June 19, 2024

TRAINER'S EYE #95 - "Behind The Vaporeon Mask" ft. MaskedAquaKitty

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In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by MaskedAquaKitty, a Pokemon GO Trainer from New Jersey.

MaskedAquaKitty discusses their experience with Pokemon starting with Pokemon Blue. They dive into their love for Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and what they loved about that generation of Pokemon as well as gives their opinion on Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

MaskedAquaKitty also shares their motivation behind streaming on Twitch and finding a community of friends connected by their interest in Pokemon. They also express meeting them all for the first time at GOFest NYC!

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Transcript

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My name is Mass Aqua Kitty and this is my Pokemon story.

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Welcome to, as the Pokeball turns, where we interview people about their experience with Pokemon.

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My name is David Hernandez.

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And today, I'm joined by Mask Aqua Kitty.

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Welcome to the show.

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Well, for having me.

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Without a doubt, I was tempted just to call you Vaporeon.

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Is that kind of the inspiration behind your name?

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yeah, just literally, it's, essentially the exact thing for my username.

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why is the mask, like, where you, like, want to be a Vaporeon bandit?

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I kind of like the, the designs of like, Masquerade Mask.

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And when I looked at Vaporeon, I'm literally looking at one right now.

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It kinda looks like it has a type of mask on it.

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It kinda has like two shades of color on it's face.

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It's got like the darker and then the lighter.

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If you look at just the lighter, it looks more like a mask.

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I don't know.

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that's kind of cool.

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I never noticed that before.

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Now would this also like go into like other Pokemon like I'm thinking like maybe a Masquerain, of course and then Meowth Scearta.

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They both have those kind of masks too.

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Is it kind of similar to those?

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Mouscarada is I saw that literally datamined.

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It was literally day, not, day zero, that thing being released.

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And I contacted NimaArt, it's being like, listen, I need this Pokemon.

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I need it.

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I, I need it.

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Like, this is literally, this is the perfect Pokemon.

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I love this Pokemon.

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It's like it spoke existence into and he's like, oh

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I need it.

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And then Masquerain, I like Masquerain.

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It doesn't get as much love because, you know, it's just a random Gen 3 Route 1 bug.

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But

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Although I think I think they did screw up.

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I kind of wish they had kept it bug water like Surskit I hated that they gave the bug flying.

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I'm like why just make it keep a bug water.

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That would been cool

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I agree with you on that.

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Now, was it safe to say that, uh, when Pokemon Scarlet and Violet eventually came out, that you actually chose Miaskerata?

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Miaskerata, I'm definitely butchering its name.

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Did you choose the Masked Cat as the starter for Scarlet and Violet?

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So I was, at the start, I was torn between Fuecoco and Sprigatito.

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I love cats if it wasn't obvious.

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And Grass is like my second favorite type.

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but Fuecoco was just so, it's so cool looking.

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It's really adorable.

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And then I saw what Sprigatito evolved into and went, I'm sorry, Fuecoco, you've been replaced.

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Fui Coco! And it just has a little sad emoji, just seeing you walk off with, uh, Sprigakito.

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Oh

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I mean, Rocco not, not Cock.

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That's the second one.

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Skeleton is a cool Pokemon, don't get me wrong.

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It's just like mascara is literally just perfect.

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So, you had a lot of experience with Pokemon.

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So what was your first experience with the franchise?

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Like, where did this all start?

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So, I think technically at the time that I was able to physically hold a Game Boy, I think, think it was Ruby and Sapphire were out.

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That was not my first game, my first game was actually Pokemon Blue.

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it was my first Pokemon game, I didn't really understand How to play Pokemon back then.

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The save button never existed, And I would always pick Bulbasaur.

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Bulbasaur is my favorite starter period.

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It's my first ever Pokemon.

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I have deep love for Bulbasaur and it's evolution line.

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So you said the games, you know, you're playing during the Ruby Sapphire era, but you're playing Pokemon blue.

