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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

8 months

My name is Matt, but you can call me Absol.

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

3 months

Finally reached the end screen of the Pokéwalker today. Only took me walking 9,999,999 steps. Pretty neat video game

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

1 year

Does anyone remember when someone claimed to get a factory error green X and Y 3DS XL??? All I can find on it was this one picture, and I've always wondered if it was really the coolest factory error or just a hoax all along

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

4 months

I'M SO READY FOR MORE KALOS

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 years

I stumbled upon MULTIPLE awful "how to install Legends Arceus on your phone" videos, and these are the perfect example of why visible dislikes on Youtube were important. They're scams that children WILL fall for being uploaded by compromised accounts with curated comment sections

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

9 months

SHINY DORITO AFTER ONLY 1 BAG

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

3 months

I am shriiveling up and wriinkling

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

6 months

The Chosen Four

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

11 months

So many satchels from "chat" - Is someone doing Twitch plays Legends Arceus???

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

11 months

"Sleep score 100, the pinnacle of power for an adult. Very few adults ever reach this level. This is a series of videos where I absolutely never reach level 100"

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 years

Looking forward to the Iono battle

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

7 months

This was my idea for a new Pokéball when I was 7. Good for 5 Pokémon

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 months

I would use the Itemfinder

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

1 year

Delighted to learn there is a Tinkaton skin for Dedede that launches Corviknights instead of Gordos

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

4 months

Got a really cool DS game

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

3 years

After 1834 trades, I have completed the National Dex in Pokemon Y using ONLY Wonder Trades with only 1 badge!!! Thanks so much to all the traders who have helped me on this journey.

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

1 year

TotK might be the best game on the NX right now

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 years

After 6680 soft resets, I found Arven's uncatchable shiny Toedscool in the titan Orthworm battle this morning!!!!! This hunt was a very fun, somewhat pointless journey, and I can't wait to get back to hunting things normally for the rest of my Violet badge quest

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

3 months

Hatching eggs in Windows XP

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

3 years

"We're gonna need to see some form of identification." Me, a Pokemon Emerald Version VIP: "Do you even realize who you're speaking to right now?"

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

9 months

These Lv. 100 wild Magikarp at the Fellhorn Gorge are giving me some funny video ideas...

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

3 months

I appreciate the diagram to make this image less confusing

Gerald Kevins Official

@GeraldKevins

3 months

@TheAbsol I got this shiny on my 3DS while watching the stream on my computer

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

5 months

N and Klara spotted at Culver's - what could they possibly be collaborating on!??!?!

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

6 months

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 years

After 14 uncatchable shinies, the hunt I started in 2017 for the shiny Groudon costume in Battle Revolution has ended. I am still in utter disbelief.

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

13 days

This makes me so incredibly sad. 6 years ago I thought style transfer was neat; 2 years ago I thought dall-E generations were funny; nowadays I hate everything generative AI stands for with frauds actively stealing real opportunities from actual creatives

🌟yami11arts🌙 #dokomi hall1 1G18- Comissions open

@sextant0yulij

13 days

later i check some pokemon pieces finalist , are can see these are complety generated by AI

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 years

Having some good conversation with the champion of the Galar region

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

5 months

Not my proudest moment... I spent SO long trying to speculate more about these statues of these guys at Naranja and Uva Academy and who they're supposed to be... only to realize they're literally just guys designed to look like an orange and grapes, and that's it 😅

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

9 months

@theSupremeRk9s Holy Shinx...

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 years

Literally everyone criticizing Youtube for removing the dislikes said stuff EXACTLY like this would happen!!! Be EXTRA careful if you're watching a tutorial on how to install any kind of software on Youtube

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

10 months

1/4,294,967,296

Pop Base

@PopBase

10 months

A rare spot-less giraffe has been born at a Tennessee zoo. It is believed to be the only known solid-colored reticulated giraffe in the world.

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

1 year

IT'S OVER!!!!! Got the shiny 3 segment Dudunsparce offline tonight after 139 shinies and 667,300 total encounters (I did it full odds because I am an idiot)!!!!!!! Now I have a big video to edit and a real life sandwich to make (will definitely stream the taste test).

