u/Phoenisweet

I've logged into the game a few times over the past few days, I haven't gotten the beach chest for the current event, is anyone else having this issue?

(25, NB) I'm not wholly sure how to describe this beyond just hating myself, having no care for my own well being or experience, for about as far as I can remember I view the world through a very mechanical lens (X exists to do Y, if it can't, then X serves no purpose and can be tossed away) I'm a creative that's generally failed to be creative, trying my hand at coding, art, writing, with only some progress on writing. I can sometimes get things done if they're projects for friends or loved ones, but I've had little care or interest in things that I want to do, burning out very quickly on any personal projects
A side note, I know people are going to suggest therapy, that's a goal, but is not financially viable atm

Had the idle thought of Team Dim Sun getting added as an evil team to Pokerogue, partly just because of how fun their theme is, then that got me thinking how other teams from side games might fit into the game, I know it's likely not something the team would do, but mostly want to share the thought and maybe chat up what teams other folks would like to see if they could have their way

So I got an email saying someone gifted me a sub, two weird things
1: I haven't used twitch in almost a year
2: This is a streamer I'm 99% sure I've never heard of, let alone watched or participated in a stream
This feels very weird to me, is this normal?

If you gave a Pokemon something like Aerilate and Pixelate as ability/passive, what would happen when you click a Normal move? Would it be like Flying Press where it's two types? Would one take over the other? Would both power boosts stack?

Something that strikes me as odd, when you win a run with Necrobinder, one of the visual effects that plays is the effect for Thrash, an Ironclad card, AFAIK this effect isn't played with any of Necro's cards, and Clad doesn't use this effect in their attack against the Architect either, does this have lore implications? Probably not, just a detail that stuck out to me

So when you mix drinks with Spinda, specifically using things like Doom seeds, Grimy food, and Lookalike items, your stats can drop, has anyone tested what happens if you get your stats to 0 or negatives if you do this? Does the game allow you to do so?

I like to design homebrew monsters, both for campaigns I'm running, and just as a fun hobby. At that, I've noticed that a lot of the time it's easier to think of mechanics that threaten melee characters, but I often struggle to make things that effectively challenge ranged approaches, at least without hampering melee attacks at the same time.
I've mostly found it hard to justify thematically, easy to say that a monster is quick to retaliate when struck with a sword, but it's been harder to think of things that'd fit for someone using a bow or a Firebolt.
I do want to avoid doing things like just giving arbitrary resistances/immunities to certain types of attacks, I want to use these counters to let specific players shine against different foes, but being able to pepper an enemy from a distance feels too universally applicable.