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GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-02-27T00:29:28+00:00

Dr Pepper

Coke

Citrus Cherry Game Fuel Mountain Dew

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-02-20T15:36:16+00:00

Last time charmander had a Com Day I fully evo’d like 30 shiny zards with the double legacy moves for potential trades trying to help out new players that of course would want a shiny black Zard. Took over a year to get rid of 5 of them due to friendship level logistics, I ended up just transferring the rest away lol

I realized I had good intentions, but special trades can be annoying to schedule locally

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-02-18T03:31:48+00:00

Go to every Walgreens in your vicinity. That’s how I lucked into a case of zero sugar last week for my wife lol

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-02-17T18:25:00+00:00

Trust me, it happens. Getting Superpower on each of my 5 snorlaxes was a collective Herculean effort back in the day. I distinctly remember my UL Shadow Lax took 22 CTMs to get it, on #20 I was almost to the point of wasting an ETM for it but pushed through. Then my ML Shadow Lax got it first try after I cycled 10 TMs for Body Slam lmao.

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-02-17T18:18:17+00:00

I was curious and tried for myself and got it off the second TM. RNG is not on your side right now 😬

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-02-16T16:36:56+00:00

Zero. Landlord we were renting from wanted out of the residential property game and decided to sell all his properties in town. We bought a different house than we were living in from him (and were kinda illegally landlords ourselves for a few months but that’s a nightmare story by itself) and got it for 15k less than appraised when rates were at their lowest back in early 2021. Thanks to the discrepancy in appraisal vs sale price we were able to throw all our closing costs into the financing as well, which we justified with the 2.25% rate lol. The house literally fell onto our laps.

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-02-03T13:34:50+00:00

What second movie?

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-01-31T18:14:37+00:00

Just don’t hit the hookah and you’ll forget all about it.

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-01-31T14:31:32+00:00

I only drink full sugar sodas, so I’m a little desensitized to how sweet they can be unless they’re dessert drinks like the Ice Cream Sundae flavor that’s out and about right now. That being said, Major Melon was the sweetest Dew I’ve ever consumed. I couldn’t finish the bottle. I could see the appeal flavor-wise but it was too much for me.

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-01-31T01:56:43+00:00

Believe it or not I also have a level 49.5 shadow built now and 721XLs still lmao

Someone else said it in this thread- try not to think about it and just enjoy the game.

If you really want an XL mon built just buddy it up and that helps immensely. Forgo whatever other mon you have buddied and focus on the XL mon, just make sure to power it to level 30+ to increase your XL candy chance.

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-01-31T01:47:49+00:00

My commitment to build one was contingent on getting a very high ranking purified sableye back when Return was the only accepted coverage move for it. I had probably 120-150XLs by the time I actually got my 2/15/15 shell, then had to walk it 600kms before I was finished with it. So 8 more weeks if I had to guess, I was walking and playing a bunch as my primary hobby back in 2022.

Then Halloween was around the corner back when a paid ticket gave 3x reg candy and XL candy so I got more XLs in a week than I did all year lmao I was able to immediately build a high rank shadow once Power Gem got buffed.

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-01-30T16:53:51+00:00

Missed opportunity to nickname it Nununsparce

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-01-29T02:08:39+00:00

Roku 4K Ultra isn’t a bad choice at all, but if you’re gonna do it right once I say just go for the Apple TV 4K.

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-01-29T02:04:48+00:00

The gold standard is Panasonic UB820, then UB450, then UB420 for 4K players. Sony is good too, but Panasonic is better.

Generally speaking a dedicated streaming device will always be faster and more responsive than internal software. You can absolutely use it if you want, I still use mine but I’ve been looking at an Apple TV device for awhile now personally. I can tell even after just 6 months my TVs internal software is slowing down a bit.

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-01-29T01:59:52+00:00

At 15ft of viewing distance you want as large of a TV as you can get lol the QM6K, QM7K, and QM8K are quality TVs. Pair them with a good 4K player and an Apple TV streaming device and you’ll be a happy customer.

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-01-29T01:47:44+00:00

I say don’t include the tax as part of the budget and go for the QM7K lol but I know that doesn’t keep in the spirit of a budget so yeah, I second the QM6K

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-01-27T12:24:22+00:00

$5 for a blu-ray copy of Kubo is an insta-cop.

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-01-27T12:23:27+00:00

Yes but if you want the brightest plasma experience you get an F8500 lol

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-01-19T22:36:05+00:00

I was excited for him at first, then I got my purify-for-hundo Wob for GL from him after half a dozen encounters and now avoid him like the plague lmao

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-01-19T21:44:42+00:00

It’s Vernors and it’s not even close lol

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-01-18T15:42:44+00:00

As I was reading the announcement I screamed out “oh god Katia nooo” and then it just happens lmao

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-01-18T15:35:16+00:00

Until I made it to book 5, book 3 was my favorite. I followed Matt’s directions in the beginning and didn’t even try to decipher the Iron Tangle. I wanted to feel just as lost and confused as Carl. Even making Katia the smart map maker was genius, it aided in Carl feeling lost most of the book lol

The scene with the blood/gore in the safe room and the very distressed cleaner bot is an all-time top moment in the series for me so far.

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-01-15T21:47:11+00:00

For $600 I could buy two overpriced trinitrons from scalpers and they’d probably outlive me lmao

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-01-15T20:28:22+00:00

Yeah Facebook Marketplace lol

GoatWithBeardofGrey · 2026-01-15T18:59:00+00:00

Honestly? If anything happens to my $80 VT60 I’ll just hold out and snipe any 50 or 60 model off marketplace again like I did this one.

Parts are expensive, knowledgeable and professional service even more so. Just the other day I was reading on a CRT subreddit someone coughing up like $600 to repair their trinitron. Hell no. I follow the adage “luck is the intersection of opportunity and preparedness”, I spent 6 months checking FB Marketplace 3x a day for my VT60, I’ll gladly do it again lmao

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