The futher you get into Pokemon Violet, the longer it takes to get places!

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Pokemon Violet saw my first objective being trying to get to the next Team Star base which featured Atticus his wave of Poison Pokemon. The raid and battle was no problem, but the open world aspect of Pokemon Violet certainly meant it took awhile to get from point A to point B. Still, the big thing with it was the revelation that Team Star were victims of how bad the Academy handled issues of bullying.  

In terms of the Gym Battles, I went after the Normal Gym next, and the Gym Test being basically beating other trainers for their clues was a lot more straight forward than the obvious 'do someone's job for them' approach the previous gyms did. It was really not much of a challenge... but then again I have my team of Pokemon in the high-40s so at the very least I could brute force my way though most battles.

We ended the night with me trying to figure my way to get to the Ghost Gym, and this  is where the title of today's blog comes in, as I found myself in the ice mountain areas, which feels huge. I kind of feel I was lucky to find a Poke'Center. Yes I know, Picnicking is almost as good as visiting a Poke'Center, but since I'll be featuring Pokemon Violet tonight... I wanted to be in a good spot.

Also the surprise trade has resulted in some wonderful one sided trades in my favor, such as trading a Hoppip and getting an Espeon (an evolved form of Eevee) in return!

For last night's raid we dropped in on AnnieTalksShow as they were playing Overwatch 2 over at twitch.tv/annietalksshow!

Stream Clip Links

• The Fall of Team Navi
• Conquering The Normal Gym! 
• Meowscarada Brings It Down!
  

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Finished writing the Callisto Protocol commission request, and I think it turned out okay, but got another commission request for a WWE short story to be based around The OC vs The Judgement Day feud.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Hook Combo #2, Advanced Combo #2 and Left-Right Step Combo for 31 minutes.

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As mentioned earlier, we shall continue Pokemon Violet this evening as a way to get back into a groove of featuring a main game on Mondays and Tuesdays. Our initial objective is to make it to the Ghost Gym!

So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!