your sig looks awesome i like the second pic also, the alignment is good and the color of the text goes well with the pic's, the only thing not aligned is the blakc text at the very bottom, but it all looks good either way
10/10. I thoroughly loved the touching tale of Sadako when I first read about it in fifth grade. Simplicity can suffice- hence the pictures.
poketeen05, you need to add 9/ because you could be giveing him a 9 out of 100 or a 9 out of 5, you have to write 9 out of...whatever, most people use 9/10
anyway your sig has an extreamly cool card in it! Your chao cyndaquile is adorable, but there are too many words, people don't exactly want to read through all of it, so what you might want to do is put them in colors so people catch their intrest in them, It's good that you spaced out in paragraphs, that helps ^^, I think you might want to work on it though, it's really great otherwise 7/10
crazed flareon, in here, you rate the signature of the person who posted before you. So, you might want to rate The Adamant Dodger's. ^_^;
ok so we got an umbreon club banner. some evo. gifs, ruki, hikari and culumon...i guess its ok...tho it does seem kinda crammed together to me...7/10
ARGH, you should seriously change your sig, it's getting old, umm CCS and Fire Emblem, not much to say.
very cool t cards, although I don't know what the worm like creature is at the top XD They're cute! ^_^ you might want to make the t cards side by side and not on top of each other to make your sig smaller ^^ 7/10
very orginized, you put what was most important to you at the top, then an awsome animation under it, the color of your fonts the animation and the "vote for toto" animation. the quote on the bottom is very funny! And I love humor in sigs! your sig is very noticable, clean, funny and supportive, 10/10!
Lavender to no67 is very colorful! It's a bit large, you might want to resize it by one. Your friends list has a very cool font, it matches the glow and the cat in the pic below. You might want to fix the notice you made about your friends list, it's white (but it looks like you wanted it blue) so it was hard to read. The banner you made about the spriters club is amazing! I love the font to it and the color, the cat is adorable *cuddles* you might want to attach a link to it so people can just click on the banner and it would lead them right to the club, although you don't have to.
Whoa whoa whoa... thats not needed, if you don't like the banner no need to critize it so harshly, you know if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all. Or if you have something to say at least critize constructively.
6/10, its not bad but it would be better if it was more simple and followed a theme with 1 or 2 pics ^^.
I hate that song! XD I have to admit I don't like Aussie colours either, but I might vote for ya~ Except that you don't like GC XD. GC totally rock
Lol I think your definetly straightend out your sig the last time I saw it, I like how you made a pattern of blue, red, and white. But it kinda stops at the bottom where everything is brown, It's neat, the words are easy to read, and it's sort of got a nice pattern to it ^_^ 8.1/10
A lovley pic of a girl ^_^ she's cute! And the May sprite is really cool! The font you used matches the pic well, I think you need to add something to it that would catch someone's eye, but anyways: 9/10, just needs that little something ^^
9/10 i'm glad you corrected some things and made it more orginized ^_^ I think it's much better now ^_^ great job! *pokes kitty* XD
Your banner looks good. Howie Day...hmmm. I think I know him. ^^ Anyway it is centered very nice. 10/10! ^^
It's just not that great - I don't know who those people are in the pic, and the glow stuff is weird to read.
13 more post till i'm the top poster here XD oO it's a bit dull but nice colors could use a pic thou 7/10
10/10....I don't know...I think I will leave my serebii SIG for bands.....Woooo! I need to think of my favorite anime show now....
10/10....Before it was Dark Angel by VNV Nation and now its All Cried out by Wumpscut. But its not all the lryics. If it was them mt SIG would be too big....
I am an avid Pokemon player, and have been for almost 10 years. I have committed my memory every single one of the 802 'mons, and I have watched a good chunk of the anime and movies. However, because of my spending habits, I was not able to purchase a DS or any of the consequent games until just recently. I decided to buy Alpha Sapphire first, since I had emulated Emerald most, and have just recently finished the main storyline, and am now working to finish my Pokedex. I have decided to make a list...
