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@qdot (The HiFi counterexample is especially ironic by the way, given recent moves and statements by Phil, but that's a whole other topic.)

@qdot Here's hoping when all this is done their software is at least salvageable or forked. And that this stands as an instructive lesson on why not to tie your ship to an unregulated market.

Inadvertently giving my mentee at work the advice I wish I'd gotten when I started my career.

Particularly the part where I might sound authoritative, but half the time I literally don't know what I'm doing and am just consulting primary sources and other folks to make an informed opinion. Not knowing stuff is normal, especially in fields that are highly technical.

I think it helped, and damn, I wish someone had told me that early on to help with imposter syndrome.

@qdot That said, if you don't enjoy the card game at all, maybe watch a video playthrough, since that will be the game's language throughout.

@qdot Need more playtime and possibly to explore more or fail a loop or two. The initial loop didn't grab me either, but it opens up a fair bit.

Pad is closed up for now. There are changes we'll make in revision 2 to make this wire together better, but it works!

Also realizing I called this PMD Arceus earlier, when it's PLA. Which... isn't wrong, since it's still an isekai.

@Leucrotta We're doing alright here, all things considered. Just not posting much on socials as much anymore in favor of hanging out with folks in Discord.

And yeah, this is a super fun build. When we're done, I'm probably going to write up a doc about it, since having to translate from a YouTube video and an inscrutable wiring diagram on GitHub made this harder to initially figure out than it needed to be.

Hisuian Typhlosion is incredibly friend-shaped 💜

... I admit to thoroughly having no idea what I'm doing when it comes to electrical circuits, so the fact this works at all is kind of a relief. @..@

So after using through our old hard pads and being constantly frustrated at nothing being available, we decided to build our own from this guide: https://youtu.be/y6wGYLE0YI4

Turns out this thing is way easier than expected once we got the materials assembled. Each sensor converts physical force into electrical resistance, and each analog channel reads that in and converts it to button presses at a given threshold.

And it works! Next is finish wiring and close it up.

@kat (In all seriousness, I wonder if they do this because it translates well and plays nicely with streamers of the game.)

@kat They would, but then they'd get demonetized. 🙃

Update: I finished my run of this successfully, and in celebration, named my Dodrio main "The Dekis" after @Vyzie

Item luck has been okay so far. I've still got a fair number of escapes and reviver seeds left, and a single ban seed waiting for an enemy Pokémon to try Earth Power (a high damage, room hitting move) on my team.

Which is to say, absent completely awful luck or completely spacing on how to play the game, this should be completable... maybe.

I have a slow moving save file on Purity Forest (the most "true roguelike" dungeon of the game) that I'm whittling on, which is now at floor 50 of 99.

And, oof, I had forgotten what it's like to have to take a few turns every minute or two in one of these games because strategy matters.

My current main is Dodrio, which is an incredibly oddball choice, but between Quick Attack, Fury Attack, Giga Impact, and Hyper Beam, they at least don't feel too underpowered.

@kat To say that Braids alone broke tournaments is an understatement.

@kat It doesn't come up so often anymore in online because spell triggers and resolution are automatic, but for a fun time if you've not yet seen it, it is possible to metagame really terrible abilities for over the table play: https://blogs.magicjudges.org/telliott/2013/02/10/the-five-worst-triggered-abilities-of-all-time-so-far/