Mans Who Play Mons: A Pokemon Battle Recap Podcast

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Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep25-battle.html Show notes: [6:27] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgkZIXQS1xA Snorlax video [9:00] https://www.inverse.com/article/23517-snorlax-owns-viral-video-meme-revival-pokemon Article on searching for the Snorlax guy [16:24] https://www.serebii.net/stadium/prizes.shtml Getting surfing Pikachu in Stadium [16:41] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pikachu%27s_Beach Surfing Pikachu game in...

Our Twitch home: https://www.twitch.tv/manswhoplaymons Show notes: [1:00] Ilya, you're scaring the children

Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep24-battle.html Show notes: [2:40] https://youtu.be/FlTIk80uBPg?t=41 What should one capable of masonry do [3:46] https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Tax_Rate_(Civ2) It's easy to govern [4:39] https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/High_Council_(Civ2) This is basically what we talked about for nearly five minutes [5:24] https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Masonry_(Civ2) It allows quite a bit [5:34]...

Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep23-battle.html Show notes: [7:04] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDLpbFXnpeY&list=PLHQ0utQyFw5Jth5qOhb7X-p8JgmLOikcJ Supremely calm nerd explains Pokemon graphics compression extraordinarily well [9:17] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Score_(TV_series) High Score [11:36] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_hitter Power hitter [31:29] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOkVNs-UXRs Lickitung Sushi...

Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep22-battle.html Show notes: [3:34] You probably want to stop listening here if you don't care for talk of sex acts on your Pokemon podcast [5:25] https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/926596-metal-gear-solid-4-guns-of-the-patriots/44244309#8 Yup, SNALE [8:14] https://pkmn.net/?action=content&page=viewpage&id=8592&parentsection=87 Pokemon Crystal animated sprites [8:28] It's safe again, prudes [11:14]...

Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep21-battle.html Show notes: [2:06] https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/tencent-is-seeking-a-pokemon-consultant-with-900-hours-of-playtime/ Pokemon Consultant article [2:09] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent Tencent [4:15] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Snap Pokemon Snap [4:19] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_You,_Pikachu! Hey You Pikachu [6:11]...

Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep20-battle.html Show notes: [3:58] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunken_Master Drunken Master [4:25] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunken_boxing Drunken Boxing [8:20] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_(game) Kings [14:15] https://www.walmart.com/ip/Andre-Strawberry-Moscato-Sparkling-Wine-750-mL/157912874 Ilya's poison [15:45] https://georgetownbeer.com/beer/details/zakai Matt's poison [16:10]...

Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep19-battle.html Show notes: [0:00] https://quote-database.appspot.com/50 What is Ilya talking about? [14:36] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/pokedex/species/060.htm Poliwag learns Psychic [38:12] https://www.idtech.com/locations/massachusetts-summer-camps/lasell-college Computer camp (dorky, highly recommended) [41:52] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth%27s_called_shot Ruth's called shot...

Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep18-battle.html Show notes: [3:03] https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/pokemon Pokemon quiz [5:53] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Professor_Oak/Quotes#Pok.C3.A9dex_evaluation Pokedex rating [8:59] https://youtu.be/IgkZIXQS1xA Snorlax fucking owns [11:45] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASMR ASMR shit [50:30] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award Rookie of the...

Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep17-battle.html Show notes: [0:58] http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/trainers/benga.png Matt's avatar [3:29] http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/trainers/medium.png Insane old lady [3:28] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pokémon_Tower Pokemon Tower [5:32] https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/pokemon Sporcle Pokemon quiz [37:52] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punnett_square Punnett square...

Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep16-battle.html Show notes: [4:55] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog It is in his nature [6:06] https://legendsoflocalization.com/a-look-at-pokemon-and-comfy-shorts/ Analysis of the 'shorts youngsters' [7:02] https://forums.serebii.net/threads/the-origins-of-mr-pokemon.449369/ Someone has incorporated the CARBOS trainer into fan fiction... [28:03]...

Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep15-battle.html Show notes: [2:36] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-banging_incident Khrushchev's shoe [8:41] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/s/super_fang.htm Super Fang [13:40] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/s/sand-attack.htm Sand-Attack (why is it hyphenated and Quick Attack isn't)

Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep14-battle.html Show notes: [2:15] https://www.npr.org/2019/09/26/764728163/the-ok-hand-gesture-is-now-listed-as-a-symbol-of-hate White supremacists ruin 'OK' sign [7:59] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/pokedex/comp/ice.htm Check out Cloyster's defense [15:01] https://pastebin.com/nFyDtX9m Netbattle quote archive (warning: teenagers on the internet circa 2006) [35:16]...

Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep13-battle.html Show notes: [1:42] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gym_Leader Gym Leaders [10:16] https://www.pokemoncenter.com/product/701-03770/koffing-sitting-cuties-plush-4-1-4-in Undeniably fun [13:49] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Super_Nerd_(Trainer_class) Super Nerd [14:10] https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D10S4RtVAAAu3ZX?format=png&name=small School is fun... (there are no good...

Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep12-battle.html Show notes: [0:51] https://rby2k20.freeforums.net/board/7/tournament-discussion Tournaments [1:59] https://75th.business.uconn.edu/2016/08/03/a-no-phony-gimmicks-guy/ Why Matt hates gimmicks [20:13] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/s/substitute.htm Substitute [55:31] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_World_Series Co-MVPs

Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep11-battle.html Show notes: [1:14] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophatic_theology It's this, but secular [1:20] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Picnicker_(Trainer_class) Jr. Trainer♀ [1:26] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Brock Brock [1:43] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie Cookies [2:00] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gentleman_(Trainer_class) Gentleman [9:10]...

Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep10-battle.html Show notes: [1:14] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Stadium "Stadium" [1:55] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/forum/buzz/ultimatebb.cgi One such forum [1:58] https://www.smogon.com/rb/articles/rby_battling High level Generation 1 "metagame" [2:04] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Status_condition "Status" [3:48]...

Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep9-battle.html Show notes: [15:04] https://www.seattleaquarium.org/animals/harbor-seals Real-life seals [27:24] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5O7KjZgJIo What the heck?! [32:28] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/comp/confuse.htm Best and Worst Pokemon to Confuse [1:02:51] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_random_number_generator#Physical_phenomena_with_random_properties Random Number...