Mans Who Play Mons: A Pokemon Battle Recap Podcast

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)

Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep7-battle.html

Show notes:

[0:58] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Starter_Pokémon Starting Pokemon

[2:05] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beanie_Babies Beanie Babies

[2:06] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamagotchi Tamagotchi(s)

[2:43] https://web.archive.org/web/19990501171038/http://www.nintendo.com/corp/press/100298.html Pokemon US release

[7:43] https://porygon.math.miami.edu:7233 Not the earliest simulator, but pretty close

[8:29] http://nbsup.50webs.com A subsequent simulator that implemented more things properly

[13:05] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pikachu_variants#Surfing_Pikachu Surfing Raichu

[19:09] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2AgAdQwyGI Hyper Beam status bug

[20:20] https://github.com/pret/pokered Disassembled Red/Blue

[25:16] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/m/mimic.htm Mimic

[28:28] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jynx#Controversy_and_reception Jynx is problematic

[39:24] https://www.christmastreeshops.com/home Christmas Tree Shops

[1:04:14] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Sleep_(status_condition)#Generation_II The wake up turn

Replay (with spoilers): http://mattlaq-s3-test.s3.amazonaws.com/ep6-battle.html

Show notes:

[1:25] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha's_Vineyard Martha's Vineyard

[1:42] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident Chappaquiddick incident

[2:22] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_curse Kennedy curse

[5:00] https://americanmarywa.com American Mary

[5:09] https://www.katespub.com Kate's Pub

[5:39] https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/King_County_Metro_Transit_6936-6999,_6800#6973 The bus (note the bus being assigned to East Base, when it was on an Atlantic Base route)

[6:11] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0361198118780834 Matt's transit research

[25:23] https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gameboy/198314-pokemon-yellow-version-special-pikachu-edition/images/266 It DID say fully paralyzed!

[32:51] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimodal_distribution Bimodal distribution

[44:10] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/pokedex/comp/water.htm Tentacruel's HP in context (both wrong!)

[57:00] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Garbodor_(Pokémon) Garbodor

[1:00:06] https://www.podcastinsights.com/top-us-podcasts/ Top podcasts (note: page isn't accurate)

[1:00:47] https://www.livejournal.com/community/ Livejournal Communities

Battle replay (with spoilers): https://mattlaq-s3-test.s3.amazonaws.com/ep5-battle.html

[1:09] https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/191.html Integer underflow

[1:20] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_glitches_in_Generation_I Generation I bugs

[5:14] https://www.serebii.net/rb/trades.shtml Crinkles

[31:02] https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/198314-pokemon-yellow-version-special-pikachu-edition/74521120 Uses of Pin Missile

[35:16] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Critical_hit#Damage Critical hit damage

[37:50] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/h/hyper_beam.htm Hyper Beam mechanics

[39:40] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Critical_hit#Probability Focus Energy bug

[42:57] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pokémon_by_base_stats_(Generation_I) Pokemon listed by base stats

[45:57] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_Congress Contempt of Congress

[50:41] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Accuracy#Generation_I_and_II History of 255/256 accuracy

[51:53] https://www.ssbwiki.com/Tripping Tripping

[52:54] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/comp/ko.htm OHKOs

[52:59] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/comp/evacc.htm Evade/Accuracy

[57:28] http://www.zero.eclipse.co.uk/mp/rbycalc.shtml Run the numbers, Ilya

[1:10:07] http://cherubi.com/forum/4589/ekans-spelled-backwards/ "Snale"

Battle replay (with spoilers): https://mattlaq-s3-test.s3.amazonaws.com/ep4-battle.html

Show notes:

[4:44] https://pokemon.alexonsager.net Pokemon Fusion

[6:06] https://pokemon.fandom.com/wiki/Venustoise Venu(s)toise (Matt can't read)

[6:29] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pokémon_merge_glitch Pokemon don't just merge together

[12:39] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/comp/bug.htm Bug moves

[25:18] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/r/reflect.htm Reflect

[26:04] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Counter_(move)#Handheld_games Counter bug

[42:57] https://othermetagames.weebly.com/pokemon-showdown-commands.html /forfeit

[45:06] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendster Friendster

Replay (with spoilers): https://mattlaq-s3-test.s3.amazonaws.com/ep3-battle.html

Show notes:

[2:16] https://www.smogon.com/dex/rb/formats/ Smogon tiers (used for leveling in Pokemon Showdown)

[4:45] http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?cover_id=6063 Pokemon Red cover art

[4:50] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pokémon_Red_and_Blue_Versions#Game-exclusive_Pok.C3.A9mon Red/Blue exclusive Pokemon

[8:41] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_analyzer Packet Sniffer

[15:15] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Critical_hit#Probability High critical hit chance probability

[17:00] https://www.fuckityo.com/2012/10/hyper-beam-for-fun-and-profit.html Powerful Hyper Beams

[21:30] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/s/seismic_toss.htm Seismic Toss

[49:12] https://ronstauffer.com/blog/2010/06/29/remember-aol-keywords/ AOL keyword

Replay (with spoilers): https://mattlaq-s3-test.s3.amazonaws.com/ep2-battle.html

Show notes:

[2:33] https://www.smogon.com/rb/articles/critical_hits Critical hit rates

[4:36] https://repository.library.northeastern.edu/files/neu:rx915g14s Ilya's dissertation

[5:27] http://pokedex.kary.ca/catchmew.shtml How to catch Mew

[15:20] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/tms.htm TMs

[17:55] https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/925601-pokemon-diamond-version/42877385 Double powder

[51:59] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/s/sky_attack.htm A multi-turn move a Pidgey could learn

[52:18] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/m/mirror_move.htm Mirror Move

[52:59] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Recoil Recoil

[57:22] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Fox_64#Multiplayer Star Fox 64 multiplayer

[1:00:53] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Buzz Google Buzz

Replay (with spoilers): https://mattlaq-s3-test.s3.amazonaws.com/ep1-battle.html

Show notes:

[4:08] https://pokemonshowdown.com/ Pokemon Showdown

[8:03] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/forum/buzz/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=000526 Mewtwo's Cheapness Revisited

[8:22] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/compendium/typechart.htm Pokemon type chart

[9:11] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/comp/sleep.htm Sleep

[9:45] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/comp/paralysis.htm Paralysis

[11:41] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/t/transform.htm Transform

[13:26] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/compendium/battdam.htm Battle damage formula

[15:40] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Recall Switching

[18:15] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/comp/statmods.htm Stat modifiers

[23:55] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/e/explosion.htm Explosion

[26:50] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/compendium/battdam.htm Same-type attack bonus (STAB)

[30:18] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Accuracy#Generation_I_and_II 99.6% accuracy

[33:05] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Statistic#Special The Special stat

[35:20] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Rule_variants Sleep clause

[43:11] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/c/counter.htm Counter

[50:00] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Critical_hit#In_Generation_I Critical hits

[55:15] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/r/rest.htm Rest

[56:24] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/comp/ice.htm Ice-type moves

[1:10:17] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/forum/buzz/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=000688 Dragonite21's signature (4th post)

[1:11:01] https://www.smogon.com/rb/articles/critical_hits Critical hit chances