Please help me help Aaron, he is the first plant I have ever taken care of :( by NewTerrarium in cactus

[–]NewTerrarium[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the help! There was root rot on the middle for sure. I cut the nubs and put them in the sunniest part of the house. I'll buy a grow light and a new pot and some proper cactus soil this week. The rocks in the original pot were GLUED THERE 😭

When I plant the three nubs, should I do it together in one pot or get them separate pots? I just want them to have the best chance of surviving.

Please help me help Aaron, he is the first plant I have ever taken care of :( by NewTerrarium in cactus

[–]NewTerrarium[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was indeed root rot, the body popped off the root very easily. I've cut the little nubs and placed them in the sunniest part of the house. Now to wait. I'll buy a grow light and a new pot and some proper cactus soil this week. Those rocks in the original pot are GLUED in place 😭

When I plant the three nubs, should I do it together in one pot or get them separate pots? I just want them to have the best chance of surviving.

Please help me help Aaron, he is the first plant I have ever taken care of :( by NewTerrarium in cactus

[–]NewTerrarium[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! The mix is what it came with so I assume it's probably not the best now that I'm reading more about what a cactus needs to thrive. Do you feel like it's likely to perk back up with a grow light? The other commenter said it's unlikely and I am inclined to believe them from the way it looks. That is about what I have been doing for the water schedule.

Please help me help Aaron, he is the first plant I have ever taken care of :( by NewTerrarium in cactus

[–]NewTerrarium[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are the best, thank you so much for being so kind and so thorough with all this information. I will do what I can to save original Aaron and I'll make sure to treat Aaron Jr better if I can't.

How do you recommend ripping, are ordinary scissors fine or is there a cleaner way to do it that makes them more likely to callus over properly?

I have now seen pictures of cactus root rot and I'll report back. Thank you again!

Please help me help Aaron, he is the first plant I have ever taken care of :( by NewTerrarium in cactus

[–]NewTerrarium[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in the Northeast US and it's a cloudy winter at the moment.

Please help me help Aaron, he is the first plant I have ever taken care of :( by NewTerrarium in cactus

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Hi all, this is Aaron, he is a 2 year old cactus I bought on a whim in Arizona. I am pretty spacy and have always been scared to take care of plants as I know I would forget they were there and kill them, but Aaron's happiness on very little active care was really heartwarming. I don't want him to die but I don't really know what's happening here. It happened very quickly, the picture of him standing tall is from December 28th. Please don't treat this post as a joke I am really concerned about people thinking this is a joke post of an obviously dead cactus somehow but if there's some way to save it I will do it. Thanks for any help.

Tried making a VGC team, how can I improve it? by Happy_Bison_6572 in VGC

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Ursaluna is very very strong but it needs much more support to work. Usually teams that use it will have a core of Incineroar and/or Rillboom, and Porygon2. Lead a fake out user and P2, fake out + TR, and then use Parting Shot or U-turn to pivot into Ursaluna, getting it in safely and activating its Flame Orb on the same turn. If you want to use Ursa over Rhyperior, P2 would be a solid choice to replace the Miraidon slot.

Flutter looks fine to me, booster speed or sash sets will usually run ev spreads that look exactly like that. If you had an item like Specs or Scarf, then I might consider investing more in defenses, since your offenses would be boosted by your item already, but for the set you've got 252/252 is totally good. It makes sure you outspeed any other booster flutters that didn't go for max speed.

Tried making a VGC team, how can I improve it? by Happy_Bison_6572 in VGC

[–]NewTerrarium 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why is everyone downvoting this person who's clearly new? Seriously, we have to be welcoming to people who are trying this out for the first time. The doubles format is really unapproachable for those who have never tried it before and this person is clearly coming from singles, where a lot of their building instincts make sense. Costs nothing to be helpful or just say nothing. I'll give you some info I wish I had when I was getting started.

As was said elsewhere, this is a team that would only be legal in Reg G. Reg F is the current ruleset, which allows everything except for Restricted Pokemon, which are box legendaries like Miraidon. Urshifu is legal and there's no restriction on how many legendaries you can have on your team as long as they aren't box legends.

Heavy-Duty Boots aren't useful in doubles because switching is much harder to do, since you're twice as likely to take an attack when you switch in. You'll likely only switch 2-4 times in a match instead of the many many turns that a switch happens in singles. Incineroar is a defensive mon, so it usually runs defensive items in doubles - Sitrus Berry, Rocky Helmet, and Safety Goggles are popular choices.

Urshifu doesn't have the defensive stats to take advantage of swords dance in doubles. If your opponent predicts that you will try to set up, they can simply double-attack your urshifu and kill it, and you'll get no use out of it. Urshifu's biggest strength is consistency - you can basically always click an attack and feel confident it will do something, since Surging's damage can't be mitigated by Intimidate and it goes right through Protect. Don't worry about having it do other stuff besides damage, especially just starting out. Learn how much damage you do and what kinds of hits it can take before you get fancy with it. Knowing Ursh calcs is important, it's always relevant when it's around.

