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Sam, Toler, and Oliver are back and getting ready to roll out to Indianapolis for another year. Then we take a closer look at where the metagame is and what gambles are worth taking while building.
00:20 Intro
05:20 US Nationals
13:25 World Championship dates
16:10 Metagame
33:25 NPA
49:30 Questions -
Sam and Toler are back to talk about naked air-guitar, QR codes, and stipends. Sam also went to his first MSS and we check in on how our pre-season predictions have panned out so far. Sam and Toler can't actually hear each other most of the time, but hopefully you won't be able to tell! Yay editing!
00.20 Intro
03:45 Bank and QR codes.
08:25 Australia and stipends.
13:00 Fidgets first MSS
26:55 Revisiting our pre-season predictions.
34:55 Dhelmise -
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We finally catch up to the metagame that won't slow down. This week Sam, Toler, Oliver, and Gabby try and process the vast array of teams from regionals, paying for online tournies and content, and if tiering Pokemon is even possible.
0:00:20 Intro, sandwiches.
0:05:40 Pokemon Bank.
0:08:10 Regional and metagame tangents.
0:13:00 Tiers.
0:24:00 AFK and more metagame stuff.
0:36:40 Melborne win a trip.
0:42:45 Oliver vs Sam in Dallas.
0:46:10 Question #1, Celesteela.
0:49:50 Q2, Underrated Pokemon and the next big thing.
0:57:30 Q3, Paid content.
1:01:20 Q4, Tapu Bulu.
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No visit from Santa this year, but visits from Tman, Cybertron, and Dim more than make up for it. This week we go over our favorite holiday foods, talk about all of London's many suprises, team sheets, money, and which Tapus are sniffing around your daughter.
00:20 Holiday Foods
02:20 London
07:30 Trends
14:50 Europe Circuit
20:30 Timer
26:30 Team Sheets
34:49 $$$
37:55 Memento & Parting Shot
42:00 Questions -
The time for VGC17 has come. Or is it gone? Sam, Toler, and Tiffany have 3 turns to figure it out. In doing say they also cover new cores, bigest early suprises, and what is the cutest new Pokemon.
0:00:20 Intro
0:03:40 VGC17 Rules
0:05:30 Timer
0:18:35 2016
0:23:00 Smeargle in 17
0:24:00 17 Teams
0:34:50 Underachievers
0:39:20 Silvally Colors
0:42:00 Suprises
0:44:47 London
0:47:56 Corrections
0:49:46 Questions
0:55:50 Cutest Pokemon
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In this extra special spoilercast, DrFidget, JTK and Shiloh recount their trips through Alola. We go over our teams, evil teams, human and pokemon relationships, human and human relationships, human and cloathing relationships, etc. Did I mention there will be spoilers?
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The days of VGC 2016 are coming to a close and a new format is begining. DrFidget welcomes back Dimsun, Bopper, and the cuss button to hit the ground running on this exciting new metagame. This episode is Sun/Moon spoiler free.
0:00:20 Intro
0:02:40 New Items
0:07:00 Z-moves
0:13:30 Best Rookie Pokemon
0:43:10 Best Returning Pokemon
1:00:25 Questions
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Sam, Toler, and Tiffany are back with timers, demos, rules, and new pokemon. We also revisit bow-tie vs bikini top on our way to ninja town and depression. So you can go ahead and call this one a banger.
00:20 Intro, Board Games03:30 New Timer05:10 Ladder Updates06:32 Battle Teams09:35 Triples and Free for All10:25 WCS17 Rules16:00 Sun & Moon Features26:00 Demo31:00 Fees and Lines35:00 New Pokemon44:00 VGC16 Metagame Changes -
Take your hat off and get ready to rock, VGC 2017 is here! This week Sam, Toler, and Tiffany are breaking down Championship Points, Prize $$$, and format changes. There was also a bunch of Sun & Moon news with double doses of wolves, monkeys and unevolved Z-Moves.
00:20 Intro, Zog02:30 CP Bar14:30 Prize $19:00 Format change in December22:05 Pokemon Bank25:20 Dress up is back!27:00 Grooming30:20 New Z-Moves36:50 Passimian38:55 Oranguru41:55 Lycanroc46:35 Bronzong50:25 Personal favorite pokemon in 2016 -
Apologies for the audio this week, I let the auto tools in audacity loose instead of doing everything myself. The end result is a rather manically paced episode with a number of sentences cut off. HOWEVER, the rest of the episode is so good it doesn't even matter.
