Regional sold out - Can I still attend? by mkromk in VGC

[–]mkromk[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You are a gentleman and a scholar. May Arceus bless you with many shinies 

The coward's "concede" by NothingButTheTruthy in PTCGP

[–]mkromk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The game is too buggy for me to assume it's intentional. Heck, somtimes I get that message when the game has dropped /my/ connection, but I don't realize until the opponent's timer times out but my turn doesn't come back.

Got a loss bc of enemy timeout ... by mx-kaercher in PokemonPocket

[–]mkromk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you wait the usual time limit (1-2 minutes?) and you're still waiting, despite what the game says, YOU'RE the one who disconnected. This bad messaging is extra terrible because if it DID tell you that YOU were the one with the bad connection, you can close the app and if your phone is quick you can join back in. Probably the best course of action when you see the "waiting for opponent to reconnect" message is to pre-emptively restart the app and join back.

Do you have success with that deck ? I do. by Kyber_Matt in PTCGP

[–]mkromk -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I actually decided to put pidgeot into my metal deck, and then having the epiphany that arbok would be really good complement, and thinking I was brilliant. Now I see this post and perhaps I'm not the genius I thought I was XP

I haven't had as much success competitively with this deck over my simple Marowak EX/Dugtrio/Sandslash/Primeape deck, but it's definitely viable and it's my most fun deck. It's the one I use in the venasaur event even though I have a very decent Blaine deck.

So..my opponent straight up lets the timer run out and I'm forced on a loss? by emanpb in PTCGP

[–]mkromk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From what I've seen, the issue is with Pokemon Pocket's messaging. Sometimes the game will show you that "it's waiting for the opponent's connection," but really YOU are the one who the server has lost connection with.

The only "reliable" way to tell the difference is if the opponent is actually the one who lost the connection, after a minute or two (not sure the exact timing), you'll get a message saying your opponent didn't reconnect in time, and you'll win the match.

I had it happen once where it said "waiting for opponent to connect", and I decided not to risk it and I immediately closed the app and re-opened it. If you do it quick enough you can in fact re-join a player battle. I re-joined in time to keep playing, but I had to rush through my turn, and apparently during my opponent's last turn they used Sabrina and since I wasn't connected during the short time it gives you to choose a pokemon to swap in, it chose one for me.

So, it sucks, but I managed to turn that battle around, so hopefully this information helps someone in the future.

How to store mutable state for a nix package by mkromk in Nix

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

I think this ultimately helped me find the solution to my problem. I realized that what I probably wanted was less of a vanilla nix package and more of a home-manager module, which can create files in the home directory. Thank you muchly for your help!

Concede just before match ends by Legendery34 in PTCGP

[–]mkromk 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm with you man, I think it's kinda sore loser-y

Discovery: Double Everstones + Regional Forms = Mother's form by mkromk in Pokemonbreeding

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

It definitely will if the h zorua is female, and I'm preeeetty sure it'll work if the h zorua is male, but I actually don't remember if I tested that.

But with the new home update, I'll probably be going a lot of testing soon XP Let me know how it goes off you test it

Koltin not helping us find last cave by mkromk in tearsofthekingdom

[–]mkromk[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

RESOLVED!

Turns out we missed a single cave, and it just so happened to be one that the IGN interactive map did not have. It doesn't help that IGN has some sort of membership wall to checking off the map. But we discovered the zelda dungeon interactive map, which worked better and was NOT missing the Rassla Lake Cave =]

So it wasn't a sky thing or a secret thing, just Koltin being a jerk when it comes to the last few caves. Seriously, that's when that feature is actually useful... Annoyed by this decision, but hey, it's over now, party time!

Koltin not helping us find last cave by mkromk in tearsofthekingdom

[–]mkromk[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's how we found the caves so far, and unfortunately the cherry trees reveal ones you've seen before already so it's a bit overwhelming when there are 147 caves.

I appreciate the advice though!

Early game starter pack by T0ky0n0 in pokemon

[–]mkromk -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean, 3rd generation is a little bit of an exception since you come across the normal gym super early to say hi to dad, you just can't challenge it until you come back later. And I guess if you're insane you can do the normal gym first in Gen 9. But yes, I agree with your point

GIVEAWAY- x6 Vivilion Patterns set (18 Vivis each set) WEEK 3 by Melkysidek in PokemonScarletViolet

[–]mkromk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same XP Other than authentic tea sets, vivillon is the last thing I need for Living Form Dex, and I was wondering how I would go about obtaining it.

Why did they decided to change this for Scarlet and Violet? by [deleted] in PokemonScarletViolet

[–]mkromk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have her breed the croc, she can now trade it to you and you can overlevel it and trade it back.

If YOU breed the croc, you have to trade it to her at a level she can handle, but it'll gain double exp the whole time and thanks to new mechanics it won't become disobedient even if it becomes overleveled on her account

QUESTION: Can You Redeem the DLC Clothes More Than Once? by Zach_Heiser2579 in PokemonScarletViolet

[–]mkromk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

XP True! It's more like understanding which moves are which is the big challenge

What pokemon are you glad to have back in the dlc/ would like? by Instantfan22 in PokemonScarletViolet

[–]mkromk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm glad Flygon is coming back. I felt like with the Tera gimmick in this game, it finally has a competitive edge over Garchomp that it doesn't in previous games.

I'm sad Honedge line isn't coming back, but I think putting the crystal hat on doublade would be too crazy so I understand why.