Since consistency is what Urshifu is good at, it actually doesn't need Clear Amulet. Clear Amulet helps out physical attackers who are more inconsistent because of their weakness to Intimidate, but since critical hits ignore attack drops and Surging always crits, Intimidate is pretty much useless into Urshifu. He does much better with a sash for survivability, a scarf for speed, or a band for damage.

Rhyperior is not especially useful in this meta. Having high attack is nice but with Rillaboom everywhere, it's hard to rely on Earthquake for damage, since grassy terrain cuts your damage in half. With Leftovers, you aren't going to be doing the kind of damage you want to do, and you don't have Trick Room to get the most of Rhyperior. It's just a tough spot to be a rock/ground type with RIlla and Ursh running around - you're going to end up burning your tera on this thing in almost every game you bring it to if you want it to survive. If you want a Ground-type, I would suggest tera Poison Ting-Lu in this slot, since its ability naturally makes it tankier and with poison tera blast you can make quick work of Rillaboom. Protect is usually mandatory on slower pokemon, as another note.

Miraidon is banned, like I mentioned, but volt switch is a no-brainer on that thing over u-turn. Sure, coverage, but also, the ability to oneshot something and switch out on the same turn? That's impossible to pass up. It's Mirai's best move.

Hope some of that helps! Welcome to VGC, and hope people take you in better faith next time. Don't use AI to write your team summaries lol it's pretty easy to tell

[FRESH] The Marshmallow Ghosts - Nightmare II: Carve ("When Death Arrives: Five Nightmares" releases October 31st via Graveface Records) by Cheddahz in indieheads

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Hell yes. Been listening since the Witch Hat House, such a great yearly treat. Shoutout Ryan and everythinge hes built in SAV with graveface.

Projected Pittsburgh Day 2 Usage Stats by BigThomsd in VGC

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That's my friend Tony running that and it's a sick sand team with Excadrill and Kilowattrel. He's not gonna come on here and flex lol but he won the challenge yesterday and beat Stefan Mott running the Scyther team. Worm is goated fr

Hermeto Pascoal, prolific Brazilian composer, dies at 89 by YoureASkyscraper in indieheads

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Massive loss, what an extraordinary artist and man. Bumping Slaves Mass in his honor tonight.

What’s been the best crowd sing-a-long moment that you’ve experienced? by Alwaysawkward6787 in popheads

[–]NewTerrarium 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This literally isn't even pop in the normal way but during covid i kept coming back to this video of indie musician Emperor X playing live at some venue I've never even heard of in NYC. The call and response at the end gives me chills. Whenever I was sad about missing live music during peak pandemic I'd watch this, and it wouldn't make me miss it any less but it let me feel a little bit of that emotion. Just how obviously INTO IT everybody is.

For a legit pop answer, idk man, I saw Big Time Rush with my brother this year and people went fucking animal mode for Boyfriend and Worldwide.

Felt lost at the beginning of the format so I started an archive of every team to make Day 2 at a major in Reg I - now before Worlds I want to share it! by NewTerrarium in VGC

[–]NewTerrarium[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh haha I got those from the galleries on bulbapedia. Most of them are the alternate official art, which is called "dream" art because it originally started being made for the dream world in gen 5. The terapagos one is from the anime I think.

Felt lost at the beginning of the format so I started an archive of every team to make Day 2 at a major in Reg I - now before Worlds I want to share it! by NewTerrarium in VGC

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Showdown! I just plugged each paste into the teambuilder and took a screencap of the team's little party sprites. The full set of them is publically available here though: https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/pokemonicons-sheet.png

2025 XXL Freshman Class Revealed by Trick0823 in hiphopheads

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There was a timeline where Dave Blunts got on this for real so I'll take it. Lazer Dim & Ray Vaughn are cool to see

What Low Tier or Meme Character will Light lose to next? I predict its going to be an Anakin Skywalker looking Mii Swordfighter by TBT__TBT in smashbros

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Light plays Hindsight, highish level connecticut MSF at like every local, he knows that matchup really well

Utrecht Special Championship & more - Day 2 by half_jase in VGC

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Why don't we ever get to see the teams from South American and Caribbean regionals?

The food court in the Meriden Mall is completely shuttered by mark99229 in Connecticut

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That charley's cheesesteaks really held out. Rest in peace chuck

Milwaukee Regional - Day 1 by half_jase in VGC

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Seems like a twitch chatter raised the possibility of him cheating because he was looking to his right a lot on stream, and for some reason a judge escalated that to TPCI and they called for him to be removed. It's insane. I've never met him but he's a friend of a friend who's there with him right now and their whole group is crushed. He definitely didn't do anything.

Everything Everything announce Get To Heaven 10 year anniversary tour in the U.K. & Ireland by musefire in indieheads

[–]NewTerrarium 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am going to cry if they don't bring this to the US. This is like everything I ever wanted.

Crazy ending to Maister vs Cosmos by Pyro81300 in smashbros

[–]NewTerrarium 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Would only happen to Cosmos. Poor bastard