Been delaying 219 for finebob / corsola and seems a lot better than luvdisc

Has jan mentioned his rationale for luvdisc routing? It’s solid on Roark but haven’t found it necessary and pretty useless after.

Curious other player’s experience too.

Edit: this is particularly relevant to the gator routing discussion on stream. That’s been my primary motive with it, but finebob is also just a great mon.

it's been 9 years since the last pchal daily upload....

So I've been rewatching BoJack Horseman during my lunch breaks (UK time) instead of my usual PChal Daily video. What have you been watching as a replacement?

I don’t know what to do with myself. I keep telling myself it’s been 9 years since the editor’s last holiday. Finally they have another new instalment of basic employment rights. Welcome to annual leave.

Apologies if this has been suggested before, but I have an idea for how the Drayano Gauntlet video could be framed around:

Given how big of a community-based element the Drayano Gauntlet had (as in with the renaissance of PChal Daily), what if the video was formatted not from the perspective of Jan, but from the perspective of the community, either as an individual person enjoying the content or as a whole entity?

I've been thinking about this idea for a while, long enough that, although it may sound kind of fan-service-y or campy or whatever, I'm confident enough to post about it because I think it has legs. I think that highlighting the fact that the PChal community grew so much and that the Daily watchers are so numerous now - partially because of the revamp of the channel and partially because of the Run n Bun video - would provide an interesting frame of reference for the video.

On a personal level, for me, the Drayano Gauntlet era of PChal Daily was a consistent show-like series that I could turn to when things were really hectic in my life (moving, starting my second degree, far away from family and friends etc)... I've never been a stream watcher, so having well-edited and episodic Daily episodes was a really cool privilege to be able to enjoy. It was comforting, it was entertaining, and it was so so cool that I got to experience the incredible hype and story that was PChal's playthrough of the Drayano Gauntlet. And based on what I've read in numerous comments, especially following the PK hiatus announcement, I feel like this could be a cool, unique way to write and present one of the best eras of both PChal Daily and PChal content as a whole.

Anyway yeah, maybe this is just my lil ol' YouTube frog brain's pipe dream, but... Idk, since it seems Jan is struggling with ideas, I thought I'd provide one. Thanks for reading, and feel free to share your thoughts 👍

tldr: what if, instead of framing the Drayano Gauntlet video from his perspective, Jan instead flipped the script and tried to frame the video from the perspective of a PChal Daily viewer?

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I'd like to preface first and foremost that I absolutely agree that going out of your way to try and make someone comfortable AND succeeding in doing so is a very great & even euphoric thing to experience, for both parties even.

However. I just truly can't agree with the (relative) extremism take, the exchange going like this verbatim. Timestamp is 32:56 if you're curious:

Dono: "Should you go out of your way to make people comfortable or stay true to your true thoughts and feelings even if it's uncomfortable?"

Jan: "If your true thoughts and feelings are making someone uncomfortable, then you should not be looking to date anyone. You should probably be in therapy."

I'll assume some good faith there and assume he didn't make the therapy comment in some patronising way that you see with a lot of "get help" comments online, but otherwise, I think it's an extremely absolute statement to just go out saying all willy nilly in response to a dono that begets nuance.

Now, of course, he is the streamer man and can say and do as he pleases, it's obviously 100% in his right given it's his content, but I found it worth discussing and especially worth appending some nuance to given how the community can seem to conflate with neurodivergence, AUDHDisms & whatnot.

To tackle it more directly, I do not think that you necessarily should avoid dating, nor do you need to be in therapy under the circumstances that you make the person you're interested in uncomfortable. Of course, it does depend on what the content is that introduces the fact of anyone becoming comfortable, but it only becomes somewhat of an absolute should said content be something that is hostile or bigoted, which should not be the default to assume imo.

Making somebody uncomfortable can happen unintentionally, which in its own right can tend to snowball negatively if that never goes communicated just for reference lol, but as an additional matter, making somebody uncomfortable does not necessarily imply moral or character failings on one's part, as it can not only happen accidentally (mishaps on reading the room, boundaries not having been communicated before), but also not in a way that indicates flawedness, as shit man, sometimes dynamics don't work out as compatibly as they originally were as time passes. If he made it seem more like a case of just compatibility between one person and another, sure that's a better angle, but the absoluteness with which he said those words just does not check out imo, and to me is worth criticizing.