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You said you couldn't figure out how to save, or was it just the batteries dry at that point that you couldn't save at all?

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I I I didn't figure out what the save button was.

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So you restarted the game over and over and over.

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Yes.

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Wow, how far did you remember how far you ever got on one save file by chance?

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Misty.

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Oh my gosh, your poor soul.

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I'm sorry

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Misty.

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This is what I was told because I was a little too young to remember this, but apparently I just kept the save button, what's that?

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Turn it off?

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Oh wait, where'd all my Pokemons go?

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Oh, looks like we're startin over.

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Oh my gosh, that's crazy I guess that makes sense though, because I don't think a lot of games had that where you need to physically save Yeah, a lot of them autosave.

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That's crazy

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Especially the original Pokemon Blue, which just didn't No luck for me there.

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Did you get a chance to play the other generations at all

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I think Emerald came out, and I got Emerald, so I completely skipped Gen 2.

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I actually have never finished Pokemon, Gold, Silver, Crystal.

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I have never finished that game.

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I played Heart Gold, Soul Silver.

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I've never finished Gold, Silver, and Crystal.

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But, I played, Emerald.

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I figured out what the save button was.

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Hallelujah.

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Yes.

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It was great.

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I was definitely that, kid back in the day who just only evolved their starter and focused on nothing else.

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I think I picked Sceptile back in the day.

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well, Treecko, but I think it was a Sceptile before even beating the first gym.

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Oh gosh, you grinded that Pokemon out.

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Yep.

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and then I realized, you know, just having a Sceptile, um, fire types

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That's true.

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Flannery exists too.

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So I had an Azumarill, and then that thing became the only thing I leveled up.

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I'm noticing a pattern here.

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Yeah, yeah That pattern went on to Gen 5.

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It was great

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So have you played every single game since now?

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Up to present day,

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yeah, I played every single main series game except I Technically still haven't finished Gold, Silver, and Crystal, but that's because I haven't had time to play the virtual console one.

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What's your, uh, favorite generation?

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Gen 4.

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Gen four.

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Black.

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So that be diamond, pearl, and

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Diamond and Pearl Platinum.

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Wow, what is it about gen 4 that makes it your favorite?

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It was the first, like, up and coming generation of a time that I could actually, like, remember this.

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So like, Gen 4 was coming out, I think I was in Elementary or middle school.

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Pokemon Diamond and Pearl was coming out.

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Like, they literally gave out bookmarks with the starters on it.

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I remember it.

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That's awesome.

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So, I have just memories more with Gen 4 because it was my first brand new generation coming out.

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And you remember the save button this time.

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Yes, mhm.And the pattern n continued.

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I picked Turtwig, and it was the only thing I leveled up.

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Was it a, uh, Torterra by the time you got to the first gen as well,

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I, that I don't remember.

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Okay, fair enough, fair enough.

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I just distinctly remember the route right before where the Whismur Cave is.

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I distinctly remember being in that grass for hours, leveling up a Treecko.

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That's why I remember that one.

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Turtwig, I think, just naturally got to Torterra.

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So, you know, you talk about Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, you know, there's a lot of nostalgia with those games.

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What did you think of the remakes that came out?

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Uh Oh god.

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oh.

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So, I actually like the chibi style.

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I know a lot of people don't, but I actually liked it because it reminded me more of the style of Diamond, Pearl, Platinum.

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Do I get that they could have done more?

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Yes.

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Because I played both Brilliant Diamond and Shiny Pearl.

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I have both Because I had to play through both of them because I shiny hunted Arceus for a year.

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Oh, jeez.

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I, so, my, uh, Memory with BDSP isn't the kindest considering the fact I was stuck on, what is it, Mt.

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Coronet for a year.

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You went up the mountain then you saw the God of Pokemon for a year.

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Yeah, I, most of my, earlier content is me shiny hunting that, what did I call it, deer stuck in a fence?

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Goat stuck in a fence?

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I called it a lot of names.

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I, I was sick of looking at'em.

