u/fender8421

This was fun. And went by surprisingly quick and easy. More or less what I did:

- Medichamp with Quick Claw. Brick Break one-shotted Sandslash and destroyed the aurora veil

- Dark Drapion with Quick Claw. Used Sword Dance on the first turn with Escadrill, then one-shotted him with Night Slash. I can't remember if I endured the hit, or beat him on speed

- Ninetails took out Scyther in two Flamethrowers, while enduring the bullet punch

- Krookodile with Magical Seed for Klefki. Earthquake weakened it, then fainted

- A second Krookodile with Quick Claw wrecked it on the second earthquake

- That same second Krookodile one-shotted Aegislash with Dig, since he was protected on the first turn.

- Empoleon was one-shotted, I think with Medicham and High Jump Kick.

- Primarina wasn't even used once

I messed around a few times with a few teams and items, then this just blazed right through it. Had 3 Quick Claws and 4 Magical Seeds, but didn't use all of them. No potions or revives used. Also the first time all game that I used Sword Dance (TM'd it specifically for this)

Was loving every bit of this game (90ish hours in), but the gauntlet kinda sucked the fun out. First battle is always easy, then finally beat the second, didn't realize there's no chance to save or anything for the third.

I've found most battles outside of Aya and Samson to be pretty reasonable if not somewhat easy, but this just seems excessive. Plus you're basically trapped in Argate Circus/Ametrine area.

Any tips or advice? Feels like the team I finally used to beat Fern got wrecked on the last battle. Trying again with Reuniclus and Trick Room, and decided to start using Protect as well.

At least there's no terrain nonsense with this one 🤣 just bitching cause I feel stuck and this feels like poor design.

Edit: did the Quicksave and it saved so much time. Beat him on my third try with mons to spare. Thanks so much everyone!!

This is a huge problem I've been having with Boomer-age people. I work contract to contract in my early-30's, and often rent short-term rooms. I have no problem living with older people, but this one has driven me up a wall.

I was late for a first date the other day because a nice woman spent 10minutes asking where in XYZ city and telling me how to get there. It's 2026. I use GPS and won't remember a damn thing you tell me. I've spent almost 15minutes on the phone with a nice older gentleman when I told him I'm looking for a house central to my gym and a certification school, and he talked nonstop about all of the different roads to get there (it was 45minutes away).

I get that it feels courteous and helpful - which is why I politely don't say anything - but it's incredibly useless. If I know how to get there, I don't need your help. If I don't know the area, telling me road names is literally pointless. I don't know a single person who doesn't just use GPS anyways.

People always say I'm an easy person to live with because I mind my own business, but please, give that back in return. Why I'm going to the convenience store or what I need is not your business, and it feels so weird to me that people ask stuff like that

What's the old saying, if you wouldn't say it on a sidewalk, don't say it in your car?

Some old fat dude yelled at me and called me an asshole for not using a turn signal, when I very clearly did. I ran a check when I got home and saw that while two on each side worked, the third lamp recently burnt out. Easy fix, no intentional mistake. Dude lost his shit. Almost embarrassing lol.

But here's what's crazy - almost every road rage incident I see, either online or in person, is from somebody with no survival capability. Middle aged woman, old fat guy, often those demographics. You don't know who is psycho. You don't know who is carrying a firearm, or a blunt object in their car, or who's rolling with friends.

Why on earth would you ever start shit over something trivial, when your safety is genuinely on the line? I'm a guy in my 30's, box, and carry firearms. Last thing I'm doing is flipping someone off or yelling at them cause they cut me off and cost me 2 seconds of my day. So silly and dumb, man. Grow the fuck up.

I honestly have little sympathy for people who yell and flip people off, then get chased, followed, or harassed by them. Don't start nonsense over something trivial. We're all in this together

I mean it's pretty obvious that the state is the one choosing to offer a deal and not the alleged victim, but to what degree does their opinion get considered? Is it pretty common for a plea bargain to be offered that the complainant is heavily opposed to and feels is too lenient?

I've spent a lot of time in South America (including working there), but haven't made it to the Northeast side. Anyone have any specific insight between the three Guianas? Or at least between Guyana and Suriname?

I'm tired and delirious, so maybe this feels funnier than it actually is, but somebody might enjoy it. Basically heard someone say, "Maybe ghosts exist, but they're not affected by gravity, so as the earth moves they just fly off into space."

Space ghosts. Going to start bringing this up with random people at the bar now. A classic.