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@salameleon@snouts.online Congrats!

Also, the game's dragons and beasties are adorable, and I want to hug most of them.

The biggest one is the game will happily play itself, looping the same quest as many times as I'd like. And since quests and daily rewards give vastly too much free currency, and the payouts for the Monster Hunter event are enormous, it's infinite for as long as I'm willing to leave my phone on its charger.

Which is... not what I expected, really!

Some friends convinced me to pick this up because dragons and because Monster Hunter event, and I am... confused by its business model.

Typically, gacha games are either pay-to-win or have a window where they give you lots of free currency, then slowly shut off the spigot to convert to real money. This one seems to have severe balance issues in favor of the player, especially during events -- meaning I'm now deep in the endgame in a week without paying any real money.

Huh, I did not know "WickedlyFastWiFi" is San Jose's public SSID, and that they deployed it as a municipal service. That's neat.

Apparently, using instant coffee and a fillable tea bag works in those hotel single cup coffee makers. I shall now ponder what to do with this forbidden knowledge of the ancients while sipping coffee.

@Kyreeth Will do!

Also, hello FC2020, I am in you.

Oh wow, the Westin is a major step up from the amenities I was in for work this week. Hello, clean water, fridge, and coffee maker, I missed you.

Still on my bullshit:

(I work remotely, so thankfully I only need to be presentable in person every four months or so, when work requests my visit.)

In-person week again for work. Time to put on the itchy human suit so I can fit inside the office building.

Put together another rental team, this time composed entirely of shinies (all but one from raids). As before, this can be grabbed from VS > Battle Stadium > Rental Teams.

Including G-max Charizard, Salazzle, and Goodra, because... of course it does (and they're apparently all different typing).

@Taylor You don't need to be online for this to work, so unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective), that kind of check won't work.

They can patch the game, but old patch versions will still work, too.

@salameleon@snouts.online Agreed, since they've made almost every other Pokemon property purchasable to even the playing field in competitive.