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Did it eventually shine at least?

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It did, It only took 8,152.

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Only eight thou you're so close to 10, 000.

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Oh my gosh.

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125 hours, six minutes and two seconds.

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my God.

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That's some dedication to get a shiny stuck in the fence.

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on my starting soon screen, it is the first clip that plays, is me getting that shiny.

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How excited were you when you got it?

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Uh, headphone destroying loud.

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I'm a very loud person if it wasn't obvious.

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I think I broke the sound barrier when I got

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Hahaha! Were you on stream with your friends, or were you still kind of just streaming alone at that time?

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I was It's funny because, at the time, we were, I forgot how the conversation came up, but we're talking about what year we graduated high school.

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And, I'm like, I graduated 2018, and then the encounter started, and then I saw it.

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I think Squid was in the call, and a couple other people.

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Yeah, I think I was On call with people during Yeah, I was.

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Oh, geez.

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I'm sure you Hahaha! They probably thought They probably thought something happened to you.

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Well What I called shiny hunting with Arceus every hour.

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I'm like, guys, we've been, we've been here for an hour and 20, uh, 125 hours of, of togetherness because some people literally sat there the entire 125 hours worth of streams.

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Oh, geez.

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That's some dedication right there.

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And I took breaks from hunting this thing because my sanity was like, Non existent at one point.

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I actually, funny enough, I got Arceus during a, uh, I had a, uh, bit goal, not bit goal, uh, channel point goal for, I forget how much, I think it was a million, and it was a 12 hour stream of me just hunting this thing.

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And, so, I think it was around the 10 hour mark is when it showed up.

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And then I streamed for 14.

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I didn't even stream for 12.

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I was too excited.

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I streamed for 14.

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Because I think an hour of it was just me staring at the darn thing.

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That's awesome.

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I'm glad finally got your shiny Arceus.

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That was, that's some dedication.

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I always say shiny hunters are a different breed because I get frustrated if I have to restart a legendary encounter.

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You guys are going for years sometimes, or days trying to get something to shine.

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It's, I admire y'all's dedication.

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Each, each reset in BDSP takes a minute.

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The damn loading screen is so long.

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So you talked about how, you know, you're streaming on Twitch and we alluded to a little bit.

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What made you want to do that?

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And how did you kind of find the friends you have now?

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So, I'm pretty sure you had him on the, you had Lander Alpha on the podcast, So, I'm one of his mods.

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And, I was in his stream almost like every, every stream.

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So, and I went, you know, streaming Kyle looks fun.

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at the time he had a little, talk show after, after spotlight hour.

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He would do like an hour where he like asked people how, how they're enjoying Pokemon GO and stuff.

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I went on there and talked about how I was interested in streaming.

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And that if I had 50 followers, I would start streaming.

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The second I said that I hit 55.

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I, I, I spoke it into existence.

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I was about to say, yeah.

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So at that point I'm like, well, looks like I gotta start streaming.

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And I've been streaming pretty much ever since.

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have you found like enjoyment in it?

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Cause I always see you laughing.

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I always hear you laughing.

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I always hear you having a good time with everybody.

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I quite enjoy streaming.

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Normally, because of my work schedule, I literally get off of work and immediately start streaming, and that's kind of the better part of my day, is actually streaming, because work can be stressful sometimes.

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So streaming is kind of a de stressor for you.

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A little bit, yes.

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I mean, it's something to look forward to because usually, I don't know if you're always, if you stream alone, but usually I see with other people, it's like, you know, you deal with, uh, I don't know what you do for work, but you deal with like a stressful work environment and you kind of go home and you got something to look forward to streaming a game you're playing with people and stuff like that.

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I'm pretty, it sounds like a good time.

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It kind of keeps me, motivated.

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Because know some streamers struggle with, uh, Like, especially newer ones, where they don't, have anyone talking in the chat.

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So like, they don't exactly know what to say, and I'm still kinda there.

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Which is kinda why I like having at least someone to talk to in the call.

