Staticasaurus ▶️ #ScarletViolet

@oceanidic @JoeMerrick if you want to convert currency, USD is currently sitting at 1.16 per 1 Euro. So that would mean US would pay over 90$ per copy, which isnt going to happen. it will likely be 80 across the board, but Id definitely be happier if its 70 like other non MK games

@JoeMerrick Also people not making the connection that this is from Germany, which is not the same for US currency

So let's talk about this because people are, naturally, going nuts. Amazon have put a placeholder price so they can take preorders. If they highball it and it's lower, great. If they lowball and it's higher, they have to fulfil. This is in no way indicative of actual price.

There is zero reason why someone should buy something for full price and flip it for 3 times the cost. If you buy from scalpers, you are an idiot and you are enabling the problem. I said what I said, and I will be taking zero questions.

New Secret Lair, new wave of people blaming the wrong people. Wizards makes ALOT of bad decisions, make no doubt. But there are logistical reasons why SL are not print to demand. The blame goes to scalpers. Time and time again, its proven that they make shit worse for everyone.

@Djmoyer23 @VitoComedy print to demand would cause months of delay between end of sale and actually receiving the cards because of the way the printer queue is set up, according to what Wizards is saying

It doesn't even have to be print to demand, even though that'd be smart at this point. But just do a reprint and use the direct numbers you have from people in the queue to purchase it. There are tons of other options as well. Heck standing up a production line purely to run reprints would pay for itself in a year if not sooner purely from running a second edition on SL alone.

Reminder that there is nothing stopping Wizards from just doing a second print run of this deck and actually making their customers happy...

@VitoComedy If what Wizards says is true, there actually is. According to I believe Maro, they reserve printing time for things many months ahead of time. While they could do another print of this, if what he said is true, we wouldn't see it for months.

@wizardofbarge Love your art. Love this take. Youre a good person.

Posting this here too just so yall know my perspective. Shoutout 2 all the goblins for kind messages today ❤️

@UnrealGamer6 @Luna_starrest @GosuRoriChan Oh thats the angle they meant. Thanks for clarifying

@Staticasaurus @Luna_starrest @GosuRoriChan A lot of Water-type mons can get Ice Beam lol

Cynthia is not hard, you were just 8 when you fought her. 'But her Garchomp!!' Like an Ice beam won't one shot the guy😭🙏

@jack_gk Oh, are we making up percentages now? Let me try: Brother, 80% of your takes are absolute ass. Muting you because its pretty clear you just have bad takes.

@Staticasaurus Yeh you don’t get to decide that also if you look at the volume gen 1 is involved in the TCGs the games and Pokémon’s overall success it wayyy over 50%

New gen Pokémon fans are going to hate me for this. I’m a 90s kid trying to get back into Pokémon, but there are 1,000 of them now & I do not care about this new lore. So we’ve started a brand new stream for everyone who feels the same. Full podcast & stream in the comments.

@Luna_starrest @GosuRoriChan whats water gonna do? lmao

@GosuRoriChan Any water type🥀

@SimplyCassieTV The one that constantly complains that the franchise isnt the same anymore, but is really only interested in what resonates with their particular blend of nostalgia. Oh wait, nevermind, thats a pokemon "fan". My bad.

in the spirit of spreading hate, what is everyone's least favorite pokémon?

@jack_gk Nope. I have plenty of criticism. The difference between you and I is the volume of criticism. You don't get to have a problem with the majority of a franchise and call it "a form of being a fan". At some point, if you dislike more of a franchise than you like, just leave.

@Staticasaurus Ah good ol toxic positivity mindset love it

@jack_gk Nah, what's hilarious is one of those forms of fans talking constant smack about everything they dont like. Theres plenty of room for actual fans tk wngage how they want. There is zero room for people to be negative. As I said, your negativity isnt needed or necessary.

@Staticasaurus The idea a franchise this big can’t possibly hold two forms of fans is hilarious

I'm to the point now that I am just instablocking people in the pokemon community. Card flipper/scalper? Blocked. Post an ice cold take? Blocked. Excessive negativity? Blocked. My block list has quadrupled in the last month lmao

@StevenxTCG Stop. Grading. Your. Cards. When are yall gonna realize its a scam?

PSA Collectors Club Membership is officially cancelled. Unfortunately my membership renewed somewhat recently, but it won’t renew again. Will I send regular submissions again? Yeah, probably. But there’s zero benefit to the bulk submissions with increased costs, increased minimum card amounts, increased waiting times. There hasn’t been a good magazine promo that I liked in a while, but if they end up doing something I really like, I can just buy it on the secondary market.

@diszign They don't lose until their HP hits 0 with no more pokemon left. Play to your outs until you can't play anymore.

I HATE PEOPLE WHO PLAY THIS WAY JUST ACCEPT YOUR LOSS

@CardGameNomad You are correct. Cards were 2$ for a long long time before all the stock bros figured out that shiny cardboard gave them hits of dopamine.

“Pokemon has always been a stock market.” Yeah… no 😂 Pre-2020 you could still buy packs from 20-year-old limited print sets for under $75. The massive “Pokemon investing” culture didn’t really explode until 2020. Before that, most people just collected b/c they liked Pokemon

@Aldi_Jesus45 it is my belief that these people who love winning and being successful are not loyal to pokemon; it is simply their chosen method to obtain success and adulation. Should another game or system come through that is easier for them to navigate, they would leave Pokemon immediately

@Aldi_Jesus45 The discourse of the day is people complaining about VP in Champions. The players complaining about it are the ones who love winning. The ones who love the game have more VP than they know what to do with because they are getting reps in regardless of result.

Hot take: A significant portion of competitive pokemon players don't like playing the game, they like winning and feeling successful. I can provide examples if people care. As someone who is finding their way out of this hole myself, I recognize it when I see it.