Gabby and Tiffany hang out and talk about Sun and Moon, new pokemon, fashion, and photography. Then about 40 minutes in we start talking about VGC, kind of. Welcome to the off season! -
DrFidget has stolen Kyogre from the Pokemon World Championships. Gumbshoes, you need to fix your pokeradar, travel to Alola, and get Kyogre back. Then capture Carmen Sandiego!
The Loot is Gone and the chase is on, and one of these people could find her: Toler, Tiffany and Stephen.
0:00:20 Intro0:04:46 Mewtwo0:09:15 Pokemon GO0:16:30 New Pokemon Forms0:23:13 Z-Moves0:30:20 New Pokemon0:53:00 Aegislash0:54:10 Must have moves0:57:45 Double Primal0:59:56 Improving as a player and moving on from a series of bad runs1:04:00 Restricted pair that will win worlds1:07:35 Worst restricted1:11:20 The real answer is DrFidget himself1:12:50 Outro -
Toler and Sam switch roles to catch up on the VGC 16 metagame going into worlds. Turns out not much has changed since the last episode. So then we spend the rest of the episode breaking down the Pokemon game everyone is talking about right now: Pokemon Go!Just kidding, we spend 40 minutes on Sun and Moon. This is strictly a VGC and sandwich podcast after all.
VGC00. Intro13. Big 620. Japan23. US Nats and Metagame27. Questions! Venusaur and Safeguard
Sun and Moon32. New Pokemon39. Highest Priority41. Snatch43. Horse47. Bounsweet51. Mimikyu55. Bear1.00. Competitive changes1.07. Outro -
This week Dim returns and friend of the show PBall0010 makes his Lava Pool debut. We talk about food, money, hair, and a surprising amount of pokémon.
00.20 Intro: Best breakfast food.
05.20 Hair Loss
07.25 Pokken
09.15 Stipends
18:30 HP Water Mons (Salamence doesn’t count, learns more water moves)
21:50 Dumbest “Big 6” counters
24.45 Gravity Kyurem & Groudon teams
27:30 Best wing sauce
29:55 Pokémon that understand sandwiches
31:28 Top underrated restricted pokémon
36:02 This years “Japan Sand”
38:30 Best of 3 practice
44:20 Should pokémon be esports?
48:30 Is the community to negitive?
52:15 NPA & Outro -
This episode is just exciting enough that we got up at 7am to record it. Tiffany (shiloh) Stanley joins Samuel (DrFidget) Haarsma to stack rank bears, restricted pokemon, and Bronzong move options.
0.20 Intro- How early is early?4.20 What bear is best?6.25 Bronzong sets11.00 Tyranitar13.55 What 2 restricted pokemon will win worlds?17.55 Kyogre reality check.25.45 Double Primal30.00 Stipends32.23 When will other restricted pokemon pop up?33.18 Will people really miss invites?34.45 Regionals not having uniform "Best of x" or days played.38.00 Outro -
Sorry this episode is late, mostly unedited and lacks timestamps, but it’s been a crazy week. Dim and BadIntent jump on this episode to talk about the Pokken circuit, and answer a ton of listener questions about VGC 16.
Like I said no timestamps but here were the topics mostly in order:Best HotelsPokken Tournaments and prizes. (Also, here’s the link to the Team GFB episode with Jabailey I referenced, if you’re interested http://teamgfbradio.com/episode-62-darryl-interviews-alex-jebailey/)Next International ChallengePracticeNats StipendsWalrusesNumber of players in WorldsCrobat/GengarSmeagleKyogre/XerneasPikachu -
Sam is back and this time he brought friends! Gabby steps away from the mic at regionals to pick up a mic here. Chalkey just topcut a regional with "A Walrus" hours before Sam did the same. So naturally we talk about birds, hats, and best of 3 vs the hack check.
0:00:20 Intro, Disney.0:04:30 Winter Regionals.0:17:00 Oregon is surprise best of 3 Swiss.0:22:10 Hack Check issues.0:35:50 Pokken.0:38:20 Teams we used.0:54:00 Hats.0:56:35 Sun and Moon announcement.1:01:00 Birds.1:03:25 Outro. -
It’s the first ever solo cast from The Lava Pool as I wanted to put something out but had no time to get people together. I put a call out for questions and thankfully you guys delivered. Next episode should be back to normal, but for now enjoy the train wreck that is me for an hour.
