Mans Who Play Mons: A Pokemon Battle Recap Podcast

You're listening to Mans Who Play Mans Who Play Mons! They boys recap the first ever episode of Mans Who Play Mons.

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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 Yellow [20:25] https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/chaos.1/page-7#profile-post-1714513 So stupid [50:21] https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/substituer/75125 So so stupid

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] https://www.civfanatics.com/images/civ2/poster/civ2chart.jpg The poster [12:54] https://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug04/standing How Ilya harassed Matt in school [19:55] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_of_Caerbannog Killer rabbit [24:01] https://www.dairyqueen.com/us-en/Menu/Treats/?localechange=1& It's Dairy Queen, dummy [48:29] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/comp/ko.htm Because these moves exist, Matt

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 [36:00] https://youtu.be/lQPfQQrUnJM?t=67 Try Hovering! [57:13] https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/dravling/grice.html Grice's Maxims

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] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neodymium_magnet_toys Killer magnets [55:24] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain Is Pokemon a Markov chain?

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] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_NetBattle NetBattle [10:24] https://github.com/pret/pokered/blob/d3f13528754b985e892385dbd88c3c9a95681f1b/engine/battle/effects.asm#L214 Mea culpa, there is no address that switches Blizzard to a 30% freeze chance. This misconception is built on a misreading of the code that controls paralysis, burn, and freeze. [11:27] https://www.cbr.com/pokemon-questions-answers-facts-trivia/ No one even knows how many stupid Pokemon there are [12:08] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EDAyuWOriQ Mew glitch [12:34] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/S.S._Anne#The_truck The truck [13:38] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/forum/tuff/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=000265 (Warning: badly behaved early 2000s internet teenagers) You have to move the truck [14:14] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mr._Pok%C3%A9mon Mr. Pokemon is a different guy! [14:15] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Celadon_Condominiums#Generations_I.2C_III.2C_and_VII "I know everything" guy reduced to merely "an NPC" [15:05] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Old_man_glitch#Custom_name Mewtwos in the Missingno. glitch [21:57] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-double Double double (basketball) [22:05] https://www.in-n-out.com/menu#doubledouble Double double (In-N-Out) [31:48] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/t/transform.htm How Transform works [1:01:00] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/p/psywave.htm Psywave

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] https://www.luckyenvelopebrewing.com Matt's other poison [37:12] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlhsYKeUt-w Paralysis penalty stacking [41:30] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan_Islands San Juan Islands [48:34] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_Advisory It's "Parental Advisory", Matt [48:35] https://www.esrb.org/ratings-guide/ ESRB ratings [56:50] https://www.bostonharbornow.org/nye/ Put on a damn mask and look at dumb ice outside [57:25] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/there-is-little-evidence-that-mass-transit-poses-a-risk-of-coronavirus-outbreaks/ Links to interesting(?) studies

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 [44:34] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler%27s_fallacy Gambler's Fallacy

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 Year [51:07] https://pastebin.com/nFyDtX9m Quotes from the Netbattle Server (Content Warning: still written by awful teenagers circa 2006) [51:21] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pokémon_NetBattle Netbattle [52:13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_(video_games) Clans [52:55] https://www.spanishdict.com/translate/ingle?langFrom=es The groins I am translating [53:16] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=legend&page=5 Why am I linking to this cesspool?

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 [53:20] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pokémon_by_base_stats_(Generation_I) Vulpix's attack is actually 16th worst [54:54] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Bruno Bruno [55:03] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Fighting_Dojo The name is Kiyo (not Steve) [1:01:26] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Link_Cable Game Link Cable [1:01:29] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftTalHMjPRY Counter Desync explained better

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] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/p/psywave.htm Psywave (is garbage) [30:51] https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/normal-types-cannot-be-paralyzed-by-body-slam.3525371/ Normal types can't be paralyzed by Body Slam [49:06] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_game Zero-sum game

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] https://www.smogon.com/dex/rb/pokemon/slowbro/ What one does with a Slowbro [36:02] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_King Tiger guy from that Netflix thing [52:15] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-22201666 Money still on pheasant [56:00] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Cerulean_Cave Dumb cave

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 pictures of the Grimer strategist Super Nerd, sorry) [23:21] https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/31/strength/ Shut up jerk [49:30] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Professor_Oak/Quotes#Red.2C_Blue_and_Yellow Trust and love

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] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosary#Single-decade_rosaries It's this, but secular [10:07] https://pokemonlp.fandom.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Pronunciation_Guide/Generation_I ruh-TA-tuh? [15:22] https://www.smogon.com/dex/rb/pokemon/jolteon/ Double Kick is for Chanseys [22:57] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/pokedex/comp/electric.htm Electabuzz's special is second lowest among electric types [28:35] https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2011/09/right.html Right good [38:40] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros George Soros [41:25] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiths The Smiths [43:14] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makaton Makaton [45:10] https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/7ii2j1/trying_to_open_a_fantasy_roleplaying_themed/ Where to find Dragon Eggs Toast [45:30] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragon#Reproduction Eggs [46:32] https://www.nba.com/top-nba-finals-moments-michael-jordan-flu-game-game-5-1997-finals The flu game

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] http://edition.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9910/14/t_t/pokemon.tt/ Pokemon was a phenomenon [12:15] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/compendium/typechart-printable.htm On the dorm room wall [13:57] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-player_character NPCs [14:08] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameShark Gameshark [18:01] https://archives.glitchcity.info/wiki/Item_stack_duplication_glitch.html Item duplication [18:03] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Hall_of_Fame "Hall of Fame" [20:11] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Effort_values It's "Stat Experience" [21:31] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Celadon_Game_Corner "Game Corner" [24:02] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Legendary_birds Legendary birds [25:20] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Flinch Flinch [27:00] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/t/toxic.htm Toxic [28:55] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/forum/tuff/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=000520 Satire of the standard Generation 1 team [31:00] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/compendium/training.htm Training to maximize stat experience [31:35] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/m/minimize.htm Minimize [31:39] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/comp/evacc.htm Evasion [32:50] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/l/light_screen.htm Light Screen [35:05] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/d/double_team.htm Double Team [36:36] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Sleep_(status_condition)#Generation_I Sleep is shorter in Pokemon Stadium [1:15:33] http://rby.psim.us/ New (to us) server [1:17:53] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Accuracy#Generation_I_and_II Pokemon Stadium handles the accuracy check differently [1:20:33] https://www.ssbwiki.com/Throw#In_Super_Smash_Bros. Throws in Super Smash Brothers

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 Sources

Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep8-battle.html Show notes: [1:08] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4′33″ How can someone honestly believe this is their "most important work" [3:57] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Jon_Benjamin H. Jon Benjamin [10:09] https://pokemonlp.fandom.com/wiki/Pokémon_Pronunciation_Guide/Generation_I Pokemon Pronunciation [14:03] https://www.smogon.com/dex/rb/pokemon/slowbro/ Standard Slowbro strategy [29:09] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/forum/tuff/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=000443 See Dragonite21's post (post 19) for where Matt probably picked up 'parafuse' [33:01] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/pokedex/comp/fire.htm Ninetales' Attack stat in context [41:17] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/comp/paralysis.htm See the note on Rest [46:43] http://mleo2003.tripod.com/research/teamstrategy.htm PP Wasting as strategy (strategy 4)