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And then it It starts with one, and then, oh god, there's five people in the call.

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When did this happen?

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What does it mean to have those friends with y'all on the same call when you stream?

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I'm very thankful for them.

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Like, don't think I would've, uh, I don't think I would've made it far, with streaming if I didn't have anyone to talk to.

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So, I'm very thankful for them.

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You've been listening to As the Pokeball Turns.

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We're going to take a quick break.

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We'll be right back.

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So I know you have experience with Pokemon go.

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So when did you first start playing that?

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I was in West Virginia at the time, I was on vacation.

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And I overheard that if you downloaded a Japanese, Google Play Store, you could get Pokemon Go a day early.

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So I did that.

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I essentially played pokemon Go since it was released.

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It sounds like you're pretty excited for it to come out.

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Oh, I was.

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Because it's Pokemon in the real world?

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What?

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That's crazy!

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Right.

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Were you like one of the people who like, uh, stayed out late at night to like four in the morning?

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Like how dedicated were you when you first came out?

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Yeah, that, yeah, I was up until 4 in the morning playing the game sometimes.

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Yeah, that was me.

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Yeah.

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We all were.

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Hear those stories about the people almost getting run over by cars because they're trying to catch something?

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Yeah, that's me.

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Did you start with bubble sores?

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Well, I assume,

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I, I picked Bulbasaur, yep.

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uh,

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I still, I actually still have it.

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Really?

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You still have the

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still have it.

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It's still a Bulbasaur and it's from West Virginia.

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like, like, I remember seeing a Snorlax on the radar and immediately bolting towards it.

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Yeah,

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It still now, but yeah.

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and that one I still have.

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I still have some of my original 2016 ones.

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Oh, I'm so jealous.

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I

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And I know a lot of people are like, why don't you just trade them to get a guaranteed lucky?

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But I'm like, but, but the memories!

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Like, I remember when I was asleep and I saw like a Venusaur on my nearby.

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I'm like.

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Damn, I went to go for this Venusaur, ain't I?

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And I literally got out of my bed and had to jump over a fence because it was a different apartment complex.

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the Venus I I encountered the Venusaur.

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It ran away, unfortunately, because, uh, catch rates existed,

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Catch rates exist.

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Yep.

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I,

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to it, even if I didn't catch it.

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I remember It was a similar story.

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It was a Blastoise.

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I got to the Blastoise.

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And I probably threw about 20 balls at it.

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And I ran out of Pokeballs.

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Oh, no.

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I ran out of Pokeballs.

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And so, I immediately made a stop, it was gone by then.

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Yes, because that was before you could pay for it while you were on the encounter.

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That's right.

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Mm hmm.

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So, I'm like, well, That sucks.

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I would've loved the Blastoise.

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Like three hours passed, and another Blastoise spawned.

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I caught that one.

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Oh wow, so you got two Blastoise two dang, crazy.

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It was three Blastoises in one day, it was crazy.

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There was a third one, it spawned off of a lure.

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And I remember, because I was playing Pokemon Go with a friend at the time, and They went to the bathroom, and a Blastoise spawned.

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And by the time they got back, the Blastoise wasn't there anymore.

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poor thing.

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And I'm like, wow, you missed the Blastoise.

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How does that make you feel?

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Oh, what'd they say?

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Oh, they weren't happy with They were not happy with me.

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It's like you didn't even tell me.

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I'm like, what was I supposed to do?

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Exactly

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Open the door like, hey! There's a Blastoise over here! Get off the commode!

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you want me to do?

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Oh god.

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So, when it comes to Pokemon Go, have you had a chance to go to any in person events at all?

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I actually went to GoFest last year.

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Ooh, was that your first GoFest ever?

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It was my first GoFest ever.

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tell me about it.

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What was it like go to your first GoFest?

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In your backyard?

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I lived in Jersey my whole life, and that the first time I've been to New York.

