Finchinator

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

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About that…

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Tyranitar and Heatran are UU
Mew is RU

May be time to retire

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my SCL team advanced to the finals and I’m living the good life 🥳

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would be a shame if I was living in denial rather than having a blast on the beach

[Cindy Hyde-Smith @cindyhydesmith]

We are not backing down. This election is not over. Our team is working across Mississippi to monitor the remaining ballots and protect the integrity of the process. We will see this through to the very end!

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@RainebowToxapex Ngl didn’t check who was posting oops

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got reqs, used https://t.co/6WXiMIqYz1

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life is good currently for those wondering

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production around mid-2027, CEO Elon Musk says, after years of persistently weak sales for a futuristic model once touted as a rival to legacy pickup trucks. https://t.co/8NC8pDGsKs

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@KittyCatViolet Regarding using more executive power, just sometimes wish we didn’t have as many public checks. But I am glad they exist deep down. Just don’t always agree with stuff that happens after public votes, and that’s ok of course

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Yes. So so so much. I wish I took people less seriously. I wish we had fewer options in the initial Tera test. I wish I made a few more boss calls without public red tape. I wish I didn’t QB Volcarona.

Process is usually sound, but opinions have only felt good 90%, not 100%

[ms. crisis @smogonmscrisis]

@Finchinator2 looking back at your time as a leader, is there anything you would have done differently?

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@KittyCatViolet Tera test had nonsense like Tera captain and STAB Tera only — just silly stuff that never gained traction and were arbitrary

Volc QB was rushed prob and we just didn’t have time for a suspect with so much going on. It had the votes, but just didn’t feel right? Hard to explain

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@RainebowToxapex Voting only happens after laddering period is up

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Both in how they form coherent counterpart to Moon and how Moon’s own builds and set mix adapts to that. Having a longer (3 week) retest as opposed to a standard 10-12 day window is dope, excited to keep playing once I’m back from my trip on Tuesday

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Main losses were to webs when I got sequencing wrong, a Cind team when I foddered Glim on an overpredict and they court changed everything, and sun when I got Tera turn wrong against wake — felt p good overall, not locked in on what I’ll vote yet as I wanna see people adapt

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have a good day yall

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@Zovafire

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@igntrizen Red Card is prob more common atm

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my favorite reqs game so far:

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druddigon..?

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close second

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@raffebs Sup

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On a flight, ask me anything (Pkmn related or not Pkmn related)

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@zzp04 Like a 7 or 8 prob

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@aidnelliott A playable game without too much drastic change, but with a fun new mechanic that enhances competitive play