What's up everyone? Welcome to the 440 first episode of the Pokemon

Podcast. It's super effective. I'm your host SbJ with me whether they are 40 39 38 we don't know but we have Greg here. I mean what number are we looking for because I'm well over 40 in a lot of way. Okay. All right. Well, you know, last week was so if we if we look at the podcast as a movie started out kind of optimistic at the beginning of the month. And then we were in the

hero slump last week. Well, here's the thing. I had the game plan post Thanksgiving after they ripped away. Cruelly my friendship bonus. I had everything plotted out with exact with exact milestones of what needed to happen. And then people and the game turned against me. I cannot help that last week. The game and people who I thought were friends turned against me in my quest to 40. Three people.

Who were supposed to be giving me gifts to be best friends that could have been my best friends before the end of the year. Vanished just ghosted me on the app. I saw Lord of the rings like 10 years ago it sounds like this.

And then Neantic. Cruelly rips away my lucky egg XB that threw off my complete formula causing me to question my math. I had to do a bunch of different things.

And I did not hit 40 on Christmas day. All right. Well, we're going to hold the suspense until the Pokemon section. Also, message of Canada is terrible. All right.

I need more episodes of Australia and they just aren't there. I know there's like 5,000 Australian seasons, which I'm not allowed to see. I've been inducted into that cult. Australia.

I sort of get it. I don't like use a lot of weird words, but send more this way. I don't want to turn them. All right. Don't care that much.

As a end of 2020 surprise, we have a new guest on the show. We got Jake here. Hello, I'm Jake. I don't know what else. What do you need to know? What do you? What do you? What do you do? Who are you? How did you? How did you get to the show?

Why? Why should we care about you? That's true. That's true. Some people might know you. So a lot of people probably know me as a Trochus gameplay over on Twitch. I helped Steve make his YouTube videos.

Been listening to the podcast for three years now almost. This is like right. It was during your Japan trip. Was that like three years ago, almost the spring?

Two years ago.

Going to be two years ago. Two years? Well, I don't know. Time flies when you're having fun. I guess it is 2020. Yeah, gosh, it's almost 2021. Please come closer.

But I'm a graduate school student. I love Pokemon. I work full time in college sports. I do stuff for Steve and a lot of other things.

Steve, real breaking Nate. A couple other people as well.

I do have a fundamental question that I've had ever since I became aware of a Trochus. I have a fundamental answer.

Okay, a Trochus by definition is a very poor quality, extremely bad or unpleasant. Do you have a dictionary in front of you right now?

No, you're busy. It's got the old webster. Got websters in my lives with me in my house.

Of those qualities, what would drive me to watch said gameplay or gaming?

I am very aware how bad I am at video games. And so I make it. I make it somewhat of a joke.

Anything bad that happens, I lose a battle in Pokemon or I lose a trading card game battle.

I'm just like, I just toss it up to the old name and people are part of the brand.

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