OMG!!!! Hi SuicuneAngel! (i read in your profile you use the name 'binarypeaches' xD so i'm going to assume thats you)
Don't worry, i'm not a drama queen anymore. I'm actually like a pollyana more on general average now. :3 I've grown to more fully accept my girlyness, also i've fell in love with Korrina from pokemon x and y and she's actually a huge reason i'm a lot more of a happy and optimistic person now.
Also, awesome you're a pony fan and like sunset shimmer!!! :D Such awesome stuff. I've been watching my little pony friendship is magic ever since it first aired in 2010, and haven't missed a single episode. Its a really beautiful cartoon.
also where do you get sunset shimmer figurines :( i have all the mane 6 figurines except for rainbow dash, also sunset shimmer (which would make mane 7 but,,)
I HAVE 3 FAVORITES FROM EQUESTRIA GIRLS I LIKE SUNSET SHIMMER AND FROM THE NEW MLP MOVIE I LIKE TEMPEST SHADOW (i even have a stuffie of her that my boyfriend gave me for my birthday and have a tshirt of her that my mom got me for christmas and i have a pop figurine that i also got for christmas) :3 AND FROM THE MANE SERIES I LIKE FLUTTERSHY A LOT BUT TWILIGHT SPARKLE AND PINKIE PIE ARE CLOSE SECONDS
Dang, that sure is lucky! Biggest thing I've ever won were some boardgames...in a lottery with a multimillion jackpot. And if I can win mapping contests, you certainly can improve your drawing skills!
pffft. I envy you~ Studies are forcing me to use a computer, work requires me to sit behind a pc... And I even spend my free time behind one as well. XD Luckily you don't really need a pc to draw, unless you're into digital art. You can always draw me a cute holidays hyena =D
This emblem has Cherrim on it and is therefore the greatest ever. Anyone who disagrees will be banned.
c. might seem they are interested at first but quickly switches topics before you're done or don't respond or just face it they just don't care
I have a new Betta Fish. It's a Blue (with some red) Crowntailed Betta Fish. And he needs a name. So I'm asking for suggestions. Not sure if I'll go with any of them but since I have no idea myself I thought I would try this. If I do pick out a name out of all your suggestions for the name of my Betta I'll draw something for you.
And it is over at Pokemon Trivia that really needs more attention than it has been getting. It's none other than
Come answer trivial things or solve puzzles each week (or whatever amount of time you're given) and gain badges. After you gain all eight badges you'll receive the emblem of that region! There will often be multiple puzzles each time so that you can gain your emblems much sooner than if I tried to do one puzzle each time.
This will basically be the new, updated, version of Who's that Pokemon that includes more trivia puzzles, as well as more emblems and a little twist as to how you achieve them!
I'm looking for someone who can remake the jessie/james sprite in the above screenshot in gen 4 style. PM me if you can
A Pokemon Yellow remake, using HGSS Tiles, and the ability to obtain all Kanto Pokemon as well as their previous/later evolutions.
North Korea to enter state of war with South Korea and United States - Page 2 - The PokéCommunity Forums
The States actually sent a Missile Defense system to Guam earlier today, in case they decide to try any funny business.
That would make them irrational though. And the rational actor model is a pretty decent "edit: model" for explaining many political phenomena. The North Korean elite are content with a country of starving people. Anything that goes against that reduces their relative power, and they want to keep on the position they already have. That's why conservative can suck, and a rational explanation to their behaviour. Did you know that North Korea started some basic market-oriented, China-style reforms before all this news happened? No doubt some of the top brass had fit over that, feeling their own privilege being threatened.
Internal politicking, that is some elite faction trying to hold on/increase their private interest to the detriment of the public good, would give a pretty rational explanation to why the whole country has to suffer. While I don't think it's in human nature to be suicidal, it sure is in human nature to be selfish.
