Smogon OU Leader | Competitive Pokemon news & memes | he / him | @finchinator2.bsky.social | keep AI out of Pokemon

New Jersey, USA
Joined October 2020
About that…
Tyranitar and Heatran are UU Mew is RU May be time to retire
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If I see one more fucking advertisement for Polymarket or Kalshi I may crash out ngl, this shit ridic
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A) not his campaign B) not anti-Semitic The truth hurts.
Unless Abdul El-Sayed immediately demands that this campaign ad be taken down and unequivocally condemns it and its creators, he will be exposed as a vile, dangerous, and divisive antisemite. Any (of my fellow) Democrats who condemn the disgusting Ramaswamy ad in Ohio but do not condemn this deserve our unflinching contempt.
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dude who met his wife at an AIPAC event claims unaffiliated advertisement is more dangerous than genocide it is calling out 🤣
If @AbdulElSayed truly means what he says about treating the Jewish community as he would treat his own children, then he would immediately condemn this dangerous ad as outrageously antisemitic and demand that it be taken down. If not, then he’s full of shit.
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The best part is that his wife liked a social media post calling Jews supporting Palestinian lives “Chickens for KFC” and then failed to properly address it
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If someone is impersonating me trying to get you involved with Cryptocurrency, it’s not me. In part because it’s a scammer and in part because I do not touch that shit.
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15 followers no prior history showdown username in bio thinking this is hip and cool 400 million replays out of thin air they really just want the clout thinking they're doing things for the community by putting out slop, im tired boss
I built a game review for VGC players preparing for tournaments. It's trained on more than 400 million games. Here's the Frankfurt Regional final: 2022 EUIC champion @riopaser vs @apronvgc.
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Different AI bot developers have been asking me to try their new tools or battle their bots and I wanna make it clear I have zero interest. I have no desire to help in the development of these tools and I think they take away from what makes Pokémon enjoyable
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"I don't mind trans people, I just don't want their existence shoved down my throat" Brother, it's conservatives shoving trans people down your throat. They can't shut the fuck up about them. It's every political podcast, rally, and advertisement. It's all they think about.
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Jacob Misiorowski on what Pokémon energy he's bringing to Game 1 of the World Series: "Definitely the flame energy. What's Charizard's signature move? Fireball. Bring some fireball. I'm going to be ready."
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you don’t naturally behave this way it’s adopted from your surroundings and a disgusting reflection of parts of society
Illuminating exchange with a 19 year old voter in Detroit, worried about @AbdulElSayed’s name. @AJEnglish #Midterms2026 #Michigan
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People have to be more patient with PS. A great step was taken and enforcement is only going to improve with time. I’ve been outspoken about the dangers AI bots will pose upon our game and I mean all of that, but I have a ton of trust and faith in the devs/staff working on it.
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I see so many kneejerk responses “oh nobody will be compliant” “oh this won’t do anything” “oh this doesn’t solve the problem” etc. folks and like without being on the inside and without giving it time, you just don’t know. If you’re gonna wake up and chose negativity, then 🤷
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Just think that we are getting back towards focusing on emphasizing the human vs human game that we all know and love. Recapturing that is everything.
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so close to the funniest political poster of all time
BARACK OBAMA. JON OSSOFF. KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS. NEXT WEEK!
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To be clear: I still wish these bots didn’t exist, disagree with the logic creators are using to justify making/unleashing them, and wish the trajectory was different/less alarming! But this is a great step and we should celebrate PS devs doing their best when facing adversity.
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I just wish the bot creators (excluding Jax, who has been pleasant and communicative) who do not care for the community and just view this as testing grounds would see this and slow down/stop altogether. Sadly doesn’t seem that will happen, but one can wish.
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Overall just have a ton of faith in the technologically savvy folk making everything happen. Won’t even pretend to understand how they pull it off. Massive kudos their way, our whole community should appreciate them way more than
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An update from us regarding bots on the PS! ladder: There is now a toggleable option to opt out of matching against bots! Visit this thread for more information: spo.ink/bots
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 amazing stuff right here, cannot emphasize enough how important this is great decision and execution
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Don’t have time to give much detail with the @nyknicks ceremony ongoing, but this is a win for our entire playerbase and the game itself
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I’ve been critical of a lot of what’s happened lately with the direction of our game, but one constant is how talented and thankless many of our core contributors are. Mia (Hecate) is a great example of that. Post is here: smogon.com/forums/threads/in…
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