any legendary for competitive play, what would it be and why?
Robyn Stanford: Competitive but not mystical OP. If we're talking VGC legal, my heart is on Latios.
I wouldn't know how viable is viable at this time (yet — I go by personal experience, not Smogon),
but he was my original Gen 3 bread and butter. Also badass.
Non-VGC legal, a Reshiram or Groudon on my team: always a good idea.
Disclaimer: the English dub Latios' voice is a lie that sounds like a dolphin.
The Japanese version is superior, whereupon he sounds/roars/hisses far closer to how he sounds in-game.
Also, the dub release's unnecessary/heavy cyan overlay, censorship of an entire (AND BEAUTIFUL) opening lore sequence,
and rewriting of the Latios lore. Whoever justified and implemented those adjustments, may a Mime Jr. forever follow them.
Me: well at least we all learned something today. lol
*puts on noise canceling headphones* well thats a rap. i leave you with this
*throws random pokeball* DO IT NOW JIGGLYPUFF!!!!!!!!
Robyn Stanford: D: PRISMARINE, AURA SPHERE. AURA SPHERE RIGHT NOW!!
Me: *Jigglypuff uses mean look, then perish song*
mwahahahaha,
I'LL TAKE YOU TO HELL WITH ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Robyn Stanford: Damn that partial Fairy-typing—
Take one for the team. You can handle it. *reserves the other balls*
…You, you monster.
Me: *throws out 3 more pokeballs*
*Electrode, Forretress, and Metagross appear* i think more of myself as villain then monster
USE EXPLOSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Robyn Stanford: *rests a hand of Prismarine's back*
I apologize. I was wrong. You're the true monster, here. *eyes the others*
THE REST ARE PREY! USE PROTECT!
Me: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Robyn Stanford: www.somegif.com/gifs/13924742111596534766.GIF
Me: Bug Shall RISE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LONG LIVE VADER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*masked figure in hood swings 2x4 across the back of Majins head*
sorry about that. what i miss.........
*stares at crater* oh......
well guess i better get the dragonballs....
again........
i swear everytime i skip a day without drinking a mountain dew
so um......
i guess thats the show?.......
youve been a great guest?
Robyn Stanford: I look forward to battling you, sir. Oh yes I do.
By the way, your tail is showing.
Me: I look forward to a battle with you in the near future.
and lets shoot for sometime this week for that interview.
with me.
not the other guy.
hes going back in his mental prison
Robyn Stanford: LOL
Goodnight! It's been a pleasure.