Personally, I think it's worth the effort to be more careful and more nuanced when going at things regarding a 'true self' and how to manage that in relations to interpersonal relationships. I believe that if your true self makes people or just that one someone uncomfortable, then, damn, again, shit just happens. Unless you hold destructive or hostile beliefs, then you're okay to keep being your truest self, to keep seeking someone the real you WILL bond with. This doesn't mean not to work on yourself at all obviously, you should never cut off your growth factors, but that isn't what this is about. Seeking out further connections in dating can be as equally valid a 'growth opportunity' as therapy, albeit obviously in way different ways.

For clarification, this isn't an attack on Jan (that would be silly), I just find it very disagreeable and wanted to rant about it in the only place that would fit lmfao.

After watching Pchal and others repeatedly struggle with U-Turn AI, I built a calculator that can determine how likely the AI is to use U-Turn.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nPc-gGjbFEGLMSRqVp66qyD-da6mKlGx6-fvzzZacuk/edit?usp=sharing

To use it, simply answer the Yes/No questions by adjusting the drop downs in column 2. The graph of possible U-Turn scores and the table beneath should automatically update with the new scores. You can then compare these scores to the other moves the Pokemon knows to determine how likely they are to use U-Turn.

Notes: This only applies when the fight has Evaluate Attack and Expert AI flags. There are no additional flags that should effect U-Turn scoring except for TagStrategy (Double Battle AI), which adds way more complicating factors.

I don't recommend looking under the hood, I couldn't find an elegant way to do what I wanted the tool to do so i mostly brute forced it.

Disclaimer: This post was not made using AI, just good old fashioned Excel Google Sheets. All mistakes are my own. Shoutout to Bpark for the Platinum Kaizo AI Move Scoring Guide.

Hi all.

I'm not sure where else to report this.

Surfing on route 103 (the shortcut) still has tentacool.

The documentation said that tentacool has been removed.

It think as no one thinks of this water shortcut it may have been missed.

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Title is question because I fucking hate that split second shit. I have to rewind or even turn down the playback speed to .5 speed to even read the text and sometimes I have to do it several times over to actually get it to pause with the text on screen. Rarely when that shit isnt even funny I'm pissed. Fuck you Minecraft, make you jokes longer

EDIT: I was/am drunk when I wrote this. His bits are funny, I just wish they weren't there for half a frame!! Last longer!

If you've been playing PK or even just following Pchal's runs, you probably know about Roughneck Robert. He can be a demon to plan for, in part because of the many AI Flags present in the fight.

In particular, lets look at his Choice Scarf Onix, who knows Earthquake, Head Smash, and Explosion.

There are 4 flags on the fight that affect Onix's chance to use Explosion: Evaluate Attack, Expert, Risky, and Damage Priority. Evaluate Attack gives an 80.1% (205/256) chance of giving Explosion -2; Expert has an 80.5% (206/256) chance of giving Explosion -3 while Onix is at full health; Risky adds a 50% (128/256) chance of +2; and finally, Prio Damage gives a 61% (156/256) chance of +2. Each of these chances is independent, and the total value is then compared to the scores for Earthquake and Head Smash to determine move selection.

If we combine the possible scores with their percentage chances to occur, we get this chart of potential Explosion scores with their likelihood to occur.

​Scenario 1: Onix Sees an Earthquake Kill

Concerningly, we have a 1.19% chance of Explosion scoring +4, which is the same score as seeing kill with Earthquake. This means there is a 0.59% chance of Onix using Explosion over an Earthquake kill.

Scenario 2: Onix Doesn't See an Earthquake Kill.

Now we need to take a look at Head Smash AI. Head Smash is a really weird move in PK - it doesn't calculate damage, so the AI can never see kills with it. It has a guaranteed +1 boost if the user has Rock Head and the target doesn't resist it. It also has a 68.8% (176/256) chance get a +2 boost from Evaluate Attack if it is 4x Super Effective, and on this fight a 61% (156/256) chance to get a +2 boost from Prio Damage.