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 years

got a Target GBA today

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

3 months

Today, March 17th, marks 14 years since I started the channel AbsolBlogsPokemon - I was 14 years old back then! That means I've been making Pokémon videos for almost half my life!??!?! Still no signs of stopping any time soon - this is like my favorite thing to do ever

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 years

"Shiny" Marshtomp in the ORAS Demo after around 6000 SRs!!! Very excited to train this thing to level 100 in the demo now

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

1 year

Also just one incredibly low-effort adjustment of the hue slider, aaaaaand it looks like it matches the lighting a little better... I'd love to be proven wrong and see another picture of it, though!

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

5 years

My Palutena was SCHMOVIN' at the weekly tonight

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

5 months

made some sandwiches to save my dog today

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

1 year

It's always struck me as strange that there is no equivalent green 3DS XL that matches the same reflective shade as this one, and it came from an era where phone pictures where lower quality was the norm.

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

6 months

Finally played things in the correct, canon badge order

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 months

Got my favorite Pokémon and shiny this #RumbleWeekend I've done so many phases for this Absol!!!!

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

4 years

So I'm sure you know at this point that Zacian and Zamazenta are shiny locked, but I bet you didn't know there was a small chance of this happening when you encounter it! #PokemonSwordShield #NintendoSwitch

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

1 month

Some people enjoy hunting for shiny Pokémon, some people enjoy having shiny Pokémon, and then there's this guy:

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

1 year

Got NOTHING against you if you/your community make dirty jokes about Pokemon, but I don't like how it's become a standard that's expected to be acceptable everywhere these days. People act shocked when I tell them that they will get banned in my chat for the Vaporeon copypasta

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

1 year

Imagining the chaos that would ensue if they drop this limited time event and make the one opportunity to get shiny Gimmighoul full odds

Serebii.net

@SerebiiNet

1 year

Serebii Update: Shiny Gimmighoul may be found in Tera Raid Battles starting from after this Direct

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

8 months

seveN eleveN

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 years

Just got EASILY my coolest shiny so far in this game. Shiny Alpha Lucario in the hot springs!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

3 years

My new Switch Lite is here!! #BrilliantDiamond #ShiningPearl

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

9 months

Got a big decision to make now

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

3 years

I got Starly'd!!!! Uncatchable shiny Starly after 382 SRs

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

3 months

Went for a short walk

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 years

suited up

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

1 year

I Love My Squad

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

1 year

@Lewchube Eterna Forest, too!!

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

3 months

I've never had someone tell me to go buy shinies on ebay before LMAOOO (if you're gonna do that, you might as well just hack them in yourself for *free* since that's what most ebay shinies are anyway. massive scam)

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

1 year

I've been under the impression that you can only battle Red once in HG/SS for the past 13 years for some reason, and I only bothered to find out this wasn't true today LOL

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

4 years

Not sure how well known this is, but if you transfer up a Pokemon with a Pictochat smileys in its nickname, those symbols get erased, making it possible to have a Pokemon with a blank name. Other special symbols are preserved.

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

9 months

Looks like I'm doing a Sun/Moon wonder trade gauntlet before April 2024... this sucks!!!!!!!!

Nintendo of America

@NintendoAmerica

9 months

As of early April 2024, online play and other functionality that uses online communication will end service for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software. Thank you very much for your continued support of our products. Find out more:

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 years

*uploads video of me having fun playing Pokemon to an audience larger than I ever anticipated* random commenter: this guy's life must SUCK

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

9 months

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

8 months

My hotel room for the night, unfortunately 😔

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

3 months

That was the craziest stream EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE FINISHED THE NATIONAL DEX and stayed on the servers for like 2+ extra hours than we were supposed to!?!?!?!??!?!?!? Got kicked out with a communication error after 1992 total trades 🫡

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

3 months

After 1041 Wonder Trades, we completed the USUM Alola Dex!!!!!! Now let's see if we can finish the whole national dex before next Monday... (progress in 2nd image)

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

8 months

Every time I post a video with a clip of me playing Pokémon at a wedding reception, I get comments from people saying how disrespectful that is. So I deeply apologize for ruining the sanctity of drunk people doing The Cupid Shuffle 😔😔😔

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

1 year

Got the Falinks on the SP on stream today! Took 8912 encounters and an immense amount of eyestrain

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

6 months

The Mythical Pecha Berry - the pinnacle of power for a Pecha Berry. Very few Pecha Berries ever reach this level

