#PastebinMonday 10/12/2020 Get Your Puzzle On Edition

Hey guys, how’s it goin?

I don't know if I have Pokemon Puzzle League V-Hard figured out, but I do know that I have no more time to mull it over. The tournament is picking back up tonight with a match between foxyman and Tai and will continue tomorrow night with my own match against ilikebeingsmart. Here are the ideas I have picked up from the little training I was able to engage in this weekend:

- In the first half, start your chain ASAP and make it x3-x4 with as many combos as you can find. Follow it up immediately with as many combos as you can find. I got so many 10-20 second kills with this it was ridiculous.

-In the second half, raise your stack close to the top before you start your chain and make it x5-x6 with as many combos as you can find. Follow it up immediately with as many combos as you can find. I have little understanding of why this works, but the timing of the attacks frequently felt better when I delayed my chain.

I had two runs on Sunday that were roughly 12:15 each with ridiculous swings in time save. One run was 45 seconds ahead after Team Rocket, the other gained a minute on my ridiculous endgame in the second half. I want to show those runs on YouTube later, but I need to put them through some editing first.

If you've been following along with the Twitter this week, then you may have noticed the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX parody I was putting together in my stream announcements. Do you sometimes get an idea in your head and need to get it out to clear your head? This one I had to get out there written down before I lost it. Here is the full song for context:

Chillin' out with the crew in the Discord,
Findin' trouble goin' fast in S-Hard.
Well, there is no good class that can teach us this,
Some things will get salty, hit or miss.

Slow times, salt mines,
We'll take 'em on together.
Right now, let's swap!

PPL! Pokemon Puzzle League!

Puzzle on, get your puzzle on,
Come on ya better swap your blocks right.
Puzzle on, get your puzzle on,
We'll break on through and win this fight.

<cue guitar solo>

We'll break on through somehow.
Yeah!

Pokemon Puzzle League!

Puzzle on, get your puzzle on,
Come on ya better swap your blocks right.
Come on and get your puzzle on!

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

--Cards