Luke Loves Pokémon (a Forumite Podcast)

Huh. Apparently I never posted Poliwag. Enjoy, I guess.

So. My current visa  ends on February 1st. Work are trying some schemes and tricks to try and arrange for me to stay, but theres a real chance I'll be facing some upheaval throughout next month, heading to Arizona for a couple of weeks, then moving back to the UK and working on getting a management position in wagamama and moving to Scotland.

To that end, I'm trying to get ahead with the show just in case. If you habe anything to say about the Abra, Machop, Bellsprout, Tentacool, Geodude, Ponyta, Slowpoke or Magnemite families, try to get in touch in the next couple of weeks.

In other news, I'm taking part in the United Pokemon Podcasters League. This is my first run-in with competitive Pokemon and I woke up at 3am this morning to take part in a draft. I'm not planning to take it super seriously but it should lead to some amusing #content and help expand my audience. Check out the twitter and that if you want. Most of you don't even follow and retweet this show . . .

That's a lot to take in, I guess the preferred thing is to stay in Japan and from vids of others on YouTube I thought if you're working etc then you had a good possibility of staying is that not the case then.

The link doesn't work and as it's a draft guessing it's TTCG?

Nah, visas in Japan are a ballache unless you have a degree and/ or 3 years experience in your field.

The link wasn't working because I spelled it wrong. Fixed it now!

And no, the league is VGC, the draft is just to keep it spicy and make everyone use unconventional mixes of monsters.

Thanks I'll checking it out and that sucks, maybe have to say you're a extraordinary alien like in America.

Abra

This might have been my best episode yet but I'm coming down with a cold so my voice is horrible.

GNamer always follows and retweets this show! Abra episode was pretty cool, especially the background bit at the beginning. I never knew about the sudden disappearance of Kadabra! Sadly I couldn't hear Mr. Rice this time around.

Bellsprout:

Tentacool:

Geodude:

Don't have much to say about the others. I'm sorry you're having to come back, Drunka. At least you'll be slightly closer to Shen?

I'm pretty happy either way to be honest, I just want to know for sure and then me and Shen can make proper plans. I'll for sure be seeing her next month one way or another so Im too excited about that to be worried about anything else.

I have some speculation which might interest you when we get to Graveler . . .

Machop Man Andy Savage

Bellsprout.

Leo Burnett and 4Kids are the devil!

I've got a lot of nostalgia for Victreebel.

Also, at the idea that Machoke ripped off Graveler's weedy little rock arms in passing, stuck them on its shoulders, and grew them into muscular titans.

Tentacool

Geodude.
I'm really happy with this one.

Balladeer wrote:

Also, at the idea that Machoke ripped off Graveler's weedy little rock arms in passing, stuck them on its shoulders, and grew them into muscular titans.

Balla, I don't think people are suggesting he physically ripped them off I picture it more like Jeff Goldblum in the fly.

I picked up the recently released Eevee GX box and a Team-Up Elite Trainer box (I may continue back collecting), I did pull a Secret Rare Hoopa-GX which seems to be worth £15, I didn't get the Mas and Drunka card which is an Eevee and Snorlax Team Up card.

Because I got all this I had a bunch of codes for the online game which I've managed to make a weird Dark/Grass deck which is playable in standard and so far I've played 5 games which I've won 3 and lost 2.

I can't understand any of that, unfortunately, but I hope you're having a good time with your cards Mas! Unlike me listening to LLP...

Drunkalilly wrote:

If you habe anything to say about the Abra, Machop, Bellsprout, Tentacool, Geodude, Ponyta, Slowpoke or Magnemite families, try to get in touch in the next couple of weeks.

Balladeer wrote:

Bellsprout:

Tentacool:

Geodude:

Luke Loves Pokémon wrote:

None of those.

Sorry Balla. I noticed just after I recorded this batch that i forgot to grab messages from the forum but im a busy boy!

This is why voice clips are better

You... forgot the forum!? After all we've done for you...

Magnemite

I'm out of pre-recorded podcasts again now, and as it happens I didn't have to move across the planet again so there was no reason to rush a whole bunch of episodes. Anyway, let me know your thoughts about Farfetch'd and I'll definitely remember to use them this time

Er, I forgot. Sorry.  If you still have time:

Farfetch'd:

I've been on annual leave so I haven't listened to any podcasts. I'll get to the Maggies next week!

God damn it balls man, I just finished editing and I'm on my way to Tokyo to meet Shen.

Oops! It happens. Let me get the next one in early...

...I got nothing. Sorry.

Farfetch'd. Get it in your ears.

One of Andy's best yet.  Also, I've got something that I think will be very much 'on brand' for Luke:

Doduo:

More birds.
I think I'm finally done with Generation One Normal/ Flying types? This is like "Just a Dinosaur" on Monster Mash all over again . . .

Seel.
Andy and I didn't plan this, but I knew there was a reason we were friends.

Dewgong's cute though.

Grimer and Muk are, I'm afraid, one of the top answers to people who say that designs have got worse over time. Especially Grimer: Muk seems to have a dopey sort of attitude to it, but Grimer's just an animated pile of sludge. Their oil-on-water-rainbow Alolan forms are cool, but where the base forms are concerned, I prefer Trubbish. I genuinely do.