Mans Who Play Mons: A Pokemon Battle Recap Podcast

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[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

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[1:00] Ilya, you're scaring the children

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[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