Smogon OU Leader | Competitive Pokemon news & memes | he / him | @finchinator2.bsky.social | keep AI out of Pokemon
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If someone is impersonating me trying to get you involved with Cryptocurrency, it’s not me.
In part because it’s a scammer and in part because I do not touch that shit.
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Different AI bot developers have been asking me to try their new tools or battle their bots and I wanna make it clear I have zero interest. I have no desire to help in the development of these tools and I think they take away from what makes Pokémon enjoyable
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"I don't mind trans people, I just don't want their existence shoved down my throat"
Brother, it's conservatives shoving trans people down your throat. They can't shut the fuck up about them. It's every political podcast, rally, and advertisement. It's all they think about.
you don’t naturally behave this way
it’s adopted from your surroundings and a disgusting reflection of parts of society
Illuminating exchange with a 19 year old voter in Detroit, worried about @AbdulElSayed’s name. @AJEnglish #Midterms2026 #Michigan
People have to be more patient with PS.
A great step was taken and enforcement is only going to improve with time. I’ve been outspoken about the dangers AI bots will pose upon our game and I mean all of that, but I have a ton of trust and faith in the devs/staff working on it.
I see so many kneejerk responses “oh nobody will be compliant” “oh this won’t do anything” “oh this doesn’t solve the problem” etc. folks and like without being on the inside and without giving it time, you just don’t know.
If you’re gonna wake up and chose negativity, then 🤷
so close to the funniest political poster of all time
To be clear: I still wish these bots didn’t exist, disagree with the logic creators are using to justify making/unleashing them, and wish the trajectory was different/less alarming!
But this is a great step and we should celebrate PS devs doing their best when facing adversity.
I just wish the bot creators (excluding Jax, who has been pleasant and communicative) who do not care for the community and just view this as testing grounds would see this and slow down/stop altogether. Sadly doesn’t seem that will happen, but one can wish.
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An update from us regarding bots on the PS! ladder:
There is now a toggleable option to opt out of matching against bots!
Visit this thread for more information: spo.ink/bots
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 amazing stuff right here, cannot emphasize enough how important this is
great decision and execution
Don’t have time to give much detail with the @nyknicks ceremony ongoing, but this is a win for our entire playerbase and the game itself
I’ve been critical of a lot of what’s happened lately with the direction of our game, but one constant is how talented and thankless many of our core contributors are. Mia (Hecate) is a great example of that. Post is here: smogon.com/forums/threads/in…
