got me a golden boy from the midnight blimp

so lovely, not the best IVs, but ill definitely be maxxing it out for help in raids

also got a shiny shadow Gyarados the other day with much worse IVs 😆

any luck for y'all?

u/FAmos — 7 days ago
▲ 55 r/PTCGP

whenever i lose a solo battle and it pops up with a suggestion for a deck i should use...

How about I use whatever deck i want, and you STOP RIGGING THE RNG 🤬

dont tell me i need to use another deck while you literally rig every fucking coin flip and card draw

so fucking annoying, they really wanna make the solo battles so frustrating that i dont wanna play the game AT ALL

insane decisions the development team makes, absolutely ridiculous they cant just make the AI smarter instead of rigging the fuck out if it

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u/FAmos — 8 days ago
▲ 36 r/Lizards

I had a feeling i was being watched... (Sceloporus olivaceus)

this Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) has been hanging around lately, i think its stalking me

had a creepy feeling I was being watched, and sure enough it was him again 😨

u/FAmos — 9 days ago
▲ 119 r/Toads

noticed him watching me while i was cleaning the back area

he was sitting in a crack where i usually see crickets, i imagine that's why he was there

i tried to hand him a cricket but he wasn't into it, too prideful i imagine

u/FAmos — 10 days ago

Peru James x Peru Blue #3 - showing off its blueness

this is one of my favorite Peruvianus hybrids

u/FAmos — 24 days ago

anyone else noticing the game freeze a lot? especially after defeating a raid boss, before you get to throw balls

its very annoying, this makeup day was supposed to make up for the poor performance and mistakes, but just today ive had 3 times the game froze, so i had to restart it and hope i was able to throw at the mon still, which luckily i was able to

sometimes when it freezes, it the gym is no longer a raid, it'll just end up screwing me over

and dont even get me started on the ridiculously bad customer service

you could have the guy sitting there next to you witnessing it happen with his own eyes, and he'd still say sorry we cant refund your raid pass

after 10 years of putting up with this slop of a company, im not surprised, but its starting to feel like im masochistic for playing haha

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u/FAmos — 25 days ago

Trichocereus pachanoi PC bloom, w/ some nice music 🎵

what a stunner, now i want my other cacti to flower so i can start crossing these fellas

u/FAmos — 29 days ago

my PC stand flowering for the first time - from beginning to full bloom

ive had this Home Depot PC Pedro for like 5 or 6 years, and the stand finally decided to flower

i suspect because i started feeding it kelp fertilizer, i read they like potassium for flowering

from first photo to full bloom took like a week, but it was looking similar to that first photo for a while before that, without changing much

such a big beautiful flower 😲 doesnt smell very strong

u/FAmos — 29 days ago

got two hundo Raichu on my first two mega raids, one of each

is this guaranteed or something? or did i just have ridiculous luck?

if im just lucky, i sure wish i could have had that luck on Mewtwo or Kyogre 😆

interesting 🧐

u/FAmos — 1 month ago

why Niantic never seemed to care about the game

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The engineering priority under old management was never fixing the PvP netcode, balancing the combat engine, or overhauling the stale gym loops. The engineering priority was refining the AR mapping tools, reducing drift data, and optimizing the geospatial pipeline. The game was just the carrot on a stick to keep the free labor moving.

This is exactly why the Scopely acquisition is such a massive structural reset. By decoupling the actual game service from Niantic's spatial mapping division, the app is finally owned by a company that relies strictly on game mechanics to generate profit.

They don't care about training autonomous robots; they care about player retention, live events, and monetization. For the first time in a decade, the game is actually being treated like a game product rather than a front for data collection.

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u/FAmos — 1 month ago

you can back out during a super mega raid, heal your mega and come back in

to take down the shield, don't just give up because your mega died

also, how insane that the devs even allow people to enter without a Mega

this weekend is a real IQ test many will fail 😔

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u/FAmos — 1 month ago

They should do like 2x stardust from Pokemon you catch from a lure or incense

I think that'd be good for the game, and inspire people to play more and spend more on those resources

What do you think my intelligent Instinct brethren?

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u/FAmos — 1 month ago

I want nicotine lozenges with the same dimensions as a Pez candy

So I can use a Pez dispenser to dispense them

Depending on the character, it's either cooler or cuter than a pouch style tin

u/FAmos — 2 months ago

This part of my TBM Crest making me feel warm and fuzzy

Crested Bridgesii really are special

Like a cactus, but much weirder, always something new to look at and gorgeous shades of green and blue, excited to continue watching this part continue to unfold 👀

u/FAmos — 2 months ago

Why doesn't Kanto Sandslash have access to Drill Run, but the Alolan variant does?

That's disrespectful, Sandslash could use the help and it wouldn't make it broken or anything

I just wanna see my Kanto boys get some love 💕

And I have really good GL and UL IVs of the normal and shadow

I wanna see the shadow shiny, that thing would look so 🔥

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u/FAmos — 2 months ago

Peru James x Peru Blue #3 - mean looking pup

This guy is one of my favorite looking in the collection

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Gets super blue 💙

u/FAmos — 2 months ago

Landrace Bridgesii - one of my favorites 🤌

Love the look of her, she's a vigorous grower, has been super tolerant of wet and dry conditions, she's a real gem 💎

u/FAmos — 2 months ago

We finally did it, after all these years I have a hundo Necrozma muwahahha!

I've done so many damn lucky trades with Necrozma and always got shafted, but persistence has paid off 👏

Also a shiny and from Taiwan

Good luck with your Remote Trades folks, got my fingers crossed for y'all 🤞

u/FAmos — 3 months ago