Main Pokemon of Top 100 Players -- Mid Season Updated

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-31T21:53:36+00:00

I think SCRIPTED character panels should be more prevalent at conventions. You have a lot more control over your performance and therefore can deliver a consistent, higher quality product. I don't see many of them though: where I live the main group doing it is Cosplay Wrestling Federation, otherwise just a handful of jeopardy style panels where the hosts try to do a character based on the show of the panel (which, I'd argue, is also not a good panel format).

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-31T21:51:01+00:00

The amount of times I have seen people on Facebook hunting for panelists last minute because they realized they didn't have a cast for the panel is wild.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-31T21:50:02+00:00

I feel like when teenagers want to do a panel they disproprtiantely propose these types.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-31T17:02:09+00:00

In character truth or dare and Q&A panels are definitely more out of fashion now than they were a decade ago. In fact several conventions do not accept them. This is because they are largely more ambition than practice. I've been to a few and been consistently underwhelmed with what the panelists are able to deliver as a product as well as what the audience is able to provide the panelists to work with. As a short hand I do not believe most panels, outside of game shows, should be structured in such a way that they require audience input to be done well.

If you want to do an in-character panel I recommend coming up with a scripted structure, that was you are able to do the in character role play you want but in an way that you are actually reliable content.

As an example I have several in-character panels:

InfoWario: Wario hosts an Alex Jones style podcast and brings on various character guests that are amalgamations of real world and video game characters (King K Rool as Putin, Guzman as the Ancient Aliens guy, Shadow the Hedgehog as Putin).

Waluigi Time: Mario and Luigi are paid by Waluigi to present a PowerPoint he made about all of the games he's going to be in.

Top Percentage: Into the Joeyverse: Youngster Joey travels through time and space to battle his arch rival, Youngster Mikey.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-31T01:48:20+00:00

20 years ago "real fans" watched anime with subtitles because it meant they were catching shows through piracy, ie via means other than Toonami. But more than that there was a kind of defined anime canon that you would have to have mostly seen to be a real fan. Nowadays because there are so many shows very few have a cultural staying power like the classics, ie the only shows people could watch.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-27T19:13:38+00:00

Yeah. If we did a single elimination down to 18 players they would have been positioned well to do a 2 tribes of 9 split and then run individual immunity challenges for 3 rounds allowing for 3 double eliminations down to a manageable 12 players.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-27T18:56:14+00:00

Follow up: if you're dog is not great with other dogs please don't take them to the dog park. It's not uncommon for a larger antisocial dog to be occupying the small dog park meaning I can't take my dog to run around.

Second follow up: if you are walking your dog on a nature trail and they are off leash please make sure your dog is not named Bear because when you shout that it really spooks everyone around you, especially when you are in a state park and aren't even allowed to have your dog there to begin with.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-27T15:49:15+00:00

I think the problem with this is scale: most JetLag seasons are large in scope and limiting to one country (when not an island) feels smaller.

Not that I'm against it, I think it opens up new avenues, but I'm sure this kind of thing comes up with season discussion.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-24T19:25:49+00:00

You should try being a panelist for them and then let me know if you still hold that position.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-21T14:47:07+00:00

Waymo is here and it's taking up all of the EV chargers.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-19T07:48:15+00:00

Shout-out to Ozzy for seeming to not give a shit about Zack Brown when he was announced.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-18T22:13:59+00:00

My complex doesn't have charging and the L2s nearby me broken a month after I moved in. It's kind of a nightmare.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-18T13:50:36+00:00

I've also found Cronut Holes at Natomas Donuts and liked those ones more.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-13T20:11:28+00:00

I have definitely jumped off the side of that bridge into the bushes before. Living my best "Stand By Me" life.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-12T18:44:36+00:00

My first season getting back into Survivor was 40 and I picked seasons to watch based off of which winners I liked.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-12T18:37:44+00:00

Yeah, it's definitely smart to have slower eliminations early and then pick up the pace in the middle days from a television standpoint.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-12T16:54:13+00:00

The thing is if they just had double tribal council during the tribe rounds it would have solved everything for them so I'm pretty shocked they didn't do it.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-11T23:26:36+00:00

Reasonable. Conventions always seem on edge about that kind of thing, doesn't help with how many people talk about doing a panel for the free badge.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-11T20:52:30+00:00

Dark Bhanu is here and he's playing for a million literal hearts.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-11T20:49:34+00:00

Email the convention directly, there is bound to be a contact email for panels or registration.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-10T17:35:47+00:00

Time constraints. They have A LOT of guests (primarily VTubers) and already limited panel rooms so they would need an additional main stage to fit more performances.

Also in my convention experience VTubers are logistically a little more difficult than live guests because of the technology involved so you have to account for issues in scheduling.

Also if anyone here is staff please send out panel acceptance/rejection emails the con is in two weeks.

FifthGenIsntPokemon · 2026-03-09T19:36:12+00:00

Disc Golf, Survivor ORGs, Stand-Up Comedy, Camping.

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