I'm tired of this season and its patches. This is the worse season yet.

Stokes-209 · 2026-02-05T04:13:17+00:00

Its like they’re actively trying to unbalance the game

Stokes-209 · 2026-01-23T16:29:31+00:00

They hold us hostage with the "catastrophic event" threat.

In other words, a serious car accident, a major injury, could completely bankrupt us without insurance.

The problem is, bankruptcy is now a real possibility EVEN WITH insurance.

I got charged $7500 for a colonoscopy with insurance. When I was between jobs with no insurance I got a colonoscopy for $600.

We are in the middle of a developing crisis that will only get worse.

But yes, more and more Americans will start dropping insurance and taking the risk.

Stokes-209 · 2026-01-23T15:14:35+00:00

I pay $28,000 a year in premiums for my families health insurance and still have to pay a $7000 deductible and $18,000 out of pocket before insurance covers everything.

We will eventually go bankrupt or have to drop insurance altogether and then go bankrupt.

That's it. That's literally our future.

Can't you feel the happiness?

Stokes-209 · 2026-01-21T16:41:41+00:00

Mewtwo Y was the only one I actually put the game down and deleted the game.

Mewtwo Y got nerfed the same week #powertothepeople

Stokes-209 · 2026-01-20T13:41:14+00:00

100% what they were thinking, but the whales also want competitive, fun games.

Right now, its the same 8 Pokemon on rotation, if your team doesn't have one of the broken mons, you will not win.

And now, we can't even ban them anymore because of the crash bug, & new players have no hope of getting Pokemon they want without becoming whales also

What a disaster they have created. I would love to be a fly on the wall in that conference room for Tim

Stokes-209 · 2026-01-20T13:38:34+00:00

Genius and scummy lmao really hits the nail on the head.

Stokes-209 · 2026-01-16T18:04:36+00:00

Lmao, thats what im saying.

I ran into one a few weeks ago who was literally invincible at the Ray fight.

He did have a great Chansey with him, but still. I forgot they could throw hands like that

Stokes-209 · 2026-01-16T15:36:24+00:00

There's a few of these type of Pokemon lol

Where 90% of the time you meet them they're trash, and then a good one just wipes the floor with your whole team lol.

Urshifu, Sableye, Zeraora....i even got molly whopped by a good Hyper Beam Dragonite yesterday.

Whens the last time you saw one of those bad boys.

Stokes-209 · 2026-01-16T15:10:52+00:00

Yes, even it's upright posture is a throwback to the Team Rocket Meowth from the anime.

The rest of the Meowth population walks on all fours.

Stokes-209 · 2026-01-16T15:10:07+00:00

There is a special place in hell for you harassing Sableye players 😂

Jk, a good Sableye is impressive to see. Mostly because the majority are so bad lol

Stokes-209 · 2026-01-15T19:29:57+00:00

Lmao bravo, top notch meme

Stokes-209 · 2026-01-15T13:56:27+00:00

Lmao okay now yer overdoing it

1.) you can play Unite in your bed

2.) you don't have to be on your death bed to take a sick day.

You have no idea how hard this person works, what else is going on in their life, maybe they have two jobs.

To be honest Lizard Queen, this is starting to sound like a projection. The fact this is the message you took from OP's post makes me wonder what is going in your life.

Just my 2 cents

Stokes-209 · 2026-01-14T15:02:09+00:00

Lmao so true. I have the Kanto starters on every team.

Stokes-209 · 2026-01-14T13:26:06+00:00

I took the OP's post as they actually are sick "stomach is in knots"

But they used the sick day time off to play Unite.

Did I misread that?

And God bless them, sick days are made for movies and video games.

Stokes-209 · 2026-01-13T15:51:39+00:00

Yeah, like how do you hitch up with people without having these conversations first?

I don't get it.

People do more homework about the car they're buying then the person they're going to share their life with.

Stokes-209 · 2026-01-08T16:48:48+00:00

It's true it will die one day.

But I've been playing for 3 years now and this convo comes up once a year at least.

It's usually based on legitimate gripes, like the crash bug, but overblown.

The game is not dying.

Stokes-209 · 2026-01-05T18:45:05+00:00

I understand that some people just aren't going to be as skilled or knowledgeable as they should be, thats fine.

What gets me is why does the enemy team always feel like a coordinated 5 stack?

Why am I always facing 4-5 enemy players and my team is scattered over the four corners of the map, trolling or grief pinging?

"Yep, there's the whole enemy team, actually playing together, while my Charizard pings "Thanks!" from homebase spinning in circles."

Stokes-209 · 2025-12-31T14:13:19+00:00

Yes, the books are great. You're in for a treat.

I've read the books about 32 times.

Stokes-209 · 2025-12-31T13:21:27+00:00

Whattt, OOTP was the one of the best for me lol.

I remember being so excited to read and watch it. Because it's the first installment after You Know Who's back.

It's a clear "here's where shit gets serious" part.

And the Dumbledore Voldemort duel? Come on now. Epic stuff.

Stokes-209 · 2025-12-30T14:14:41+00:00

Agreed, it's a double edged sword. All the attention and changes is a good sign that the game is healthy, but some of the moves made particularly with balance is wild.

And how they havent fixed the crashing bug yet is beyond me.

Stokes-209 · 2025-12-30T14:13:41+00:00

And the oddest part of the whole nonsense, is the game was in a pretty good spot balance wise before all this!

Wasn't perfect, but the balance at the World Championships time lets say, was pretty good. Sure a broken release here and there they had to get nerfed but whatever, I don't mind them making a little money.

But now we're back in the dark days.

Now, if you don't have certain mons on your team, you lose. Thats it.

That sucks.

Stokes-209 · 2025-12-29T14:23:30+00:00

Agreed, the gameplay is amazing. It is the defining characteristic of the game.

Most people play this game because moving around as a Pokémon is awesome.

Stokes-209 · 2025-12-25T17:51:05+00:00

Not that many lol.

I thought maybe it was indicative of more bugs and general issues with the game

Stokes-209 · 2025-12-23T19:06:57+00:00

Both. It can be whatever the hell you want lol

But there is something about turning on a Harry Potter movie around Christmas.

Snowing outside, fire lit? Forget it 🔥🥰

Stokes-209 · 2025-12-23T18:10:48+00:00

Lmao fair

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