00:20 Intro, alone02:10 Favorite format and why.03:25 Primal salads 04:15 Follow our twitter @TheLavaPool and ask us questions!04:46 Are Primals smarter than toddlers?06:40 Is the “Big 6” really bad? Why does a walrus body it?09:30 Primal sandwiches10:30 Patrick ascends to “Friend of the show” status.11:20 How centralized is VGC16 going to be?13:00 I try to talk to a Benji who isn’t there.15:15 Loaderbro16:40 Benji ascends to friend of the show16:55 Sleeper restricted picks.18:10 Top 5 fast food places19:50 Sleeper Megas21:55 Coolest thing I played in Cali26:15 The worst standard pokémon.30:35 How is the current format developing? Predictions?32:40 Is Dark Void ban worthy?33:25 2010 compared to 201637:10 What restricted pokémon is best bro?38:15 What beats “Big 6”?39:25 Worst food at a pokémon event?41:20 If you had to become a pokémon, what would you choose.43:05 What do you want out of a pokémon direct?44:21 Choose the format for VGC17 and invite structure.46:48 Lunch break?47:05 If everything was banned what would the format look like?49:25 My IC/Cali team.54:50 Outro -
This week I’m joined by Gabby (JTK), Chalkey and Paul (Makiri) for what was supposed to be a quick episode that just got away from us. Apparently people still have a lot of thoughts about Smeargle, US Nationals is going to Ohio, and CP is dissapearing. We also go over the International Challenge, the death of VGC, and why you shouldn’t sign contracts with MISSINGNO or something. Look it’s a long episode and it’s kind of a blur. Enjoy!
0.0.20 Intro: Game day food.0.03.30 US Nats in Ohio0.08.15 International Challenge January0.17.19 Last episodes PC has a new chapter.0.21.42 PAX South (but mostly more Smeargle talk)0.33.00 Red Blue Yellow Virtual Console Tournys0.39.46 Throwback qualification methods.0.41.45 Paul talks a bit more about sponsorships. Read his original blog here: http://nuggetbridge.com/blogs/entry/1251-e-sports-organizations-and-you-a-primer-on-your-first-contract/0.55.26 Winter Regionals! (But really just more Smeargle talk)1.08.00 Questions 1, Megas that got a second chance at a first impression.1.15.54 Question 2, Non-weather Cores1.19.09 Question 3, Is VGC dying?!?1.35.02 Question 4, Common Cores1.38.00 Smith_ is dumb/Outro(PS I love Smith_) -
This episode was brought to you by the grace of 6 project and 3 system recoveries. Hard Drives failed and power supplies died but this episode is now live! This week I’m joined by Toler, Hayden, and Rushan to talk about the new Nugget Bridge, Pokémon turning 20, and the new hot team all the kids are using!
0.0.20 Intro0.3.50 Battle Spot update.0.6.00 International Challenge announced.0.11.45 The story behind the new Nugget Bridge blog system.0.27.29 Pokémon turns 20 and we reflect on where we were when it started.0.40.17 EU Regionals might have happened.0.41.58 Midseason showdowns announced.0.43.04 Hayden is the latest victim of TOM. (This is also where my computer dies and so my audio will be missing or poor the rest of the show. I cut around it best I could.)0.48.49 Kangaskahn/Smeargle/Xerneas/Groudon. How it works, and how to stop it.1.02.12 Question time! First one is about Mewtwo.1.10.10 Next question is about event legends1.23.30 Outro -
We’re back for the new year. This week I’m joined by JTK, Dim, and Smith. We kick things off with more sandwich and Smeargle talk, then jump into US nats rumors. After that it’s a lot of half formed ideas on the metagame based on early PCs and testing. Everything is terrible! Everything is great! What is bread?! Find out now!
0.0.20 Intro: What sandwich would Primals make?
0.4.34 Rules and more Smeargle talk.
0.13.40 US National location rumors
0.20.25 What we’ve seen at Premiere Challenges
0.38.00 Questions! Outlook for Trick Room in 2016?
0.42.24 What is best between Kyoger/Groudon/Rayquaza?
0.54.00 Good non-restricted or underused pokémon?
1.11.30 Outro
1.21.20 A working knowledge of human language is easily achievable but understanding the concept of bread is a bridge too far for Primal Pokémon.
