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The Lava Pool
by lavapool.party
The original and best Pokemon VGC podcast! For over 10 years Dr Fidget has hosted the show alongside world champions, commentators, tournament organizers, and judges to discuss absolutely everything related to the Pokemon Video Game Championships and sandwiches. The 2023 season brings in Temporal as the new cohost. Come along and join us as we keep you up to date on all the latest tournaments, information, and trends in the VGC circuit.
Episodes
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C is for Chaos
We're back again! This time we get ready for NAIC and dive into the handful of side events going on there. We also go over a bit about the pop-up shops, the lotteries, and answer some of your questions. Which host is learning Dutch? (Hint: Not the Dutch host) Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:00 NAIC...
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The Metagame Paradox
This week we take a surprisingly close look at the series 2 metagame as we get ready for OCIC and a nonstop barrage of VGC regionals. Then we go over the big news of day 2 event regionals and speculate over that lowered bar for TCG worlds. Apologies for no timestamps and not editing this one…
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One and Done
We're back from the one and only NA Series 1 regional! Samuel made a number of unforced errors, Temporal had to deal with other peoples unavoidable errors, and they both made sandwich errors. We also go over the top preforming teams, and then dig into the upcoming format change. 00:30 Intro, Food...
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A Judge, a Commentator, and a World Champ walk into a CP Bar
Spirits of Lava Pools past Gabby Snyder and Toler Webb join our hosts to talk about the newly announced 2023 VGC CP Bar for worlds qualification. We also have tips for your first regionals, how to get food, and so much more! 0:00 Intro, Snowfall 2:45 CP Bar for Worlds Qualification 8:50 Plushes…
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Not So Covert Cloak
We have a format! We have rules! We have a website! This week we go over the freshly released rules document, then dip into the early meta a bit. If you want more info on the things related to the podcast you can go to lavapool.party and if you have questions or topics you want to hear us cover…
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Touch Grassroots
After years away the original VGC podcast returns! Samuel (Dr Fidget) has been lured back by the inclusion of sandwiches in the upcoming Pokemon games. Alyssa (Temporal) joins as the new cohost. This week we get excited about the upcoming release of Scarlet and Violet, go over what is and isn't...
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How it Started, How it's Going
Some things never change. VGC is still canceled, quarantine is still in effect, and a hot new Lava Pool is about to get all up in your ears. This week is Fidget's 10 year anniversary with Team Magma and Chalkey, Gabby, and Josh are here to swap stories on how the journey started and where things...
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Black Hole Sun
Sam, Toler, and Oliver are back and getting ready to roll out to Indianapolis for another year. Then we take a closer look at where the metagame is and what gambles are worth taking while building. 00:20 Intro 05:20 US Nationals 13:25 World Championship dates 16:10 Metagame 33:25 NPA 49:30 Questions
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There's a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)
Sam and Toler are back to talk about naked air-guitar, QR codes, and stipends. Sam also went to his first MSS and we check in on how our pre-season predictions have panned out so far. Sam and Toler can't actually hear each other most of the time, but hopefully you won't be able to tell! Yay...
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Blister in the Sun
We finally catch up to the metagame that won't slow down. This week Sam, Toler, Oliver, and Gabby try and process the vast array of teams from regionals, paying for online tournies and content, and if tiering Pokemon is even possible. 0:00:20 Intro, sandwiches. 0:05:40 Pokemon Bank. 0:08:10...
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Fly Me to the Moon
No visit from Santa this year, but visits from Tman, Cybertron, and Dim more than make up for it. This week we go over our favorite holiday foods, talk about all of London's many suprises, team sheets, money, and which Tapus are sniffing around your daughter. 00:20 Holiday Foods 02:20 London…
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Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
The time for VGC17 has come. Or is it gone? Sam, Toler, and Tiffany have 3 turns to figure it out. In doing say they also cover new cores, bigest early suprises, and what is the cutest new Pokemon. 0:00:20 Intro 0:03:40 VGC17 Rules 0:05:30 Timer 0:18:35 2016 0:23:00 Smeargle in 17 0:24:00 17…
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Here Comes the Sun (Spoilers)
In this extra special spoilercast, DrFidget, JTK and Shiloh recount their trips through Alola. We go over our teams, evil teams, human and pokemon relationships, human and human relationships, human and cloathing relationships, etc. Did I mention there will be spoilers?
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Bad Moon Rising
The days of VGC 2016 are coming to a close and a new format is begining. DrFidget welcomes back Dimsun, Bopper, and the cuss button to hit the ground running on this exciting new metagame. This episode is Sun/Moon spoiler free. 0:00:20 Intro 0:02:40 New Items 0:07:00 Z-moves 0:13:30 Best Rookie...
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Ninja Town
Sam, Toler, and Tiffany are back with timers, demos, rules, and new pokemon. We also revisit bow-tie vs bikini top on our way to ninja town and depression. So you can go ahead and call this one a banger. 00:20 Intro, Board Games 03:30 New Timer 05:10 Ladder Updates 06:32 Battle Teams 09:35…
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Werewolves of London
Take your hat off and get ready to rock, VGC 2017 is here! This week Sam, Toler, and Tiffany are breaking down Championship Points, Prize $$$, and format changes. There was also a bunch of Sun & Moon news with double doses of wolves, monkeys and unevolved Z-Moves. 00:20 Intro, Zog 02:30 CP Bar...
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Sandcastle Nightmare
Apologies for the audio this week, I let the auto tools in audacity loose instead of doing everything myself. The end result is a rather manically paced episode with a number of sentences cut off. HOWEVER, the rest of the episode is so good it doesn't even matter. Gabby and Tiffany hang out and...
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Gumshoe
DrFidget has stolen Kyogre from the Pokemon World Championships. Gumbshoes, you need to fix your pokeradar, travel to Alola, and get Kyogre back. Then capture Carmen Sandiego! The Loot is Gone and the chase is on, and one of these people could find her: Toler, Tiffany and Stephen. 0:00:20 Intro...
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Unbounsweet
Toler and Sam switch roles to catch up on the VGC 16 metagame going into worlds. Turns out not much has changed since the last episode. So then we spend the rest of the episode breaking down the Pokemon game everyone is talking about right now: Pokemon Go! Just kidding, we spend 40 minutes on Sun...
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Hidden Power Stipend
This week Dim returns and friend of the show PBall0010 makes his Lava Pool debut. We talk about food, money, hair, and a surprising amount of pokémon. 00.20 Intro: Best breakfast food. 05.20 Hair Loss 07.25 Pokken 09.15 Stipends 18:30 HP Water Mons (Salamence doesn’t count, learns more water…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The original and best Pokemon VGC podcast! For over 10 years Dr Fidget has hosted the show alongside world champions, commentators, tournament organizers, and judges to discuss absolutely everything related to the Pokemon Video Game Championships and sandwiches. The 2023 season brings in Temporal as the new cohost. Come along and join us as we keep you up to date on all the latest tournaments, information, and trends in the VGC circuit.
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The original and best Pokemon VGC podcast! For over 10 years Dr Fidget has hosted the show alongside world champions, commentators, tournament organizers, and judges to discuss absolutely everything related to the Pokemon Video Game Championships and sandwiches. The 2023 season brings in Temporal...
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