Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through

Won a challenge with this quack (didn’t bring it once), +15

everyone out here complaining about reg H instead of just building a better team. Can't believe the format got solved for the 8th time, surely this time it'll get stale.

Got recognized in Mexico City of all places! It was great meeting you, Roberto!

Just got a positive Covid test so I won’t be going to Pittsburgh. Sad to miss it but also this week has been miserable so it’s a weight off my shoulders.

Watching football @jonbois.bsky.social

Saw a squirrel eating a slice of pizza on my way home.

Hey guys, a friend of mine from high school was part of the team that made this game. It’d mean a lot of yall checked it out (and gave it a good review if you liked it)

Finished 2-3. Team was cool, some CSR matchups were tough and I couldn’t nail the reads. I beat the good matchups and lost to the tough ones. No margins at the world championships - I knew that and tried to high roll a bit. I’m happy with my play overall. Now to enjoy Anaheim.

Made it to LA! Put a lot of work into worlds prep and coming in feeling unprepared - it always happens. But I’m excited to see everyone and I’ll do my best on Friday.

Saw this post on r/vgc and naturally every response is a catchphrase for @wolfeglick.bsky.social. So I figured I'd ask the real VGC community here on Bluesky: What do you think Wolfe says when he terastalizes his Pokemon?

Reg H was both my favorite format to play and the format I did the worst in last year. Rn only going to one event but glad to get a second chance at it. There was meta development even as far as the last event so I think we'll continue to see ppl shake things up. Reg J is just reg I + Arceus lol

Makes you think

Grok rn.

Looks like switch 2 will be legal at worlds #playpokemon registration.pokemon.com/flow/pokemon...

Showdown now has a VGC 2018 ladder for the month! If you're looking for teams to try, here's a list of a lot of well-performing teams, separated by Mega Evolution: www.nimbasacitypost.com/2018/05/poke...

if i die in a nuclear blast in dc you cant do that "a man died, dont be political" shit. you gotta be as political as possible with it. use it to justify whatever you want. tell them i died because of trump. or because steven universe didnt center aroace voices. or bc ur boss sucks. really milk it!

I qualified for the 2025 Pokemon world championships! This year I really focused on my own teambuilding and I think it paid off. Had some ups and downs but I got to build some really cool teams. Sadly NAIC didn't go my way but overall this was a successful season and I'm looking forward to Anaheim!

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

Mission failed

This is Lola. She is one of the most skilled soccer dribblers we've ever seen, so it makes sense that she's already capturing footage for her documentary. 14/10

Now to not touch it until after NAIC 😭

My hot take is failing to win a 12 person local in two tries is more embarrassing than going 1-4 at a stacked regional @45mice.bsky.social

Puffins are social, so to attract them to Maine's rocky islands, National Audubon's Seabird Restoration Program put out decoys to attract real birds. This puffin is trying to fit in with his new friend by standing on one leg. Seabird peer-pressure can be intense. (📷: Robert F. Bukaty)

6-2 with rhydon beat all 6 Miraidon I played (and lost everything else lmao)

Portland regionals has the best bathroom situation I think I’ve ever seen at a regional. This is the shit.

I’m the guy who invents new bathroom faucet designs for every hotel. You might know me from Knob That Goes The Other Way and Joystick That’s Hard To Turn Off. Lately I’ve been lacking inspiration, even thinking about hanging it up. I’ve had a good run, but — wait, never mind: Ball You Turn Diagonal

Gonna top 8 this regional just to get the playmat

In St. Louis, the sirens to warn people of a tornado threat were not activated by the City Emergency Management Agency before a deadly tornado hit on Friday, and a backup to activate the mechanism that is operated by the Fire Department was broken.

GC Cutoffs for championship points for the last time this season!

This morning @surliertexan.bsky.social was telling me about this exploding duck and it was TERRIBLE and I couldn’t stop laughing (because I’m BAD) and they were like yeah that’s the sort of thing that would happen to you

Finished 9th at Milwaukee Regionals. Had a lot of fun this weekend and it’s good to be back in top cut. Looking forward to talking about the team and regional on tub takes and in a team report that’s coming soon!

Wait... that's all? 🥱 With a massive Special Defense stat, Aditya Subramanian's Ho-Oh is able to hang on and secure the win to advance them into Day 2! #PokemonVGC

7-0 at Milwaukee

3 hour delay. Finally made it to Milwaukee. still gotta fill out my teamsheet. I just wanna sleep. Tomorrow is gonna be a long day.

🚨 Attention, Trainers! Registration for #PokemonNAIC opens next week! Check out the info for waves 1 and 2 below: Wave 1: April 22 - 5PM PT / 12AM UTC (+1) Wave 2: April 23 - 7AM PT / 2PM UTC

6-2. Three more to go.

Ready for Atlanta

Global Challenge Cutoffs for Championship Points!

In most cities you see ads for lawyers or car companies or whatever. Not DC. In DC every ad is like “do you need a fighter jet? Well there’s only one choice!”

Yugioh dropping the banlist at the very end of a YCS is so absurdly hype. IDK why pokemon doesn't do stuff like that. I remember Sun/Moon/Ultra series getting announced at Worlds 2019 and nothing had people going crazier We should definitely be lining up and announcing new regulations at internats

Via @abreezeclayton.bsky.social, here's a tool to find out if your vote is on the list of those being challenged in North Carolina, along with instructions on what you can do next/who to contact re: ballot curing. Please share widely, especially if you're in North Carolina

Being a macroeconomist must be the most frustrating job in the world. You spend years building models to figure out exactly what changes to make to keep the economy humming. And you’re helpless to actually do anything as idiots tank the economy to further their own agenda.

Okay I'll spill the beans pokepast.es/4177893fe5a2...

Hopefully this gets top 32 points. Kept track of my matchups too which was a fun exercise. Will talk about the run more on tub takes! Next GC is the weekend of Atlanta so don't think I can use this team again. Here's the OTS: pokepast.es/b28d8b031e5c... Y'all want a rental code?

Parked at 78th 5 hours ago with 13 games left and slowly watched my rank drop to 120. The cutoff for t32 has been rank 143 and 151 the last 2 GCs. This should be safe but who tf knows and also the wait has been agonizing. And if I get 33rd again I quit Will talk about the team and run on tub takes

French researcher, going to a conference in Houston, was forbidden entry to US; his work and personal electronics were both confiscated. Why? Because a “random search” of his cell phone revealed a negative personal opinion on Trump and the Trump administration. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Putting a GC on the first weekend of the NCAA tournament is so messed up

guys love to say “dude my balatro run last night was insane” then show you a screenshot like this

I know some people are upset about the cost of a spectator pass, but I think it was really silly they were getting scalped for as much as they were the last two years and I hope this helps alleviate that.