There are shreds of rationality when dealing with NK, not just one single logical approach. The 'reforms' you mention are just about as substantial as the constant stream of worthless statements being sent out by the press.
The vast majority of national security govt. heads/analysts agree that if a war were to happen, the entire North Korean army would be virtually decimated in 24-48 hours; I'm willing to bet real money that North Korea is quite aware of this as well. Jong-Un spent his teen years in Europe - he knows about his Hermit Kingdom. The trouble is getting this message across to the rest of the Party. Refugees are beginning to mention the fact that the general perspective isn't so much on superiority anymore as much as it is on the wish of achieving some sort of resolution in the end. The only sensible way to do this without driving the still-brainwashed military leadership even more crazy is by making Jong-Un himself assert his own leadership. How? By doing all this bullcrap we've been seeing lately.
There's a certain level of hope surrounding the idea that maybe Jong-Un does not actually want a conflict; he's just merely having some trouble weighing his wishes with how the rest of the country sees him: a young kid who's still inexperienced with the military and the country's 'objectives.'
It's really hard to estemate how effective our army would be against their's. Sure, we have the technological advantage, but we're forgetting how... what was the word... um... brainwashed loyal the people are despite how ****** of a situation they are in.
Sure, we can knock out their leadership easily enough - And their major military positions. But after that? It would be a much longer ground campaign. Where our technological superiority wouldn't, as the wars in Iraq and Trashcanistan Afghanistan show, be of that much use.
Still - This depends on how loyal the people really are. If they are as loyal as N.Korea says then this could easily turn into another long war.
And we can't forget that China still has a mutual defence agreement with N.Korea. And really, China is the only reason that we haven't dropped a bomb on Kim's doorstep yet.
Maybe Kim should get his hands dirty and purge the "party traitors". Maybe an inner party coup with his biggest enemies assassinated or demotions? I have a feeling that the military is extremely entrenched. Perhaps removing them in one fell sweep, something so shocking that his opponents can't react, is the only way of removing their influence. Machiavellian, but worth a shot :P
Mr. X: China doesn't have to guarantee North Korea's security. It's the stronger power, so it can do whatever it wants. When push comes to shove, North Korea can ask for assistance but treaties can be broken. And I really don't think that'll make China look bad, in fact it'll probably improve its international prestige by doing the only sensible thing XD.
The North Koreans, especially the peasant class are not a loyal people. That's brainwashing crap spun by Western media. Sure, the N. Korean government are coercing political loyalty, but you can't force someone to love you. In fact, some of the latest defectors have be talking about how the North Korean youth, who were born and grew up in the famine years, have no memories of Kim Il Sung, the leader that was actually worth two sh*ts and got stuff done. All they have are years of poverty, bright city lights of Liaoning to their north, and pirated South Korean dramas.
We cant nuke north korea cause the south is too close, japan is close and so is china, the result of nuking NK would be destivating to multiple countries, and none of them want that..
I think the north knows we wont do it either, only as a last resort and the other countries would protest...
I just wondered something. People only seem to think of nukes and nuking. So I wonder...what about the north korean cruise missiles? Surely they wont use just their (perhaps created) one-or few nuke/s? What I mean to say is that even mid range cruise missiles can cause damage. But I guess thats why the missile defence systems have been sent to guam. (was it guam?)
I wouldn't imagine the KPA to be bristling with cruise missiles like the Americans have Tomahawks. They do carry some Chinese-produced missiles but it's 60 year old soviet tech, and regardless the bulk of their arsenal is ballistic. They could probably mess up South Korea really bad though - over 50% of South Korea's population live within 80km, and it's only 400 km to the other end.
In the 50s - The US ignored the provisions in the Korean armistice that said no weapons were to be introduced to either side. The US, under a Republican president, determined that they didn't have to follow that provision and moved a lot of hardware, including nuclear weapons, into S.Korea.
