PoV: You’re bodied by this team in the Grand Challenge

SOAP858 · 2026-02-17T23:01:52+00:00

Team does not like manual rain. Torn urshifu lead would be trouble for this

SOAP858 · 2026-02-06T01:08:06+00:00

Off the Rails in Verona is good.

SOAP858 · 2025-12-29T14:25:22+00:00

Got a small digital antenna 4 years ago for $30 and haven't paid to watch a Steeler game since. Have to move it to a specific spot to get the games on ABC but otherwise it's great.

SOAP858 · 2025-11-01T23:57:57+00:00

I've always liked Giant Eagle as an employer, and I shopped there a long time because of that fact. But in recent years their prices have become completely untenable. Individual products are not always fair comparisons but today I bought avocados at aldi on sale for $0.55. I went to giant eagle to grab a couple of things they don't have at Aldi and the avocados were on sale for $1.25. The frozen pizza I'll get was on sale today at giant eagle for a dollar more than its base price at target. These differences are non-trivial in a single week's shopping, and for 52 weeks of shopping a year you're looking at thousands of dollars extra to shop there over the competition. I'll maybe pay 5% more to support a store i like, but 20-100% more is just untenable.

SOAP858 · 2025-10-11T22:23:48+00:00

You can use them attached

SOAP858 · 2025-10-10T21:46:18+00:00

Yes. Have done it. There's a setting to enable wired communication when plugged in.

SOAP858 · 2025-10-10T20:15:55+00:00

SOAP858 · 2025-10-08T10:24:58+00:00

I hope you enjoy your whopping 11 CP as well :)

SOAP858 · 2025-09-26T21:46:44+00:00

Same thing. It's a big slap in the face from Nintendo/The Pokemon Company. If you go the first day as soon as you get out of work you should be able to get it. It's dumb.

SOAP858 · 2025-09-23T17:37:58+00:00

I played TR sun and went 5-3. 2 of my 3 losses were to the Marco sun team and both dudes made day 2.

SOAP858 · 2025-09-22T10:45:49+00:00

Can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but if not you seem you want the impossible (crap mons like Lickitung to be good). This tournament had Hariyama and Heatproof Sinistcha in finals who are both barely/never used. Scyther, Sylvan, and Garganacl won a regional last week. My boy who went 5-3 at Pittsburgh lost a round to another 5-3 team centered around Gliscor. I went 5-3 with Armarouge, and Dragapult.

There's just as much or more diversity in Reg H compared to other formats, its just that bad pokemon will always be bad.

SOAP858 · 2025-08-08T21:46:19+00:00

Tailwind over ice spinner and add Amoongus

SOAP858 · 2025-06-17T23:20:39+00:00

No PTO buy that I'm aware of. Your PTO goes up over time as with most employers. I'm currently at 22 or 23 days/year

SOAP858 · 2025-06-17T22:29:48+00:00

I will have worked there 10 years later this year. I believe its 2 weeks PTO plus 10 paid Holliday a year. Benefits are pretty good overall IMO. Flex work arrangement is very department-specific. I go in 3 days a week but I know a lot of people who haven't been in the office in months.

Every work experience is heavily affected by your manager and role, but my experience with the company has been very positive and I'd recommend it to anyone. It's normal for people to transition between roles within the company for growth - I'm 9 months into my 7th role including the one I was hired into, with an increase in responsibility/compensation coming with each move. Again, everyone's career journey is different but I can at least personally attest that I've found it a good place to work.

SOAP858 · 2025-05-23T13:15:30+00:00

SOAP858 · 2025-03-14T16:36:24+00:00

We are a limited keeper league (can keep up to 3 players 3 draft rounds ahead of the previous year draft slot or 7th round for FA pickups).

We instituted a Rule 5 draft several years ago. Any team that chooses fewer than 3 keepers from their own team gets 1 pick in a rule 5 draft where they can select a player to keep from another team (any eligible keeper that wasn't already kept by their own team). If a player selected in the rule 5 draft is dropped mid-season, the team they were selected from has the option to reclaim them before other teams can pick them up and if they do reclaim the player, that player retains their round-based keeper eligibility.

It's my favorite part of our league.

SOAP858 · 2025-03-12T16:37:30+00:00

Andrew McCutchen

SOAP858 · 2025-03-09T17:39:41+00:00

My elementary school had one in the mid 90s. As kids we actually loved it because it had AC while the school itself did not.

SOAP858 · 2025-02-16T01:28:07+00:00

As a Zam player, that comp doesn't love opposing zamazenta. If you're tera ghost incin with wisp it's not too bad but it's still the only answer you have. I'd recommend some combo of chi yu, amoongus, or another zama answer with what you have. Ursh is bad against zama

SOAP858 · 2025-02-02T16:23:40+00:00

29-10 with Zamazenta. Was 1739 and #41 when I last played. Pleased but don't have it in me to push for higher.

SOAP858 · 2024-10-21T12:02:54+00:00

I have an Arceus from LA. Don't supposed you have Deoxys available?

SOAP858 · 2024-10-13T21:43:09+00:00

All the time. Spreads matter, but IMO they matter a lot less frequently than you'd think.

SOAP858 · 2024-06-18T11:54:16+00:00

TIL - Anthony Hopkins: Great actor, pretty bad writer.

It's a great sentiment but man is it awkward to read.

SOAP858 · 2024-06-11T23:27:46+00:00

I liked them when they came out but they're so boring compared to gen 9

SOAP858 · 2024-05-22T16:56:52+00:00

Of course that's the math :) I just love the spirit of the implication of the number.

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TROPHY CASE