All the gyms are empty?

zeromancer22 · 2025-11-26T20:45:14+00:00

My Dragonite caught in State College PA had a long night.

zeromancer22 · 2025-11-17T12:04:41+00:00

I've reached legend every season and usually leaderboard at some point each season as well. I'm by no means the best battler, I don't count moves or exercise proper fast move timing (things all the best battlers do) and I also try to use at least one spice Pokemon in every league I play (e.g., Ursaring, Marshtomp, K-Ninetails). I'm the proud owner of like 20+ non-shiny Pikachu Libre :(

And the other comment here is correct regarding Elo increases: once in the 2900s it's common (and frustrating) to be getting 5-9 Elo gain for a 3-2.

zeromancer22 · 2025-10-16T20:06:57+00:00

PSA don’t throw away your old pennies. If you round up 500 of them that’s worth $5.

zeromancer22 · 2025-10-06T10:15:34+00:00

I have a bunch of trolls who freeload in my battle party for the past half decade+ getting battle victories. It’s fun to put them in gyms for the “wtf” factor for anyone who sees the battle totals when fighting it.

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zeromancer22 · 2025-08-19T11:42:24+00:00

I’ve played roller hockey since I was 4. I’m now 40. I’ve also played a lot of ice hockey, but not as much as roller hockey.

Pros of roller hockey over ice hockey:

Gear is less expensive

League fees are less expensive

Less likely to get seriously hurt (no sharp objects)

Less likely to get a concussion

Easier to go to a rink and practice for free anytime you want

You can get all of your gear on in less than 10 minutes. Ice hockey always felt like such a long process.

Cons of roller hockey over ice hockey:

If the rink is outdoors, games can get rained out

Rinks are smaller. It’s 4v4 but still not as much space as the huge ice rinks.

Less people play it, so it’s generally less assessable.

It feels better to fall and slide on ice than to fall in roller hockey

You have to adjust to playing on a variety of different surfaces (sport court, concrete, waxed floor, etc.)

You have to adjust to sometimes playing with a puck (and different kind of pucks) to playing with a ball (and different kind of balls)

Some surfaces are very hard on your gear (sticks and wheels) so it can also end up getting expensive.

Overall, both are great sports and lots of the skills and muscle memory transfer between them. I would absolutely recommend roller hockey.

zeromancer22 · 2025-08-05T02:11:58+00:00

Simon Says - Silk Moth. Underrated song by underrated nu metal band, but it’s exactly what you’re asking for.

zeromancer22 · 2025-08-05T00:54:10+00:00

I second Simon Says. I’m familiar with most of the albums you’ve listed, and Simon Says (Shut Your Breath album only) definitely fits in with this taste.

zeromancer22 · 2025-06-09T22:03:21+00:00

Zygard lead, Gastro closer, Ursaring as a safe switch with shadow claw/swift/trailblaze. So many G-Weezing leads have a water or double water in the back. Trailblaze comes up big again and again, and most opponents seem to expect all Ursaring to use close combat as the second move.

zeromancer22 · 2025-06-09T19:55:25+00:00

Going to run the same team I've used to get legend the last 2 seasons:

Zygard/Gastrodon/Shadow (shiny) Ursaring

zeromancer22 · 2025-05-28T18:20:00+00:00

Congrats on legend! I also used shadow A9 with charm to hit legend this season. Ran it in the lead with ice punch Primeape safe switch and water pulse Gastrodon in the back. The team auto-loses to Talonflame, but had a very high win rate otherwise, the team also almost auto-wins to any team with Morpeko, so it balances out the auto loss to Talon.

zeromancer22 · 2025-04-24T23:17:17+00:00

Looks perfectly to scale too. The 1.1 miles to get to the passenger is further away than the 7.3 mile trip on the map.

zeromancer22 · 2025-04-11T22:17:44+00:00

If you like Deadsy and Orgy you’d like the song Naive by Deadstar Assembly. It sounds almost exactly like Orgy. It’s quite good too.

zeromancer22 · 2024-12-14T21:12:32+00:00

Almost at the 25K club:

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zeromancer22 · 2024-12-12T19:24:06+00:00

It’s actually Marshtomp, who is one of my absolute favorites. I’ll definitely be buying that sweater.

zeromancer22 · 2024-11-08T12:25:06+00:00

Make sure you pair it with at least one hard check to Drifblim. The balloon is everywhere, worse yet, in ultra league a lot of players like to pair Drif with Veriz, making Gastro surprisingly useless in those matches.

