Was hoping they would have upped their game this year, but the local Seattle Storm broadcasts still look like they're being shot on a 2004 era flip phone and commentary audio is still 2 seconds behind the game.

A screen fell out of 1 of my living room windows during a wind storm 6 weeks ago. Since then a series of escalating blunders by the apartment maintenance team has been driving me insane.

Still have no idea what to run for the GC, threw some random things on a team this morning and my reads are at least getting better. Used Ally Switch for the first time since 2014(?) and holy crap it's still funny as hell watching all confidence drain from your opponent.

Have my first day off in almost 2 months tomorrow. Going to try build my first team that's not just vibes and get out of Master Ball 2. Or I'll sleep the entire day, haven't decided yet.

Is the rating system in Champions bugged or is your placement some sort of combo between rating and number of wins? For context number 2 on this list has played like 3x the number of battles as the rest and is ranked higher than my other friends despite a lower rating.

Bank error in your favor! Champions gives you bonus VP for ranking up, and if you drop and go back up you get the bonus again. This is all from me bouncing between Masterball 2 and 3 for a couple games.

Was going to register and then spend the next month talking myself out of it but, luckily the Champions ladder added new tiers the same time registration opened and I missed registration because I was seeing how the new tiers work. (Was auto-promoted to Master 3 and took 1 battle to hit Master 2)

I don't need to do NAIC this year. I've got basically no CP so I'd have to make finals for it to be worth it. No idea how well the tournament will run on new software so might be a shitshow. I should just skip it and do LAIC after Worlds instead.

The 2026 Seattle Storm:

I know I've complained the last few years that the Storm seemed allergic to playing their centers. Sure seems like that's about to change.

Made it to Master Ball Tier, took 40ish games to do it. What's amazing is I haven't seen a single rage quit yet.

I love this game.

Got home from work, put a new team together, started my first battle. Turn 1 I set TR as they tailwind. Knock out 2 of their mons then next turn. Going to wrap it up turn 4 and then... they couldn't wait the 15 min to let ongoing battles finish?

Alright that's enough Champions for tonight. Did like 12 games, made it to greatball, learned they nerfed Salt Cure. (It doesn't do bonus damage to Steel anymore, didn't check Water) Will work on an actual team tomorrow night but was fun to play around with Mr Rime again for the day.

YES!!!

It's time.

Can't believe we went from first snow of the year to air-conditioner season in just 3 weeks.

Finally, an excuse to wear this.

I need to stop scrolling random feeds about the WNBA expansion draft and Pokemon Champions because it's all people that have no idea what they are talking about and each post is more unhinged than the last.

Going to work before all the Home information is out. I'm sure I won't be distracted at all during my shift. I am an adult and can put all that out of my head for a few hours.

The bathroom at my night job has been in disrepair since before I started there 13 years ago. They finally remodeled it this month. However, the water pressure on the new urinal is way too high so it splashes everywhere each flush. I fear by the time it's fixed the new floor will be unsalvageable.

I requested a single day off work the week after Champions comes out. Hopefully the calculators and dexs will be mostly complete by then and let me go nuts. Not going to any events until next season. After SV I never want to play the first events on new software before it's troubleshooted again.

Next 2 weeks will be hell. Everyone in the WNBA is an unrestricted free agent so no idea if I should be worried or excited for the Storm season. Pokemon Champions is out the same day as free agency, and I won't know the format for VGC until then so stuck in the same nervous holding pattern there.

I don't listen to a lot of pop music, but I absolutely loved the first Maria Timm album, The Plan. Found out recently she did a 2nd album in 2013 that's impossible to find online. So I had to import a CD from Denmark in the year 2026.

Alright today is the day I finally load up all my DS games, unlock their battle boxes, and upload the mons to Home.

It's Taro Tuesday.

Bought 4 random albums tonight to fill in my back catalog for a few artists. Happy accident that they all ended up being released exactly 10 years apart. 1994, 2004, 2014, and 2024.

Kind of impressive how little jank there is in this game considering all the systems at play. But when something janky does happen, it's always hilarious.

Sorry Seattle this is my fault. I started building the Freezing Chambers in Pokopia last night and didn't know it would make it snow in the real world.

Exhausted this morning and my first thought was it must be the couple hours of Pokopia I played before bed doing mindless chores for pokemon. Didn't remember daylight savings until I got to work.

Kinda rude that the minute everyone leaves Seattle it gets to be 60 and sunny. Though I guess it at least didn't rain this weekend so all is forgiven.

Hell yeah timers and at least 3 different kinds of paid currency! I hate it already!

Visitors this weekend so shuffled stuff out of my living room and closet so those look nice and people can sleep there. But now my bedroom is overflowing with boxes and laundry, and apartment staff decided this was the week to replace fire alarms. I just didn't want the clutter perceived.

Absolutely delighted seeing so many posts of corgis and other dogs in the snow today.

Played like 20 games in the GC. Had more hard reads on opposing Gholdengo switches than I had DCs. That was good. I did go 0-3 against a pokemon that looks like Entei whos name I don't know. That wasn't great.

Games I've finished in 2026 thread.

Bought a cheap audio mixer thinking it was equal odds to either help streamline my audio setup, or it would just be yet another device in the headache. So far it seems wonderful? Everything just works. Audio never just works. I'm skeptical.

Starting BlazBlue Entropy Effect X and I didn't realize it had an entirely different story than the original Entorpy Effect. Original only had voices in Chinese and this is Japanese only which is still messing with me despite them being all new characters.

It's a good night for television.

I haven't been able to watch much of Unrivaled so far this year, but I am not missing this 1v1 tournament.

So I used an old iphone while my flip was being repaired in December and didn't know to shut imessage off when I switched back. Now I feel like an asshole because several people think I've been ignoring them for 6 weeks.

It's a walrus. #Pokemon30

Put the Puppy Bowl on my 2nd TV and had to turn it off already before I adopt a dog I can't afford.

Tax return hit my bank account so I guess I'll treat myself to importing a few Danish pop albums on CD because there's no other way to get them.

I guess I'm ready to cancel league pass and start taking down some of the Bulls decorations around the apartment after work. Was an interesting season but I have no interest in watching them tank the rest of it.

The 11 year gap in my last.fm stats is eating at me. So many artists that would top my all time played lists just missing. The good news is I learned a bunch of random bands I was into 15 years ago have put out new albums. Bad news is they were never released in the US and are impossible to find.

I did my taxes. I have never trusted the tax software less. But I guess I'll be optimistic and we'll see what happens.

Alright it's been a month and a half and I've talked to half a dozen customer support agents, none have advice for what to do with the extra phone they accidently shipped me. So I guess I'm keeping it? Anything dumb I can do with a Galaxy S22?

You ever turn your thermostat way down before you go on vacation and forget to turn it back up when you get home? Anyway, just figured out why I've been freezing for the last 2 months.

I make a lot more money at my day job on days when the Seahawks play. Hoping they get to the Super Bowl today.