Into the future, the 90's, we made a deal with them to end their nuclear program. Our side of the bargain was to provide them oil and construct two LWR reactors for their use. This was done under Democrat leadership, but when Republicans reook congress soon after the oil shipments started arriving late, because Congress refused to provide necessary funds for the project.
Foward to when Bush gets elected, the US then backs out of it's promise to build the reactors suspending the project
We've hand chances to improve relations - Sadly though, under Republican leadership, we determined that we didn't need to stay true to our word.
While N.Korea is making things worse with their recent actions, with as many times as the US ignored it's deals with them then it's no suprise that they refuse to bend to US demands. They've gotten tired of making deals with a country who hasn't held true to it's word.
The US had a chance to improve relations when Un took leadership as well - They could have lifted some santions as a gesture of good will in hopes of further negotiations. While they did offer food aid - It was suspended when N. Korea said they were planning to launch a satellite into space. Idiocy on the US's part - Instead, they should have offered to launch the satellite for them.
Well if war breaks out we are going to be bathed in radioactive isotopes and have our cells mutate and die. Yay!
Exactly and this is the part most people chose to overlook or ignore.. Its our fault this is happening and now we expect the north to be scared at our military might.. its like being a police officer and stealing or beating someone badly and expecting other ppl to accept it quietly without getting upset... it doesnt work like that, it never has never will. But if someone backed out of a deal with the US we'd just go and take what were owed, Iraq oil for instance..
You just can't compare Iraq with North Korea. The US backing out of 'a deal' was definitely not the cause of NK developing a fantastically massive cult of personality surrounding a very strange family that was put in charge of the country. The US backing out of 'a deal' did not cause said family to go on a military-first rampage transformation of a country whose apparent destiny was to become more and more isolated from the outside world by choice, with severe aggravations to those who opposed the decision.
Most importantly, the US backing out of 'a deal' was definitely not the single hand in the cause of all of the human rights violations that are going on at the moment, which are perhaps on a much more broader scope than the sheer famine (due to mismanagement of resources given to NK by aid across all these years) and collective 'genocide' and human labour exploration that is happening right now both within the country itself in the form of labour camps as well as in certain parts of Siberia in the form of exported labour for very low pay with very, very long-term 'contracts', whose workers are under the threat of any deviation in the safety of their families back home, that we are aware of.
The armistice agreement clauses did not cause this intimidating transformation of the Hermit Kingdom and its darkest patches; the country's government did this to itself and its own people, and it's only a matter of time before some sort of intervention takes place, whether through a war or through something else. Or, at least, one would hope, before it's too late.
The country did this because it felt diplomacy would no longer work - Caused by the US continuously refusing to adhere to it's agreements.
N.Korea is making a mistake by doing this true, but it's the US's actions that caused N. Koreas leadership to lose faith in diplomacy.
The thing is that unification was supposed to happen a long time ago - But the the US and the Soviet Union got into a cold war, which prevented unification from happening.
What shocks me is how the United States seems to be taking initiative if something happens. If anything, China has more right to regime change in North Korea. I think a joint Chinese-South Korea occupation would make the most sense. It would be terribly inappropriate if the United States intervened to a great degree in the Asian Sphere. Actually yeah, it would be rather insulting for the United States to intervene in Korea a second time.
Edit: South Korea would provide the economic leadership for a united Korea, and leaving China out of it would be insulting to the great power right next to its own border. If South Korea and China could agree, I don't think Japan would get involved, because that might be unacceptable to the Chinese and Korean publics.
All the new regime has to do is follow China-style reforms back in the 80's and 90's. With time, incomes will rise and the two Koreas may reunify.