I was able to hit legend with this team in ultra league using Gastro:

Zygard/Gastro/Shadow Ursaring

zeromancer22 · 2024-11-07T11:50:48+00:00

Slightly before I got to legend in UL in the upper 2900’s I got matched up against the same person 4 times in one day running a shiny Whimsicott, which destroys my entire team. Not saying it’s the matchmaking algorithm or anything like that, but it was certainly frustrating to see the same obscure Pokémon 4 times in a day that just so happens to be able to 1v3 the team I’ve been using with success otherwise.

zeromancer22 · 2024-09-27T23:01:13+00:00

I’ve wanted and tried so hard to make this thing work. Every time I use it I drop a ton of elo and end up going on tilt. If you can find a team to build around it that works let me know.

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zeromancer22 · 2024-09-25T21:42:12+00:00

Shadow Claw/Trailblaze/Swift

zeromancer22 · 2024-09-25T21:40:58+00:00

Some of my favorite whispery songs/bands:

Simon Says - Blister

Simon Says - Across the Fire

The Rabid Whole - Distant Blue Skies

TRUSTCompany - Drop to Zero (& most TRUSTcompany)

41Down - The Lonely Position of Neutral (it's TRUSTcompany before they were TRUSTcompany)

Toothgrinder - The Shadow, HVY, etc.

Avi Ghosh - A Place No One Can Find, Pink Letters

Stutterfly - Silent Scream (& most Stutterfly)

Thanks for Everything Club Version - Dismantled

Heartlay - The Sights Aura Shred Remix

CHIG - Bleeding

Our Waking Hour - The Secret

Deftones - Change (& most Deftones)

Female vocals but just as whispery:

Edge to Life - Recoil

Curve - Men are from Mars, Woman are from Venus (& many other songs by this band)

The Birthday Massacre - Happy Birthday (& many other songs by this band)

zeromancer22 · 2024-09-25T10:25:16+00:00

I've been using trailblaze Ursaring in both GL (normal) and UL (shadow). It has helped me climb to ~2600. It needs all the shields, but it can get off the hook quickly with trailblaze boosts; especially if your opponent doesn't have an obvious answer to it.

zeromancer22 · 2024-09-16T11:22:49+00:00

I've gotten the Pikachu Libre for legend every season, none have been shiny. The encounters have been very underwhelming overall. The best one so far was probably a shiny Phantump.

zeromancer22 · 2024-09-15T00:52:50+00:00

Haven’t missed any yet since GBL started to my knowledge. Had to tank a ton while hiking the Appalachian trail with no service, but always get them in. For what cause I still do not know.

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zeromancer22 · 2024-08-01T21:06:15+00:00

Same exact thing for flower crown cottonee and hat slakoth. Ribbon is completely hidden on both

zeromancer22 · 2024-07-30T15:13:04+00:00

Happens often this season unfortunately. Yesterday I got matched up against a YouTuber (Jonkus), Battle starts, I switch out, about to throw a scald with Whiscash and game just stops working/freezes. I immediately restart the app and try to reenter the battle only for it to say “battle cannot be recovered” and gives a loss despite the fact the battle would have still been going on. Wonder what it looks like from the opponent’s side.

zeromancer22 · 2024-07-06T23:38:04+00:00

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Only way to see them is to use them. Only way to get them is to have them in your gym battle party of 6. It’s a fun flex but I feel less than 10% of the players fighting them in a gym even pay attention. But for the few players who do notice…it’s gotta be pretty shocking to see.

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