Pokémon

@Pokemon

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Learn more about an exquisite Berry said to grow only once every few years—the Mythical Pecha Berry! #PokemonScarletViolet ❤️💜

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

1 year

Did something I normally wouldn't do, but the way this event is built off of FOMO made me!!! I used a bot (RaidCrawler/sysbot) to automate the process of dateskipping to check for shiny Gimmighoul raids, and I found a legit den that I will be hosting, so that I can give YOU ghoul

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 months

Morty has fallen. 4 badges down on the Silver Oak Challenge

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 years

Shiny Origin Forme Giratina in the Distortion World in Platinum after 3232 SRs!!!! Such an incredible shiny!

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

6 months

I'm here on da scene

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

3 years

An attempt was once made to free him a couple decades ago

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 years

I'm you but cooler

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

1 year

After 6 other shinies and a grand total of 56,833 encounters, Shiny Ralts has appeared after 3516 encounters on my childhood Emerald file!!!!! This has been a dream shiny of mine in Gen III for years! I was doing the 10% level 4 repel trick, and I'm SO stoked to get it on phase 7

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 months

#MIKUEXPO2024

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

3 months

PREPARE YOUR ALOLA GAMES. I am doing intense preparations to begin the USUM Wonder Trade gauntlet perhaps THIS WEEK before the 3DS servers shut down!!! Will I even complete the whole regional dex??? That's what I wonder!!

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 years

Almost a year after my tea journey began, after 3458 "tea smash" encounters, a phony shiny Sinistea, and a shiny Nidoran-F (19,075 encounters total), Shiny Antique (Authentic) Sinistea has appeared while I was in my morning meeting!!!!!!! I can't believe it's over.

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

6 months

This is the average Pokemon GO experience outside of events these days

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

11 months

Shiny hunters

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 years

It's all the exact same situation. Ancient accounts with a lot of subs from years ago getting compromised uploading these "tutorials"

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

6 months

There's a time and place for everything

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 months

Shiny Solrock in White 2 after 15,248 REs!!!! Phase 1 for Absol. It's SO RED

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

1 year

This Dunsparce pranked me

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

3 months

Now I walk back home from Burger King

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

7 months

The Indigo Dewsk

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

9 months

It took me until literally yesterday to realize that the Toys R Us Manaphy event from 2007 was holding the Red Scarf as a reference to May's bandanna in the movie🥹. As a kid, I was like, "but it only has 1 cool move for contests???"

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 years

I don't think seeing this every battle will ever get old

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

3 years

I encountered two wild Silcoon

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

11 months

Got a full odds Shiny Destiny Mark Falinks after only 58 encounters tonight. Absolutely insane!!!!

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 months

Doing a little bit of gaming

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

16 days

On June 8th, 2024, exactly 1 year after I started it, I finished my Professor Oak Challenge in Silver Version!!!!! I really mean it when I say that the final video for this is probably going to be one of my favorites I have ever made with all of the footage that's been gathered.

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

2 years

We did it!!!!!!!! Thanks SO much to everyone who showed up for this

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

11 months

I didn't!!!! Got Shiny Heatmor in White Version after 19,816 encounters

Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

11 months

Let's see if I hit 20k for Heatmor tonight...

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

8 months

バーガーキングまで歩いていきます。それからバーガーキングから歩いて家に帰ります。

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

1 year

Used this great old profile picture for almost 9 years, but decided it was time for a little bit of a revamp. New icon by Bunnynaut feat. me and a very stylish Absol!!!

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

5 months

Shiny Gen III Celebi after 11,645 SRs!!! Out of all the roundabout ways to hunt this (JP Colo bonus disc lock removal, Pomeg Glitch, etc...), the new e-Reader events by @im_a_blisy are my personal favorite since you actually get to see it sparkle in the wild!!!

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

10 months

RANDOM SHINY BELLSPROUT on the SNES!!!!! First shiny of my Silver Oak Challenge, and my whole family was in the room for it LOL

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

1 year

We don't really see this same level of crafty lying with modern Pokemon games anymore. People used to make entire romhacks for this kinda stuff

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Matt Brandl (Absol)

@TheAbsol

3 months

Surprise!!! I did a badge quest (sort of) in SoulSilver Version in 2014, and I kept all of it a secret, and I thought it would be funny to post it 10 years later

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