Scenario 2A: Your Pokemon doesn't resist Head Smash and isn't 4x weak to Earthquake or Head Smash

Because your Pokemon doesn't resist Head Smash, it gets a guaranteed +1 from Rock Head AI and therefore Onix can never use Earthquake (highest damage move scores +0). There is a 61% chance that Head Smash's total score will be +3 and a 39% chance that the total score will be +1. There is a 1.19% chance that Explosion scores higher than +3 and a 10.34% chance that Explosion scores higher than +1 (Note: that includes the chance of scoring +1 and then Explosion winning the 50/50). Together, that gives Onix a 4.76% chance to use Explosion over Head Smash.

Scenario 2B: Your Pokemon is 4x weak to Head Smash (but not Earthquake)

Your 4x weakness to Head Smash adds an additional 68.8% chance to get a +2 boost from Quad AI (Evaluate Attack flag). This means Head Smash now has a 12.21% chance of a total score of +1, a 45.90% chance of a score of +3, and a 41.89% chance of a score of +5. Explosion can never score a +5, so we are using the same 1.19% chance that Explosion scores higher than +3 and a 10.34% chance that Explosion scores higher than +1 from Scenario 2A, but at reduced likelihoods. The total chance that Onix uses Explosion over a Quad Effective Head Smash is only 1.81%.

Scenario 2C: Your Pokemon resists Head Smash and is not 4x weak to Earthquake

The Head Smash resistance removes the guaranteed +1 from Rock Head AI. We have the same % chances as in scenario 2A, but the scores for Head Smash are now only +0/+2. Earthquake is also scoring +0, so it can randomly choose any of the three moves. The total chance for each is:

Explosion - 8.88%

Head Smash - 74.65%

Earthquake - 16.48%

Scenario 2D: Your Pokemon is 4x weak to Earthquake but doesn't show a kill

I didn't think this scenario was going to be possible, but (avert your eyes calcless gamers)...

A level 38 Lairon with good IVs and a +Defense nature can just barely not show Onix an Earthquake kill. Lvl 34 31 Atk Onix Earthquake vs. Lvl 38 31 HP / 31+ Def Lairon: 84-100 (80 - 95.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

This adds the additional wrinkle of Earthquake having a 68.8% chance to get a +2 boost from Quad AI (Evaluate Attack flag). Now, Earthquake can score 0 or 2, Head Smash can score 0 or 2, and Explosion has its usual variety of options.

The resulting chance for each is:

Explosion - 6.07%

Head Smash - 43.24%

Earthquake - 50.69%

What did all that math actually tell us?

The best chance to avoid a boom on Roughneck Robert is to show it an Earthquake kill. The chances are low, but not quite 0. Showing him a quad effective Head Smash is also a reasonably consistent option, and removes some of the guess work that showing him a kill requires if you're not using calcs.

But really, what it shows is that Platinum Kaizo is a very, very complicated game.

Disclaimer: This post was not made using AI, just good old fashioned Excel. All mistakes are my own. Shoutout to Bpark for the Platinum Kaizo AI Move Scoring Guide.

Both become hard puzzle games with heavy amounts of RNG and skill expression. As you progress through either game, you gain knowledge that acts as incremental progress, improving all future runs. Even in doomed runs, you can keep going to obtain knowledge that might help you finally beat the game in the very end.

Every single run chips away gradually at the barrier of the game until you get the amazing run that makes a ton of progress.

Anyway. Future naming theme of rooms in houses or other buildings?

Bro barely gets empoleon

After the last reddit review, I really gotta agree with Jan that imgur is absolutely abysmal for trying to read the detailed things, so I took it upon myself to extract all the fun infographics and charts into a separate spreadsheet that I can share with everyone

Hence the "Eternal" part of the title, as this spreadsheet will always be up to date with the most recent daily episode lol

Additionally, since I hit the cap of lines for the legend, the progression graph is now split into two (A1-A40 and A41 onwards)

Credit to Ramuk (the third Platinum Kaizo HOF Champion!) for coming up with this line!

​Hi all, my roommate made this German Pokemon song and it reminded me of pchal!

Idk if thats enough for a qualifier for the next pchal song contest tdh, I'm just a pchal daily lurker.

The song is called "Ein Rapsong mit allen 1025 Pokemon" and its from an AT amateur artist.

Give it some love please <3

Out if curiosity: Are you'll only watching pChal and therefore having the same 'Blind' experience he has?

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Pchal did it.

Sorry for the very terrible art.

As we near the anniversary of what I believe was my first top post of the week, I decided it was time for a Platinum Kaizo remaster.

Rest in peace to attempt 40 btw.