Mans Who Play Mons: A Pokemon Battle Recap Podcast

Mans Who Play Mons
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An ill-advised Pokemon battle recap podcast in which two buddies play randomized Generation 1 Pokemon battles and then talk about them.

  1. 08/07/2022

    I Apologize in Advance for How Banal This Is (Second Anniversary Special)

    You're listening to Mans Who Play Mans Who Play Mons! They boys recap the first ever episode of Mans Who Play Mons.

    1h 4m

  2. 02/02/2021

    The Mans Are Moving to Twitch (Thursdays, 8PM Eastern)

    https://www.twitch.tv/manswhoplaymons

    2 min

  3. 02/02/2021

    Episode 25 - PIZZA PAHTY OH-SIX

    Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep25-battle.html Show notes: [6:27] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgkZIXQS1xA Snorlax video [9:00] https://www.inverse.com/article/23517-snorlax-owns-viral-video-meme-revival-pokemon Article on searching for the Snorlax guy [16:24] https://www.serebii.net/stadium/prizes.shtml Getting surfing Pikachu in Stadium [16:41] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pikachu%27s_Beach Surfing Pikachu game in Yellow [20:25] https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/chaos.1/page-7#profile-post-1714513 So stupid [50:21] https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/substituer/75125 So so stupid

    53 min

  4. 01/26/2021

    Episode 24 - People Liked Us

    Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep24-battle.html Show notes: [2:40] https://youtu.be/FlTIk80uBPg?t=41 What should one capable of masonry do [3:46] https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Tax_Rate_(Civ2) It's easy to govern [4:39] https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/High_Council_(Civ2) This is basically what we talked about for nearly five minutes [5:24] https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Masonry_(Civ2) It allows quite a bit [5:34] https://www.civfanatics.com/images/civ2/poster/civ2chart.jpg The poster [12:54] https://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug04/standing How Ilya harassed Matt in school [19:55] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_of_Caerbannog Killer rabbit [24:01] https://www.dairyqueen.com/us-en/Menu/Treats/?localechange=1& It's Dairy Queen, dummy [48:29] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/comp/ko.htm Because these moves exist, Matt

    57 min

  5. 01/18/2021

    Episode 23 - Try Hovering!

    Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep23-battle.html Show notes: [7:04] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDLpbFXnpeY&list=PLHQ0utQyFw5Jth5qOhb7X-p8JgmLOikcJ Supremely calm nerd explains Pokemon graphics compression extraordinarily well [9:17] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Score_(TV_series) High Score [11:36] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_hitter Power hitter [31:29] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOkVNs-UXRs Lickitung Sushi [36:00] https://youtu.be/lQPfQQrUnJM?t=67 Try Hovering! [57:13] https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/dravling/grice.html Grice's Maxims

    59 min

  6. 01/12/2021

    Episode 22 - The Thing Being Haunted is Also a Ghost

    Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep22-battle.html Show notes: [3:34] You probably want to stop listening here if you don't care for talk of sex acts on your Pokemon podcast [5:25] https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/926596-metal-gear-solid-4-guns-of-the-patriots/44244309#8 Yup, SNALE [8:14] https://pkmn.net/?action=content&page=viewpage&id=8592&parentsection=87 Pokemon Crystal animated sprites [8:28] It's safe again, prudes [11:14] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neodymium_magnet_toys Killer magnets [55:24] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain Is Pokemon a Markov chain?

    59 min

  7. 01/05/2021

    Episode 21 - Very Serious Pokemon Consultant

    Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep21-battle.html Show notes: [2:06] https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/tencent-is-seeking-a-pokemon-consultant-with-900-hours-of-playtime/ Pokemon Consultant article [2:09] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent Tencent [4:15] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Snap Pokemon Snap [4:19] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_You,_Pikachu! Hey You Pikachu [6:11] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_NetBattle NetBattle [10:24] https://github.com/pret/pokered/blob/d3f13528754b985e892385dbd88c3c9a95681f1b/engine/battle/effects.asm#L214 Mea culpa, there is no address that switches Blizzard to a 30% freeze chance. This misconception is built on a misreading of the code that controls paralysis, burn, and freeze. [11:27] https://www.cbr.com/pokemon-questions-answers-facts-trivia/ No one even knows how many stupid Pokemon there are [12:08] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EDAyuWOriQ Mew glitch [12:34] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/S.S._Anne#The_truck The truck [13:38] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/forum/tuff/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=000265 (Warning: badly behaved early 2000s internet teenagers) You have to move the truck [14:14] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mr._Pok%C3%A9mon Mr. Pokemon is a different guy! [14:15] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Celadon_Condominiums#Generations_I.2C_III.2C_and_VII "I know everything" guy reduced to merely "an NPC" [15:05] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Old_man_glitch#Custom_name Mewtwos in the Missingno. glitch [21:57] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-double Double double (basketball) [22:05] https://www.in-n-out.com/menu#doubledouble Double double (In-N-Out) [31:48] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/t/transform.htm How Transform works [1:01:00] https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/attacks/p/psywave.htm Psywave

    1h 14m

  8. 12/29/2020

    Episode 20 - Heroes Are Real and They're Also Magnemite

    Replay (with spoilers): http://manswhoplaymons.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/battles/ep20-battle.html Show notes: [3:58] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunken_Master Drunken Master [4:25] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunken_boxing Drunken Boxing [8:20] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_(game) Kings [14:15] https://www.walmart.com/ip/Andre-Strawberry-Moscato-Sparkling-Wine-750-mL/157912874 Ilya's poison [15:45] https://georgetownbeer.com/beer/details/zakai Matt's poison [16:10] https://www.luckyenvelopebrewing.com Matt's other poison [37:12] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlhsYKeUt-w Paralysis penalty stacking [41:30] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan_Islands San Juan Islands [48:34] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_Advisory It's "Parental Advisory", Matt [48:35] https://www.esrb.org/ratings-guide/ ESRB ratings [56:50] https://www.bostonharbornow.org/nye/ Put on a damn mask and look at dumb ice outside [57:25] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/there-is-little-evidence-that-mass-transit-poses-a-risk-of-coronavirus-outbreaks/ Links to interesting(?) studies

    1h 18m
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An ill-advised Pokemon battle recap podcast in which two buddies play randomized Generation 1 Pokemon battles and then talk about them.

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