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John Koenig starts his 2021 book with a Steven Wright quote (the comedian not the knuckleball pitcher) The book is divided into six sections, likely how I will study this book is to give an overview of each facet of the human experience underrepresented by our common vocabulary: Koenig notes that these words he’s coined…
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Jan Lundeen & Jon Wagner on Why They Wrote Deep Space and Sacred Time: “…we were faced with the universal parental problem of how passively we should admit media fantasies into our family’s cultural life.” At family dinners, they’d find themselves disassembling favorite television shows “to see how they ‘work’ both as pleasure-giving entertainment and…
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I’m digging into Culture Crash, the killing of the creative class, by the late Scott Timberg. One of his early points: We are often caught in the shockwave of current events, if we are so unfortunate to be caught in the wake of their aftermath. This is why I’ve made the conscious choice to remain…
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Back to the Singles Game Clearly the doubles environment is getting pretty powerful, and we’re just not competing on the same level yet. Just as I hoped, we’re facing a basic starter team. Can Rotom Wash, Empoleon, and Dragapult steal us a victory here? I’m not even bringing a Mega, this is more of a…
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Aaron Zheng posted some awesome teams for champions. Complete with rental codes, which unfortunately means you have to acquire all the pokemon and pay a bunch of VP to match the sets and training. But I’m getting lots of ideas. https://youtu.be/Du3AZ5dpIv4?si=hSNsp1AKXp6XxpaF Wolfey also built an awesome team around Mega Froslass. This is on my long…
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I needed a nap so I didn’t get back to champions until the late afternoon. I decided to switch things up and use the auto build team feature to see what the game gives me. I do have Floette. But I’ve decided not to use it just yet. The game told me I should use…
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I discovered last night that Mega Floette is one of the best pokemon in champions. It’s locked behind 15 reward battles in the infinity royale in ZA. What fun. I grinded from 8 to 11 last night and got sick of it. So, that’s going on in the background. I don’t plan on using it…
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I found this very handy resource from Serebii that gives you the entirety of the first ever roster available from the Recruit Ranch in Pokemon Champions Season M-A. I discovered there are some Pokemon in the game that I wasn’t even aware of, like Zamazenta. This tells me which Pokemon I can skip taking from…
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After the best morning I could’ve asked for in Pokemon Champions, it’s time for Great Ball tier doubles. Let’s get wrecked. Seriously, I’m expecting to get crushed. And here’s a competitive team right away.Incin, Politoed, Whims, Dragonite, Gengar, and Sneasler. The middle three are shiny. We bring Wash, Azu, Dragonite, and Gallade. I’m thinking it’s…
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A New Friend It’s Day Two of Pokemon Champions being out and thus far, I’ve only recruited my starting six, plus a Gallade that I decided to keep. I waited the entire 22 hour period and then some. So, my options today are actujally something incredible. Krookodile, Greninja, Jolteon, Alakazam, Decidueye, Glimmora, Rotom Wash, Furfrou,…