#PastebinMonday 10/05/2020 Into the Void Edition

Hey guys, how’s it goin?

The Pokemon Puzzle League speedrun tournament has now reached its final stage. With that comes the first foray into V-Hard, which we in the communty call “the void.” The beginning feels Hard-level easy and the ending feels S-Hard level hard. It's a difficulty that makes a lot of people feel uncomfortable to play because you never quite know what to expect. Hard mode can, more or less, be played the same way every stage because the CPUs play largely the same way. S-Hard can, more or less, be played the same way every stage because you can expect every stage to be tricky. In V-Hard, however, the change from stage 1 to stage 16 seems so much more evident. I can't play Mewtwo anywhere close to the same way I play Gary 1. No other level has that issue. It's befuddling. I'm not sure how to channel the same magic I used to get the WR. Then again, I'm not sure if I'm going to need it. We'll see next week when the tournament picks back up. I'll try to get in some training on stream before then. I've pretty much finished editing the group stage matches and just about have them all ready for publication, meaning I am largely free to resume a semi-normal schedule on my channel for the first time in weeks.

That’s my life story for the week. Until next time, everyone, thanks for reading!

--Cards

peko