The Lava Pool

The Lava Pool

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The Lava Pool episodes

  • Blister in the Sun

    We finally catch up to the metagame that won't slow down. This week Sam, Toler, Oliver, and Gabby try and process the vast array of teams from regionals, paying for online tournies and content, and if tiering Pokemon is even possible.

    0:00:20 Intro, sandwiches.

    0:05:40 Pokemon Bank.
    0:08:10 Regional and metagame tangents.
    0:13:00 Tiers.
    0:24:00 AFK and more metagame stuff.
    0:36:40 Melborne win a trip.
    0:42:45 Oliver vs Sam in Dallas.
    0:46:10 Question #1, Celesteela.
    0:49:50 Q2, Underrated Pokemon and the next big thing.
    0:57:30 Q3, Paid content.
    1:01:20 Q4, Tapu Bulu.
    1:03:30 Q5, Teambuilding

    1 hr 12 min
  • Fly Me to the Moon

    No visit from Santa this year, but visits from Tman, Cybertron, and Dim more than make up for it. This week we go over our favorite holiday foods, talk about all of London's many suprises, team sheets, money, and which Tapus are sniffing around your daughter.

    00:20 Holiday Foods

    02:20 London
    07:30 Trends
    14:50 Europe Circuit
    20:30 Timer
    26:30 Team Sheets
    34:49 $$$
    37:55 Memento & Parting Shot
    42:00 Questions

    58 min
  • Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

    The time for VGC17 has come. Or is it gone? Sam, Toler, and Tiffany have 3 turns to figure it out. In doing say they also cover new cores, bigest early suprises, and what is the cutest new Pokemon.

    0:00:20 Intro

    0:03:40 VGC17 Rules
    0:05:30 Timer
    0:18:35 2016
    0:23:00 Smeargle in 17
    0:24:00 17 Teams
    0:34:50 Underachievers
    0:39:20 Silvally Colors
    0:42:00 Suprises
    0:44:47 London
    0:47:56 Corrections
    0:49:46 Questions
    0:55:50 Cutest Pokemon
    1:02:42 Outro

    1 hr 8 min
  • Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me

    The time for VGC17 has come. Or is it gone? Sam, Toler, and Tiffany have 3 turns to figure it out. In doing say they also cover new cores, bigest early suprises, and what is the cutest new Pokemon.


    0:00:20 Intro
    0:03:40 VGC17 Rules
    0:05:30 Timer
    0:18:35 2016
    0:23:00 Smeargle in 17
    0:24:00 17 Teams
    0:34:50 Underachievers
    0:39:20 Silvally Colors
    0:42:00 Suprises
    0:44:47 London
    0:47:56 Corrections
    0:49:46 Questions
    0:55:50 Cutest Pokemon
    1:02:42 Outro

    1 hr 8 min
  • Here Comes the Sun (Spoilers)

    In this extra special spoilercast, DrFidget, JTK and Shiloh recount their trips through Alola. We go over our teams, evil teams, human and pokemon relationships, human and human relationships, human and cloathing relationships, etc. Did I mention there will be spoilers?

    49 min
  • Bad Moon Rising

    The days of VGC 2016 are coming to a close and a new format is begining. DrFidget welcomes back Dimsun, Bopper, and the cuss button to hit the ground running on this exciting new metagame. This episode is Sun/Moon spoiler free.

     

    0:00:20 Intro

    0:02:40 New Items

    0:07:00 Z-moves

    0:13:30 Best Rookie Pokemon

    0:43:10 Best Returning Pokemon

    1:00:25 Questions

    1 hr 15 min
  • Ninja Town
    Sam, Toler, and Tiffany are back with timers, demos, rules, and new pokemon. We also revisit bow-tie vs bikini top on our way to ninja town and depression. So you can go ahead and call this one a banger.

    00:20 Intro, Board Games
    03:30 New Timer
    05:10 Ladder Updates
    06:32 Battle Teams
    09:35 Triples and Free for All
    10:25 WCS17 Rules
    16:00 Sun & Moon Features
    26:00 Demo
    31:00 Fees and Lines
    35:00 New Pokemon
    44:00 VGC16 Metagame Changes

    53 min
  • Werewolves of London
    Take your hat off and get ready to rock, VGC 2017 is here! This week Sam, Toler, and Tiffany are breaking down Championship Points, Prize $$$, and format changes. There was also a bunch of Sun & Moon news with double doses of wolves, monkeys and unevolved Z-Moves.

    00:20 Intro, Zog
    02:30 CP Bar
    14:30 Prize $
    19:00 Format change in December
    22:05 Pokemon Bank
    25:20 Dress up is back!
    27:00 Grooming
    30:20 New Z-Moves
    36:50 Passimian
    38:55 Oranguru
    41:55 Lycanroc
    46:35 Bronzong
    50:25 Personal favorite pokemon in 2016
    58 min
  • Sandcastle Nightmare
    Apologies for the audio this week, I let the auto tools in audacity loose instead of doing everything myself. The end result is a rather manically paced episode with a number of sentences cut off. HOWEVER, the rest of the episode is so good it doesn't even matter.

    Gabby and Tiffany hang out and talk about Sun and Moon, new pokemon, fashion, and photography. Then about 40 minutes in we start talking about VGC, kind of. Welcome to the off season!
    1 hr 13 min
  • Gumshoe
    DrFidget has stolen Kyogre from the Pokemon World Championships. Gumbshoes, you need to fix your pokeradar, travel to Alola, and get Kyogre back. Then capture Carmen Sandiego!

    The Loot is Gone and the chase is on, and one of these people could find her: Toler, Tiffany and Stephen.

    0:00:20 Intro
    0:04:46 Mewtwo
    0:09:15 Pokemon GO
    0:16:30 New Pokemon Forms
    0:23:13 Z-Moves
    0:30:20 New Pokemon
    0:53:00 Aegislash
    0:54:10 Must have moves
    0:57:45 Double Primal
    0:59:56 Improving as a player and moving on from a series of bad runs
    1:04:00 Restricted pair that will win worlds
    1:07:35 Worst restricted
    1:11:20 The real answer is DrFidget himself
    1:12:50 Outro
    1 hr 18 min

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