If they strike South Korea before they do the US, China can come into play. But all of South Korea's allies would probably step up to the plate
Because the US intervening on the peninsula was half of the reason there's a North and South Korea in the first place. And Korea is in China's backyard, much like the Monroe doctrine and how Americans didn't want Europeans intervening. Furthermore, Korea borders China, and I think China would want a direct say in how things would get done, who will invest in the new regime, what they'll do about potential refugees, and so on. And Korea and Japan wouldn't want America to get too involved. While they're cautious of rising Chinese power, bringing in foreign influence has never lead to peace no matter where you are in the world (French and Spanish intervening in Italy, America in the Middle East).
So China + Korea have the most to gain. An analogy may be how the US freaked out over the Cuban missile crisis. While the US wouldn't go arming united Korea with nukes, mistrust over the going-ons in your backyard will drive the Chinese paranoid. Anyways, the US will probably allow China to decide how the occupation will be carried out. It's implied in the respect of a great power's "sovereignty" in its sphere of influence, and I don't think the US would throw that out the window.
Two medium-range missiles have been loaded onto mobile launchers in North Korea and are ready to be launched, South Korea's semi-official Yonhap news agency reported Friday, citing military sources in Seoul.
Things are about to get serious, I doubt a bluff would get this far especially if the KPA didnt want war. Which it seems to me it might just come down to.
It's two missiles. Two. Not even missile batteries - just two trucks with a rocket in the back. And these are ballistic, not cruise missiles so they're easier to intercept. A high-school student should have the knowledge to project the missile interception's path to the trajectory of the missile.
You're completely overlooking the fact that they are, well, missiles. Missiles are missiles. They are weapons that have the potential to destroy regardless of type or strength. And, in this case, they are in the wrong hands. Who knows what North Korea might do with them. Yeah, if they are launched, they can be shot down easily like you said, but that would initiate a war most likely, and we all know a countless number of innocent civilians and soldiers die in wars.
Two missiles would be tactically insignificant. They might be positioning their missiles as a threat, but they wouldn't be practical meaning the North Koreans are not intending to use them. Accidents are unlikely to occur. They would need coordinates and are likely commanded by a separate military branch, much like how ballistic missiles are handled by the Chinese military.
your forgetting they have alot of missiles hidden and what not, just cause we can see two doesnt mean anything and doesnt north korea have a few submarines?
most of their missiles are unguided though. And back to the point I was making, the two missiles are a posturing of the KPA. They do it to threaten, they're not making a militarily significant move.
IMO You dont taunt one of the most powerful countries in the world if you dont have a plan because like went said above what would they gain?...
First of all, you completely misinterpreted his post. Second, what NK gains from this is internal stability. Their new leader is untested and in a position to be overthrown by the military if he is seen as too weak. He's doing something outrageous to prove to his peers internally that he has the guts to stand up to the world at large. He knows that nobody's going to do anything so long as all they do it shout insults. Contrary to popular belief, even NK's leadership isn't stupid.
uhh what are you talking about? misinterpreted his post? How so, I just said I agreed with his point, "what would they gain"..
Their new leader is untested and in a position to be overthrown by the military if he is seen as too weak. He's doing something outrageous to prove to his peers internally that he has the guts to stand up to the world at large.
Now this is a huge gamble because it could cost him everything to assert his strength, assuming that's what he is trying to do in the first place. You seem to be assuming what most are this is to portray his strength, that North Korea doesn't stand a chance, I beg to differ on both assumptions but again that is my point of view on the situation. Also even if he asserts his strength, his country will now be cut off more from the rest of the world and stricter sanctions will probably be placed and his country struggling even more to support itself, so if you ask me playing a cat and mouse game with us or anyone isn't beneficial to him or anyone else..
I fail to see how loading missiles into launchers is anything close to shouting insults.. Thats not even a sick joke at a time like this, its playing with fire almost literally.
Yes. But, again, I think that all applies to if South Korea is attacked. If they attack the US (which in all honesty, I can't imagine something NK launches not falling into the ocean XD, but still. If they do manage to), then I think the US would be entirely justified in striking back regardless of what China may want.