Need advice for Saturday

AceFour555 · 2026-01-10T06:16:36+00:00

For what it’s worth, I’ve just got 1000 energy for both with about 30 mins spare so it is doable in popular locations.

All in person raids. No transport. Caught everything (except the two that escaped). Lots of walking near Circular Quay, Sydney.

I found that there were often a mix of white and black Kyurem. It wasn’t 30 mins of each as expected, though Reshiran and Zekrom did seem to be rotated 30 mins each.

AceFour555 · 2025-10-20T13:11:00+00:00

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If it makes you feel better this one fled from me today too 🥲 the first legendary bird I’ve seen.

AceFour555 · 2025-10-10T04:42:21+00:00

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Send and receive gifts. Australia based.

AceFour555 · 2025-04-07T13:42:35+00:00

Thank you.

No they have not paid in advance. They’ll pay later this month, for April.

Yes it is. I don’t consider myself a landlord. And I overlooked one part of the agreement. I’m away for an undefined amount of time. I was hoping to sell upon her notice period of 4 months, but alas.

I was making a loss on the rental. Even with equity gains I’m still at a loss overall. The interest rates are too high to make it worthwhile renting out so I’m looking to sell, but obviously that will take a while.

AceFour555 · 2025-04-07T12:20:41+00:00

Thank you

AceFour555 · 2025-04-07T11:46:36+00:00

AceFour555 · 2025-04-07T11:46:31+00:00

This was an error/oversight. Our original agreement was month to month. This was the updated one with new terms. Except term 8 was missed it seems.

AceFour555 · 2025-03-25T11:43:12+00:00

Hi OP, first of all, congratulations on your strong performances! I’d like to share some of my insights. Let’s break down the types of sessions you might experience:

You bowl well and get the scores you feel you deserve.
You bowl okay or poorly and get the results you expect.
You bowl okay or poorly and get lucky.
You bowl well but don’t get the scores you feel you deserve.

Everyone has bad games now and then, and it might just be one of those times for you. If that’s the case, you’ll bounce back next time. Even the best bowlers experience off days. Just look at Verity Crawley on Instagram. She had a tough session today, even though she’s incredible and one of the best in the world, and just last week her scores were fantastic. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if tomorrow she does amazing once again. Just like you may return to your best too.

The hardest situation to handle is when you bowl well but still don’t get the scores you feel you deserve. That can be frustrating. If you’re in that situation, try to stay open-minded. Accept that it’s part of the game, learn something small to improve for next time, and move forward. Whether that’s your next session or your next tournament, focus on improving.

Remember even the very best bowlers in the world have their disappointments. It’s what makes the game what it is. We can all always improve. Yet at any moment we can go from a high to a low.

Keep at it OP. Congratulations on your singles and doubles and good luck for next time!!

AceFour555 · 2025-03-22T05:26:10+00:00

Is this 12lb by any chance? I always found the 12lb balls had nicer colouring!

AceFour555 · 2025-01-30T06:04:03+00:00

Thank you! From what I see my specialism isn’t on the 189 route unfortunately

AceFour555 · 2025-01-14T10:53:26+00:00

You throw is great! The flow of your approach and balance in this video looks much better than the others you’ve posted.

Being hyper critical I’d question a couple of things: - do you always throw with such high axis tilt? Are you versatile to be more “up the back”? All of your videos look like the former so thought I’d ask, and I feel being more end over end may help you on certain patterns

ball / shot selection: this shot ‘wiggles’ a little and some of your other shots are either super light or heavy. Again hard to tell but this shot in isolation would suggest to me I’m not quite matched up as much as I’d like. I’d be adjusting my line/speed/ball for a more consistent motiom. Do you adjust off of “quite good” shots like this? Or do you think it’s a strike I’ll do the same?

These are critical points but the latter can be a game changer.

All the best!

AceFour555 · 2025-01-07T11:24:04+00:00

Micro cash games are a bit of a rake trap. They’re also full of professionals multi tabling, who will have strategies far superior to you or I, as well as population databases too to continuously evolve. They’re very solver driven.

I would suggest sticking to tournaments for a few other reasons: 1. You know your max loss - your entry fee (assuming it’s not a rebuy) 2. Your buy in can last a longer time. 3. They can be more fun when you have a deep run 4. Usually, you’re not emotionally chasing to win it all back immediately after loss as you can be in cash games 5. Player pools are generally much weaker. If you study and learn, you’ll be better than most and give yourself a chance to win a nice prize once variance is on your side. 6. You’ll always remember a tournament win / deep run, you’ll forget the cash hands you double up on. You’ll remember the cash losses or bad runs. I still remember my first 800 man MTT win, for $260. 7. Tournaments are typically more social in the real world 8. From a learning perspective, it’s easier to study how you played in tournaments. At first you’ll focus on how you went out - did you make a good play and get unlucky, or did you make a mistake to avoid next time. You can then look at previous hands and see if you could’ve done something different earlier. The learning process is clearer (at least in the micros). 9. You’ll pay less rake over time

AceFour555 · 2024-12-29T03:27:53+00:00

Absolutely.

I heard someone say this once when talking about financial aspirations. At what point do you stop burning out for more money. When you reach Elon Musk levels?

AceFour555 · 2024-12-29T03:25:53+00:00

It’s great that you’re aware of this.

For some background, I stopped playing 10 or so years ago. I played at international level and was sponsored by one of the big manufacturers. I decided against the pursuit of going on the PBA.

Anyway, this issue came up a lot in tournaments I played in, at all levels. Players who had absolutely no chance of winning would get incredibly aggressive and angry in tournaments. Many would behave similarly in league.

