In the lead up to a tournament this weekend, I've been practicing on Showdown's Bo3 ladder instead of the Champions Bo1 ladder and after grinding some this morning/afternoon I've finally hit the public ladder! It's a small accomplishment, but it's the first time I've hit top 500!

Peak BlueSky is when I say “Happy Pizza Day!”, a statement with a 100% approval rating, and someone in the replies still finds a way to get upset about it.

Happy National Detroit Style Pizza Day!

Today is a momentous day for the workers of Arena! After months of planning, waiting and organizing, our dream is finally a reality; the votes have been counted, and our union of UWOTC-CWA has been officially elected. From this day forward, we have a union!

In a further sign of how healthy out relationship is, @peachypopcos.bsky.social and I have been together for about 5 years, but only introduced Discord into the relationship 2 years ago

Been on an absolute tear with this version of Rain, probably what I’m going to lock in for the St Jude VGC tournament this weekend! It plays smooth as butter, Swampert is an absolute semi-truck and I forgive him for how bad he was during Gen 6.

She's been walking up to my desk with various soaps and saying "Do you know why we have these soaps"

Me when I remember the wage gap

Guys do you think I have a shot

Mild update: After this they introduce a giant postgame dungeon where you can battle the evil team leaders from every previous Pokémon game where they all have the box legend from their game on their team. The reward for doing this giant multi-hour gauntlet? 50 Nuggets. Thank you Ultra Moon!!

I’ve decided that BlueSky is even too problematic. From now on CobertMTG will be posting exclusively to the Arctic Glacier app.

SHINY STAKATAKA I picked up my DS to continue this hunt and got it after THREE RESETS My only UB that went over odds!! I can finally stop playing this fuckass game!

Me: “I’m gonna get up early, go to my LGS, get lunch, and play Magic all day!” Me an hour after getting to the LGS:

Commander is the chicken nuggets of Magic, where both are just vehicles for sauce

Commander would be more fun if you were playfully disrespectful to your opponents Commander is a vector for shit-talking

Good idea 👍

Third season in a row of Master Ball tier! Swampert was such a huge add, Rain finally feels like it actually has an answer to Charizard. Looking forward to playing this at the St Jude tournament next weekend!

Went out and touched grass

I finally gave my Pelipper the perfect nickname

THEY CALL HER THE PEACH BUT SHE WAS ACTUALLY THE GOAT

the mad lads, they did it. They put Contrary on that bird 🦅‼️

playin limited til my eyes fall out, come join meee~

I know BlueSky isn’t exactly the most bustling social media but I’ve never seen a site with faker metrics than Threads.

SWAMPERT GOT WAVE CRASH WEVE NEVER BEEN MORE BACK

No Dondozo in Regulation M-B,,,,

Update: Current Pokémon VGC discourse is people being shocked and upset that an Italian player who won a tournament said a Catholic prayer after winning.

Something very funny to me about Pokémon Ultra Moon is in the post game, the Ultra Recon Squad tells you they need your help “looking for” Stakataka “somewhere in Poni Plains”, implying that they somehow lost can’t find a Pokémon that is 18ft tall and weighs a literal ton.

E-sports posing with an Ally shirt does however raise the possibility of ranked competitive allyship

I still can't unsee this interpretation of this Iron Man card I thought the exact same thing the first time I saw it

In light of recent news, I want to acknowledge WIM posting a bunch of pictures of groups of men solemnly e-sports posing with shirts that say “ALLY” was objectively very funny.

For anyone who was thinking about playing Pokemon VGC and is looking to support a great cause, I signed up to play in the St. Jude VGC tournament in two weeks! It's completely free to enter if you've ever been interested and want to support a great cause! www.stjudevgc.com

Congrats to all of the creators who got badges for MC Atlanta!! I unfortunately will not be attending MC Atlanta this year. Between scheduling conflicts and PTO strain, it's not in the cards (ha) for me. Looking forward to seeing everyone at MagicCons in 2027!

ANOTHER MASSIVELY UNDER ODDS SHINY SHINY CELESTEELA IN 484 RESETS Only Stakataka is left!!

I'd like to say something less glib about this: No one should ever feel intimidated to speak out about someone's misconduct because of their size or influence. The number of followers next to their name is truly just a number, it does not absolve them of wrongdoing or accountability.

Inside baseball about this, the reason why there's a sudden influx of "guy in front of greenscreen soyjacking about new card" content is because TikTok and Instagram only monetize videos over a minute long and heavily push videos with talking because they keep eyes and comments on the platform.

I'm officially imposing a ban on discourse around this card. None of y'all can be trusted to have normal opinions. If you want to post a hot take you must send me $100.

Without contributing further to Magic drama, a good heuristic is to never trust anyone with an AI profile picture that regularly says they use ChatGPT.

CONTINUING DOWN THE LIST SHINY XURKITREE IN 837 RESETS ONLY CELESTEELA LEFT FOR THIS GAME (I’m not shiny hunting Guzzlord because he’s massive hot garbage and I’m not shiny hunting a Pokémon I can’t use lmao)

This dipshit is going to be in for a rude awakening when he learns that Yugioh does not work even remotely the same as Pokémon lmao

Heading over soon!! :3

Bluesky is stagnating and I think its because no one is willing to post a Phyrexian praetors Smash or Pass Smash: Elesh Norn Sheoldred Urabrask Pass: Jin Gitaxis Vorinclex

Forgot to post last night but I also hit Shiny Pheromosa at 866 encounters! Obviously much higher but still under odds!

I made @peachypopcos.bsky.social get one because she wasn’t hungry but I was not about to be solo-wielding and entire shaboingboing in public

The local reuse and junk store’s anniversary was today, and they have a free hot dog and soft serve truck outside to celebrate. I love Seattle so much.

Which one of you donated the dong vase to Goodwill

If anyone's been totally lost on my VGC chirpings, day two of the Pokemon North American International Championships (NAIC) are being streamed today! Highly recommend checking it out if you're curious about VGC, it's basically their Pro Tour :3

HIS HANDS WERENT BLANK AFTER ALL

I’m going to beat her to death with hammers @peachypopcos.bsky.social

SHINY NIHILEGO AFTER ONLY 49 RESETS WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE I AM

Out sick from work today, so it’s finally time to full odds (w/ shiny charm) shiny hunt some Ultra Beasts!