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We find it funny because, I would be struggling to figure out Gopher City, and then there's Squid, he's, he's, he's frickin swinging across the, like, like, this man, is miles ahead, cause he knows the city in and out, and I'm sitting here going, Help?

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I don't, I don't belong here!

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I don't come the border too often.

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What are these tall buildings?

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They don't exist in Jersey! Help! Oh But, but, GoFest was great because I actually got to see, like, that was the first time I actually saw a squid in person.

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Really?

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Y'all never met before?

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No, it was the first time I saw him in person.

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most of the people that I talked to, in the voice chat was the first time meeting them was in New York.

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Also, like reunion.

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Yeah, it was, yeah, that was kind of the best part for me was actually seeing the people I've talked to for

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I know you're a mod for LanderAlpha.

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Did you get to meet him as well?

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I guess that was your first time meeting him as well?

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Mm hmm.

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It was.

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He was streaming at the time because he has this whole, backpack setup.

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So like, he, his mobile, setup is insane.

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So it was the easiest way to spot him was just look for the guy with the backpack with wires coming out of it.

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He was not hard to find.

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Right?

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So, so yeah, there is a part of His, I think it was his day one stream that we bombarded his stream.

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Really?

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Yeah.

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So y'all just look for him and then just surrounded him kind of thing?

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Or what y'all do?

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Essentially that, I think it was like five of us and we all was like, Is that LandorAlpha?

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And then we just ran over there.

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But, but a lot of people did that to him because a lot of people were Like I said, like, first time I met a lot of people.

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Like, first time people got to meet him, and stuff like that.

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Last question in regards to GoFest, you know, if somebody was on the fence of going, you know, what would you tell them?

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I mean, if you like Pokemon Go, and it's something that you actively enjoy, I recommend going.

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If it's anything like last year, they literally had, this entire park was just Pokemon Go themed.

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Like they had giant like, the actual habitats had a physical landmark that you could physically see.

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It was pretty cool, because, you look at your phone like, Oh, look, that's cool, and then it's not there, but in this case, it was there! And plus, if you're like me and have talked to people for years and haven't seen them in person, and they're going, I think it's worth going.

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Just to see them and play Pokemon Go together because it's a fun time.

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I got one last question before we close this interview.

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So, if somebody was going to come battle you, they're going to travel to New Jersey, and you can bring a team of six Pokemon, what six Pokemon would you bring to the battle?

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the funny thing is, I think I actually have something that has the six Pokemons I would bring.

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Um,

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Really?

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yeah,

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Like, a little graphic and stuff like

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Little graphic thing.

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So, my favorite type of Pokemons, at least from what it looks like, I like the Pokemons that are, not many people like, plus, are not like, the strongest.

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For example, Volbeat is my favorite bug type.

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When was the last time you heard someone talk about Volbeat?

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Never.

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I've never heard anybody talk about

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It is my I, I, No.

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You can ask anyone on my stream.

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I'd love that Pokemon.

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I'd constantly defend that Pokemon.

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I would bring a Volbeat and probably lose, but I will bring it.

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I don't care.

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Is that your favorite Pokemon, Volbeat?

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Oh,

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If it wasn't obvious.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Volbeat.

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And not because of the damn, ugh, the creep, uh, copypasta.

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Oh, copy pasta.

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Please,

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I'm the AL.

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I'm sick of hearing it.

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Because it was my favorite Pokemon before then.

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And then everyone's like, Wow, you only like it because it's like, No! No! Not my child!

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could you do that to my boy?

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Exactly.

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But, uh, so it would be, Obviously Vaporeon.

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Sure.

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It would be Volbeat.

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Venusaur, because it's my favorite starter.

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Gotta go the old classic.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I find it hilarious that my favorite Pokémon probably Blaziken.

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Because, it is I also play Pokemon Unite.

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It is my Pokemon Unite main, plus I liked Blaziken.

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When I replayed Emerald, I picked Torchic instead of, Sceptile, and I fell in love with Blaziken more.

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Blaziken's hard beat too.

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It's pretty cool.

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