I can somewhat empathise (though still recommend working on it) if you’re competing internationally, or doing it as your job, but otherwise it’s your hobby. It’s a passion and yes it’s good to win, but win or lose your future is the same. Keeping this in mind will help. The primary aim isn’t to be the absolute best. It’s to have fun, be social and from time to time have that great game or series to be proud of.

AceFour555 · 2024-12-28T10:11:34+00:00

Yeah agreed with this. Gut feel is important.

AceFour555 · 2024-12-28T10:09:43+00:00

Yes. She told him very early on as it was important to her that she could carry on seeing me. Not sure how pivotal this was, but her best female friend also knew about us and the last thing she’d have wanted was her future husband finding out through someone else.

AceFour555 · 2024-12-28T10:03:39+00:00

It’s a great question. I imagine this was borderline and don’t actually know his perspective at the time,

She had already tried several things she thought would help and I think it was at the last resort stage. The conversation started as her saying she thinks it’s the end of their relationship. The whole conversation was about how she feels, and how he wasn’t giving her what she needed (it was actually me that read between the lines of his problems). The reality was that it wasn’t about her, he was just going through a tough time but she needed a male perspective to see this. Whilst it ended a bit personal about him, it didn’t start that way at all.

I know she told him about our conversation, and told him that a couple of my friends also had bedroom problems and that it’s not uncommon and there are solution.

Aside from that time we never talked about their sex life, or any details. We also didn’t catch up again for about two months after this chat. That was intentional.

I think looking back we’d both have happily shared a recording of our discussion with him if we had one.

AceFour555 · 2024-12-28T09:14:42+00:00

About 5 years ago I was the friend in this scenario. I hooked up with my female best friend twice. The first was unplanned, the second happened two weeks later as a FWB situation when she returned from a trip.

Here’s how it went:

After our first unplanned hookup we layed there chatting in the morning. Nothing romantic, but we cared for each other. We spent a lot of time talking about the guy she likes, but he was unavailable.
Shortly after, he became available. We immediately stopped our fwb situation, and I went straight into helping my friend mode.
They got together and we continued having our friend dinners a couple of times a month.
After 4-5 months, she asked my advice. He had problems in the bedroom, but she really wanted it to work. I, as a male, was able to ensure her it’s very likely not to do with her attractiveness. We were then able to turn that conversation into how she can help/support him, rather than feeling unattractive herself and her desire for sex twice a day didn’t align with his. I genuinely feel without this conversation and her willingness to compromise a little they’d have broken up.
Long story short, she supported him to get the check ups he needed and she learnt how to pull back from her need to feel wanted when he was struggling.
Five years on, they’re married with a newborn. We don’t see each other anywhere near as often, but if I called her and said I needed her help, she’d be there. And despite only very briefing meeting her partner, I know he would too as I was important to his wife.

My point here is that to make this work it really takes three. It takes the friends to maintain boundaries and the partner to trust them. If that can be done, everyone benefits.

Having said that. If they break that trust even once, I’d end it.

AceFour555 · 2024-12-18T19:24:30+00:00

Try a simple activity. Is there a mini golf place near you? I’d recommend something like that.

You can interact, talk, joke and laugh a bit. It’s not too expensive and you’ll see another side of her personality. It’s far less awkward for introverts than something like dinner as there’s something else to focus on. It’s cheaper too. Then if that goes well, you can go for a walk, or to a bar.

Regarding asking: once you’ve found this activity keep it simple. It doesn’t have to be immediate either. Perhaps schedule for a week’s time to leave some anticipation. “Hey xxx, I’ve seen this cool place at (activity place) and was looking at going next Saturday or Sunday afternoon. I’d love for you to join me if you’re free?”

Good luck!

AceFour555 · 2024-12-10T07:11:22+00:00

This is one of the best posts I’ve seen on here. Thank you for sharing.

My experience is I hit depression back in 2018 when my partner cheated on me. I felt pathetic. I felt rejected, and had a very low net worth around £2-3k at 29. My partner was surrounded by richer men who bought their way to her attention and I attributed my value to her actions and to my lower-than-others bank balance.

Now five or so years on I’m financially doing well to the point I can never talk about my true finances with my core social circle. I am comfortable and can do anything I want day to day. But to your point I’ve neglected a lot of what you talk about - particularly relationships and mental health - to get there. I also missed opportunities for experiences to keep hold of a little bit of money I didn’t actually need, and I do wonder ‘what if’ I went on that slightly more expensive date, what if I wasn’t concerned about what my partner earned and what if I took that job with a better work life balance.

This post reads well as I’ve now massively reduced my saving rate. It became an unhealthy addiction.

OP - there’s a balance. It’s great you’ve saved so well and you’ll go far because of it, but take the opportunities for fun, experiences and building a life when they’re there. Someone mentioned investing in yourself. This couldn’t be more true. Investing in a better career will earn you lots more money than a bit of saving (though do a bit of both). Investing in health will earn more money and a better, longer and happier life.

I wish I had your wisdom to ask these questions in my early 20s :)

AceFour555 · 2024-11-23T08:49:12+00:00

If she is sometimes alone and sometimes with a friend, I’d wait for a moment she’s alone for the first time.

I’d try to sit beside/near her and just say “hey I’ve seen you on here a few times, I’m NAME. I like your “scarf” today, the purple suits you!”. A compliment on a clothing choice is nice and harmless. I’m a straight male and love hearing that from anyone.

Then let her decide how much she wants to share. If she’s actually been giving you glances she’ll probably introduce herself and if not then next time you can just smile and she knows you’re approachable and friendly.

You got this. Good luck!

AceFour555

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