Everyone is saying goodbye to SV so I will too, even though I'm still on the fence about LA regionals. Proud to have 5 regional top cuts this generation. But honestly, I'm more proud of the results my friends have been able to achieve, often with the same teams, and how I've been able to help.

i cant believe carolina was like "we should try the bill belichick strategy again"

Pokemon is cool and all but this is the real reason I come to Mexico.

✅ First regional of Reg I ✅ Lose to the top seed in Swiss using Mirai Luna ✅Get a bye in top cut ✅Lose my first game of cut ❓To the eventual winner This really is just Milwaukee regionals all over again. Really wanted to win this one but can’t complan with t8. And this should be enough for worlds!

9-2 and into top 8. They’re streaming all of t8 too!

7-1 day 1 at Queretaro. Choked g3 in r8 and im gonna dwell on that all night. One more win gets me into cut. Hopefully I can pull it out.

Checked into my flight today morning and found out my connection was moved up by 4 hrs and no one told me. Spent all morning on hold but they got it sorted. got an earlier flight out so I’m gonna make it. its been a hell of a day though.

A tipster sent me the "Committed" AI graphic generator for Cal's Spring Game, which allows you to commit anyone to Cal

ELITE

🚨 DOWN GO THE REIGNING CHAMPS 🚨 No. 9 Iowa upsets No. 1 Florida in the Round of 32. The Gators are the first one-seed to fall this men’s NCAA Tournament.

Well that was... anticlimactic Iowa goes to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1999

This is the witchcraft i did

it really happened

don't know how they keep getting me to go back to Los Angeles but here we are. Not missing the first regional of champions for anything.

People seem To be so excited about the Fire Red / Leaf Green rerelease on Switch but I don’t get it. It’s a port of a remake of a game that you can already play on Switch?? And it’s not like it was hard to play it rn anyways. Feels like nostalgia bait but it’s just not for me I guess.

A $3.8B Thai petrochemical giant, Indorama Ventures, pledged to be a responsible neighbor after buying a major southeast Texas plant. Documents obtained by Hunterbrook Media show the company exposed thousands to carcinogens, violated permits, and hid toxic leaks from regulators

I woke up today in London As the plane was touching down

call me "woke" or whatever but I think the Superbowl should have less football and more dancing latinas

champions here we come

@adisubra.bsky.social I have a theory for the Champions logo. We're not actually battling with pokemon in champions, but rather it's a simulator. Translating the logo from pokelatin spells out DMS (caps), likely Digital Masters Simulator or something. www.pokemonaaah.net/alphabets/

BREAKING: Grizzly Affair — American tech company’s networking gear is powering Russian battlefield communications in Ukraine. The company is Ubiquiti, #$UI, a $34 billion Wi-Fi giant whose founder became the youngest owner of an NBA Team in 2012. youtu.be/Fp5m0AzwsPk

Flare Blitz burned out of r9 and shadow ball crit out of r10 At Merida. Would have bubbled into t16 and got money with either win today. Dunno why I bother showing up to day 2. I’ll finish t32. Every tournament man it’s just not my season.

6-2 ➡️8-2➡️8-4 and bubbled out of t64 after all my opponents (and I) lost the last round. Probably didn’t deserve to do any better given my play but still sucks to know I coulda slept in and got the same result.

Low key played like ass all tournament but locked in for the last two rounds and made day 2. Hopefully some sleep tonight will help lol.

finally in Toronto after some flight delays. Last time I had 5 hours of sleep before a regional I top cut so maybe this was for the better?

(xpost w permission) Welcome back to ESM's Meta Snapshot (Reg F Edition)! As in-person tournaments are starting back up, let's break down what are the most meta-defining archetypes! Keep in mind the archetypes in this format may blur the line, but I tried to define the core of each team. 1/15 🧵

Let’s go Hawks!

1 million views. I never would have imagined hitting this milestone when I started the channel 5 years ago. Thanks for all the support! Here's to the next million!

Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.

Oops I did it again

top notch mascottin'

I really hope the sequels are just all the problems caused by disastrous decisions made at the end of s8. Let me see what happens when you make a sellsword (Bronn) master of coin or an all-seeing autocratic immortal tree child the king.

Our own personal 3 minute special military operation

Scotland [4] - 2 Denmark - K. McLean 90+8' It's done! No Playoff! Straight through! And WHAT A GOAL TO FINISH IT OFF!!!!

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...